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From Nothing #1
Garron Park
Garron Park, where hope dies and no one ever gets ahead. Until…
When Devon Sawyer desperately searches for his brother in the middle of the night, beaten and broken, he finds Maddox Kane instead.
With his dad on his trail, he has no choice but to stand on his enemy’s doorstep and let Maddox help. Maddox has never seen Devon this vulnerable. Living in Garron’s trailer park means families dole out discipline on the regular and violence is a part of life, but something about how far Jim Sawyer takes it this time has Maddox unnerved.
Rivals in motocross, work, and life itself, they’re forced to work together for one night. Perspectives change and their friction morphs into something unexpected. Hatred turns to lust. Tensions switch from hostile to aroused. While their competitiveness remains, their dynamic shifts. Their acceptance is anything but graceful.
Two guys who come from nothing, with very little to look forward to, find themselves craving each other in new and fiery ways.
Reluctantly.
WHAT TO EXPECT:
GARRON PARK is book one (1) of two (2) in the From Nothing series. Potential to expand later, but for now remains a duology. They must be read in order as book 2 is a continuation of book 1 featuring the same main characters. It is an MM romance with explicit spicy times, foul language, and two main guys who are pretty down on their luck.
When Devon Sawyer desperately searches for his brother in the middle of the night, beaten and broken, he finds Maddox Kane instead.
With his dad on his trail, he has no choice but to stand on his enemy’s doorstep and let Maddox help. Maddox has never seen Devon this vulnerable. Living in Garron’s trailer park means families dole out discipline on the regular and violence is a part of life, but something about how far Jim Sawyer takes it this time has Maddox unnerved.
Rivals in motocross, work, and life itself, they’re forced to work together for one night. Perspectives change and their friction morphs into something unexpected. Hatred turns to lust. Tensions switch from hostile to aroused. While their competitiveness remains, their dynamic shifts. Their acceptance is anything but graceful.
Two guys who come from nothing, with very little to look forward to, find themselves craving each other in new and fiery ways.
Reluctantly.
WHAT TO EXPECT:
GARRON PARK is book one (1) of two (2) in the From Nothing series. Potential to expand later, but for now remains a duology. They must be read in order as book 2 is a continuation of book 1 featuring the same main characters. It is an MM romance with explicit spicy times, foul language, and two main guys who are pretty down on their luck.
308 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 24, 2023
About the author
Nordika Night
15 books1,085 followersOpenness. Acceptance. Tolerance. Respect.
Nordika is a coffee-addicted Canadian with a love of the outdoors and the fictional worlds inside books.
Reading is a joy, writing is an adventure, and together, they are an addiction.
Writing mostly MM romance with all the banter, bullish!t and boys!
Working in multiple genres and tropes, Nordika has lots more to come.
Follow on IG: nordikanightauthor
Nordika is a coffee-addicted Canadian with a love of the outdoors and the fictional worlds inside books.
Reading is a joy, writing is an adventure, and together, they are an addiction.
Writing mostly MM romance with all the banter, bullish!t and boys!
Working in multiple genres and tropes, Nordika has lots more to come.
Follow on IG: nordikanightauthor
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November 29, 2023
✦ i am here yet again to hate on another new, very loved and popular MM romance book. all of my GR friends who loved this, please look away. xoxo
✦ all of the struggles these mcs apparently have had living in their shitty circumstances sure didn't make them grow the fuck up even a little. i swear, you ain't ever catching my twenty five year old ass acting the way these two did. you mean to tell me they were supposed to be twenty five years old??? they were sixteen at most. childish and juvenile.
✦ all of their fights were stupid, illogical and nonsensical. the way they talked was annoying more than anything. these characters simply did not seem like real people.
✦ the way they finally got into each other or whatever..? y'all please tell me how many times has someone actually caught another person while they're horny/masturbating. i swear, that only happens in porn and books. the fact that it's still done so often just screams lazy writing to me. their entire brains got rewired after those incidents, or whatever you wanna call them, and suddenly they were super horny for each other. absolute nonsense. the progression from hate to hate/lust was not done well at all.
✦ i liked the setting and the whole set up of the book - underdog characters, rivals to lovers, trailer parks, motocross, money struggles, etc, but the lack of proper relationship and character development fucking murdered it all for me. i will not be reading the second book.
✦ all of the struggles these mcs apparently have had living in their shitty circumstances sure didn't make them grow the fuck up even a little. i swear, you ain't ever catching my twenty five year old ass acting the way these two did. you mean to tell me they were supposed to be twenty five years old??? they were sixteen at most. childish and juvenile.
✦ all of their fights were stupid, illogical and nonsensical. the way they talked was annoying more than anything. these characters simply did not seem like real people.
✦ the way they finally got into each other or whatever..? y'all please tell me how many times has someone actually caught another person while they're horny/masturbating. i swear, that only happens in porn and books. the fact that it's still done so often just screams lazy writing to me. their entire brains got rewired after those incidents, or whatever you wanna call them, and suddenly they were super horny for each other. absolute nonsense. the progression from hate to hate/lust was not done well at all.
✦ i liked the setting and the whole set up of the book - underdog characters, rivals to lovers, trailer parks, motocross, money struggles, etc, but the lack of proper relationship and character development fucking murdered it all for me. i will not be reading the second book.
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April 26, 2023
4.5 stars ☆
“You know what I want out of life, Devon?” He glared at me and I struggled to get out of his hold, wondering how the fuck I beat him tonight when he had that kind of grip. “Someone to match my anger. A worthy opponent, hot sex, a simple life with my brother, motocross, and a douchebag with a big mouth.” He smacked me right in the mouth, cementing his point. “Someone who makes me agree to get on my knees and put his cock down my throat after beating me in a fucking fight I should have won.”
i honestly didn't expect to cry during some of the confessions Maddox and Devon had, but i loved how their confessions were so... aggressive bc it just fits with their overall dynamic. 😩
them:
one second later:
no bc Ian and Mickey from Shameless is the closest i can think of to how i would describe Maddox and Dev's dynamic and i LOVE that.
the book had me invested from beginning to end. what i loved most of all was how, even once Maddox and Devon finally got together (or even acknowledged their feelings), they're still the same when it comes to fighting or arguing. even once they started seeing the other in a new light, i like how they didn't suddenly have a 180 switch of "we're gonna be nice to each other from now on" bc imo, it didn't fit with who they were, as individual characters or their dynamic together, so i liked the consistency of that. i also loved Xavi and Nate (i could sense a potential story?? best friends to lovers? 👀).
“You know what I want out of life, Devon?” He glared at me and I struggled to get out of his hold, wondering how the fuck I beat him tonight when he had that kind of grip. “Someone to match my anger. A worthy opponent, hot sex, a simple life with my brother, motocross, and a douchebag with a big mouth.” He smacked me right in the mouth, cementing his point. “Someone who makes me agree to get on my knees and put his cock down my throat after beating me in a fucking fight I should have won.”
i honestly didn't expect to cry during some of the confessions Maddox and Devon had, but i loved how their confessions were so... aggressive bc it just fits with their overall dynamic. 😩
them:
one second later:
no bc Ian and Mickey from Shameless is the closest i can think of to how i would describe Maddox and Dev's dynamic and i LOVE that.
the book had me invested from beginning to end. what i loved most of all was how, even once Maddox and Devon finally got together (or even acknowledged their feelings), they're still the same when it comes to fighting or arguing. even once they started seeing the other in a new light, i like how they didn't suddenly have a 180 switch of "we're gonna be nice to each other from now on" bc imo, it didn't fit with who they were, as individual characters or their dynamic together, so i liked the consistency of that. i also loved Xavi and Nate (i could sense a potential story?? best friends to lovers? 👀).
June 4, 2024
2.5/5
Not gonna lie, I'm proud of myself for finally finishing this book. I tried to read Garron Park four times because I got the arc and I don't like leaving them unread, but every time I picked it up, I put it down at some point because I just wasn't feeling the story. I don't know what exactly changed at my fifth attempt, but to my surprise I even enjoyed it — I mean, it was far from perfect, but I had fun. Sometimes. There was a moment when I thought I might even rate this book four stars, but as you can probably see, that didn't happen because then something changed and I suddenly started wondering if I should give it two stars at all.
But let's get to the point — my thoughts.
I'll start with our main characters — Devon Sawyer and Maddox Kane. These two were supposed to be twenty-five year olds, but they behaved like sixteen or seventeen dumb teenage boys. I know they grew up in poor conditions, but they were just stupid and stubborn. I have to admit that sometimes they were stupidly funny, but most of the time I just couldn't believe what they were doing.
If I had to choose two sentences to describe the romance between Mad and Dev, they would be:
The whole "I hate you, but want you" thing was pretty entertaining at first, but after a while it got boring and repetitive. I just wanted them to get a grip and grow up. I know they were rivals on the track, but the book didn't even focus on that much.
In rivals-to-lovers stories, I usually wait for the moment when they finally give in and kiss — or do something more obviously — but here, while I have to admit the first scene was pretty intense, I skipped the rest because all the tension between our two main characters somehow disappeared and it became boring to read. Perhaps that's because most of the intimate scenes had no build to it happening. One chapter ended with them talking, and then suddenly the next started with them already in action. Maybe it's just my preference, but I personally find foreplay and build up to it to be the best part.
Their hygiene — yes, I literally have to mention it here. The author kept reminding you how dirty they were. Their fingernails, their clothes, their hands, everything. I pretended they were clean because I couldn't imagine it without yelling at them to go take a shower.
Lastly, about the word "fuck", which was used 876 times. In different combinations obviously, but 876 times. It’s not that it was a huge problem for me, but at one point it was used at least five times on a single page, and out of curiosity, I decided to checked how many times the characters said it in the book and I got shocked.
I don't know what else to say, I think that some people will definitely love this story and these boys, but I don't think I belong to that group. I know that I rated it low but I'm even curious how the story of Mad and Devon will continue so maybe I'll reach for the sequel. I'll see. Nate and Xavi are also one of the reasons why I could do it, because their dynamic is quite funny, but as I said, I'll see.
Not gonna lie, I'm proud of myself for finally finishing this book. I tried to read Garron Park four times because I got the arc and I don't like leaving them unread, but every time I picked it up, I put it down at some point because I just wasn't feeling the story. I don't know what exactly changed at my fifth attempt, but to my surprise I even enjoyed it — I mean, it was far from perfect, but I had fun. Sometimes. There was a moment when I thought I might even rate this book four stars, but as you can probably see, that didn't happen because then something changed and I suddenly started wondering if I should give it two stars at all.
But let's get to the point — my thoughts.
I'll start with our main characters — Devon Sawyer and Maddox Kane. These two were supposed to be twenty-five year olds, but they behaved like sixteen or seventeen dumb teenage boys. I know they grew up in poor conditions, but they were just stupid and stubborn. I have to admit that sometimes they were stupidly funny, but most of the time I just couldn't believe what they were doing.
If I had to choose two sentences to describe the romance between Mad and Dev, they would be:
"I hated him so much.
I wanted him so bad."
The whole "I hate you, but want you" thing was pretty entertaining at first, but after a while it got boring and repetitive. I just wanted them to get a grip and grow up. I know they were rivals on the track, but the book didn't even focus on that much.
In rivals-to-lovers stories, I usually wait for the moment when they finally give in and kiss — or do something more obviously — but here, while I have to admit the first scene was pretty intense, I skipped the rest because all the tension between our two main characters somehow disappeared and it became boring to read. Perhaps that's because most of the intimate scenes had no build to it happening. One chapter ended with them talking, and then suddenly the next started with them already in action. Maybe it's just my preference, but I personally find foreplay and build up to it to be the best part.
Their hygiene — yes, I literally have to mention it here. The author kept reminding you how dirty they were. Their fingernails, their clothes, their hands, everything. I pretended they were clean because I couldn't imagine it without yelling at them to go take a shower.
Lastly, about the word "fuck", which was used 876 times. In different combinations obviously, but 876 times. It’s not that it was a huge problem for me, but at one point it was used at least five times on a single page, and out of curiosity, I decided to checked how many times the characters said it in the book and I got shocked.
I don't know what else to say, I think that some people will definitely love this story and these boys, but I don't think I belong to that group. I know that I rated it low but I'm even curious how the story of Mad and Devon will continue so maybe I'll reach for the sequel. I'll see. Nate and Xavi are also one of the reasons why I could do it, because their dynamic is quite funny, but as I said, I'll see.
May 14, 2023
***4.5 rating***
“Because you’re a piece of shit asshole from Garron Park with a loud mouth and the ability to piss me off like none other…and you’re exactly what I want. What I need.”
And they say romance is dead. Lmao.
I had a blast with Garron Park. The beginning started rough but it quickly picked up afterwards. It was never a dull moment with Devon and Maddox.
Maddox and Devon are what you would expect for an enemies-to-lovers trope. They hate each other with passion since childhood. Their piece of 💩 fathers turned them against each other and since then they have been rivals. They are competitive when it comes to motocross, girls and everything else. Always got to one up each other and see who has the biggest 🍆. Fighting is their love language. It's the one thing that is a constant in their lives. Everything else is awful for them. They live in a trailer park and come from poverty. It also doesn't help that their parents are just sperm donors. Devon and Maddox were practically raised by their brothers, Xavi and Nate (whom I stan together). So, them, hating each other is their "normal".
Until you add attraction to the equation.
Then the fighting and fucking begins. The throat grabbing and passionate fucking intensified their thirst for each other.
But, their love story was more than just lust and hate. In their own weird way they protected and looked out for one another. Maddox may claim to hate the shit out of Devon but his actions say otherwise. That goof has the biggest heart and Devon slowly begins to realize it. So, much so that Maddox, his biggest rival, becomes Devon's safe haven. Who would have thought?
There is after all a thin line between love and hate, and that seems to be the case for our boys from Garron Park.
Fists and fucking, may be their future but it is clear that these dipshits love each other in their own way. I loved Maddox and Devon. I also adored their brothers, Xavi and Nate. Nordika is teasing us about their book on IG. So, I know they are getting their own book sometime in the future. I am excited to read Maddy and Dev's second book: Lot 62 next. 🫶
I love discovering new authors, especially Canadian authors who have a special place in my heart. Nordika is very sweet and interactive with her readers. I highly recommend you check out Garron Park, you will not be disappointed.
“Because you’re a piece of shit asshole from Garron Park with a loud mouth and the ability to piss me off like none other…and you’re exactly what I want. What I need.”
And they say romance is dead. Lmao.
I had a blast with Garron Park. The beginning started rough but it quickly picked up afterwards. It was never a dull moment with Devon and Maddox.
Maddox and Devon are what you would expect for an enemies-to-lovers trope. They hate each other with passion since childhood. Their piece of 💩 fathers turned them against each other and since then they have been rivals. They are competitive when it comes to motocross, girls and everything else. Always got to one up each other and see who has the biggest 🍆. Fighting is their love language. It's the one thing that is a constant in their lives. Everything else is awful for them. They live in a trailer park and come from poverty. It also doesn't help that their parents are just sperm donors. Devon and Maddox were practically raised by their brothers, Xavi and Nate (whom I stan together). So, them, hating each other is their "normal".
Until you add attraction to the equation.
Then the fighting and fucking begins. The throat grabbing and passionate fucking intensified their thirst for each other.
But, their love story was more than just lust and hate. In their own weird way they protected and looked out for one another. Maddox may claim to hate the shit out of Devon but his actions say otherwise. That goof has the biggest heart and Devon slowly begins to realize it. So, much so that Maddox, his biggest rival, becomes Devon's safe haven. Who would have thought?
There is after all a thin line between love and hate, and that seems to be the case for our boys from Garron Park.
Fists and fucking, may be their future but it is clear that these dipshits love each other in their own way. I loved Maddox and Devon. I also adored their brothers, Xavi and Nate. Nordika is teasing us about their book on IG. So, I know they are getting their own book sometime in the future. I am excited to read Maddy and Dev's second book: Lot 62 next. 🫶
I love discovering new authors, especially Canadian authors who have a special place in my heart. Nordika is very sweet and interactive with her readers. I highly recommend you check out Garron Park, you will not be disappointed.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
July 31, 2023
Wow!!! It has been a while since I have read a story where the love interests were so addicted to one another in such a primal way. To say that Devon and Maddox have a combative relationship is to put it lightly. Their main form of communication is with their fists. They both have been fighting one another with their words and bodies for years and watching the slow unraveling of their true feelings for one another made for such an addicting read.
Devon and Maddox have insane chemistry. Whether they are pulling punches or slinging words their desire to dominate one another never wavers. After a harrowing experience that threatens Devon's life, their dynamic instantly changes. Maddox and Devon's mutual need to own, devour and protect each other leads to such a fascinating relationship that I was completely enraptured by.
Overall I loved this story, loved the writing style, and loved the relationship between Devon and Maddox. I loved their process of understanding why they needed the other in their life, just in a way they never expected.
Devon and Maddox have insane chemistry. Whether they are pulling punches or slinging words their desire to dominate one another never wavers. After a harrowing experience that threatens Devon's life, their dynamic instantly changes. Maddox and Devon's mutual need to own, devour and protect each other leads to such a fascinating relationship that I was completely enraptured by.
Overall I loved this story, loved the writing style, and loved the relationship between Devon and Maddox. I loved their process of understanding why they needed the other in their life, just in a way they never expected.
April 20, 2023
I am so excited for everyone to finally meet Maddox and Devon!
Rivals/enemies to lovers with protect him with my life vibes
Trailer park boys
Motocross racers
Blood and fights
Sexual tension to the max
Loyalty
Side characters - brothers, who are best friends
All of these characters are so real!
Maddox x Devon = one of my top fave couples of all time
Nordika has her pacing down to an art. There is never time to get bored or skim.
This is book 1 of a duology. Read this in June 2022 when it was on Wattpad. Will be doing a re-read when the paperback is released, so I will be back with quotes.
Do yourself a service and check out Nordika’s Instagram for awesome reels and edits 🔥
Rivals/enemies to lovers with protect him with my life vibes
Trailer park boys
Motocross racers
Blood and fights
Sexual tension to the max
Loyalty
Side characters - brothers, who are best friends
All of these characters are so real!
Maddox x Devon = one of my top fave couples of all time
Nordika has her pacing down to an art. There is never time to get bored or skim.
This is book 1 of a duology. Read this in June 2022 when it was on Wattpad. Will be doing a re-read when the paperback is released, so I will be back with quotes.
Do yourself a service and check out Nordika’s Instagram for awesome reels and edits 🔥
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December 1, 2023
4.5***** stars
Wow. This was different. Refreshingly so. A real enemies-to-lovers (or as the author liked to call it: rivals to still-rivals-but-also-lovers). Talk about intense!
Maddox and Devon (25) are low-lifes, white trailer park trash dealt a shitty hand in life with not much prospect of ever escaping. The only good things in their lives are their respective big brothers who always have their backs and motocross, winning on the track. The only constant in their lives is their rivalry, their hatred for one another, their fights, the dripping blood and bruises.
Neither of them EVER saw coming that this hatred could turn into lust. And more. While still punching their fists in each others faces *lol
What got me scratching my head quite a lot were the brothers (28), tho. Nate and Xavi were awfully close for best friends if you ask me. It was def admirable that they were even able to stay so tight with their younger brothers constantly fighting. But man these two were in their brothers’ business all the time. Considering their ages. There really was no privacy, no secrets. It was kind of hilarious *lmfao
What I really liked about this book and made so different was that these boys were okay with living the life in Garron Park. Getting by with what they had and the simple things they could afford. But happy in their way still.
Awww 🫠 And they say, romance is dead.
**************
From Nothing Duet:
Book 1 - Garron Park - 4.5 stars
Book 2 - Lot 62
Book 3 - Knock Knock
A frenzy of adrenaline mingled with rage as I tasted the tang of my blood against my tongue. This battle had been brewing since we were kids, and this might not have been our first fight, but it was the first one where I legitimately wanted to kill him. Rip him apart. Remove him from my life once and for all.
Wow. This was different. Refreshingly so. A real enemies-to-lovers (or as the author liked to call it: rivals to still-rivals-but-also-lovers). Talk about intense!
Maddox and Devon (25) are low-lifes, white trailer park trash dealt a shitty hand in life with not much prospect of ever escaping. The only good things in their lives are their respective big brothers who always have their backs and motocross, winning on the track. The only constant in their lives is their rivalry, their hatred for one another, their fights, the dripping blood and bruises.
Neither of them EVER saw coming that this hatred could turn into lust. And more. While still punching their fists in each others faces *lol
“Why? Why risk it all for me?”
“Because.”
“Because?”
“Because…you’re mine or some shit.”
What got me scratching my head quite a lot were the brothers (28), tho. Nate and Xavi were awfully close for best friends if you ask me. It was def admirable that they were even able to stay so tight with their younger brothers constantly fighting. But man these two were in their brothers’ business all the time. Considering their ages. There really was no privacy, no secrets. It was kind of hilarious *lmfao
What I really liked about this book and made so different was that these boys were okay with living the life in Garron Park. Getting by with what they had and the simple things they could afford. But happy in their way still.
I had no idea where we planned to get the money […], but fuck it, Devon mentioned a dream, and I didn’t mind stalking it like a nightmare to make it come true.
Awww 🫠 And they say, romance is dead.
**************
From Nothing Duet:
Book 1 - Garron Park - 4.5 stars
Book 2 - Lot 62
Book 3 - Knock Knock
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April 25, 2024
4.5 ✰
𝑴𝒚 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒖𝒓𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒎. 𝑴𝒚 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒎. 𝑴𝒚 𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒚 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕-𝒖𝒑 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒎.
the way I am obsessed with devon and maddox is on another level. I love these crazy, asshole, dirtbags sm omfg. they were so angry, volatile, sizzling hot, overprotective, and possessive with each other, which ofc I’m going to eat up every single time😮💨 (even though in real life their relationship would be immediately jail aha haa.)
as they say, “there is a thin line between love and hate” and boy do these two embody that like no other. their dynamic and connection with each other is so addicting and their never ending sparring was so entertaining. the little glimpses of vulnerability we got from maddox were so precious and the love they have for each other is truly intoxicating.🥹
devon and maddox were so fucking hot together, LORD!!!!!!🥵 i mean hand-necklaces anybody?!?!?
i love their brothers—nate and xavi— so much and they brought much needed comedic relief through this very raw, gritty, and intense book at times. very curious about those two besties and I cannot wait for their book to come out.🤭
devon’s dad is the actual worst and such a vile and shitty human-being. I want him to literally disappear into thin air so bad. 😡
all in all, i loved this book sm and can’t wait to jump into book 2 to get more of dev and maddox, their brothers, and how they are going to deal with being in a relationship, living together, and eliminating devon’s godawful dad from their life forever.
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❥“𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒖𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒖𝒑 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒊𝒔, 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒆𝒍𝒔𝒆.”
❥“𝑺𝒐 𝒅𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝒇𝒖𝒄𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒖𝒔𝒉 𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒍𝒂𝒃𝒆𝒍 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒍𝒂𝒑 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔. 𝑰 𝒅𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒂𝒎𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒘𝒆𝒓. 𝑰 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒇𝒖𝒄𝒌 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖. 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕’𝒔 𝒊𝒕. 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕’𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒆.”
❥“𝑩𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒏’𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆. 𝑩𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝑰 𝒅𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒊𝒏 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒐𝒏, 𝑫𝒆𝒗𝒐𝒏. 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆, 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒎𝒆, 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒔 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒔 𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒇𝒖𝒄𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖. 𝑩𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆…” 𝑯𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒅, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒚 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒘 𝒖𝒑 𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒕. “𝑩𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖’𝒓𝒆 𝒂 𝒑𝒊𝒆𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒕 𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑮𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒏 𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒌 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒖𝒅 𝒎𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒊𝒔𝒔 𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒇𝒇 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓…𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖’𝒓𝒆 𝒆𝒙𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕. 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅.”
screaming and crying
❥“𝑷𝒖𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒇𝒖𝒄𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒏 𝒔𝒐 𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌,” 𝑰 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒑𝒔.
“𝑵𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇-𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒍,” 𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒆.
🤭🤣
❥“𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒔 𝒔𝒐𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒔 𝑰 𝒌𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒖𝒑. 𝑰 𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒖𝒔 𝒂 𝒇𝒖𝒄𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒈𝒐, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒖𝒎𝒃 𝒇𝒖𝒄𝒌. 𝑰𝒕’𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒎𝒚 𝒇𝒂𝒖𝒍𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒔𝒐 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒔𝒌.”
⋆˙⟡♡˙⟡♡ ⋆˙⟡♡˙⟡♡ ⋆˙⟡♡˙⟡♡ ⋆˙⟡♡˙⟡♡ ⋆˙⟡♡˙⟡♡ ⋆˙⟡♡ ⋆
🏍️ rivals-to-lovers
🔥 dual pov
🏍️ trailer park setting
🔥 possessive and volatile MC’s
🏍️ hurt/comfort
🔥 aggressive and physical love language
🏍️ GFY vibes
🔥 meddling brothers
🏍️ spice spice spice
*definitely check TW before reading*
𝑴𝒚 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒖𝒓𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒎. 𝑴𝒚 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒎. 𝑴𝒚 𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒚 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕-𝒖𝒑 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒎.
the way I am obsessed with devon and maddox is on another level. I love these crazy, asshole, dirtbags sm omfg. they were so angry, volatile, sizzling hot, overprotective, and possessive with each other, which ofc I’m going to eat up every single time😮💨 (
as they say, “there is a thin line between love and hate” and boy do these two embody that like no other. their dynamic and connection with each other is so addicting and their never ending sparring was so entertaining. the little glimpses of vulnerability we got from maddox were so precious and the love they have for each other is truly intoxicating.🥹
devon and maddox were so fucking hot together, LORD!!!!!!🥵 i mean hand-necklaces anybody?!?!?
i love their brothers—nate and xavi— so much and they brought much needed comedic relief through this very raw, gritty, and intense book at times. very curious about those two besties and I cannot wait for their book to come out.🤭
devon’s dad is the actual worst and such a vile and shitty human-being. I want him to literally disappear into thin air so bad. 😡
all in all, i loved this book sm and can’t wait to jump into book 2 to get more of dev and maddox, their brothers, and how they are going to deal with being in a relationship, living together, and eliminating devon’s godawful dad from their life forever.
⋆˙⟡♡˙⟡♡ ⋆˙⟡♡˙⟡♡ ⋆˙⟡♡˙⟡♡ ⋆˙⟡♡˙⟡♡ ⋆˙⟡♡˙⟡ ⋆˙⟡♡˙⟡ ⋆
❥“𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒖𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒖𝒑 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒊𝒔, 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒆𝒍𝒔𝒆.”
❥“𝑺𝒐 𝒅𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝒇𝒖𝒄𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒖𝒔𝒉 𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒍𝒂𝒃𝒆𝒍 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒍𝒂𝒑 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔. 𝑰 𝒅𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒂𝒎𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒘𝒆𝒓. 𝑰 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒇𝒖𝒄𝒌 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖. 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕’𝒔 𝒊𝒕. 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕’𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒆.”
❥“𝑩𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒏’𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆. 𝑩𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝑰 𝒅𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒊𝒏 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒐𝒏, 𝑫𝒆𝒗𝒐𝒏. 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆, 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒎𝒆, 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒔 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒔 𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒇𝒖𝒄𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖. 𝑩𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆…” 𝑯𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒅, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒚 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒘 𝒖𝒑 𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒕. “𝑩𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖’𝒓𝒆 𝒂 𝒑𝒊𝒆𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒕 𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑮𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒏 𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒌 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒖𝒅 𝒎𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒊𝒔𝒔 𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒇𝒇 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓…𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖’𝒓𝒆 𝒆𝒙𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕. 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅.”
screaming and crying
❥“𝑷𝒖𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒇𝒖𝒄𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒏 𝒔𝒐 𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌,” 𝑰 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒑𝒔.
“𝑵𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇-𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒍,” 𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒆.
🤭🤣
❥“𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒔 𝒔𝒐𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒔 𝑰 𝒌𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒖𝒑. 𝑰 𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒖𝒔 𝒂 𝒇𝒖𝒄𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒈𝒐, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒖𝒎𝒃 𝒇𝒖𝒄𝒌. 𝑰𝒕’𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒎𝒚 𝒇𝒂𝒖𝒍𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒔𝒐 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒔𝒌.”
⋆˙⟡♡˙⟡♡ ⋆˙⟡♡˙⟡♡ ⋆˙⟡♡˙⟡♡ ⋆˙⟡♡˙⟡♡ ⋆˙⟡♡˙⟡♡ ⋆˙⟡♡ ⋆
🏍️ rivals-to-lovers
🔥 dual pov
🏍️ trailer park setting
🔥 possessive and volatile MC’s
🏍️ hurt/comfort
🔥 aggressive and physical love language
🏍️ GFY vibes
🔥 meddling brothers
🏍️ spice spice spice
*definitely check TW before reading*
Shelved as 'dnf'
June 9, 2023DNF @ 30%
July 8, 2024
I loved Devon and Maddox. Their dynamic was one I haven't really read before but it worked for them.
Maddox is actually really funny, I love how he antagonises Devon, especially when he drags things out to get Devon to outright ask. The end with the new trailer made me laugh so much.
I also really liked how the growing emotions and feelings between the pair were shown through their actions more than their words, they didn't feel like the typical couple who say 'I love you' but they definitely show it.
I'm intrigued for the next book because I definitely want to read more about them, but it does feel like everything could have been wrapped up in one book, so I'm interested to see where the story goes.
Maddox is actually really funny, I love how he antagonises Devon, especially when he drags things out to get Devon to outright ask. The end with the new trailer made me laugh so much.
I also really liked how the growing emotions and feelings between the pair were shown through their actions more than their words, they didn't feel like the typical couple who say 'I love you' but they definitely show it.
I'm intrigued for the next book because I definitely want to read more about them, but it does feel like everything could have been wrapped up in one book, so I'm interested to see where the story goes.
May 13, 2023
MM Romance
Rivals/Enemies To Lovers
4.25 Stars ⭐️
”I wanted him so bad, but I wanted to punch him in the face for making me want him this badly.”
I liked this book but I didn’t love it much to my dismay initially HOWEVER I seem to be unable to return this book. I have reread it multiple times and I can’t get enough of Devon and Maddox and now I find myself really excited that we’re getting another book of them. 💗
I absolutely LOVED Devon and Maddox’s train wreck of a relationship. They had that “I’ll burn the world down for you” mixed with obsessive/possessive vibes and I was all about it. All that aggression and “hatred” they had towards each other turned into passion, lust and need and I really enjoyed how even after they became more, they still taunted and fought each other. They were super competitive in all areas of their lives not just motocross and I loved the fact they were always trying to outdo each other. And the sex scenes were super hot 🥵 because these two were fucking and fighting each other the entire time. The content warnings mentioned “hand necklaces” and I was like wtf is that? Well duh Megan. 🤦🏻♀️ Hand Necklaces are hands around each other’s throats and holy hell, these two are constantly throwing each other against things and choking the life out of each other. It was just so hot 🥵 because at times I fully believed they didn’t know if they’d rather fuck or kill each other 😂. Also, despite them being on the outs for so many years, I loved how they were able to actually communicate with each other despite not wanting to and when they’d let their guards down temporarily? Swoon 🥰 Of course after being vulnerable with each other they’d go back to beating each other up but I loved all of it.
I was obsessed with this book for the first 60% or so and couldn’t put it down but then I found my attention span waning. I never lost interest in Maddox, Devon or their love/hate relationship but I wasn’t fully connecting with everything else going on in this world. I would have liked to see more Motocross since it appeared to be a big theme but then was rarely shown. I felt like the issues they had with their parents were quickly overcome and it was just a bit unbelievable how everything happened. I really don’t understand why or how this is going to be a duology because this ended with a solid HFN and there was no real angst or conflict that needed to be solved that couldn’t have been put in an epilogue. I just wish this had ended in a way that made me impatient to get my hands on the next one instead of not really giving a fuck. I’ll read it but I’m not dying for it and I wish that I was. 😔
Rivals/Enemies To Lovers
4.25 Stars ⭐️
”I wanted him so bad, but I wanted to punch him in the face for making me want him this badly.”
I liked this book but I didn’t love it much to my dismay initially HOWEVER I seem to be unable to return this book. I have reread it multiple times and I can’t get enough of Devon and Maddox and now I find myself really excited that we’re getting another book of them. 💗
I absolutely LOVED Devon and Maddox’s train wreck of a relationship. They had that “I’ll burn the world down for you” mixed with obsessive/possessive vibes and I was all about it. All that aggression and “hatred” they had towards each other turned into passion, lust and need and I really enjoyed how even after they became more, they still taunted and fought each other. They were super competitive in all areas of their lives not just motocross and I loved the fact they were always trying to outdo each other. And the sex scenes were super hot 🥵 because these two were fucking and fighting each other the entire time. The content warnings mentioned “hand necklaces” and I was like wtf is that? Well duh Megan. 🤦🏻♀️ Hand Necklaces are hands around each other’s throats and holy hell, these two are constantly throwing each other against things and choking the life out of each other. It was just so hot 🥵 because at times I fully believed they didn’t know if they’d rather fuck or kill each other 😂. Also, despite them being on the outs for so many years, I loved how they were able to actually communicate with each other despite not wanting to and when they’d let their guards down temporarily? Swoon 🥰 Of course after being vulnerable with each other they’d go back to beating each other up but I loved all of it.
I was obsessed with this book for the first 60% or so and couldn’t put it down but then I found my attention span waning. I never lost interest in Maddox, Devon or their love/hate relationship but I wasn’t fully connecting with everything else going on in this world. I would have liked to see more Motocross since it appeared to be a big theme but then was rarely shown. I felt like the issues they had with their parents were quickly overcome and it was just a bit unbelievable how everything happened. I really don’t understand why or how this is going to be a duology because this ended with a solid HFN and there was no real angst or conflict that needed to be solved that couldn’t have been put in an epilogue. I just wish this had ended in a way that made me impatient to get my hands on the next one instead of not really giving a fuck. I’ll read it but I’m not dying for it and I wish that I was. 😔
May 12, 2023
✰ 4 stars ✰
“He was trailer trash in its finest form, so why the hell did I find it so hot? Why was it so exciting to be this close to him? Why was my body pressing into his, wanting to be closer, trying to feel more of him?
Where did hate end and desire begin? Why were they merging? Mingling?”
To say that I had a good time reading Garron Park would be an understatement - I had a GREAT time reading it! Starting off right with the punches, Maddox and Devon have been sworn rivals since they were ten years old - off the motor track and on it - they've been fierce competitors in literally everything that crosses their path - enemies to the brink of their core. It doesn't hurt that their older brothers are the best of friends - it doesn't hurt that their fathers are abusive assholes - it does hurt that one night Devon gets a beating worse than wear from his father - and as he reluctantly tends to his wounds as he begrudgingly allows him to spend a night in his bed, it does hurt Maddox --- more than he thought it would...
“Maddox?” It was barely a whisper this time, and he wasn’t even fully lucid. I barely moved, not wanting to hear whatever he was about to say. “Thanks.”
Oh, fuck him.”
I loved Maddox - well, I loved Devon too, but there was something about Maddox I really connected with. With his awakening - his newfound realization that he may be attracted to Devon more so than just wanting to claw his eyes out was so precious to watch - not to mention how overly protective he suddenly became of him, how vulnerable he allowed himself to be with him, the comforting nature that overwhelmed him, the sudden urge to talk about their feelings that were whirling inside of him *shocking!* 😆😆
“We were just two useless idiots, sitting on a couch in the middle of nowhere, trying not to look at each other while we confessed our darkest secrets.”
He just wanted to keep him by his side, possessively so - he didn't hesitate to make shady deals just to ensure his safety, how far he went to keep his father from ever hurting him again, with such fierce rage. He couldn't even understand where this desire to hurt anyone to dare lay a finger on Devon (besides him, of course!) was coming from or how suddenly he cared so much for him! Only, “You touch him again, I’ll fucking kill you.” was all that mattered! 🩶🩶 Maddox didn't want much from life - he just knew that he wanted Devon to share it with him.
“I swallowed, loving this and hating it at the same time. This thing was a mess, he was right about that, but maybe messy was what worked for us.”
I really felt awful for Devon - as much as Maddox had it rough, he had it a lot worse. But, I really liked that while he didn't resist the temptation so much, it was his uncertainty that Maddox could actually feel so much for him, so openly express his attraction for him that made him such a likable guy. Even if he didn't get riled up as easily as Maddox, he still fought his feelings with his punches - haha, the amount of times they went at it each other was laughable, but with such a satisfying ending. 🥰🥰
“We’re helping them,” Xavi said again.
“Fine. But don’t expect anything to change. I still hate that fucker.”
Xavi smirked. “Tension isn’t all about hate, Madd.”
What the fuck did that mean?”
Xavi and Nate - the meddling brothers from Hell - scheming match-makers and the best of buds - I had a hoot with their banter and comments, how they worked tirelessly to pit their younger brothers together in order for them to hash it out. But, methinks, could there be something more lurking beneath the surface of their friendship??? 👀👀 Either way, they were such a fun reprieve to their younger brothers' plight!
“For once, we worked together. Mutual satisfaction was the prize, but this goddamn connection was the price…and I was willing to pay it over and over again.”
Their love language may be 'actions speak louder than words' resorting to fist fights instead of cuddles and hugs, but it works so well for them! And the sex scenes were top-tier HAWT! They were so filthy, so dirty, so loud, so foul, and fueled by just getting it out of their system! Every possible way conceivable - they acted upon it in their sexual exploration - on your knees, on your back, from behind - they literally didn't hold back in their restraints!
“Devon wet his lips, drawing my attention. “Your body is allowed to feel something your heart doesn’t,” he said like some bullshit philosopher.
My heart wanted to hurt him. My head wanted to hate him. My body just straight-up wanted him.
“Fuck you, Devon.” I breathed hard, leaning forward, touching my forehead to his.”
But, that first kiss! ABSOLUTE FAVORITE! The pining - the pulling - the desire - it was so so well done - I read it twice, because I loved that moment right before they kiss, before they act upon the pull - so much more feeling of conflicting want than the sex scenes could bring for me! ❤️🔥❤️🔥 As much as they fought and hated each other with their punches and jabs and words, the intensity in which they fought and resisted their attraction was the magic of this book! ❤️🩹❤️🩹 That they still so vehemently refused to acknowledge that what was stirring between them was something more made me smile and laugh and chuckle at their idiocy. 😊😊
“Don’t tell anyone I’m doing this. And don’t read into it.”
“We were doing everything extremely backward, and it felt good anyway. Sex before hugging. Enemies before…whatever we were—still enemies but sorta fuck buddies slash lovers. Hate before lust. It was all churned up and out of order, but it felt right. Honest.”
My only grievance would be with the editing - it started off really strong, but after a painfully obvious error, it dimmed my enjoyment significantly. I was still very much invested in their relationship, but the sudden transitional cuts of chapters threw me off. Maybe it was intentional, to emphasize the grittiness and rawness of their situation, but it just felt off-kilter. 😞😞 And it may be a personal nit-pick of mine, but sentences starting with 'Yeah,' and 'Sure', even to show the train of thought, never sits well with me.
“I wanted him, respected him, hated him, needed him, and was damn near addicted to him, but was that love? More like obsession.”
But, it was still a very enjoyable read - definitely took enemies to lovers to the next level, for sure! And makes me super psyched for the sequel and see what awaits these boys at Lot 62! 🩵🩵
“He was trailer trash in its finest form, so why the hell did I find it so hot? Why was it so exciting to be this close to him? Why was my body pressing into his, wanting to be closer, trying to feel more of him?
Where did hate end and desire begin? Why were they merging? Mingling?”
To say that I had a good time reading Garron Park would be an understatement - I had a GREAT time reading it! Starting off right with the punches, Maddox and Devon have been sworn rivals since they were ten years old - off the motor track and on it - they've been fierce competitors in literally everything that crosses their path - enemies to the brink of their core. It doesn't hurt that their older brothers are the best of friends - it doesn't hurt that their fathers are abusive assholes - it does hurt that one night Devon gets a beating worse than wear from his father - and as he reluctantly tends to his wounds as he begrudgingly allows him to spend a night in his bed, it does hurt Maddox --- more than he thought it would...
“Maddox?” It was barely a whisper this time, and he wasn’t even fully lucid. I barely moved, not wanting to hear whatever he was about to say. “Thanks.”
Oh, fuck him.”
I loved Maddox - well, I loved Devon too, but there was something about Maddox I really connected with. With his awakening - his newfound realization that he may be attracted to Devon more so than just wanting to claw his eyes out was so precious to watch - not to mention how overly protective he suddenly became of him, how vulnerable he allowed himself to be with him, the comforting nature that overwhelmed him, the sudden urge to talk about their feelings that were whirling inside of him *shocking!* 😆😆
“We were just two useless idiots, sitting on a couch in the middle of nowhere, trying not to look at each other while we confessed our darkest secrets.”
He just wanted to keep him by his side, possessively so - he didn't hesitate to make shady deals just to ensure his safety, how far he went to keep his father from ever hurting him again, with such fierce rage. He couldn't even understand where this desire to hurt anyone to dare lay a finger on Devon (besides him, of course!) was coming from or how suddenly he cared so much for him! Only, “You touch him again, I’ll fucking kill you.” was all that mattered! 🩶🩶 Maddox didn't want much from life - he just knew that he wanted Devon to share it with him.
“I swallowed, loving this and hating it at the same time. This thing was a mess, he was right about that, but maybe messy was what worked for us.”
I really felt awful for Devon - as much as Maddox had it rough, he had it a lot worse. But, I really liked that while he didn't resist the temptation so much, it was his uncertainty that Maddox could actually feel so much for him, so openly express his attraction for him that made him such a likable guy. Even if he didn't get riled up as easily as Maddox, he still fought his feelings with his punches - haha, the amount of times they went at it each other was laughable, but with such a satisfying ending. 🥰🥰
“We’re helping them,” Xavi said again.
“Fine. But don’t expect anything to change. I still hate that fucker.”
Xavi smirked. “Tension isn’t all about hate, Madd.”
What the fuck did that mean?”
Xavi and Nate - the meddling brothers from Hell - scheming match-makers and the best of buds - I had a hoot with their banter and comments, how they worked tirelessly to pit their younger brothers together in order for them to hash it out. But, methinks, could there be something more lurking beneath the surface of their friendship??? 👀👀 Either way, they were such a fun reprieve to their younger brothers' plight!
“For once, we worked together. Mutual satisfaction was the prize, but this goddamn connection was the price…and I was willing to pay it over and over again.”
Their love language may be 'actions speak louder than words' resorting to fist fights instead of cuddles and hugs, but it works so well for them! And the sex scenes were top-tier HAWT! They were so filthy, so dirty, so loud, so foul, and fueled by just getting it out of their system! Every possible way conceivable - they acted upon it in their sexual exploration - on your knees, on your back, from behind - they literally didn't hold back in their restraints!
“Devon wet his lips, drawing my attention. “Your body is allowed to feel something your heart doesn’t,” he said like some bullshit philosopher.
My heart wanted to hurt him. My head wanted to hate him. My body just straight-up wanted him.
“Fuck you, Devon.” I breathed hard, leaning forward, touching my forehead to his.”
But, that first kiss! ABSOLUTE FAVORITE! The pining - the pulling - the desire - it was so so well done - I read it twice, because I loved that moment right before they kiss, before they act upon the pull - so much more feeling of conflicting want than the sex scenes could bring for me! ❤️🔥❤️🔥 As much as they fought and hated each other with their punches and jabs and words, the intensity in which they fought and resisted their attraction was the magic of this book! ❤️🩹❤️🩹 That they still so vehemently refused to acknowledge that what was stirring between them was something more made me smile and laugh and chuckle at their idiocy. 😊😊
“Don’t tell anyone I’m doing this. And don’t read into it.”
“We were doing everything extremely backward, and it felt good anyway. Sex before hugging. Enemies before…whatever we were—still enemies but sorta fuck buddies slash lovers. Hate before lust. It was all churned up and out of order, but it felt right. Honest.”
My only grievance would be with the editing - it started off really strong, but after a painfully obvious error, it dimmed my enjoyment significantly. I was still very much invested in their relationship, but the sudden transitional cuts of chapters threw me off. Maybe it was intentional, to emphasize the grittiness and rawness of their situation, but it just felt off-kilter. 😞😞 And it may be a personal nit-pick of mine, but sentences starting with 'Yeah,' and 'Sure', even to show the train of thought, never sits well with me.
“I wanted him, respected him, hated him, needed him, and was damn near addicted to him, but was that love? More like obsession.”
But, it was still a very enjoyable read - definitely took enemies to lovers to the next level, for sure! And makes me super psyched for the sequel and see what awaits these boys at Lot 62! 🩵🩵
October 16, 2023
"Apart from the few years we were friends during childhood, I’d never felt anything more than hatred, jealousy, competitiveness, rivalry, and frustration toward him. Attraction wasn’t even on the radar, and arousal wasn’t even close."
Nordika Night does it again! Garron Park is another brilliant MM romance that has left me desperate for the second book in the "From Nothing" duology. This is an enemies to lovers story (my absolute favourite) around my boys Maddox and Devon, full of first times, trailer park found-family loyalties and heartbreak, fist fights and betrayal. And steam. So much hate-to-something-more hotness.
"It was such a strange thing to loathe and lust after him equally. How was I supposed to make sense of that? Especially when it came out of nowhere."
And whilst Garron Park is only book 1, it does have a HFN and we are assured that this divine series does end in a HEA.....eventually!
I re-read this duet last week and oh my word it was just as good as the last time - in fact it just gets better and better. Love these boys so hard 🖤.
Edit: the special edition cover (not shown here) is DIVINE!
"We thrived on aggression and competition, but we ran on something that felt a lot like love. Harsh love. Something volatile and right."
5 stars
Nordika Night does it again! Garron Park is another brilliant MM romance that has left me desperate for the second book in the "From Nothing" duology. This is an enemies to lovers story (my absolute favourite) around my boys Maddox and Devon, full of first times, trailer park found-family loyalties and heartbreak, fist fights and betrayal. And steam. So much hate-to-something-more hotness.
"It was such a strange thing to loathe and lust after him equally. How was I supposed to make sense of that? Especially when it came out of nowhere."
And whilst Garron Park is only book 1, it does have a HFN and we are assured that this divine series does end in a HEA.....eventually!
I re-read this duet last week and oh my word it was just as good as the last time - in fact it just gets better and better. Love these boys so hard 🖤.
Edit: the special edition cover (not shown here) is DIVINE!
"We thrived on aggression and competition, but we ran on something that felt a lot like love. Harsh love. Something volatile and right."
5 stars
January 11, 2024
"yeah, i still hated the guy, but now i hated him not just for the shit he'd done to me, but for how he was messing with my head. like... i couldn't get him out of my head"
May 13, 2023
3.5 ⭐️
Well, it was fun hearing the good things.
It was okay, really easy to get into. cool. I loved the enemies to lovers trope it was done so well. The hate they had for each other was good, it was what I expected. Their relationship was perfect and I loved how the possesive/jealousy trope. Some scenes were really intense and clearly showed how perfect they are for each other. And their relationship never changed till the end loved that.
But that was it.
Even though this was entertaining, I didn’t feel entirely hooked by their story. No matter how good their dynamic is, there’s nothing else that move the story. Not enough depth on the side characters, family backgrounds, Garron as a town, and the overall storyline lack of atmosphere and context. Abusive dad, but did not focus in more detail except horrifying scenes with lack of motive. Brothers, but it felt like they were written just to feel in the blanks. No connection. Climax is forced. Motocross theme was just…sigh, I’m disappointed in that so let’s not talk about it. Let’s just say, this book solemnly focus on their dynamic, WHICH I don’t have any issue if it doesn’t feel too empty in the middle. I got bored reading a couple chapters. It got interesting by 70% although.
Relationship-wise, perfect. Storyline and depth, meh. Motocross theme, fucking disappointing.
I know I’ve read from mutuals’ review about the big motocross theme, and I’ve expected it. Still, I’m sick of being jebaited by motocross/motoGP themes, when the story never actually focused on it. As a big fan, it hurts you know.
I have an inkling that book #2 will be better but I don’t feel like reading it.
Well, it was fun hearing the good things.
It was okay, really easy to get into. cool. I loved the enemies to lovers trope it was done so well. The hate they had for each other was good, it was what I expected. Their relationship was perfect and I loved how the possesive/jealousy trope. Some scenes were really intense and clearly showed how perfect they are for each other. And their relationship never changed till the end loved that.
But that was it.
Even though this was entertaining, I didn’t feel entirely hooked by their story. No matter how good their dynamic is, there’s nothing else that move the story. Not enough depth on the side characters, family backgrounds, Garron as a town, and the overall storyline lack of atmosphere and context. Abusive dad, but did not focus in more detail except horrifying scenes with lack of motive. Brothers, but it felt like they were written just to feel in the blanks. No connection. Climax is forced. Motocross theme was just…sigh, I’m disappointed in that so let’s not talk about it. Let’s just say, this book solemnly focus on their dynamic, WHICH I don’t have any issue if it doesn’t feel too empty in the middle. I got bored reading a couple chapters. It got interesting by 70% although.
Relationship-wise, perfect. Storyline and depth, meh. Motocross theme, fucking disappointing.
I know I’ve read from mutuals’ review about the big motocross theme, and I’ve expected it. Still, I’m sick of being jebaited by motocross/motoGP themes, when the story never actually focused on it. As a big fan, it hurts you know.
I have an inkling that book #2 will be better but I don’t feel like reading it.
September 18, 2023
Garron Park is book one in the From Nothing series by Nordika Night. This book takes you on quite the journey. Maddox and Devon are sworn enemies. This MM romance is an enemies to lovers,GFY/bi-awakening novel.
I almost passed on this one but I’m glad I gave it a chance. It just goes to show you that just because someone else didn’t love it, doesn’t mean you can’t. I’m obsessed with Maddox and Devon. The chemistry burning between these two is magic. The are so obsessed and possessive over each other. Plus, this has all the hand necklaces you could hope for. 🫠
I actually enjoyed reading this, it was fast paced and kept me engaged. I did not struggle to stay focused on the story, which has been an issue for me lately. It may be the atmosphere of the story that pulled me in. It’s so intriguing, it just captures you.
Make sure you read the trigger warnings provided by the author before reading.
I agree with some readers, where they said the characters seem younger than the ages mentioned. While they do and I agree, the author warns about this. I still wish they seemed a little closer to the ages they are in the book.
TW:
Drug/alcohol abuse, parent with dementia, abusive dads/bad parents(neglectful), fighting, loan shark, death, plus way more.
I almost passed on this one but I’m glad I gave it a chance. It just goes to show you that just because someone else didn’t love it, doesn’t mean you can’t. I’m obsessed with Maddox and Devon. The chemistry burning between these two is magic. The are so obsessed and possessive over each other. Plus, this has all the hand necklaces you could hope for. 🫠
I actually enjoyed reading this, it was fast paced and kept me engaged. I did not struggle to stay focused on the story, which has been an issue for me lately. It may be the atmosphere of the story that pulled me in. It’s so intriguing, it just captures you.
Make sure you read the trigger warnings provided by the author before reading.
I agree with some readers, where they said the characters seem younger than the ages mentioned. While they do and I agree, the author warns about this. I still wish they seemed a little closer to the ages they are in the book.
TW:
Drug/alcohol abuse, parent with dementia, abusive dads/bad parents(neglectful), fighting, loan shark, death, plus way more.
May 30, 2023
So good! Loved this! So hard to put it down I wanted to read it all in one sitting. So excited for book 2!
January 30, 2024
Curti, mas esperava mais ( quem sabe o segundo seja mais impactante).
November 15, 2023
❤️ Garron Park - Nordika Knight ❤️
🏍 sport romance
❤️🔥 enemies/rivals to lovers
👊🏻 touch him and you will die
😒😏 forced proximity/only one bed
🌈 bi-awakening
Garron Park is such a refreshing book! ✨️ yes it is enemies to lovers, yes it is a sport romance, yes is it a m/m story BUT Garron Park is really something else?! the setting, the storyline, the character developement/relationships and the writing style are all amazing! also the chemistry between Maddox and Devon is insane?! HATE TO LOVE ❤️🔥🌈
🏍 sport romance
❤️🔥 enemies/rivals to lovers
👊🏻 touch him and you will die
😒😏 forced proximity/only one bed
🌈 bi-awakening
Garron Park is such a refreshing book! ✨️ yes it is enemies to lovers, yes it is a sport romance, yes is it a m/m story BUT Garron Park is really something else?! the setting, the storyline, the character developement/relationships and the writing style are all amazing! also the chemistry between Maddox and Devon is insane?! HATE TO LOVE ❤️🔥🌈
August 11, 2023
3,8. I really liked this story.
The hated and filthy sex was 🤯
It’s worth the reading.
The hated and filthy sex was 🤯
It’s worth the reading.
May 2, 2023
⭐︎
4.5 Stars Rounded Up!
⭐︎
A deliciously good enemies-to-lovers romance. One of the best I've read in awhile that gets the 'enemies' part down really well.
It's like authors think 'enemies-to-lovers' and think it should be some misunderstandings at first that get cleared up fast or they argue a few times and that's it or they 'hate' that they're so attracted to them and are actually masking up their feelings with pretend 'hate.'
Like all of that...isn't enemies-to-lovers.
Enemies need to hate each other. Like deeply loathe each other at first. Hate the sight of each other kind of thing. And they don't get into the lovers part easily and seamlessly. It's a longer road and it's paved with letting go of preconceived notions and letting walls down and so on.
Maddox and Devon encapsulate true enemies so beautifully.
They've hated each other since they were kids. About 10 years old. Funnily enough, they were friends before that, then their fathers pitted them against each other and they never let go of that hatred.
15 years later at 25 and they're still pretty immature with each other. They get in constant fights - this opens with them in a physical fight with each other - and rile each other up all the time. Or more, Devon riles Maddox up and the usually quiet guy gets pulled into his web and can't help but respond to him.
There's just something about the other that brings out their anger with each other.
And they both have fairly shitty lives overall. They've grown up in the same trailer park, Garron Park, their whole lives. Both set of parents are not good. But Devon's father, especially, is horrible.
He's always beat on Devon and his older brother, Nate. Maddox and his older brother, Xavi, have had to deal with it sometimes too from their deadbeat, junkie father, so he's never felt overly sympathetic for Devon.
But one night when Devon shows up on his doorstep looking for his older brother - because while these two are enemies, Nate and Xavi are best friends - very badly beaten, it changing everything for these two enemies.
As Maddox can't help but feel sympathy for him as he takes care of Devon and patches him up, Devon can't help but stirrings of attraction when they are forced to share a bed to together in Maddox's cramped trailer bedroom. Maddox isn't far behind in the surprise attraction.
And just because they two are feeling that attraction, doesn't mean they're stopping the hate...and even as things progress, they're still pretty combative with each other and aren't afraid to fight each other, still.
These two have a rough sort of love, but it's there. We get to the root of their hate more too. How Devon is a deeply insecure person underneath all his bravado and feels Maddox is a much better person than him and Maddox mainly hates how smug Devon always is and how he acts like he's better than Maddox.
But these two start to peal back layers, a little bit at a time, as they progress in their relationship. They're very hard fought for because these are two stubborn men who suck at communication and are better showing their feelings through action. And they don't know how to communicate in a healthy way - and who can blame them? With how they've grown up.
All these two men really know is fighting in some form or another. Before each other, the only really good example of love they had was from their respective brothers. Devon's mother doesn't seem so bad, but she has mental health issues that make it hard to be there for her sons. And Maddox's mother is usually a wined out, pain pill popping mess, so there's that.
So the only effective communication these men have is through...fighting. Whether it be with words or fists. Getting them to lower their defenses for more than two seconds with each other is a feat in and of itself.
I did give .5. off because I wasn't 100% on board with them still physically fighting each other once they were well into relationship territory. And while I love the biting banter and them still having that love-hate pull, I do wish we'd gotten more of the love by the end of this. They're totally feeling it, but they don't express it to each other often enough for my liking.
They're both so hard and prickly that I wanted them to be the safe harbor they come to to let that go and being a little more soft with each other. I kept expecting that dynamic to come and it didn't 100% get there.
They had those moments...at times. But they still were largely communicating through grudging confessions and harsh words. I wanted a little more of the softness by the end. Which we kinda got and kinda didn't. I hope by the end of this duology that they at least stop the physical fights? I know they both said that that's just them and that's kinda what they love about each other and all, but...idk, I want them to grow a bit? To not need to throw a punch at each other when they're angry all the time?
I'd love if they just lost that desire as they grew more in love and still liked to spar verbally on ocassion. I just don't think it's best, in the long run, for them to always punch each other when angry. Or show their worry or feelings through fighting verbally with each other instead of telling the other how they really feel.
But anyway, that was a small bother overall in the grand scheme of the book. I still, overall, loved this, and I can't wait for the next installment, to see their relationship deepen even further.
I will definitely be on the lookout for the second book. I can't wait!
A deliciously good enemies-to-lovers romance. One of the best I've read in awhile that gets the 'enemies' part down really well.
It's like authors think 'enemies-to-lovers' and think it should be some misunderstandings at first that get cleared up fast or they argue a few times and that's it or they 'hate' that they're so attracted to them and are actually masking up their feelings with pretend 'hate.'
Like all of that...isn't enemies-to-lovers.
Enemies need to hate each other. Like deeply loathe each other at first. Hate the sight of each other kind of thing. And they don't get into the lovers part easily and seamlessly. It's a longer road and it's paved with letting go of preconceived notions and letting walls down and so on.
Maddox and Devon encapsulate true enemies so beautifully.
They've hated each other since they were kids. About 10 years old. Funnily enough, they were friends before that, then their fathers pitted them against each other and they never let go of that hatred.
15 years later at 25 and they're still pretty immature with each other. They get in constant fights - this opens with them in a physical fight with each other - and rile each other up all the time. Or more, Devon riles Maddox up and the usually quiet guy gets pulled into his web and can't help but respond to him.
There's just something about the other that brings out their anger with each other.
And they both have fairly shitty lives overall. They've grown up in the same trailer park, Garron Park, their whole lives. Both set of parents are not good. But Devon's father, especially, is horrible.
He's always beat on Devon and his older brother, Nate. Maddox and his older brother, Xavi, have had to deal with it sometimes too from their deadbeat, junkie father, so he's never felt overly sympathetic for Devon.
But one night when Devon shows up on his doorstep looking for his older brother - because while these two are enemies, Nate and Xavi are best friends - very badly beaten, it changing everything for these two enemies.
As Maddox can't help but feel sympathy for him as he takes care of Devon and patches him up, Devon can't help but stirrings of attraction when they are forced to share a bed to together in Maddox's cramped trailer bedroom. Maddox isn't far behind in the surprise attraction.
And just because they two are feeling that attraction, doesn't mean they're stopping the hate...and even as things progress, they're still pretty combative with each other and aren't afraid to fight each other, still.
These two have a rough sort of love, but it's there. We get to the root of their hate more too. How Devon is a deeply insecure person underneath all his bravado and feels Maddox is a much better person than him and Maddox mainly hates how smug Devon always is and how he acts like he's better than Maddox.
But these two start to peal back layers, a little bit at a time, as they progress in their relationship. They're very hard fought for because these are two stubborn men who suck at communication and are better showing their feelings through action. And they don't know how to communicate in a healthy way - and who can blame them? With how they've grown up.
All these two men really know is fighting in some form or another. Before each other, the only really good example of love they had was from their respective brothers. Devon's mother doesn't seem so bad, but she has mental health issues that make it hard to be there for her sons. And Maddox's mother is usually a wined out, pain pill popping mess, so there's that.
So the only effective communication these men have is through...fighting. Whether it be with words or fists. Getting them to lower their defenses for more than two seconds with each other is a feat in and of itself.
I did give .5. off because I wasn't 100% on board with them still physically fighting each other once they were well into relationship territory. And while I love the biting banter and them still having that love-hate pull, I do wish we'd gotten more of the love by the end of this. They're totally feeling it, but they don't express it to each other often enough for my liking.
They're both so hard and prickly that I wanted them to be the safe harbor they come to to let that go and being a little more soft with each other. I kept expecting that dynamic to come and it didn't 100% get there.
They had those moments...at times. But they still were largely communicating through grudging confessions and harsh words. I wanted a little more of the softness by the end. Which we kinda got and kinda didn't. I hope by the end of this duology that they at least stop the physical fights? I know they both said that that's just them and that's kinda what they love about each other and all, but...idk, I want them to grow a bit? To not need to throw a punch at each other when they're angry all the time?
I'd love if they just lost that desire as they grew more in love and still liked to spar verbally on ocassion. I just don't think it's best, in the long run, for them to always punch each other when angry. Or show their worry or feelings through fighting verbally with each other instead of telling the other how they really feel.
But anyway, that was a small bother overall in the grand scheme of the book. I still, overall, loved this, and I can't wait for the next installment, to see their relationship deepen even further.
I will definitely be on the lookout for the second book. I can't wait!
August 11, 2023
"So, no, Devon, I don’t know what the fuck this is,” he sneered. “But I wanna tear you down while lifting you up. I wanna protect you and kill you at the same time. I want to resent you for how you make me feel, but then I want to resent myself even more for letting you affect me.”
So don’t fucking push me to know what label to slap on this . I don’t know the damn answer. I just want to hate you, have you, fuck you, and fight with you. That’s it. That’s what this is for me.”
I know that many of you liked this book, but og my god, the mcs who are 25 years old, act as if they were 16-18, i swear.
Devon and Mad hate each other, they've been rivals for years, and there's really no motive, reason, background or explanation of why. It's just always been that way. And now, hate becomes desire, but they still hit each other. They still fight and yell at each other. Oh and now they have sex. That's the new thing. And that's it.
There are little vulnerable moments where Mad heals Devon, and that was nice to read. But pages later Mad hits Devon where he's injured, and it's like wtf. There is no background or individual development of the characters, more than the basics stuff they tell us. So, I didn't like the mcs and i didn't understand why they were together. There is no love story here, friends. Just a hate you now i wanto to make out with you.
So, i'm not going to read the next one.
So don’t fucking push me to know what label to slap on this . I don’t know the damn answer. I just want to hate you, have you, fuck you, and fight with you. That’s it. That’s what this is for me.”
I know that many of you liked this book, but og my god, the mcs who are 25 years old, act as if they were 16-18, i swear.
Devon and Mad hate each other, they've been rivals for years, and there's really no motive, reason, background or explanation of why. It's just always been that way. And now, hate becomes desire, but they still hit each other. They still fight and yell at each other. Oh and now they have sex. That's the new thing. And that's it.
There are little vulnerable moments where Mad heals Devon, and that was nice to read. But pages later Mad hits Devon where he's injured, and it's like wtf. There is no background or individual development of the characters, more than the basics stuff they tell us. So, I didn't like the mcs and i didn't understand why they were together. There is no love story here, friends. Just a hate you now i wanto to make out with you.
So, i'm not going to read the next one.
February 7, 2024
"While faced with Devon Sawyer, holding onto rationality was damn near impossible. I didn't even bother trying anymore."
Maddox Kane has always had one goal in mind.
Beat Devon Sawyer.
The bane of his existence. And the person that gets him riled up the most.
They have always been rivals. Always pushed each other's buttons.
But one night when Devon has nowhere else to go, Maddox is the one he turns to.
And that one night changes everything.
Devon Sawyer and Maddox Kane.
Rivals. Enemies. Maybe something more?
"I know you. I know how to beat you, how to get in your head, how to piss you off, and how to knock you down. Don't doubt me, Kane."
I am so happy I picked this up after such a long time!
I am loving the motorcross vibes, the competition, the banter!
I mean I would read a book just Maddox and Devon literally going at each other (with words people! Get your mind out of the gutter… though I would not complain about the other version as well 😏😏)
"Yeah, I still fucking hated the guy, but now I hated him for not only the shit he did to me, but for how he was confusing the hell out of my head. Like… I couldn't get him out of my head."
Maddox and Devon are the definition of enemies to lovers while legit staying enemies somehow and I did not know how much I needed that until I read this.
I mean yeah you have enemies to lovers, classic. But add in a bit of banter and competitiveness in sport… I mean there are bets people!! (yes I have issues… we move on).
Banter? Check. Spice? Check. Comebacks? Check. Obsessed? I am thank you very much.
"I just want to hate you, have you, fuck you, and fight with you. That's it. That's what this is for me."
Playlist is giving stitch me up in a bathroom vibes and that's what we want at the end of the day isn't it?
(Link - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6B6... )
🎵 "I Hate Everything About You" - Three Days Grace
🎵 "Fallin' (Adrenaline)" - Why Don't We
🎵 "Bleed" - Connor Kauffman
🎵 "Ghost Town" - Layto, Neoni
🎵 "Speed Drive" - Charli XCX
🎵 "Shut Up And Drive" - Rihanna
🎵 "Bigger Person" - Lauren Spencer Smith
🎵 "MANIAC" - Stray Kids
🎵 "parents" - YUNGBLUD
🎵 "Hayloft II (SMASHUP)" - Mother Mother
🎵 "Mad World" - Demi Lovato
🎵 "Talk" - Retronaut, Salvatore Ganacci
🎵 "Saints of the Sinners" - The Faim
🎵 "Stay Away" - MOD SUN, Machine Gun Kelly, Goody Grace
🎵 "Silence" - Marshmello, Khalid
🎵 "Family Line" - Conan Gray
🎵 "Fake" - I Prevail
🎵 "Angel of Small Death and the Codeine Scene" - Hozier
🎵 "Intoxicated" - The Cab
🎵 "OWN MY MIND" - Maneskin
🎵 "I Want To" - Rosenfeld
🎵 "Love The Way You Hate Me" - Like A Storm
🎵 "Can You Feel My Heart" - Bring Me The Horizon
🎵 "Cut The Cord" - Shinedown
🎵 "Rush" - Troye Sivan
🎵 "Boy In The Bubble" - Alec Benjamin
🎵 "eyes don't lie sped up" - Isabel LaRosa
🎵 "Don't You Know" - Jaymes Young
🎵 "Drinking With Cupid" - VOILA
🎵 "Hate Me" - The Word Alive, Loveless
🎵 "Animal" - The Cab
🎵 "Never Know" - Bad Omens
🎵 "Alkaline" - Sleep Token
🎵 "THE DEATH OF PEACE OF MIND" - Bad Omens
🎵 "Misfits" - Magnolia Park, Taylor Acorn
🎵 "Lose Control" - Teddy Swims
🎵 "Smoke - Son Lux Remix" - BOBI ANDONOV, Son Lux
🎵 "Harder To Breathe" - Letdown.
🎵 "I Miss the Misery" - Halestorm
🎵 "HEAVEN" - Isabel LaRosa
🎵 "Once In A Lifetime" - All Time Low
🎵 "Sinners" - Ari Abdul, Thomas LaRosa
🎵 "HEADSPACE" - Fame On Fire, POORSTACY
🎵 "MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT" - Loveless
🎵 "Just Pretend" - Bad Omens
🎵 "Swim" - Chase Atlantic
🎵 "Self-Destruction" - I Prevail
🎵 "the apology I'll never receive" - RORY
🎵 "Coma" - Taylor Acorn, Cassadee Pope
🎵 "Bom Bidi Bom" - Nick Jonas, Nicki Minaj
🎵 "BODY BAG" - Neoni
🎵 "Haunting Me" - Loveless
🎵 "To My Knees" - Two Feet
🎵 "The Drug In Me Is Reimagines" - Falling In Reverse
🎵 "Personal" - Palisades
🎵 "There You Are" - ZAYN
🎵 Manipulate" - Mxze, Clarei
🎵 "…Fuck" - Johnny Rain
🎵 "salvation" - Christabelle Marbun
🎵 "Slow Down" - Chase Atlantic
🎵 "Natural" - Imagine Dragons
🎵 "Middle Finger" - Bohnes
🎵 "More" - 5 Seconds Of Swummer
🎵 "Feeling Good" - Michael Buble
🎵 "Lyin' To Myself - Remix" - Todrick Hall
🎵 "Who Do You Love" - The Chainsmokers, 5 Seconds Of Summer
🎵 "Rain" - Sleep Token
🎵 "Victorious" - Panic! At The Disco
🎵 "Beautiful Things" - Benson Boone
🎵 "Skin and Bones" - David Kushner
🎵 "Ruin My Life" - Zara Larsson
🎵 "Stutter" - Marianas Trench
🎵 "Animal" - Troye Sivan
🎵 "Hooked" - Why Don't We
And the dirty talk came to slay thank you very much 🖤🖤
"Fuck, you look good with my cock down your throat. Look at me."
"Don't worry, Madd, I'll bring you to your knees, too."
🖤 Tropes 🖤
🏁 Rivals-to-Lovers
🏁 Sports Romance (Motorcross)
🏁 Forced Proximity
🏁 Hurt/Comfort
🏁 Possessive MMCs
Book edit - https://www.instagram.com/p/C271GtwLc4N/
Maddox Kane has always had one goal in mind.
Beat Devon Sawyer.
The bane of his existence. And the person that gets him riled up the most.
They have always been rivals. Always pushed each other's buttons.
But one night when Devon has nowhere else to go, Maddox is the one he turns to.
And that one night changes everything.
Devon Sawyer and Maddox Kane.
Rivals. Enemies. Maybe something more?
"I know you. I know how to beat you, how to get in your head, how to piss you off, and how to knock you down. Don't doubt me, Kane."
I am so happy I picked this up after such a long time!
I am loving the motorcross vibes, the competition, the banter!
I mean I would read a book just Maddox and Devon literally going at each other (with words people! Get your mind out of the gutter… though I would not complain about the other version as well 😏😏)
"Yeah, I still fucking hated the guy, but now I hated him for not only the shit he did to me, but for how he was confusing the hell out of my head. Like… I couldn't get him out of my head."
Maddox and Devon are the definition of enemies to lovers while legit staying enemies somehow and I did not know how much I needed that until I read this.
I mean yeah you have enemies to lovers, classic. But add in a bit of banter and competitiveness in sport… I mean there are bets people!! (yes I have issues… we move on).
Banter? Check. Spice? Check. Comebacks? Check. Obsessed? I am thank you very much.
"I just want to hate you, have you, fuck you, and fight with you. That's it. That's what this is for me."
Playlist is giving stitch me up in a bathroom vibes and that's what we want at the end of the day isn't it?
(Link - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6B6... )
🎵 "I Hate Everything About You" - Three Days Grace
🎵 "Fallin' (Adrenaline)" - Why Don't We
🎵 "Bleed" - Connor Kauffman
🎵 "Ghost Town" - Layto, Neoni
🎵 "Speed Drive" - Charli XCX
🎵 "Shut Up And Drive" - Rihanna
🎵 "Bigger Person" - Lauren Spencer Smith
🎵 "MANIAC" - Stray Kids
🎵 "parents" - YUNGBLUD
🎵 "Hayloft II (SMASHUP)" - Mother Mother
🎵 "Mad World" - Demi Lovato
🎵 "Talk" - Retronaut, Salvatore Ganacci
🎵 "Saints of the Sinners" - The Faim
🎵 "Stay Away" - MOD SUN, Machine Gun Kelly, Goody Grace
🎵 "Silence" - Marshmello, Khalid
🎵 "Family Line" - Conan Gray
🎵 "Fake" - I Prevail
🎵 "Angel of Small Death and the Codeine Scene" - Hozier
🎵 "Intoxicated" - The Cab
🎵 "OWN MY MIND" - Maneskin
🎵 "I Want To" - Rosenfeld
🎵 "Love The Way You Hate Me" - Like A Storm
🎵 "Can You Feel My Heart" - Bring Me The Horizon
🎵 "Cut The Cord" - Shinedown
🎵 "Rush" - Troye Sivan
🎵 "Boy In The Bubble" - Alec Benjamin
🎵 "eyes don't lie sped up" - Isabel LaRosa
🎵 "Don't You Know" - Jaymes Young
🎵 "Drinking With Cupid" - VOILA
🎵 "Hate Me" - The Word Alive, Loveless
🎵 "Animal" - The Cab
🎵 "Never Know" - Bad Omens
🎵 "Alkaline" - Sleep Token
🎵 "THE DEATH OF PEACE OF MIND" - Bad Omens
🎵 "Misfits" - Magnolia Park, Taylor Acorn
🎵 "Lose Control" - Teddy Swims
🎵 "Smoke - Son Lux Remix" - BOBI ANDONOV, Son Lux
🎵 "Harder To Breathe" - Letdown.
🎵 "I Miss the Misery" - Halestorm
🎵 "HEAVEN" - Isabel LaRosa
🎵 "Once In A Lifetime" - All Time Low
🎵 "Sinners" - Ari Abdul, Thomas LaRosa
🎵 "HEADSPACE" - Fame On Fire, POORSTACY
🎵 "MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT" - Loveless
🎵 "Just Pretend" - Bad Omens
🎵 "Swim" - Chase Atlantic
🎵 "Self-Destruction" - I Prevail
🎵 "the apology I'll never receive" - RORY
🎵 "Coma" - Taylor Acorn, Cassadee Pope
🎵 "Bom Bidi Bom" - Nick Jonas, Nicki Minaj
🎵 "BODY BAG" - Neoni
🎵 "Haunting Me" - Loveless
🎵 "To My Knees" - Two Feet
🎵 "The Drug In Me Is Reimagines" - Falling In Reverse
🎵 "Personal" - Palisades
🎵 "There You Are" - ZAYN
🎵 Manipulate" - Mxze, Clarei
🎵 "…Fuck" - Johnny Rain
🎵 "salvation" - Christabelle Marbun
🎵 "Slow Down" - Chase Atlantic
🎵 "Natural" - Imagine Dragons
🎵 "Middle Finger" - Bohnes
🎵 "More" - 5 Seconds Of Swummer
🎵 "Feeling Good" - Michael Buble
🎵 "Lyin' To Myself - Remix" - Todrick Hall
🎵 "Who Do You Love" - The Chainsmokers, 5 Seconds Of Summer
🎵 "Rain" - Sleep Token
🎵 "Victorious" - Panic! At The Disco
🎵 "Beautiful Things" - Benson Boone
🎵 "Skin and Bones" - David Kushner
🎵 "Ruin My Life" - Zara Larsson
🎵 "Stutter" - Marianas Trench
🎵 "Animal" - Troye Sivan
🎵 "Hooked" - Why Don't We
And the dirty talk came to slay thank you very much 🖤🖤
"Fuck, you look good with my cock down your throat. Look at me."
"Don't worry, Madd, I'll bring you to your knees, too."
🖤 Tropes 🖤
🏁 Rivals-to-Lovers
🏁 Sports Romance (Motorcross)
🏁 Forced Proximity
🏁 Hurt/Comfort
🏁 Possessive MMCs
Book edit - https://www.instagram.com/p/C271GtwLc4N/
May 2, 2023
Time of cerebral death: 70&, but I skimmed through the end because I am a little bit of a sucker for punishment I guess?
This was a mess. I mean, at least it has a quality: it's entertaining. Not purposefully, I mean. But I laughed so much and so hard that honestly, it was just nice sipping my tea while giggling.
Devon and Maddox are rivals. They behave like they're both 15, but apparently, they're 25. They have constant tantrums, more frequently than my toddler does. They speak in constant exclamation marks! Like that! Because they are all over the place! Also, I am wondering if this author ever met a real human man, or any human being for what matters. Because it's not like those mm books where the MCs behave like teenage girls. These two guys just behaved like children? 😂 I swear at one point I was about to shout IF YOU CAN'T BE MATURE TALKING ABOUT SEX THEN YOU SHOULDN'T BE HAVING IT at my Kindle. Because yes, they fuck, but dear God, what a pain. It's a constant push and pull of stupid, silly, childish rivalry and Maddox mostly not getting why his dick gets hard or how two men could possibly have sex together. I mean, try to get to 25 without knowing these things, I suppose. Anyway, Maddox goes through his "I DON'T GET WHY I WANT TO PUNCH YOU BUT ALSO MY DICK IS HARD! AAAAAA! WHY DO BOYS PULL GIRLS' PIGTAILS AT THE PLAYGROUND? AAAAAA!" and after, Devon decides it's just time for him to bend over and see if Maddox takes the hint. He does. Ofc the sex is mindbending even if I wouldn't trust with my arsehole a guy who's not even sure how his dick manages to get hard, but whatever, this is romance. And up till now, I was kinda invested in these two idiots? Because they were pathetic, they were silly, and their dialogue was hilarious. I was about to give this book 2 stars just because it kept me company on a rather gloomy day.
BUT. What bothered me the most, more than the abovementioned MCs and their inane dynamic, was the setting they were in. Garron Park was supposed to be a trailer park in a desolate little town in Buttfuck, North America. These people are supposed to be living tough lives. And while we were told how tough their life was, I never truly saw it.
See, I kept comparing this setting to Shameless, for some reason. As a European, I suppose that's my standard of American white trash in fiction. One thing Shameless does well is characters: Fiona, Lip and Ian, especially, are very young when the series starts, but they act and think like adults, because they have grown so quickly. Here, instead, you have two adults (25 YOs!!!) behaving like little children, even when they're supposed to have lived through hardship all their lives, taking care of their mothers (one is ill, the other is an addict), constantly battling against abusive fathers (one, who tries multiple time TO KILL his own son). I mean, how? The author tried to be raw, and gritty, and edgy in describing their living conditions and to infuse some sort of squalor to their surroundings, but it failed miserably. It was you know, fake. Empty. Shallow. And without that, nothing else in the book made much sense.
Anyway. Don't think I will bother with this author again, but hey.
bye now
This was a mess. I mean, at least it has a quality: it's entertaining. Not purposefully, I mean. But I laughed so much and so hard that honestly, it was just nice sipping my tea while giggling.
Devon and Maddox are rivals. They behave like they're both 15, but apparently, they're 25. They have constant tantrums, more frequently than my toddler does. They speak in constant exclamation marks! Like that! Because they are all over the place! Also, I am wondering if this author ever met a real human man, or any human being for what matters. Because it's not like those mm books where the MCs behave like teenage girls. These two guys just behaved like children? 😂 I swear at one point I was about to shout IF YOU CAN'T BE MATURE TALKING ABOUT SEX THEN YOU SHOULDN'T BE HAVING IT at my Kindle. Because yes, they fuck, but dear God, what a pain. It's a constant push and pull of stupid, silly, childish rivalry and Maddox mostly not getting why his dick gets hard or how two men could possibly have sex together. I mean, try to get to 25 without knowing these things, I suppose. Anyway, Maddox goes through his "I DON'T GET WHY I WANT TO PUNCH YOU BUT ALSO MY DICK IS HARD! AAAAAA! WHY DO BOYS PULL GIRLS' PIGTAILS AT THE PLAYGROUND? AAAAAA!" and after, Devon decides it's just time for him to bend over and see if Maddox takes the hint. He does. Ofc the sex is mindbending even if I wouldn't trust with my arsehole a guy who's not even sure how his dick manages to get hard, but whatever, this is romance. And up till now, I was kinda invested in these two idiots? Because they were pathetic, they were silly, and their dialogue was hilarious. I was about to give this book 2 stars just because it kept me company on a rather gloomy day.
BUT. What bothered me the most, more than the abovementioned MCs and their inane dynamic, was the setting they were in. Garron Park was supposed to be a trailer park in a desolate little town in Buttfuck, North America. These people are supposed to be living tough lives. And while we were told how tough their life was, I never truly saw it.
See, I kept comparing this setting to Shameless, for some reason. As a European, I suppose that's my standard of American white trash in fiction. One thing Shameless does well is characters: Fiona, Lip and Ian, especially, are very young when the series starts, but they act and think like adults, because they have grown so quickly. Here, instead, you have two adults (25 YOs!!!) behaving like little children, even when they're supposed to have lived through hardship all their lives, taking care of their mothers (one is ill, the other is an addict), constantly battling against abusive fathers (one, who tries multiple time TO KILL his own son). I mean, how? The author tried to be raw, and gritty, and edgy in describing their living conditions and to infuse some sort of squalor to their surroundings, but it failed miserably. It was you know, fake. Empty. Shallow. And without that, nothing else in the book made much sense.
Anyway. Don't think I will bother with this author again, but hey.
bye now
July 16, 2024
«𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐦, 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐡𝐞’𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈’𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧.»
«𝐈 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐨𝐱 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐈 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞. 𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞.»
«𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞. 𝐌𝐲 𝐛𝐨𝐲𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐨𝐲𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐦.»
« - 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧’𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐚𝐬…𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞.
- 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 ?
- 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞.
- 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧’𝐭 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐦𝐞, 𝐝𝐢𝐩𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐭.
- 𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐜𝐤 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧’𝐭. »
« 𝐖𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞. 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐡 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞. 𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭.»
Maddox and Devon are my new boyfriends. I love them so much. They remind me of Mickey and Ian from Shameless sometimes. Harsh, violent, primal love. I loved how much they are possessives, omg this was so good.
I look forward for the next book.
And also, I hope we will get a book for their brothers, Xavi and Nate because you can’t make me believe they did nothing in that one bed they shared together. I need to know.
First read : april 23 to april 25 - 2023
Second read : july 24 to july 25 - 2023
Third read : july 14 to july 16 - 2024
«𝐈 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐨𝐱 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐈 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞. 𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞.»
«𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞. 𝐌𝐲 𝐛𝐨𝐲𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐨𝐲𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐦.»
« - 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧’𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐚𝐬…𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞.
- 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 ?
- 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞.
- 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧’𝐭 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐦𝐞, 𝐝𝐢𝐩𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐭.
- 𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐜𝐤 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧’𝐭. »
« 𝐖𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞. 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐡 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞. 𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭.»
Maddox and Devon are my new boyfriends. I love them so much. They remind me of Mickey and Ian from Shameless sometimes. Harsh, violent, primal love. I loved how much they are possessives, omg this was so good.
I look forward for the next book.
And also, I hope we will get a book for their brothers, Xavi and Nate because you can’t make me believe they did nothing in that one bed they shared together. I need to know.
First read : april 23 to april 25 - 2023
Second read : july 24 to july 25 - 2023
Third read : july 14 to july 16 - 2024
September 23, 2024
5.0 stars ...
This ain't fluffy and cuddly ...
this ain't rainbow-farting unicorns ...
this ain't a pretty Hallmark movie.
This is real people
living real world drama ...
and I loved every single word!
Every ...
single ...
word!!!
💞💞💞💞💞
“Holy shit, Devon. How are you this stupid?” he sneered at me.
“Yeah, I did a dumb thing, but I did it for you.”
“Stop taking on my burdens!”
“I can’t!” he screamed at me. “They’re my burdens now, too!” He smacked his hands to the side of my face, holding my head straight so I couldn’t look away. “Because I can’t live without you anymore. I want you here, with me, for as long as I can fucking have you. Because…” He paused, and my heart blew up in my chest. “Because you’re a piece of shit asshole from Garron Park with a loud mouth and the ability to piss me off like none other…and you’re exactly what I want. What I need.”
My heart exploded harder and my ribs blew up next. Thunder cracked with the force of my emotions, and lightning struck from the electricity sparking between us. We were generating this storm, and it was growing in strength. “Maddox…”
“So be pissed at me all you want, Devon. But I’d do it again. I’d do it every fucking time because I’m falling for you, you dumb fuck.”
This ain't fluffy and cuddly ...
this ain't rainbow-farting unicorns ...
this ain't a pretty Hallmark movie.
This is real people
living real world drama ...
and I loved every single word!
Every ...
single ...
word!!!
💞💞💞💞💞
“Holy shit, Devon. How are you this stupid?” he sneered at me.
“Yeah, I did a dumb thing, but I did it for you.”
“Stop taking on my burdens!”
“I can’t!” he screamed at me. “They’re my burdens now, too!” He smacked his hands to the side of my face, holding my head straight so I couldn’t look away. “Because I can’t live without you anymore. I want you here, with me, for as long as I can fucking have you. Because…” He paused, and my heart blew up in my chest. “Because you’re a piece of shit asshole from Garron Park with a loud mouth and the ability to piss me off like none other…and you’re exactly what I want. What I need.”
My heart exploded harder and my ribs blew up next. Thunder cracked with the force of my emotions, and lightning struck from the electricity sparking between us. We were generating this storm, and it was growing in strength. “Maddox…”
“So be pissed at me all you want, Devon. But I’d do it again. I’d do it every fucking time because I’m falling for you, you dumb fuck.”
April 27, 2024
Toxic love
3.25 stars
Enemies to lovers
Maddox and Devon grew up in the same trailer park. Their brothers are best friends, yet these two can't stand each other. That is until one night changes their lives.
I usually don't like toxic relationships, but somehow, this one worked. I will say these two came off younger than their age. It felt like they were 18/19 rather than 25. They just seem immature and barely putting their lives together. Granted, it doesn't seem like they had easy ones. I'm glad there will be more because the HFN wasn't really satisfying. I want to see where this relationship goes.
3.25 stars
Enemies to lovers
Maddox and Devon grew up in the same trailer park. Their brothers are best friends, yet these two can't stand each other. That is until one night changes their lives.
I usually don't like toxic relationships, but somehow, this one worked. I will say these two came off younger than their age. It felt like they were 18/19 rather than 25. They just seem immature and barely putting their lives together. Granted, it doesn't seem like they had easy ones. I'm glad there will be more because the HFN wasn't really satisfying. I want to see where this relationship goes.
May 14, 2023
The moment I knew I started this book, I knew I messed up.
You never start a duology when the second book isn't released yet. Especially when the first book just released.
🤦
But you know what? I don't regret it, and it speaks volume for the adoration and love I have for this book.
Rating: 4.5★
Devon and Maddox made me so giddy, made me so happy, I couldn't stop reading and I did not want to stop reading.
What's Genshin Impact when I have this book?
Gosh, it was so close to a 5 star- I could 🤧😭
Devon and Maddox are uno-perfection. They are badassess - to each other and FOR EACH OTHER. They were made for each other and i wanna beat all those people's asses for trying to think they could separate them.
My highlights are nothing but color yellow, and THAT is an epitome of a statement.
I also LOVE how nosy their brothers are like-✊🤭😭😭🤧🤧🤧💀💀💀💀 and how they run away whenever they talk about feelings-✊✊✊✊✊✊
This book was almost my first 5★ of the year (aside from TB)
Why wasn't it a 5 star?
- I wished they did something outside their range of fighting, having sex and vulnerable conversations. Like, I just wanted them to go on a date man. JUST WANTED TO SEE THEM ON ONE DATE.
Otherwise, I can't wait for book 2!!!
You never start a duology when the second book isn't released yet. Especially when the first book just released.
🤦
But you know what? I don't regret it, and it speaks volume for the adoration and love I have for this book.
“So, you think you’re the only one with the right to make me hate myself?”
“Yeah!” he shouted as if that made sense. “Yes. If anyone is going to fuck with you, it’s me. I want that role.”
He took a few more steps, getting closer to me, absolutely brimming with rage. “And the fucked up part is, I want to protect you from everyone else.”
Rating: 4.5★
Devon and Maddox made me so giddy, made me so happy, I couldn't stop reading and I did not want to stop reading.
What's Genshin Impact when I have this book?
Gosh, it was so close to a 5 star- I could 🤧😭
Devon and Maddox are uno-perfection. They are badassess - to each other and FOR EACH OTHER. They were made for each other and i wanna beat all those people's asses for trying to think they could separate them.
He glared at me and I loved it. Ah, this was what life was all about. A lifelong competition with Maddox Kane.
My highlights are nothing but color yellow, and THAT is an epitome of a statement.
He was still smirking as he sort of looked at me out of the corner of his eye. We were just two useless idiots, sitting on a couch in the middle of nowhere, trying not to look at each other while we confessed our darkest secrets.
Nate got serious for a minute. “Don’t hate me,” he warned. “Because I see the way you look at him. I’m not claiming to know what it means, but fuck, Devon, those kinds of looks are rare as hell and don’t come around twice.”
I wanted to punch him.
“And you know what?” he went on. “He looks at you like that, too.”
“So be pissed at me all you want, Devon. But I’d do it again. I’d do it every fucking time because I’m falling for you, you dumb fuck.”
I also LOVE how nosy their brothers are like-✊🤭😭😭🤧🤧🤧💀💀💀💀 and how they run away whenever they talk about feelings-✊✊✊✊✊✊
This book was almost my first 5★ of the year (aside from TB)
Why wasn't it a 5 star?
- I wished they did something outside their range of fighting, having sex and vulnerable conversations. Like, I just wanted them to go on a date man. JUST WANTED TO SEE THEM ON ONE DATE.
Otherwise, I can't wait for book 2!!!
“Because you’re a piece of shit asshole from Garron Park with a loud mouth and the ability to piss me off like none other…and you’re exactly what I want. What I need.”
April 26, 2023
Goodness, I don't even know what to say about this book. Maddox and Devon were something else. The competitive rivalry between them was three levels above next level and it was hilarious. I loved how, even as things between them took a slight pivot towards softness, they were still quick to revert back to hair-trigger anger every time they pissed each other off - which was often. I also loved all of the different ways they messed with each other. Whether it was taunting at the track or betting on a fight or trying to impress each other in bed, they were always trying to one-up each other and it was completely ridiculous and so much fun.
I loved Xavi and Nate. I can't decide if I want them to get together (if they're not already) or if I'd be happier if their friendship stayed platonically nurturing and sweet. They obviously love each other very much and were maybe a little too interested in the finer details of Maddox and Devon's sex life? I support them either way and will be looking forward to seeing more of all these guys in part 2 of this duet.
As other reviewers have mentioned, this book could have used another proofread to clear up some consistency errors that pulled me out of the story a few times. There was also the common issue of repetitive inner monologue that made parts of the story drag a bit, but not so much that I was ever bored. Maddox and Devon were way too entertaining for that.
I loved Xavi and Nate. I can't decide if I want them to get together (if they're not already) or if I'd be happier if their friendship stayed platonically nurturing and sweet. They obviously love each other very much and were maybe a little too interested in the finer details of Maddox and Devon's sex life? I support them either way and will be looking forward to seeing more of all these guys in part 2 of this duet.
As other reviewers have mentioned, this book could have used another proofread to clear up some consistency errors that pulled me out of the story a few times. There was also the common issue of repetitive inner monologue that made parts of the story drag a bit, but not so much that I was ever bored. Maddox and Devon were way too entertaining for that.
June 10, 2023
- enemies to lovers
- bi awakening
- forced proximity
I mean... It was ok? I read it because I've heard amazing things about it, but it just didn't hook me. I didn't feel connected to the story or the characters at all, & didn't vibe with the toxicity of their relationship lol
I also still find it very strange that Madd & Dev are supposed to be 25 years old when they read 16/17 years old at best. I think if they had been written younger that their familial situations/issues would have made a bit more sense.
- bi awakening
- forced proximity
I mean... It was ok? I read it because I've heard amazing things about it, but it just didn't hook me. I didn't feel connected to the story or the characters at all, & didn't vibe with the toxicity of their relationship lol
I also still find it very strange that Madd & Dev are supposed to be 25 years old when they read 16/17 years old at best. I think if they had been written younger that their familial situations/issues would have made a bit more sense.
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