Images c/o Esther Valors and Tales & Teacups
*Kindly sent an eARC (advanced readers copy) by the author, Esther Valors, and Tales & Teacups. I was not required to review it on this platform.
Synopsis:
Aaron Willow and Maya Emery come from very different backgrounds, but one day a book brings them together. From that day on, they were the best of friends until a betrayal gets in the way. Soon after, Maya and Aaron become rivals at everything. All of that was a distraction from their true feelings. Years later, these two are married but are faced with the issues of their past and are forced to work through them. And hopefully find their way back to the deep love they share for each other.
Tropes:
- Dual POV & Timeline
- Friends to Academic Rivals to Lovers
- Marriage in Peril
- Virgin MCs
- Found Family
- Golden Retriever x Black Cat
- Rich Boy x Poor Girl
- ‘Who did this to you?’
Spice Level:
3 out of 5 chili peppers
Content Warnings:
- Death of a loved one (Mentions grief)
- Abusive parent
- Alcoholism
- Car accident
- Marriage in Peril
- Bullying
- Sick loved one
- Explicit/spicy scenes between MCs
- Cheating
Review:
Unfortunately, this one was just not for me. I found the love story between the MCs to be over the top. Or at least from the MMC’s perspective, he was too much for me in the present timeline. I also felt like there was so much going on. Maybe there were too many tropes for one story? I think if it focused on a couple of them, the story would have hit better for me. This almost was a DNF for me, however I was intrigued enough to finish it and see how it all ended for Maya and Aaron.
I want to thank Esther Valors and Tales & Teacups for giving me the opportunity to read this book and review it. It is out now.
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