You Beautiful Thing, You
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- Author：Saffron A. Kent
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The Romantic Rush Blog
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Another delectably angsty and tumultuous love story from my go-to in ultra-sexy forbidden romance！ Saffron Kent knows how to push all the right buttons when it comes to creating character tension so the angsty is ultra thick in this one， at times tempestuous （no pun intended） and full of longing and repression。 The Boys of Bardstown's first You Beautiful Thing， You is swimming with everything that we love about Saffron- flowery prose， loads of drama， immersive meta-heavy characterization， and so Another delectably angsty and tumultuous love story from my go-to in ultra-sexy forbidden romance！ Saffron Kent knows how to push all the right buttons when it comes to creating character tension so the angsty is ultra thick in this one， at times tempestuous （no pun intended） and full of longing and repression。 The Boys of Bardstown's first You Beautiful Thing， You is swimming with everything that we love about Saffron- flowery prose， loads of drama， immersive meta-heavy characterization， and so much sexual tension。I've been longing for Tempest and Ledger since Saffron first introduced them， and when we learned it had a breeding element， holy moly was I ready。 I loved the dynamic between them， a connection that started long before their need for revenge， a connection that felt pure but complicated。 One that ultimate was beautiful and healing， catalytic even。 As always， Saffron delivers two radically flawed characters who are trying to find themselves in the murky waters of both growing up and the complications of their relationship。 This is the source of much of the angst- their half-truths， their dishonesty。 At times I wanted to shake them for holding back so much， for so much misunderstanding and unspoken between them， but their love felt so real and powerful， even when they weren't giving their full selves to the other。 But I loved how openly they see and understand one another's needs， how they see behind the walls。 Ledger is more than an angry man， Tempest is more than her heartache。 Both are beautifully rendered and likable characters that touch the heart- and as always the spice is delicious。 Ledger is all kinds of possessive （perhaps the most ever for Saffron。。。。which， my friends， is saying quite a lot）。 And I appreciated how their dynamic breaks away a bit form what I lovingly consider the Saffron mold- that unrequited-resistant banter。 The love is clear between them both。 And this story has a bit more edge to it as well。 Darker elements between them， and Ledger has a bit of an unhinged quality to him that made him even more yummy。The chemistry is dynamic and addictive and the emotional impact of the story hits。 I FELT for them and with them。 It's a longer story， and I'll admit at times I felt the length。 Prose meanders in places， and I felt a bit more restraint could have impacted the story flow - at times felt more plot or character adjacent than central。 But I adored the characters and their romance overall， and I'm excited for more from this series！ 。。。more
Lolina ⋆
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I'm getting a strange sense of deja vu 💀。I feel like I start every single one of these reviews for SAK's most recent books by saying that I wanted to like them 😭。 Because trust me， with this one in particular， I really really did。 Because let me tell you- ever since Tempest & Ledger had been introduced back in 2020， I have been WAITING for their book。 And I was even more excited because of their cameo in Wyn and Conrad's book。 So to end up being overall disappointed actually sucks。 I felt like t I'm getting a strange sense of deja vu 💀。I feel like I start every single one of these reviews for SAK's most recent books by saying that I wanted to like them 😭。 Because trust me， with this one in particular， I really really did。 Because let me tell you- ever since Tempest & Ledger had been introduced back in 2020， I have been WAITING for their book。 And I was even more excited because of their cameo in Wyn and Conrad's book。 So to end up being overall disappointed actually sucks。 I felt like this couple had SO much potential， and so so so much to give but they just。。。didn't？Anyways 💀 This review is going to borderline be a therapeutic rant for me， so don't mind me 😍。 -=- I'll split this up into my main issues with it: ※ Inconsistent angst/ conflict※ Lack of respect & chemistry ※ The nonexistent dialogue 😭 One of my biggest problems was just how inconsistent and irrelevant the conflicts in this book felt。 It went from Tempest wanting to get revenge on Ledger by getting pregnant （we're not even going to get into how stupid this is）， to him apparently breaking her heart when they were younger， to her father getting involved and her getting married。 Why not just pick one？ Everything just felt so messy because of it。 This to me also ties heavily in with the writing。 It's hard to take a conflict seriously when you literally don't get to experience it。 We're TOLD that Ledger broke Tempest's heart， and we're TOLD that she loved him， and we're TOLD that they had this undeniable chemistry in the past- but we literally don't SEE it。 Yes， we get a chapter or two in the beginning， but that doesn't make up for the hundreds worth of pages after that。 You can't base such a big plot point around an undeveloped conflict。 And I specifically use the word undeveloped because （tying this back to what I said earlier about being excited to read about this couple）， their angst was inconsistent。 In Conrad and Wyn's book， there was specifically a scene where Ledger tells Wyn that Tempest means nothing to him， where she overhears and runs off。 I was SO excited to see that scene being addressed in this book， and was one of the main reasons that I rushed to read this in the first place: （extract from These Thorn Kisses）: [“What about her？”“I thought… she was important to you。 I mean， the way you werepretending to not stare at her and —”“Tempest is nothing。”。。。I notice movement behind Ledger’s shoulders。A flash of dark hair and stricken gray eyes。Tempest。She’s standing at the kitchen threshold and from the looks of it， sheheard everything。 When she spins around and leaves， my heart twists forher， for the disdain and rejection she must’ve heard in Ledger’s voice。 ]So colour me surprised when the above scene wasn't ever addressed- and that it apparently just didn't happen anymore。 😐 It would've made for some really nice angst， but it was just written off。 -=- The next thing that absolutely baffled me about this book was the lack of respect that Ledger showed to Tempest， with not nearly enough grovelling to compensate for it。 I won't talk a lot about it， but the way that he cut Tempest off was simultaneously hilarious and frustrating because I'm not even joking she barely got a full sentence out。 And anything she did get out was usually just her parroting back what he said to her， the dialogue literally went this isn't real: “I want a baby。”“A baby。”“Yours。”“Mine。”“I want—”“A baby。”“You remind me of a bug。”“A bug？”“Because you won't shut up。” I wrote that and no it wasn't an extract from the book but it damn well could be 💀。 I don't think they truly had one meaningful conversation in the book where Ledger didn't either tell her to shut up or stop talking 💀☝️， cut her off， or just truly listen。 This was shocking to me， because it was written as if that was just his personality， and tried to play it off as being possessive- but you can be possessive and still respect the supposed love of your life BYE。 And what made it even worse to me was the fact that Tempest DIDN'T CARE。 She just took it in the name of him being misunderstood 🥺👉👈。 That is a grown-ass man。I was so excited to read about her character because she was always portrayed as being this hothead who knew what she wanted- but the way that she let this man walk all over her was crazy。 I get caring for someone， but to justify their shit behaviour to such an extent， and accept such half-assed apologies was wild。 Just so I don't seem like I'm pulling words out of my ass， here's some of their literal dialogue: “I think you need to shut up now。”I jerk back， offended。 “What？”“Because I think if I let you talk any longer， you’re going to put me tosleep。” I gasp but he keeps going， “And then this big fat boner that I’ve hadever since we sat down in the tub would just go to waste。”“That’s very —”“And then where will your poor little cum-hungry pussy be？” This ties into one of the points above about the lack of proper dialogue between the two- because I genuinely feel like there was no progress made in this relationship。 There was just so much filler in the form of inner monologues。 I'm reaching my breaking point。-=-The next thing I wanted to comment on 💀， and felt weird to me was the timing。 For example， the pregnancy， which is arguably the biggest part of the book: we go from Tempest getting her period and finding out she isn't pregnant and being absolutely gutted to an immediate one-month time jump to her holding the positive pregnancy test- and mind you this wasn't even a chapter later 😭。 The timing of the book felt really random and abrupt。 The reason I chose to mention this was that the timing really messed with the grovelling， in particular with the side characters （I'm looking at you， Reed）。 When he （Tempest's brother） finds out about the pregnancy he really emotionally hurts her， and we never see him apologize， but instead are just told that he does and that she forgives him 😐🥺。 -=-In terms of the smut 💀☝️ I'm not going to say anything but just know the line about '✨life-giving cum✨' was somehow worse than baby batter and I didn't know that was possible。-=- In terms of the characters Ledger really caught me off guard。 Off-topic but what was his obsession with saying 'horndog。'IM CRYING。 ENOUGH IS ENOUGH。 His dialogue actually left me on the floor because what was he yapping on about。 I just could not connect at all with his character。 His whole persona was centred around being 'possessive' and 'angry' but that was literally it。 He felt strangely 2D to me in a way that I haven't felt about any of SAK's other heroes。 In relation to Tempest， I don't even know。 The lack of self-preservation was shocking 😭。 I'm not even going to expand on that。 -=- Overall 😭 I don't what to say。 SAK has no joke written two of my favourite book， so it's not like I don't like her writing and am reading this book for the funsies- but she has officially lost the plot 💀。 The whole concept of pregnancy for revenge was crazy to me， and was equally as crazy as how it was handled， and overall this was wild。 From the lack of grovelling to disrespect， to lack of self-respect， and just overall ridiculous behaviour， I'm out。 I do have to say， that the last chapter of the book was so sweet， and was literally everything that I was looking for with this story。 I was expecting relevant angst， some strong characters， a LOT of comfort care and more， but we just didn't get that。 I have so much more to say but for my sanity， I'm going to stop there。 。。。more
Phoebe
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Rating: DNFI absolutely hate to dnf books but I just couldn't get through this one。 The book blurb/description sounded very interesting and it's what made me request an arc for it。 But the way it was written was just not it for me。 Some of the dialogue didn't really make sense， like it was supposed to be poetic but it made me cringe。 The interactions between the fmc and mmc were very odd as well。 And the sudden time change threw me for a loop。 I'm not saying don't read this book as I've seen rev Rating: DNFI absolutely hate to dnf books but I just couldn't get through this one。 The book blurb/description sounded very interesting and it's what made me request an arc for it。 But the way it was written was just not it for me。 Some of the dialogue didn't really make sense， like it was supposed to be poetic but it made me cringe。 The interactions between the fmc and mmc were very odd as well。 And the sudden time change threw me for a loop。 I'm not saying don't read this book as I've seen reviews from people who happen to really enjoy it。 But it just wasn't for me。 。。。more
readsbykish
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You Beautiful thing you by Saffron A。 Kent ⚽️🤍First， I love the name Tempest！ Second， I expected her to be really shy but I was so wrong and I love her for that！ She was a relatable female character because she got that delulu phase which is veeeeery… me 🤣I ate this book up from start to finish。 I love the tension that I got from Ledger and Tempest but I kind of got tired of the push and pull so， thankfully they got past that。 I found the part where Tempest’ brother and Ledger was constantly out You Beautiful thing you by Saffron A。 Kent ⚽️🤍First， I love the name Tempest！ Second， I expected her to be really shy but I was so wrong and I love her for that！ She was a relatable female character because she got that delulu phase which is veeeeery… me 🤣I ate this book up from start to finish。 I love the tension that I got from Ledger and Tempest but I kind of got tired of the push and pull so， thankfully they got past that。 I found the part where Tempest’ brother and Ledger was constantly out for each others throats it was very funny and entertaining。 The twist and turns in this book kept me on my toes the whole entire time and I love that！This is my first book from this author and I am so happy that I loved it and got an ARC for it！ If y’all are looking for a brother’s enemy or bestfriend’s brother type of trope I highly recommend this book 😭💗4。75⭐️ | 2🌶️ 。。。more
BryannaReads
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I was reached out to and offered and ARC and I’m so grateful for the opportunity。 Sadly for me this was a DNF。I didn’t realize this was an 800+ page book and I definitely struggle with longer reads。 Although the tropes seemed really interesting （which is why I agreed to ARC read）， I just didn’t vibe with the plot or characters。 Please don’t let my DNF keep you from picking this up。 I DNF more than the average reader。 Saffron is extremely talented and has such a unique way of writing and I think I was reached out to and offered and ARC and I’m so grateful for the opportunity。 Sadly for me this was a DNF。I didn’t realize this was an 800+ page book and I definitely struggle with longer reads。 Although the tropes seemed really interesting （which is why I agreed to ARC read）， I just didn’t vibe with the plot or characters。 Please don’t let my DNF keep you from picking this up。 I DNF more than the average reader。 Saffron is extremely talented and has such a unique way of writing and I think many people would enjoy this！ 。。。more
Jemellee Aimee
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You Beautiful Thing， You by Saffron A。 KentPlot ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️MMC ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️FMC ⭐️⭐️⭐️MMC Character Development ⭐️⭐️⭐️FMC Character Development ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️MMC and FMC relationship dynamic ⭐️⭐️⭐️MMC and FMC relationship with others ⭐️⭐️⭐️Writing Style ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Total: 3。5 ⭐️Tempest Jackson's love-at-first-sight was everything she dreamt it would be， except is it？ This all came crumbling down when Ledger Thorne saw revenge in her and her dad's blackmails。 Will she ever get to fulfill her ultimate dream or will You Beautiful Thing， You by Saffron A。 KentPlot ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️MMC ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️FMC ⭐️⭐️⭐️MMC Character Development ⭐️⭐️⭐️FMC Character Development ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️MMC and FMC relationship dynamic ⭐️⭐️⭐️MMC and FMC relationship with others ⭐️⭐️⭐️Writing Style ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Total: 3。5 ⭐️Tempest Jackson's love-at-first-sight was everything she dreamt it would be， except is it？ This all came crumbling down when Ledger Thorne saw revenge in her and her dad's blackmails。 Will she ever get to fulfill her ultimate dream or will his dad get his way？ This book has it all， the love-at-first-sight， brother's rival which then becomes a forbidden romance， the angst， pain and suffering。 Will their love truly be like candies and cream， or will it be more like thunders and thorns？ This book is my longest read for 2023 with whopping total of 809 pages。 I inhaled this book in the span of 6 hours， the alpha-hole MMC with the just as strong FMC。 The character development of both characters were top notch and was well-executed。 I love SAK's writing style， it was so good， and so clean。 I think if you are someone who likes angst， alpha-hole MMC and amusing banter between characters and is looking for a long read， this is it。 THIS。 IS。 IT。 。。。more
_book_lovers。xoxo
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Ahhhhhhh。。。。。。what can I sayyyyy。I love love loved Ledger and Tempest。 I really want to explore the St。 Mary world more。 You beautiful thing， you was my first book by Saffron A。 Kent and I definitely fell in love with the characters， the storyline and the writing style。 The moments where Ledger would bare his heart out to Tempest were the scenes I loved the most。 They felt so pure and realistic。 I loved the idea of the real world not being made up of candy and cream but thorns and thunder and Go Ahhhhhhh。。。。。。what can I sayyyyy。I love love loved Ledger and Tempest。 I really want to explore the St。 Mary world more。 You beautiful thing， you was my first book by Saffron A。 Kent and I definitely fell in love with the characters， the storyline and the writing style。 The moments where Ledger would bare his heart out to Tempest were the scenes I loved the most。 They felt so pure and realistic。 I loved the idea of the real world not being made up of candy and cream but thorns and thunder and God I so badly want to devour the complete series。 You beautiful thing， you is indeed a beautiful thing。 xoxo 。。。more
kreadsoften
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3。5 stars。You Beautiful Thing， You is the first book in the Bad Boys of Bardstown series， but it can be read as a standalone。Tempest Jackson had a crush on Ledger Thorne， her brother’s rival。 Ledger noticed her hanging around， and he pursued her to get revenge on her brother。 Years pass， and Tempest just wants to be loved; she wants her own family。 So she decides to get revenge on Ledger for how he treated her all those years ago by getting pregnant then leaving him。 This book had a lot of drama 3。5 stars。You Beautiful Thing， You is the first book in the Bad Boys of Bardstown series， but it can be read as a standalone。Tempest Jackson had a crush on Ledger Thorne， her brother’s rival。 Ledger noticed her hanging around， and he pursued her to get revenge on her brother。 Years pass， and Tempest just wants to be loved; she wants her own family。 So she decides to get revenge on Ledger for how he treated her all those years ago by getting pregnant then leaving him。 This book had a lot of drama and angst。 Ledger was an a**hole for a majority of the story， and Tempest really didn’t make the best decisions。 Ledger had many problems， and he had a lot of anger。 Honestly， these two were pretty toxic for each other。 But Ledger did work on himself， and he finally accepted that there was a reason he reacted to things the way he did。 And Tempest learned to forgive and let go of the past。 Even though they were toxic for each other， they were also good for each other。 They found healing and love with each other。 。。。more
Gina Burkart
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Tempest and Ledger Story is a roller coaster of emotions and they have a very toxic relationship。 The angst that is throughout this story is hard and strong。 This story is incredibly good and I read in one sitting and loved this story。
Kyara Gevers
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As a teenager when you have a crush， that crush is everything to you and normally after a while you get over it and move on。 But Tempest has had the biggest crush on Ledger since she was a teenager。 She would go to his games， go to parties all just to see him from afar。 She knew it could never be more because he is her brother's rival。 Until。。。 Revenge isn't always sweet。Ledger is so possesive， he's the type of guy if i can't have you nobody can。。。 OH Yes！ The obsession he has， the way he can ma As a teenager when you have a crush， that crush is everything to you and normally after a while you get over it and move on。 But Tempest has had the biggest crush on Ledger since she was a teenager。 She would go to his games， go to parties all just to see him from afar。 She knew it could never be more because he is her brother's rival。 Until。。。 Revenge isn't always sweet。Ledger is so possesive， he's the type of guy if i can't have you nobody can。。。 OH Yes！ The obsession he has， the way he can make her blush， made me blush， how he won't back down to get the answers he's been looking for。 Tempest is relatable in a sense that when you love somebody and they hurt you， you wan't them to hurt aswell。 But it's not always that easy， especially when those feelings are still very strong。 So she's at war with herself。 On the one hand she's happy to finally have him， like she's always dreamed off but on the other she finally wants him to feel what she felt。 When you like somebody so much， they can push you， they can make you question everything and that is what Ledger does to her。 I really liked this book。 Ledger was delicious， the way he spoke to her， how he would push to get the answers he wanted。 Delicious！ 。。。more
My Introvert Bookish Life
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This was a long-winded， unconventional and oddly entertaining story。 However， in my humble opinion， this story， despite the length （and it was very long！） didn’t deliver according to my expectations。 Saffron Kent + “forbidden” is usually a hit for me， plus the blurb seemed like something I’d go for even though breeding kink isn’t something I will probably never understand。 “𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡。 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥’𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫。。。“~ 𝐓𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐬𝐭I enjoyed some aspects of this sto This was a long-winded， unconventional and oddly entertaining story。 However， in my humble opinion， this story， despite the length （and it was very long！） didn’t deliver according to my expectations。 Saffron Kent + “forbidden” is usually a hit for me， plus the blurb seemed like something I’d go for even though breeding kink isn’t something I will probably never understand。 “𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡。 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥’𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫。。。“~ 𝐓𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐬𝐭I enjoyed some aspects of this story and maybe even the main characters （in small doses）。 I tried but I couldn’t fully connect with Tempest or Ledger。 There were standout moments that left me truly hopeful but overall their characters lacked depth （especially Tempest） and their characters' arc， which held so much promise， didn’t work for me。 I understood Ledger more despite only seeing a small fraction from his POV。 “𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧’𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐈’𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐦𝐚 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞。 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧’𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐈’𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐛𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧。“~ 𝐋𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞: Saffron A Kent’s older stories are still some of my favourites。 I’m thankful that I was asked to consider reading an 𝖠𝖣𝖵𝖠𝖭𝖢𝖤𝖣 𝖱𝖤𝖠𝖣𝖤𝖱 𝖢𝖮𝖯𝖸 𝗈𝖿 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐘𝐨𝐮。 This one wasn’t for me， but I’m sure it will appeal to other readers。 𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆: 𝟑/𝟓 ⭐️⭐️⭐️𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐌𝐀𝐓: ARC e-copy 𝐓𝐚𝐠𝐬: Breeding Kink， New Adult， Sport romance， Revenge plot， Brother’s Rival 。。。more
Jessica
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You Beautiful Thing， You by Saffron A KentThis is the first book in Saffron’s Bad Boys of Bardstown series。We follow Tempest and Ledger。 Tempest is doing what she can to mend her broken heart but it’s a lot harder than it seems。 So Tempest comes up with a plan， one that involves a baby！ I loved reading about Tempest and Ledger and I’m so happy to finally have read their love story。 Ledger was the perfect boy obsessed and I loved every minute of him。 Tempest was such a fun character。 I loved her You Beautiful Thing， You by Saffron A KentThis is the first book in Saffron’s Bad Boys of Bardstown series。We follow Tempest and Ledger。 Tempest is doing what she can to mend her broken heart but it’s a lot harder than it seems。 So Tempest comes up with a plan， one that involves a baby！ I loved reading about Tempest and Ledger and I’m so happy to finally have read their love story。 Ledger was the perfect boy obsessed and I loved every minute of him。 Tempest was such a fun character。 I loved her feisty attitude。 When these two came together it was beautiful and spicy！ Tropes: pregnancy， brothers rival， he falls first， boy obsessed！Favorite quotes:“So that’s what we are then。 A boy made of thunder and thorns。 And a girl made of candies and cream。”“Is that why you call me Firefly？ Because they light up your favorite woods。” His eyes glitter。 “I call you Firefly because you light up my life。”“You’ve been the truest family that I’ve known。 You stood by me and had my back when you didn’t have to。”“If your love is a war， then my love is peace。 If you’re what tragedies are made of， then I’m made of fairy tales。 If you’re toxic， then I’m the cure。”Highly recommend this book if you love pregnancy， boy obsessed romance with just the right amount of angst！ 。。。more
Gigi
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Do I love a possessive MMC in books？ You bet your ass I do。 This book is a standalone in the world Bardstown a St。 Mary's Rebels spinoff。 I loved that we saw some of those characters in this book。 Ledger Thorne。 Full of anger， but also an extremely talented soccer player。 Always throwing fists and cruel words， his issues with Tempest are complicated。Tempest Jackson really wants a baby， and she's going to get what she wants， right？ I wasn't too sure how she would execute this plan because there's Do I love a possessive MMC in books？ You bet your ass I do。 This book is a standalone in the world Bardstown a St。 Mary's Rebels spinoff。 I loved that we saw some of those characters in this book。 Ledger Thorne。 Full of anger， but also an extremely talented soccer player。 Always throwing fists and cruel words， his issues with Tempest are complicated。Tempest Jackson really wants a baby， and she's going to get what she wants， right？ I wasn't too sure how she would execute this plan because there's a lot of things that aren't said。 So， with all the angst and pining between these two， you really wonder how it's going to pan out。 The how and why， plus Ledger and his caveman grunts of "MINE" had me flipping pages at an excessive speed。 The writing is beautiful， and what I love about Saffron's books is that the men say incredibly meaningful and beautiful things。 My heart flips a bit when I think back to some of Ledger's lines。 “Our first kiss was beautiful and our second was fucking phenomenal。 Because it was my attempt at giving you something more than beautiful。 Something beyond beautiful。 That’s what you deserve， you see。"But these two seem to have more in common than we first see。 As the story unfolds， you'll see what I'm talking about。 I loved the angst， the passion， Ledgers' love of cupcakes， and how everything unfoldedWhat you get:Extremely possessive MMC （and it really turned my crank）Pregnancy tropeEnemies to LoversSports romanceBrothers rivalLots of cupcakes 🧁 Thank you， Saffron Kent and Wordsmith Publicity， for the eARC in exchange for an honest review。 。。。more
Bookworm Angel
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3。5 stars。 I typically have loved all of Saffron Kent’s books， but this one missed the mark for me a little bit。 I’m all for a certain level of “unrealistic in real life but perfectly acceptable in a story” type of writing， but I think Tempest and Ledger’s story was a bit over the top！ I didn’t really feel Ledger’s attraction to her either， it just all seemed a bit forced to me。 It was also a really， really long read… WHEW！
Stacey Gomez
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I had wondered how Saffron would weave the girls from Saint Barts and their boys into this story。 I am thrilled and got a little skeptical about certain things。 But let’s not be picky shall we。 Anyways， Ledger the bad boy of Bardstown school。 Wanting to be the best at soccer and have his older brothers not see the worst in him and to believe in him。 But actions speak louder than world right？ Anyways， Tempest the younger sister of Cole。 She loves her brother and sister in law fiercely along with I had wondered how Saffron would weave the girls from Saint Barts and their boys into this story。 I am thrilled and got a little skeptical about certain things。 But let’s not be picky shall we。 Anyways， Ledger the bad boy of Bardstown school。 Wanting to be the best at soccer and have his older brothers not see the worst in him and to believe in him。 But actions speak louder than world right？ Anyways， Tempest the younger sister of Cole。 She loves her brother and sister in law fiercely along with her newly born niece。 She wants someone who will love her unconditionally， and would look at her the way a child does。 But can she find someone to give her this？ The crush she had of her brother arch nemesis ledger was the one she wanted。 But he cornered her knowing she was watching him， and going to places he would go to。 Aka parties， soccer games。 Now two years later they being older him doing what he loves and she being trapped to be married。 After seeing one another after so many years doing separate things and possibly not think of one another。 But like animals they come together and make a pack。 But Ledger has other things in mind for Temp aka Pest。 Will she understand if she found out what that is？ 。。。more
Ashley
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Ledger and Tempest’s story is wild， intense and full of passion。 I enjoy every second of their book。 Ledger brings possession， obsession & protection to whole new level。 Tempest is a very lovable and strong heroine。 You Beautiful Thing， You falls under several tropes。 If you are looking for a book about revenge， possessive hero， obsessive hero， breeding/pregnancy， steamy/spicy read， best friend’s brother， broody hero/sweet heroine then this is the book for you。 Saffron A。 Kent did a wonderful jo Ledger and Tempest’s story is wild， intense and full of passion。 I enjoy every second of their book。 Ledger brings possession， obsession & protection to whole new level。 Tempest is a very lovable and strong heroine。 You Beautiful Thing， You falls under several tropes。 If you are looking for a book about revenge， possessive hero， obsessive hero， breeding/pregnancy， steamy/spicy read， best friend’s brother， broody hero/sweet heroine then this is the book for you。 Saffron A。 Kent did a wonderful job with this book and I can’t wait to read the next book in this Bad Boys of Bardstown series。 。。。more
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This is my only most like book I have read by saffron while she was prego writing this main couple during that phase。 U did me proud！ I’m hoe for breeding/pregnancy， so immediately I wanted to read this when I saw it have baby making， breeding， and pregnancy， I eat dat shit up。 I love how OTT j/p & short temper Ledger is & over Tempest ➣ “Or wants to trap you in a jar like the firefly you are。 It’s not your problem， is it？ It’s my problem。 Mine。 Every inch of it。 It’s mine。” Then， a pause later， This is my only most like book I have read by saffron while she was prego writing this main couple during that phase。 U did me proud！ I’m hoe for breeding/pregnancy， so immediately I wanted to read this when I saw it have baby making， breeding， and pregnancy， I eat dat shit up。 I love how OTT j/p & short temper Ledger is & over Tempest ➣ “Or wants to trap you in a jar like the firefly you are。 It’s not your problem， is it？ It’s my problem。 Mine。 Every inch of it。 It’s mine。” Then， a pause later， still staring and staring at my lips， “Mine。 Mine。 Mine。 M —”You see what I mean & just so fuckin’ masculine like the energy he gives， he’s da shit， the shit he said， and did for her， ugh got me swooning。 Just go read it 2 know what I mean。 The books I have read by saffron b4 none of her heroes is like dat bc usually they’re chill and laid back while her heroines are the ones who’s fucking embarrassing themselves & pinning over the heroes。 So this was a nice change & I love how tempest admitted she’s a hoe for him ➣ “But I latch on to you like a… like a ho， or a very enthusiastic environmentalist who hugs a tree in the park that’s going to be cut down。” My man ledger deserves the superior dick hall of fame 🍆🏆 ➣ “Because with a body like that， I’m gonna wanna breed you over and over again。 I’m going to want to put my baby in you as soon as your tummy goes back to being all tight and trim。 So a piece of advice， okay？ Don’t let me catch you like that， don’t let me catch you without a baby in your belly because if I do， I’m going to hold you down wherever I find you and stick my cock in your tight hole and fuck you until I breed you again， yeah？ And with your fertile pussy and my superior dick， you know I’d do it。” 。。。more
Allison Bird
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Ok wow this has a lot going on。 There’s a lot of history between Tempest and Ledger。 And a lot of stalking。 He’s her brother’s rival so she’s wanted him from afar- like he has with her as well。 Tempest plans to use Ledger for a revenge/attempt at closure so she can move on but it gets all twisted and they end up lying to each other。 I wanted to shake both of them to fess up！ Shake them to own up to their feelings for each other。 🤣 I did enjoy Ledger。 He’s flawed but tries to do the right thing w Ok wow this has a lot going on。 There’s a lot of history between Tempest and Ledger。 And a lot of stalking。 He’s her brother’s rival so she’s wanted him from afar- like he has with her as well。 Tempest plans to use Ledger for a revenge/attempt at closure so she can move on but it gets all twisted and they end up lying to each other。 I wanted to shake both of them to fess up！ Shake them to own up to their feelings for each other。 🤣 I did enjoy Ledger。 He’s flawed but tries to do the right thing when it comes to Tempest， he just doesn’t know how。 He struggles a lot internally with what he has been through， he was kind of lost in the shuffle as a child and had to live up to high expectations。 I loved when we got to see how he finally came face to face with it to better himself- to feel worthy enough to love and be loved。 I enjoyed aspects of this story but found it to be really wordy-it’s 800 pages- we get a lot of background and insight to a lot of things that don’t really pertain to Ledger and Tempest’s relationship。。The dialogue between the two main characters was hard to follow。 Tons of inner monologue within the conversations and they’re constantly cutting each other off， kind of took me out of it。 。。。more
James Fiore
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Awesome book 。 Cannot wait for next one
Liz
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✨ Made of cream and candy。 Who glows in the dark like a firefly。 My rival’s little sister。 Tempest fucking Jackson。 ✨📚- You Beautiful Thing， You（Bad Boys of Bardstown， Book 1）BOOK REVIEW:Who loves an unhinged， possessive man who will burn the world for his girl？！ Then you may love Ledger Thorne！ 😏 Ledger and Tempest were super angsty， toxic in some ways and when they were together they loved to get spicy with each other。 🥵✨“Sometimes I don’t know whether to wrap you up in the softest silk and fe ✨ Made of cream and candy。 Who glows in the dark like a firefly。 My rival’s little sister。 Tempest fucking Jackson。 ✨📚- You Beautiful Thing， You（Bad Boys of Bardstown， Book 1）BOOK REVIEW:Who loves an unhinged， possessive man who will burn the world for his girl？！ Then you may love Ledger Thorne！ 😏 Ledger and Tempest were super angsty， toxic in some ways and when they were together they loved to get spicy with each other。 🥵✨“Sometimes I don’t know whether to wrap you up in the softest silk and feed you cotton candy while you sit in my lap。”“Or burn all of your clothes so I can keep you naked 24/7。”“And choke you with my cock when the mood strikes。”✨This book starts off with a heartbroken girl set on revenge but that quickly changes when secrets come to light。 Tempest was a sweet but fiesty girl， she had a dream and she was set on making it happen。 If you’ve read Saffron’s books before， you know she writes in a dreamy way where her characters are full of love and will love their guys super hard。 And this book had just that， Tempest was full of love and I know she would be a great mama as well。 💖✨My rose-colored glasses are gone。 I know he’s flawed。 I know he’s capable of doing bad things but I also know that he’s capable of doing good things。✨Thank you Saffron for the ARC！ 😘 Can’t wait to read about the next Thorne brothers。TROPES•Brother’s rival•He falls first/secretly obsessed•Pregnancy trope/Breeding k*ink •Bully/Enemies to Lovers•New Adult Romance •Angst + forbidden goodness – SAK style 。。。more
HayDaisy
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You Beautiful Thing， You is a standalone story set in the world of Saffron’s Bardstown world。 Tempest and Ledger might be SAK’s most unhinged， complex characters yet。 This is a very “hate to you love you” type book。 Both characters are obsessed with the other， but refuse to show it。 Their interactions constantly shocked me and I never knew where they would take things next。Tempest is still fairly young， but has dealt with plenty in her life already。 All she wants is love and to feel like she’s a You Beautiful Thing， You is a standalone story set in the world of Saffron’s Bardstown world。 Tempest and Ledger might be SAK’s most unhinged， complex characters yet。 This is a very “hate to you love you” type book。 Both characters are obsessed with the other， but refuse to show it。 Their interactions constantly shocked me and I never knew where they would take things next。Tempest is still fairly young， but has dealt with plenty in her life already。 All she wants is love and to feel like she’s apart of a family， so her idea is to create her own。 She’s a very unique characters with a wide range of personality traits。 She’s sweet and caring， yet can put her foot down and be independent。 Although she’s utterly obsessed with Ledger， she doesn’t fall right for his charms and learns he isn’t the perfect man she thought he was。Ledger is a very complex and complicated character。 Not everyone will love him， but I enjoyed his crass attitude and behavior because I knew it would lead to an obsessive， possessive alpha hero。 He really lays his hatred for Tempest on thick and shocked me with some of the things he said。 But Saffron knows how to write some unhinged mmc’s and she definitely did so in this story。Although the storyline and characters are on another level for SAK stories， it’s her usual style of writing/story which is very unique。 Not everyone will favor her writing style， but it adds another level to the book for me。 It’s simply just unique and makes me constantly question what these two complex characters will do next。 I know many people don’t like the pregnancy trope， but I really love it so I was really excited to see this book had one！ Overall， I liked seeing Saffron’s usual obsessive characters taken to a whole new level。 I also loved the past character cameos as well into some look into future characters for this series。*ARC kindly provided in exchange for an honest review*⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 stars🌶️🌶️🌶️/spice level🖤Tropes: enemies to lovers， forbidden romance， brother’s rival， pregnancy， soccer player hero， he falls first， angst filled 。。。more
Jamie
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WHERES THE EPILOGUE？！？！？！？！ What the hell im pissed that there’s no epilogue。 I loved this book， but the fact that the book just ends with no epilogue makes me mad。 Not even a link for a bonus scene with a newsletter。 I don’t think I’ve ever read a book by this author （and I’ve read every single book this author has written） that didn’t have an epilogue， so why didn’t this have one？ We don’t get to see the babies born， she’s still only 28 weeks in the last chapter。 We get no look into the future WHERES THE EPILOGUE？！？！？！？！ What the hell im pissed that there’s no epilogue。 I loved this book， but the fact that the book just ends with no epilogue makes me mad。 Not even a link for a bonus scene with a newsletter。 I don’t think I’ve ever read a book by this author （and I’ve read every single book this author has written） that didn’t have an epilogue， so why didn’t this have one？ We don’t get to see the babies born， she’s still only 28 weeks in the last chapter。 We get no look into the future 😤This was very much a saffron Kent style book， which I love， but I know a lot of people don’t like This would’ve been a five star if there had been an epilogue。 。。。more
Christine
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romance with a unique heroine and a total alphahole for a hero and I just eat that up。 You Beautiful Thing， You follows Ledger and Tempest。 Ledger is Tempest’s brother’s rival。 These two are messy from the start。 They are both obsessive and possessive people， especially when it comes to one another。Tempest wants Ledger from the first second she lands eyes on him。 Ledger wants her too but what he wants more？ Revenge。I will say this one was a little too long but the back and forth between Ledger a romance with a unique heroine and a total alphahole for a hero and I just eat that up。 You Beautiful Thing， You follows Ledger and Tempest。 Ledger is Tempest’s brother’s rival。 These two are messy from the start。 They are both obsessive and possessive people， especially when it comes to one another。Tempest wants Ledger from the first second she lands eyes on him。 Ledger wants her too but what he wants more？ Revenge。I will say this one was a little too long but the back and forth between Ledger and Tempest made this such an easy read for me。 The banter is fun。 The spice is hot。 There were some moments that were not my favorite but overall this was a really good read and I can’t wait to read more from Saffron。 。。。more
Valentina
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One of the more growly， brooding of the Bardstown / St。 Mary's Rebel boys is Angry Ledger Thorne， for his fits of rage and untamable temper -- only controlled by the calm that Tempest brings。 But Tempest is the sister to Ledger's forever rival， arch nemesis， sworn enemy and now brother in law， Reed Roman Jackson （from A Gorgeous Villain）， and Ledger wants revenge。 Who better than the cotton candy， stiletto heels， and adoring Tempest to exact it on？ Well， she was adoring -- in love with Ledger un One of the more growly， brooding of the Bardstown / St。 Mary's Rebel boys is Angry Ledger Thorne， for his fits of rage and untamable temper -- only controlled by the calm that Tempest brings。 But Tempest is the sister to Ledger's forever rival， arch nemesis， sworn enemy and now brother in law， Reed Roman Jackson （from A Gorgeous Villain）， and Ledger wants revenge。 Who better than the cotton candy， stiletto heels， and adoring Tempest to exact it on？ Well， she was adoring -- in love with Ledger until he crushed her spirit。 But in SAK book's true love never dies; it just smothers until the right moment when the lyrical love bow strikes the main characters in the heart。 As usual， I loved the characters in these series。 You can expect the over-the-top jealous and possessive hero and the charming erstwhile heroine。 Tempest is confident yet sweet to Ledger's stormy， broody anger。 Their story is a virtual dance through rivalry， personal familial issues， unquenchable attraction to love。 And while I loved the characters -- their personalities， their interactions， Ledger's dirty talk -- as well as the story theme， I found the progression at time just a little meandering and some of the lyricism， which I actually enjoy， crossed into characters' repetition of their sentiment and inner thoughts， which played out as similar character exchanges。 This isn't to say I didn't enjoy the book because I absolutely did。 Ledger is probably my favorite in this world。 （Of course， I said this about the last hero， but I really mean it this time！ lol）I liked the change of setting from St。 Mary's school to simply one of the best friends within the girl power group that also featured women from former books。 It was also fun to have some of the hot men drop into the scenes， and the book was still easy to grasp as a standalone。You can count on SAK for the spice when it hits。 Phew， those heated， hungry looks！ Every girl needs Bardstown man。Overall， I liked this story， remain a fan of this world and its characters。 。。。more
e。
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this doesn’t acc deserve the rating I’m giving it but I had nothing else to read so i guess i’ll give an extra star just for actually producing a book which authors for some reason are having a hard time doing these days…anyways this was weird af and kind of um…toxic？ just v weird vibes and strange people…i couldn’t take them seriously
Angela By The Bookcase
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This one is for the breeding kink girlies• spicy soccer romance• brothers rival• breeding kink with pregnancy• mutual obsession• he’s a dirty talker & jealous/possessive• squirting• kindle unlimited• I got an early ebook from the author。 Review is my own。Tempest is the younger sister of Ledger rival and supposed to be off-limits but she’s so obsessed that she stalks him and he’s so obsessed that he lets her。 That push and pull lasts for a while and right when she thinks they’re going to be toget This one is for the breeding kink girlies• spicy soccer romance• brothers rival• breeding kink with pregnancy• mutual obsession• he’s a dirty talker & jealous/possessive• squirting• kindle unlimited• I got an early ebook from the author。 Review is my own。Tempest is the younger sister of Ledger rival and supposed to be off-limits but she’s so obsessed that she stalks him and he’s so obsessed that he lets her。 That push and pull lasts for a while and right when she thinks they’re going to be together for real， he breaks her heart。 So when he comes back into her life a year later when father is forcing her to marry someone she doesn’t want to， she decides to take revenge by getting pregnant with Ledger （since he wants to breed her） and passing the kid off as her future husbands publicly。 I was promised toxicity and this book delivered！She’s not thinking rationally but she gets points for ruthlessness。 This part of the story isn’t dragged out - she realizes he’d be a great dad。 But there’s still a lot of angst because they are both keeping some pretty big secrets and are reluctant to pursue a real relationship。 I really appreciated Ledgers growth and the exploration of anger issues and how， despite what people think， he’s really caring and protective。 He just had to work on how to handle it。The spice is giving （the dirty talk and breeding talk？ HELLO 🥵） and I love how possessive he is of her despite claiming he doesn’t want a relationship （oblivious men 🫣）。While the book is over 500 pages long， it’s not as long as it appears by page count。 On many pages it’s almost entirely single sentences spaced out with paragraph breaks， so the word count isn’t as long as you’d expect。 That and how much fun I was having made it easy for me to fly through this， though that writing style did make things feel repetitive and dragged out after a while。 。。。more
Jacqueline Diaz
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First time reading a book by Saffron， and if they are all like this sign me up。 Tempest and Ledger's story is intense and at times crazy scary。Tempest has loved Ledger since the first moment she laid eyes on him at a game， Ledger has one thing on his mind: revenge。 Tempest went after what she wanted and didn't hold back who she was。 Ledger has so much anger in him and passion for what he wants。 To say the man is unhinged is an understatement。 While reading I got a little nervous when Ledger felt First time reading a book by Saffron， and if they are all like this sign me up。 Tempest and Ledger's story is intense and at times crazy scary。Tempest has loved Ledger since the first moment she laid eyes on him at a game， Ledger has one thing on his mind: revenge。 Tempest went after what she wanted and didn't hold back who she was。 Ledger has so much anger in him and passion for what he wants。 To say the man is unhinged is an understatement。 While reading I got a little nervous when Ledger felt things slipping from his hands。 But good for Tempest for not giving up even when she should have run the other way。 The passion and hate these two have toward each other will melt the pages。 The way Ledger’s possessive nature takes over I don't know if we should run away or sign up for what he has to offer。 If you love a waving red flag then this is the book for you。 。。。more
Mai
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This was my first Saffron read and I enjoyed it though it may have felt a bit long。 It had a wild， drama filled plot that I had to see through。 Ledger （MMC） is her brother’s rival —well former soccer rival since they aren’t in high school anymore but they still very much hate each other even as now brothers-in-law 😂 He’s known on and off the field as the Angry Thorne for his temper and just being a jerk。 Tempest （FMC） was his stalker。 Ever since she saw him on the field， she’s been obsessed fant This was my first Saffron read and I enjoyed it though it may have felt a bit long。 It had a wild， drama filled plot that I had to see through。 Ledger （MMC） is her brother’s rival —well former soccer rival since they aren’t in high school anymore but they still very much hate each other even as now brothers-in-law 😂 He’s known on and off the field as the Angry Thorne for his temper and just being a jerk。 Tempest （FMC） was his stalker。 Ever since she saw him on the field， she’s been obsessed fantasizing about their non existent future … until he broke her heart。 Now a couple years later， she is feeling the pressure from her father’s expectations and really wants a baby to bring joy into her life。 Who better to ask to help her with her plan than her brother’s rival and also her best friend’s brother， Ledger， right？！ 🫣Their newfound relationship in this book is obsessive and possessive with lies， revenge plots， and secrets。 Though they don’t start off with the best intentions， they later are able to see each other for who they are and support each other as they face their issues。 There is a lot of growing to be had as well as sweet， spicy， tension filled， frustrating， and tearing up moments in this book。 It’s a rollercoaster of emotions for sure with loads of angst。 Ledger at times seemed like a mountain man keeping Tempest safe in their cabin in their bubble。 Also， loved Tempest’s friend group。 They were loads of fun。 Might need to dive into their books next。 Thank you for the ARC。 Book quotes: “We’re violent， and volatile。 We’re the storm， him and me” “I’ll move the sky and stop the earth; I’ll tear down the ground and part the seas to give you what your heart desires。”Tropes:Brother’s rivalBreedingRevenge Cabin Obsessive/Possessive/ Unhinged MMCPregnancy Feisty HeroineAngstToxic love 。。。more
lorenhalelover
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I have learnt her books are just not for me
Caylee T。
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