This was a really great book about finding yourself after loss and being able to find love again. I really enjoyed this book and look forward to reading more by Holt.

Out of all honestly, this one was tough to get through. I had a hard time following at first but once I got through about halfway, I thoroughly enjoyed the book. The author does a great job of painting the images for you so you can picture yourself in the scenes, and though it’s a slow beginning, the characters are very lovable and understanding.

I am new to the romance reads, but starting to enjoy them more. I am glad the author decided to combine this story from two books to one larger one, and look forward to reading more. The cover is on point, quirky and I love it!

Thank you netgalley and the publisher for my copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

Easy read. Couldn't put it down.

Firstly, thank you to NetGalley, the publisher and Marla Holt for providing me an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.
I think my favourite part of this book was Naomi's character- as a fellow tarot/witchy lover I really loved how it was linked in as I've never read a book with a witchy character!
Overall- I did find the story engaging and interesting. At times it did get slightly repetitive and slow but in general it was great!
I was happy to see Nicholas and Rachel get their happy ending after so much heartache

I really wanted to try and finish this book, but unfortunately, it just was not captivating enough.

I made it 24% into the book, and I’m not even sure where the plot line was going. There is too much jumping back and forth and unnecessary repetitiveness. The third person narrative is just not working for this novel.

I also had a very hard time getting past all of the grammatical mistakes. I know this was an Advanced Reader Copy, but there were so many that I stopped keeping track of them.

Rachel, Nicholas, and Blake are all boring characters with mundane lives. Nothing interesting to read about.

I wanted to like this, but I think I was just a bit too annoyed that Nicholas is at a bar, claiming he's at a meeting, instead of being with his kids at bedtime. Meanwhile, his wife is clearly going through something, and he's just feeling sorry for himself. I couldn't jive with him, and it hindered my enjoyment.

Oh my. I tried so hard with this book. I received an arc of this book and I take arcs *so* seriously- I hate to give up on them. In this case I made it to 50%, at which point I gave in and skimmed the rest.

My first issue- the reader of this book needs to be in a pretty specific subset- an exvangelical who doesn't really need any deconstruction in the story, a reader who likes sexual spice and longs for the One True Pairing *and* is not bothered by cheating.

Second issue- This book is long, it takes quite a while to read, but it's mostly a constant retelling of the same info. He's *so* into her... But he won't act on it... Because he's married... Still. That exact sentiment was repeated ad nauseum.

Third issue- I couldn't bring myself to care about *any* of these characters. I think it was because there was very little backstory, no nuance, and virtually nothing to signal their motivation.

Fourth issue- important plot twists just came from *nowhere*. I was ready to DNF this book at about 17%, but I really wanted to give it a chance. At 49% there was a plot twist that had zero setup and reset the entire story. Ugh. Halfway through the book and I honestly had no idea who the main male character was and honestly I didn't care. I felt like three main female character should have just walked away from the entire situation at that point.

I noticed that the two parts of this book have been presented separately and have *very* high ratings on Goodreads. I have *no* idea how that happened, but I guess it goes to show that there is a lid for every pot.

My best to the author, publisher and #NetGalley. This just wasn't a good fit for me.

DNF at 18%.
I got this ARC without realizing that it’s a republishing on a duology, and I’m just not feeling it. I tend to avoid cheating as a trope or plot point, and I should have stuck with that instinct. I don’t think it’s a bad book, necessarily, but it’s not for me.

Thank you NetGalley for this ARC! I dnf at 20% through. I am fine with priest/religious figure kinks and I’m fine with cheating kinks but my goodness I couldn’t keep reading about this pathetic grown man. He is married with kids and can’t make it to read books to the kids because he is at a bar lusting over the female MC. I would have loved this book if he was portrayed as a good father but it just sounds like he wants nothing but to stick it into
Rachel.

This this like Priest by Sierra Simone but he’s a deadbeat.

I thought this book would deal a little more with being an exvangelical, but the amount is fine. A lot happens in the first 40-60% of the story, so take your time. I believe it was initially two books, so it still reads like that.

CW in that it deals with cheating and thoughts of cheating and sexual abuse.