Book Review: Given by Willow Winters and Lauren Landish (Highest Bidder Book 4)

     Ari has a complicated relationship with Danny, whose tastes ten to run dark. But, he helped her and she owes it to him. He's gone too far this time, though. Giving her to one of the club members for a month to pay off his debts while reminder her she belongs to him. Zander isn't sharing, though. 

    This is book 4 in the Highest Bidder series. While you could read these as standalones there are a lot of background character spoilers in this book. 

    Zander has been in every book in this series as a background character. I love that we got to see things from his perspective and how he became what he is. I like to think both main characters in this book are equally messy. I really enjoyed Ari slowly trusting and opening up to Zander during their time together. 

    Something I love about this series is each book has a prologue that is in the book. It's just a random snippet while the couple is together, but builds the anticipation of details surrounding that event and where they will end up. 

    With this book we have the accomplished all the background characters, except Madam Lynn, who definitely needs her own book. Perhaps Charles who debuted in this book? I think that would be a match worth reading. 

    This book is available on Kindle Unlimited or buy it on Amazon for $5.99 by clicking here. 

Books by these authors: 

Bought (Highest Bidder Book 1)

Sold (Highest Bidder Book 2)

Owned (Highest Bidder Book 3)

Book Review: Always You by B Lustig (Always & Forever Book 1)

     Charlotte is the sweet nerdy good-girl who stays home and takes care of her mother who has cancer. Hunter hates going home to his abusive, alcoholic mother. He doesn't deserve to keep Charlotte, but can't imagine life without her. So they're friends, but he manages to fuck even that up. 

    I love the friends to lovers trope and this one is a second chance at that. This book starts in the past before moving to the present then future. It goes into detail about their entire past and I loved it. 

    Hunter is so sweet even though he is portrayed as a bad-boy player. I mean he kind of is, but he's adorable. Although an idiot. Everything between them could have been resolved if he'd handled things better. 

    Trigger warnings: child death mentioned in backstory - does not go into detail. Cancer. Parental death. 

    This book took me forever to get through. I enjoyed it, don't get me wrong, but the first like 300 pages is all build-up and friendship. Nothing is even remotely spicy. There are some sex scenes in this big book, but nothing explicit. Normally, I enjoy a big book and 500+ pages isn't even the most I have read this year, but it was so back-story heavy that it felt longer. That being said, once the book finally caught up to the present it was nice knowing all the minutia of their history. 

    This book is available on Kindle Unlimited or buy it on Amazon for $3.99 by clicking here.