Lucy Score never disappoints with anything that she creates. A master at telling romance at its finest, she’s an autobuy author of mine for a reason. Absolutely loved this story as much as her others!

I am new to the author and didn’t realize this is the third in the Knockemout series. I felt like I started in the middle and but quickly realized it was more the writing style of jumping into the story. The book opens as Sloan Walton is preparing for her fathers funeral. She lives in the town of Knockemout and loves being a senior librarian. She is surprise when Lucian Rollins arrives for the services. He was the boy next door growing up. He has become a very ruthless multimillionaire business. He always wants to be in control after growing up with an abusive father. It turns out that he has always remained in contact with her parents and helped as her dad was dying of cancer.

This is a childhood friends turning to enemies eventually finding love romance. For me the writing style in the beginning was overly dramatic. But slowly I was drawn into caring about the relationship and original break up between Sloan and Lucian. And when it gets steamy there is extra gusto to the story. There are threats to Sloan for some work she is doing and Lucian goes alpha male in his desire to protect her. I like the story and the friend group. Both Sloan and Lucians best friends are coupled up and were the MCs in the previous books. They add some lightness to the story and are the confidants and encouragers.

Score seems to be a writer that likes to tell her books in a longer fashion. At almost 600 pages I could have edited a lot out of the story. She even adds in two epilogues. I enjoyed the book and if my TBR pile wasn’t so large I’d go back and read the others in the series. I will also look for future works. Thank you to Sourcebooks, Bloom Books and NetGalley for the ARC and I am leaving an honest review.

A good conclusion to the series. I admire how you can see the author’s writing development as you continue to read her novels, and I would say this one is the best written. It is very readable and the banter between the characters is great, but it could be a little shorter. I also enjoyed the friendships we see develop with the characters.

3.75⭐️

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THANK YOU BLOOOM BOOKS FOR SENDING ME THIS ARC 🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶

Things we left behind is the last installment of the Knockemout series and it was one of my most anticipated release of this year and it did not disappoint! This book was filled to the brim with humor and a sucker punch of sadness here and there.

Sloane and Lucian’s banter was the funniest thing ever. Their story was easy to get into and it was something I didn’t expect. Their history with each other went so much deeper than I expected. We got some chapters of their past and I absolutely loved the parallels between the past and present.

This book IS the definition of SLOW BURN. Because it was so so soooooo slow. It was frustrating at times but I managed.

I loved the relationship between the main characters and the side characters. The friendships, the families, the FOUND FAMILY was so heartwarming. The found family in this series is one of my favorites.

Sloane and Lucian kept bantering and I was cackling every other page and highlight literally the whole book bc it was so funny and I had a really good time but then…

They had sex and everything kind of felt meh after that.

Lucian was such a dick and he has his reasons but it was sooo annoying. For a 592 page book I would’ve expected more groveling.

Also his way of going about a relationship was… interesting. I mean it was definitely unique! Okay but seriously what the heck 😭😭 it was a very Lucian thing which was kind of ridiculous but funny nonetheless.

I got kind of bored because this book was so LONG. But anyway cute things started happening and I was like “oh it would be perfect if the book ended here” but this BS with *redacted* happened and I was so close to just giving up BUT it was worth it in the end because that epilogue and bonus epilogue made me so emotional and I realized that this was the end of the knockemout series and I was just 🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲

THAT EPILOGUE AND BONUS EPILOGUE. GUYYSSSSSS I WANT TO CRY.

If you liked the previous two books I’m sure you’ll love this one! Okay byeeeee

I understand why people love these books so much I really do but these men are not for me. Lucian breaks up with Sloan and then once again the woman’s life is in the balance because score can’t write an original thing and he changed his mind and wants to be with her after she almost dies. Then Lucian becomes possessive and tells Sloan that they are together and she has no choice and at some point she just stops fighting it. I don’t like stories like that. Consent is important to me.

i don't know how sloane (yes another romance with the fmc named sloane) didn't get whiplash from ucians emotions!! i think what i loved so much about the first two books in the knockemout series is that the tough guys turned into golden retrievers for their girls after 5 seconds so i was surprised that this book took a different path.
once the book got spicy, it got pepper leveled spicy
little things were lacking in this story for me but overall worth it & seeing some characters from past books!! if you are a fan of childhood-friends to enemies to lovers then you would really enjoy this one!!

I devoured this book as much as the other two. I loved how the story progressed without it being forced or cliche. It was such a great beach read.

I love Lucy Score, and I have followed her Knockemout characters through 3 books now and only wanted to know more about them. In fact, all the couples hanging out together all the time sounds amazing and I want to join. I was happy to learn the backstory of Lucian and Sloane, and their fiery love hate relationship throughout the book. An intriguing romance with plenty of drama and action as well.

As with the first two books in this series, I could not put this book down and I was invested from the get go in the characters and their friend group in the small town of Knockemout. Cameos from Nash & Lina and Knox & Naomi make for a fun reunion with the beloved couples from the first two books in the series. This book is all about bad-boy Lucian and the small town blonde librarian, Sloane. It features enemies to lovers romance, a ton of angst and is full of steamy romance. If you like clean, closed door romance, this is NOT the book for you. I love the way Lucy Score is able to take me through an entire range of emotions with a story and leave me feeling like I know the characters so well. I LOVED this whole series. Thank you for the early copy!

Lucy Score writes amazing stories with characters that are so well-developed and easy to love. I recommend Lucy to anyone who will listen to me. This latest book in the series was delightful!

I loved Sloane’s character and as a librarian myself, I could relate! Lucian was a great book boyfriend and I loved this book. Lucy Score knows how to write emotional romance, and I am here for it!

There is so much depth to this novel it is insane. This is told from a dual POV between Lucian and Sloane with flashbacks from both of their perspectives. We are able to go back in time and see what tore them apart back in high school and why they are the way they are now. I absolutely loved how this novel was set up to really pull at your heart strings. I understood both perspectives and felt like it was such an impossible place for two teenangers to be.

The present was also well done and full of action. The sexual tension was radiating off the page.

We have fallen in love with all of the characters throughout the series so being able to have them be such a big part of this novel was the best. I loved being able to see how they were doing and how they were intertwined with each other. They are the definition of friends becoming family.

When we got to the end, as the reader we knew there was still a loose end. This book had so much action packed into but it never felt like too much. I was never bored and always excited to go to the next page to see what happened next.

The ending of this series was perfect. The epilogue about where Lucian and Sloane ended up was great, but it was the bonus epilogue a few decades down the road that had me in tears. Reading this series felt like I was part of the Knockemout community. I am so sad that it has come to an end but so excited to see what happens next.

THIS WASS AWESOMMMEEEEEE!!!! One of my all time favorite tropes is enemies with benefits and it is so hard to execute. This one exceeded expectations and more! I never get bored with Lucy's books and often forget they are pushing 600 pages. Best of the three in my opinion.

Boy did I need this book! I was not ready for this series to end, however, I am grateful for this book! I loved every second of it, even the parts that made me cry!

This was hands down my favorite book of the series. The character build up to this book was top notch. I’m sad it’s over.

Sloane and Lucian were my favourite Knockemout pairing. Highly recommend— esp to existing fans of the series!

Read if you like:

- childhood sweethearts
- enemies to lovers
- excellent banter
- SPICE 🌶️🌶️🌶️
- he falls first
- rich hero
- protective hero

Don’t read if you don’t like:

- a slow start
- a quick resolution
- longer reads

This was the perfect ending to the Knockemout series! I had been waiting for this book and I loved Sloane and Lucian's story. I enjoyed seeing the characters from the two other books again and seeing more of their everyday life. Lucy is one of my favorite authors and this did not disappoint. Sad that it's over, but happy that now I have all three stories.

I’m a huge fan of Lucy’s book and this story completes the Knockemout trilogy fantastically. The reader is brought along on a story of love, worth and family. It gives all the feelings you’d expect from a Lucy Score story

Lucy Score has a way of transferring you to small town Knockemout that makes it feel enchanted.
Lucian and Sloane's story is the cherry on top of a hot fudge sundae. They make you and the sundae feel complete. Their story is deep with emotion with a past that these two protagonists must face together in order to have a future. The build up for these two characters has been worth the wait. It's fireworks when these two are fighting and a lightning strike when they finally come together. Lucy's overall message for the whole Knockout series of anything you might be facing or going through it's the people we love and love that can get us through even in our darkest of moments. "Things We left Behind" was the perfect ending to this series. Knockemout and it's characters will be missed but knowing they these characters have grown and are happy makes the journey feel complete. Nothing but applause for these books and to Lucy Score.

Once again Lucy has managed to hook me in from the start. Lucian and Sloan have so much pent up emotions both the good ones and the bad ones you don’t know which ones you want to deal with first. The tightly knit group of friends that are more like family make many appearances in this book and I loved it.

SPOILER *** at one point the only interaction between Lucian and Sloan was sex and it got to be too much. I wanted the banter more… hard to believe***. ***I will miss the gang from Knockemount***

I’m giving it a 5 star review bit I think it should be a 4.5 stars