vivisboooks

 Lick of Fire - Clara Elroy ARC kindly provided in exchange for an honest opinion.   Lick of Fire is the third book in Clara Elroys City of Stars series but can be read as a standalone since all of them follow a different couple but I would recommend reading the first two books in the series, for a better reading experience. This book focuses on Ares and Serena.   Ares and Serena know each other since their childhood but after Serena’s father got arrested and everything else in her life went south she disappears and they don’t see each other ever again. At least Ares thinks he won’t see his former crush ever again but when he is forced to meet a client at a house he wants to sell he was thrown back into his past. Are the two of them able to bring the flames that were once extinguished back to life, or are they so shaped by their past that they can't leave those things in the past?   Serena is such a great character and I was seriously surprised by her. Sh...

 The Heart of Us - Kennedy Fox  I received a copy of The Heart of Us in exchange of an honest review.   Easton is interested in Tatum from the moment she stepped inside his surf shop and asked for a job but due to her recent break up from her abusive husband, Tatum isn’t in the right headspace to date someone. Especially someone who is a bit younger than her. But when her ex-husband shows up unexpectedly and burns Easton’s shop down, both of them are forced to spent the unforeseeable future together in Easton parent’s beach house.   Are they able to stay just friends or does the forced proximity alight new sparks?   After reading The End of Us, I was so, so excited for Eastons book! I loved him from the very first second and enjoyed ever scene he had so him getting a whole book was amazing! He is caring and funny and a really good guy but as much as I loved Easton I couldn’t really bring myself to like Tatum. She was a very difficult character for me. Sh...