Who needs to read the ARC that's due in a few days when you can read the one not due for over a week? Here's Aria Clark and J.F. Miev's "Spooky Level Up." It's the first novel in their Love Takes No Holidays series.
["CHARLIE
My ex taught me that love is a scam. Which is fine—it’s not like I need that rose-tinted fairytale. I’m perfectly content enjoying a different man every night while focusing on my video game career.
Until I run into Ben on Halloween. He’s big, charming, crazy good in bed and a bit of a nerd. He doesn’t make fun of my passion, nor does he treat me like a trophy boytoy the way my ex did. The more time we spend together, the more I realize how painfully perfect he is.
There are just two problems: I still don’t believe in love, and he’s my brother’s best friend.
BEN
I returned to the UK to help my sister expand the family business. Meeting the cutest guy ever at a theme park is the last thing I expected to happen. No one has caught my eye for years.
And the crazy part? Charlie is my best friend’s brother, and the crush I had on him as a teen is back in full force. But we are both old enough now, so I’m not wasting my chance with him. His no-dating rule gets in the way, but throw in a little revenge plot when his ex decides to be an ass, and I have everything I need to prove to Charlie that I am his person."]
Oh the meet-ugly of this one!! It was utterly perfect! Granted, WE knew that they knew each other, but (spoiler alert) they didn't remember each other. And all of the "this feels so familiar" and "this feelings like coming home" and "how does he feel so safe" and basically all of the fated fluff TOTALLY flew right over their heads (but we knew). Such beautiful dramatic irony.
And Charlie falling in love even as he fights himself against it, against Ben. I looooove that they both previously had feelings for each other, and now, they get to explore those feelings (sorry Charlie, but there's a HEA in here for you).
This entire book was adorable as hell, minus Charlie's ex. He can rot in hell.
Trigger Warnings: blackmailing (not by a MC), toxic eating habits (not by a MC), nonconsensual porn making (not by a MC), and more.
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