As soon as this landed on my kindle I was hooked and immersed into this new world.

“If you’re my shield, then I’m your crown”

Wow. Where do I even start? KBR blew it out of the park with this book. As an OG addicted series stan, I have never ventured outside of that world, so this is my first KBR book that’s outside of the bubble of the characters we all know and love, and I was pleasantly surprised. This book had it all from the delicious angst of being into your best friends brother, tension, chemistry, drama, secrets and the found family vibes we all love from KBR. This was a brilliant to start to a new series I’m so intrigued by!

I fell in love with the characters, Phoebe my seductress, was so so so relatable to me, and it hurt me to see how the world viewed her an object to be used. I couldn’t help but draw her parallels to Lily Calloway, both women I now love and adore and want to protect forever. Phoebe leaves behind a life of crime for her best friend Hailey who we didn’t get a pov of so we didn’t get delve into her character much but I adored their love and friendship so much.

Now Rocky… Rocky is so sexy, he is sarcastic and has dry humour, literally hates everyone BUT Phoebe which is one of my favourite micro tropes! He’s such an amazing big brother and to see his bond with Hailey and how protective he was? It just made me swoon. Safe to say Rocky is one of my favourite KBR heroes, he reminds me of Garrison and Ryke which if you know me are some of my fav heroes ever written period.

The romance was a simmering slowburn, they clearly love and care for eachother but have fought their feelings and were in a state of will they? Or won’t they? I’m excited to see how their relationship develops over the series because they truly were made for eachother.

Thank you so much to Netgalley, the publishers, Krista and Becca Ritchie for my arc in exchange for an honest review! 🩵

I’ve been loving the addicted series so I’m sure I will love this one as well! I’m slowly catching up o;reviews due to an unexpected medical issue but will be providing a full review shortly. This is such a fun addictive series and I know readers will enjoy devouring it just as they did with the previous.