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{God this review is slightly unhinged…}

#𝟮 𝗥𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 - 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟮

Yep. I’m still madly in love with Nash and Emery. They’re so beautifully matched. They’re soulmates and it shows.

I can’t help but devour Parker S Huntington’s writing. Half the things said in this book really made me think and marvel at the ideas. The emotions she makes me feel for her characters? It’s a blessing and a curse. I feel love when they feel love, I embody the pain when they get hurt, I go through everything with them like they are me and I am them. ❤️‍🩹

Their relationship before everything went down was actually really adorable.
Him taking her side every time? Swoon.
The way he knew her little quirks and thoughts?
Marry me already!

The small moments did it for me. 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘. 👏 𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐋𝐄. 👏 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄. 👏

ALSO THE WHO-DID-THIS-TO-YOU TROPE??

The I-ran-to-his-arms-for-comfort trope?? 🙆‍♀️

Him slipping his suit jacket over her shoulders?? 🤭

You bet I ate that shit up like a starved seagull 🤠 (by far one of my fav parts in the book—even though the reason for it was disturbing)

He calls her “𝐓𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐫” and Gah! This nickname for her was the most cutest shit ever and I’m in LOVE. The meaning behind it. The metaphor. Just everything about it is perfect.

𝗡𝗮𝘀𝗵 is so fucking sarcastic I love it. The things he says make me gasp because he’s so unapologetic about the way knows he’s an asshole. And his inner monologue makes me shake with laughter constantly.

What I love more: he’s a grump but still a caring, kind hearted person that’s too hard on himself which Emery notices and cherishes. I love his awareness and philosophical brain.


𝗘𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘆. 𝗘𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘆. 𝗘𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘆.

I love her so much. She’s has such a beautiful soul which Nash notices and appreciates. I find it so amusing how she manipulates the situation to get what she wants and vice versa. Her obsession with the sky and obscure words made me love her that much more because of the way she used them to explain her unique ideas.

I hate what she went through to get to the end point but it was all worth it 🥹💕

ALSO THE GROVELLING IN THIS BOOK IS 𝙎𝙐𝙋𝙀𝙍𝙄𝙊𝙍. I’m sorry, you can’t convince me otherwise.

The notes?! 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑳𝑼𝑵𝑪𝑯 𝑵𝑶𝑻𝑬𝑺 𝑾𝑬𝑹𝑬 𝑴𝒀 𝑭𝑼𝑪𝑲𝑰𝑵𝑮 𝑼𝑵𝑫𝑶𝑰𝑵𝑮.

AHH THE PLACARD DAMN NEAR MADE ME CRY!

Every single page was *MWAH*

𝗦𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗲:
I’m really looking forward to reading about Delilah’s book bc her energy is what I need in my life.

(The guy on the cover tho 🤌)


𝗦𝗼𝗻𝗴𝘀: 🎧
H2O - Naïka
Ma Chérie - Naïka
Close - VI NIQ
WHO HURT YOU - Benicio Bryant



𝗙𝗮𝘃 𝗤𝘂𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀: (I highlighted the 𝘚𝘏𝘐𝘛 out of this book)

“𝐂𝐚𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐞́—𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠�� 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞.”

“𝐈 𝐝𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐑𝐞𝐞𝐝.
𝐀 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐦𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐈’𝐝 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐍𝐚𝐬𝐡’𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤.
𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝, “𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐲, 𝐓𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐫.”
~🤭💗

“𝐒𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥, 𝐈 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐥𝐦 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤, 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭, 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐠𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲.
𝐈𝐟 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐫 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐈 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐰 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐢𝐜-𝐓𝐚𝐜-𝐓𝐨𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟. 𝐍𝐚𝐬𝐡 𝐭𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐞, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝. 𝐀 𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐮𝐩.”
~💘💕

“𝐈’𝐦 𝐚 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥-𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐤. 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮.”
~AWWHH <3

“𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝, 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟. 𝐈 𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐄𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐲”
~😂💃💃

“𝐃𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞’𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐲?”
~I’d like to think so bc if I’m not then my sister’s been lying to me 😂 but damn this really made me put things into perspective

“𝐍𝐚𝐬𝐡’𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬. 𝐈 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐛𝐚𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧.
𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬.
𝑯𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒔𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔.”
~crying in a bathtub

“𝐍𝐚𝐬𝐡’𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐜𝐚𝐫 𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐲.
𝐌𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐩𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭, 𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐰𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐬𝐨 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞.”
~THIS. RIGHT. HERE. Boyfriend material 💘

“𝐆𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭. 𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞. 𝐍𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰, 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐲 𝐩𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐫, 𝐰𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦.”
~Why is this so fucking true?!

“𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐢𝐭, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐟 𝐢𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝.
𝑰 𝒐𝒃𝒔𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒅.”
~he gets it <3

“𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐄𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐲.
𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐚 𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞.
𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭.
𝐅𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭.
𝑩𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒖𝒍.
𝐀 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐮𝐞𝐥 𝐢𝐭.”


“𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝.
𝐀 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞.
𝒀𝒂’𝒂𝒃𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒆.”


𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝘃𝗶𝗯𝗲𝘀:
Mr wrong number - Lynn Painter
Misfits like us - Krista & Becca Ritchie
Right - Jana Aston
Vicious - LJ Shen
Corrupt - Penelope Douglas

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#𝟭 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 - 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟮

Beautifully written. Their relationship was complex and heavy but their journey was delicious to read.
The tension? SCRUMPTIOUS.

Parker has done it again and I’m in love with these characters.

𝗦𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗲:
The lunch packs 🥲🤌