SYNOPSIS

Kyrell is having dinner with his parents for the first time in years. When he was younger, he was raised by nannies and butlers. His father was often away working and his mother was cruel. He was surprised to hear from them, letting curiosity drive him to attend.

Quinn is figuring out what she wants her future to look like, without her parents’ input. She’s has goals of her own and is tired of her mom telling her to find a successful man to marry.

Kyrell and Quinn reconnect at their mutual friend’s engagement party.

What could happen?

RECAP AND REVIEW

This book is a part of a part of A.E. Valdez’s universe with Marisa and Harlow, which include A Worthy Love and All I’ve Wanted, All I’ve Needed. Out of the three, this one has been my favorite.

This romance book is longer than four hundred pages, but it didn’t feel drawn out to me.

There’s two main plots happening during this story: Kyrell and Quinn’s relationship and Kyrell’s relationship with his dad. Quinn’s individual story is a subplot that is pushed more to the back burner, however it becomes weaved into Kyrell’s story. This book told in both of their perspectives.

Kyrell has become successful with his dispensaries and has a revolving door of women. Quinn has been focused on her studies, being in nursing school, and career. Their relationship turns into an unofficial friends with benefits situation that gets complicated over time.

I love Kyrell’s relatively straightforward nature. It’s clear that he cares about the people he is close to and wants the people in his life to be good, but he can be avoidant. To be honest, Quinn put up with a lot of his shit and as much as I love Kyrell, at times he wasn’t shit.

Kyrell has deep trauma that he has to work through and I appreciate the therapy rep. His story was sad and even though A.E. Valdez tells us what’s going to happen, I was still heartbroken when it happened. I really felt for Kyrell.

One of my favorite scenes is when Harlow and Ace come into town and they meet up with Quinn for a double date (not with Kyrell). I was dying reading about their dinner. Kyrell tried to act unbothered and really said “Fuck it.”

I loved how this story ended. It was raw and realistic honestly and I think they’re perfect together.

OVERALL

Overall, I give this a 5 out of 5 stars. I experienced all the emotions reading this. A lot happens and it all works together. There’s nothing I didn’t like.