idk I was here for the lesbians and that’s honestly the only thing I cared about

the rhodes brothers are gonna do it for me every time i’m sorry 🤷🏼‍♀️ if my man doesn’t yearn and pine after me like isaiah… i. don’t. want. it. i’ll admit at first i wasn’t sold on the fake marriage to save kennedy’s job plot (they should’ve plotted to get that misogynistic dr fired from day ONE instead) but as isaiah and kennedy got more comfortable with each other and their metaphorical walls started to wear down i was OBSESSED with them. obsessed with their gentleness, obsessed with their slow burn (on kennedy’s side, we all knew isaiah has been down bad since day one 🫣) obsessed with their banter and bickering, obsessed with how they approached intimacy, obsessed with how they truly SEE each other. alexa, play obsessed by mariah carey both of these characters come with an exceptional amount of “baggage” and past trauma, but seeing them work through their anxieties and struggles together was so so soo sweet. seeing them each finally get the love they deserve was MWUAH chefs kiss 💋 liz tomforde did a beautiful job at turning our favorite playboy into a husband and growing this lovely little found family 🫶🏼

I’m a little conflicted with this book. The story was genuinely so interesting and it had so many turns, whenever something unexpected happened or something didn’t go according to their plan, it made me more interested in the story and curious to know how they would fix that. Also loved the characters, they had so much depth and story to them, and the found family aspect was so heart warming, seeing Vin go from an abusive crew to one that cared about her and were actually happy and had good times together.

However, I was bored most of the time. I don’t know if it was the writing style, the pacing, the way the story was told, idk, but if felt like this book had some high moments, the ones that peeked my interest and made me enjoy the story in that moment, but then the story would go flat and it felt like not much was happening, or at least nothing that would affect the story. The ending of part 4/ and all of part 5 brought back my interest in the story, which makes me even more conflicted with how I feel about this book. It’s like 80% of the book was meh, but then the last 20% were really really good.

I already have the rest of the trilogy and I’m genuinely interested in finding out about some things that were left open, so I might continue the series but after a little break.