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Barred Desires by Ashley James

rebyam's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional fast-paced

3.0

nena909's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

miaisabelle7's review against another edition

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hopeful lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character

2.0

book_obsessed_girl's review against another edition

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emotional sad medium-paced

4.5

• hurt/comfort
• stepbrothers
• taboo
• angsty
• NO third act breakup

“Don’t. Please don’t hide from me, not ever. We are in this together. You aren’t weak for showing emotion, especially not to me. Don’t hide from me.”

Branson and Luca were everything. I loved how their story unfolded. It was beautiful and emotional. 

I loved how they were able to lean on each other and share their darkest secrets with no worry of condemnation or lack of understanding and support from each other. I enjoyed that once they realized just how deeply they cared for each other there was absolute devotion and no crazy third act breakup. Once they knew, that was it and nothing was gonna come between them. 

Looking forward to reading book 2!

nford15's review

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5.0

great book

I really like this book and felt it was sweet as well as saucy. had some good plot development and can see the set up for the rest of the series. will be reading them all!

cookiereadah's review against another edition

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3.0

This was an okay read. Nothing new to see but it wasn’t bad. 

There is absolutely no plot to be had, which I knew going in from reviews, so my expectations were low and I wasn’t disappointed. 

This is Ashley’s first book published and it shows. Her later works are a bit better 

nerida182's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

christianallistergf's review

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1.0

not one good thing happened but i must say the off balance reference made me jump :::

codicheyenne's review against another edition

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4.0

It was cute. Would probably recommend.

enajunca's review

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4.0

Un grand merci à l’auteure pour m’avoir fait confiance en m’envoyant un ARC de son tout premier roman! J’espère qu’il y en aura beaucoup d’autres.