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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
🌶️🌶️🌶️/5
🌶️🌶️🌶️/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
imthatstephanie's review
funny
hopeful
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? It's complicated
5.0
"Every introvert needs an emotional-support extrovert."
Truer words were never spoken! I like to refer to it as "buddy-system extroverting." 😂 Regardless, Annie is the embodiment of a little anxiety-filled introvert. Honestly, the portrayal of her panic attacks, anxiety tummy, and self-consciousness that comes with being aware of one's own anxiety was spot on. If I'm asked to speak in front of a crowd, I instantly start sweating...pits, hands, boobs (the works)! 🤦♀️🤷♀️
Miles is hired to protect Annie and bulldozes his way into her life as this hyperactive, chaotic, golden retriever of a guy, who is super proud of the things he enjoys (Pink Drinks and Crocs top the list). He wears his weird out in the open and uses it to break down dear Annie's defenses.
I LOVE Miles! Listen, would I feel compelled to shake him into silence on occasion? Sure, but I think the way he supports Annie from the start is so special and desirable in a friend, a lover, and a partner.
This book introduces us to a brand new cast of characters (and features some old faves), and it's intriguing to see where Maggie is going to take us with our new friends at Keller & Asses (Oops....I mean, Associates)!
We also have a real tongue-in-cheek reading experience as romance tropes are often teased and discussed throughout. I loved that it poked fun at a lot of our favorite tropes while still working some of those into the context of the story.
OH! I almost forgot! Miles is absolutely a hopeless romantic. The way he waxes poetic about their kiss and her lips. I was highlighting passage after passage, thinking Miles was going to melt right off the page! 😂
Maggie Gates never disappoints, and I'm eager to recommend another excellent book! 100 Lifetimes of Us is out June 12th!
Also, the attention that Maggie gives to her characters' culture and heritage is remarkable! I feel like these characters are genuinely well-crafted and whole people in the Maggie-verse.
Truer words were never spoken! I like to refer to it as "buddy-system extroverting." 😂 Regardless, Annie is the embodiment of a little anxiety-filled introvert. Honestly, the portrayal of her panic attacks, anxiety tummy, and self-consciousness that comes with being aware of one's own anxiety was spot on. If I'm asked to speak in front of a crowd, I instantly start sweating...pits, hands, boobs (the works)! 🤦♀️🤷♀️
Miles is hired to protect Annie and bulldozes his way into her life as this hyperactive, chaotic, golden retriever of a guy, who is super proud of the things he enjoys (Pink Drinks and Crocs top the list). He wears his weird out in the open and uses it to break down dear Annie's defenses.
I LOVE Miles! Listen, would I feel compelled to shake him into silence on occasion? Sure, but I think the way he supports Annie from the start is so special and desirable in a friend, a lover, and a partner.
This book introduces us to a brand new cast of characters (and features some old faves), and it's intriguing to see where Maggie is going to take us with our new friends at Keller & Asses (Oops....I mean, Associates)!
We also have a real tongue-in-cheek reading experience as romance tropes are often teased and discussed throughout. I loved that it poked fun at a lot of our favorite tropes while still working some of those into the context of the story.
OH! I almost forgot! Miles is absolutely a hopeless romantic. The way he waxes poetic about their kiss and her lips. I was highlighting passage after passage, thinking Miles was going to melt right off the page! 😂
Maggie Gates never disappoints, and I'm eager to recommend another excellent book! 100 Lifetimes of Us is out June 12th!
Also, the attention that Maggie gives to her characters' culture and heritage is remarkable! I feel like these characters are genuinely well-crafted and whole people in the Maggie-verse.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Stalking, and Violence
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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