Don’t get me wrong, I live for an unhinged bad boy (Zade Meadows, Lucifer Malikov, Jeremiah Rain, etc etc), but Lincoln Daniels isn’t it.

the swooniness 🥹. Sooo… he might’ve caused some bad things to happen to her, but he’s always there to help her after😅 like any good man would do 🤷 like when you tell your boyfriend you’re not hungry and then proceed eat all of his food because it’s just better. Despite being sandwiched between two professional teams, fighting to be the winners of the NHL championships, and attempting to not fall in love with four players, I’m coming to realize one striking thing. Poor Jake was also just a babbbbyyyyy. Like cute golden retriever energy throughout but he’s so confident in the beginning, and then ends up just being insecure and whiny later on. I didn’t vibe with him at all. Especially considering he had this earth shattering connection with Rachel, it all just sort of fell apart in the middle.

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Listen, I’m all for an anti-hero. But having the female POV constantly say “we are toxic but I’m ok with it” isn’t enough here. This book legit glorifies abuse, frames a narrative about two mentally unwell characters who need professional help. One of the last lines in the book is “if I left he’d kill me” … the crazy things he does. Like… closing down a restaurant when she’s eating with another guy (and then wearing a mask and taking care of said guy 😬) and like paying her classmates tuition if she goes to his game (no pressure). Things like that 😅. Suuuuper sweet 🥹❤️. Bahahahahaa 🤣

The first problem you get is the run in with her ex. It was just left with Victor threatening him. The ex really didn’t do anything. I think it would’ve been a great opportunity for him to have tried some thing, even cornering her and trying to force himself on her something. However, I’m not too mad at it because it wasn’t the real climax of the book.I love Jake ♥️ If I had a Jake, I would keep him all to myself and I would cherish him for the amazing person he is. Jake literally has my heart. Well, I'd let him keep Caleb, I'm not selfish. LOL. Safety - I’d consider this safe. H is instantly all in for h and while it takes her longer to come around she’s never remotely interested in anyone else. Lincoln’s gets JEAAAALOUS 😈. He sees all men as competition, and he needs to take care of all of them 🤷. Don’t get in his way 😬 or else 💅 The characters and relationship building was also just wild to me. Especially Caleb (who I loved and was my favourite character 🫶 I love broody dom Cay) who was pretty standoffish and closed off to begin with, and then is just 100% committed to a throuple 5 minutes later? He reads more as being way more reserved and conflicted about it but none of that seems to really happen. They fr sit down and decide to all move in with each other after hooking up once by having a 2 minute conversation… I’m not exaggerating that. I loved when Caleb came out of his shell and got his dom on, but then he turns around and subs like two seconds later for Rachel? It just made his dominance, which is what I find attractive about him, feel so flaky?? There’s a way to still worship and treasure your partners without slipping out of your dom space but Caleb missed it. I saved this book because it looked like a cute premise. I opened it not prepared for darkness. I read 27% of it hoping I was missing something. And I skimmed the rest of the book in absolute disbelief.