Yes, Chef by Grace Reilly

ARC via NetGalley

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✩ (4.5/5)
📖 Story: 5/5
❤️‍🔥 Characters: 4.8/5
🌶️ Spice Level: 3.7/5
🔁 Re-read?: yes
⏭️ Next book?: N/A

Wow. No words. literally. this was honestly so good! I read this in one sitting. Honest to god.

It was a bit slow to start, took me a couple of chapters to get into it. But after that. Let me put it this way, I was supposed to be reviewing chemistry and learning how to code. Instead, I learned that this author must be a professional chef and that I wanted Sal's pov about Jack. 

I don't say this often but I teared up. Literally had to wipe my eyes a bit during Sal's letter. It's super rare for me to get emotional enough for that.

The characters were so good! and the way Poppy's family didn't know/understand her ADHD was so wonderfully portrayed! As a person with severe anxiety (diagnosed), I loved the way it was shown and the overcoming of it (only wish for that for myself). 

This book was beautiful. The only bad stuff was the editing, but it was an ARC so I guess that's to be expected? 

I will absolutely re-read this when I'm not in the mood for an RH.

Idk, I don't have much to say! I absolutely recommend reading this book!

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Riches to Riches: Part Two (Abbs Valley, #2) by Ames Mills

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✩
📖 Story: 4.8/5
❤️‍🔥 Characters: 3.7/5
🌶️ Spice Level: 5/5
🔁 Re-read?: maybe
⏭️ Next book?: yes

Okay. This was also a good book. I would say the character relationships were in a way better than last time. BUT THEY WERE ALSO WORSE! Story was just as fun, if not a bit more, too!!!

I don't have much to say because this was a good book, except for the consistency issues with the characters! For example,  Ryder = whole different person, and it kinda applies to all of them except Les and maybe Gage. Basically, there's character development and then there's character changing so much im like r u sure u wrote book one????

Also they said this one was professionally edited...

"Even thru my bullshit"

"I just…their downstairs…making out"

These are just 2 examples; it was there throughout.

And there was a general overuse of boy/girl in their nicknames. Kinda messed up my flow while reading.

Last 'negative' thing: positioning in the sex scenes. I was...it was confusing? I mean, idk how else to say it. There was a lot going on with everyone fucking everyone and so many dicks in so many holes. So I guess what I mean is that the author was not able to handle so many bodies well? 

BUT for all u smut lovers:

So the personality changes were evident in the bedroom too (dom/sub/switch) but holy shit im not gon complain for these 2 chapters... chapter 25 and 33 - goddamnnnn can i join???? can i watch?? like holy fucking shittttt :PPPPPP