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sami_leigh's review
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5
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🌶️🌶️🌶️/5
“I’ll keep your hands warm, Just Annie.”
‘I wanted her to feel safe enough to lean on me for all the things she didn’t know how to ask for.’
“He’s calm, focused. He’s at peace around you. If I had to guess, I’d say that you’re his peace.”
“If this is the only lifetime that I’ll get you, then it’s my favourite one.”
🥧 First person dual POV
🥧 Stand alone; characters from other series make guest appearances
🥧 Forced proximity / workplace
🥧 Romance author & business owner / Bodyguard
🥧 Cinnamon roll & sunshiny MMC
🥧 Protective/possessive MMC
🥧 He falls first; HARD
🥧 He’s a romance reader
🥧 He champions her success at every turn, helping her see herself through his eyes 😍
🥧 Banter 🙌🏻
🥧 The Crocs 🤣
🥧 The nicknames 🤣
🥧 The Annie Pack 🥹
🥧 Spicey; ‘good girl’ 🥵
🥧 Representation of anxiety and panic attacks
🥧 Well established secondary characters
🥧 MC growth; self-worth, risking a relationship, trust, communication.
🥧 Consent culture & sex positivity 🙌🏻
🥧 Epilogue
⚠️ Stalker (explicit), violence (explicit), injury/injury detail (explicit), fire injury (explicit), domestic violence (moderate — referenced via secondary characters & FMC’s books), gun violence (explicit), panic attacks/disorder (explicit).
Content Warnings
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Violence, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, and Sexual content
Moderate: Domestic abuse
sarah_thebooknerd's review
emotional
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Annie needs to go out on a book tour but has a stalker so a bodyguard is hired. Miles is this hyperactive golden retriever type character and I enjoyed that spin. Normally the bodyguards are always these broody grumps. I related to Annie's character a lot with her anxiety. Annie is at a crossroads with her person life sort of meshing with the writer persona that was created with her friend/ employee.
I enjoyed the book a lot and Maggie has a signature writing style for sure that brings me some comfort and job. I did struggle with a couple things, the whole black ops bodyguard agency was a little hard to believe and the stalker plot was pretty predictable for a suspense side of the book. One thing I always struggle to some degree with Maggie's books is the pet names and just how overused they are and this one is no different. I know some people do not care but pet names always scrape my brain a bit and with how frequent it was used it definitely was scratching the brain nerves.
But if you just go with the vibes, funny moments, spice, romance build this is an enjoyable romance.
I enjoyed the book a lot and Maggie has a signature writing style for sure that brings me some comfort and job. I did struggle with a couple things, the whole black ops bodyguard agency was a little hard to believe and the stalker plot was pretty predictable for a suspense side of the book. One thing I always struggle to some degree with Maggie's books is the pet names and just how overused they are and this one is no different. I know some people do not care but pet names always scrape my brain a bit and with how frequent it was used it definitely was scratching the brain nerves.
But if you just go with the vibes, funny moments, spice, romance build this is an enjoyable romance.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Stalking, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, and Kidnapping
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