Elsie Silver Chestnut Springs Series 3 Books Collection Set (Heartless, Flawless, Powerless)

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Then there’s the father of our twenty five year old heroine, calling her princess(!) in a professional environment(!!) and telling her who is and who is not allowed into her pants(!!!). If it was a joke I didn’t laugh. But I don't need a goddamn babysitter, especially one with skin-tight jeans, a sexy smirk, and a mouth she can't stop running... A mouth I can't stop thinking about. She says this means nothing. I say this means everything. She says there are boundaries we shouldn't cross. That my reputation can't take any more hits-and neither can her damaged heart. I say I'm going to steal it anyway.

Cade Eaton is thirteen years older than me and barely looks my way. Until I get him in the hot tub one night for a game of truth or dare. Then all bets are off - and so are our clothes. Only Rhett Eaton could make jewelry so damn manly” (??? This is why you don't have friends, Summer)

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Up until 30% of it, I was truly convinced I'd end up loving this to pieces. The quote I put at the start of my review is actual proof that this had potential to be as fluffy and enjoyable as I was promised it'd be. One is the real me, the other is just for show. The problem is, not very many people know the real me anymore” (BORING AND CLICHÉ) Quite frankly I wanted more scenes with the side characters Beau and Willa as I realised I didn't like Rhett or Summer and had no connection to them or their struggles and had no investment in their relationship - Totally would have pulled my sponsorship! Summer whilst being the better character made weird choices and acted in a completely hypocritical way to how she had been portrayed for most of the story. Rhett is immature, selfish, POSSESSIVE (not protective) and basically just a horny cowboy who needs to see a hairdresser. Everything about this was perfect, the only reason I gave this four stars is because I was raised by a professional vegan I love books where the guy falls first. I love books where the main characters are the same that started the book, but not really. Elsie does a wonderful job with character development. We can see the feelings, the doubt, the ‘should I be doing this’... the fight within themselves to figure out what really matters in life.

I will talk very explicitly about the smut here, so if you are uncomfortable with that feel free to skip to the character section:If this were your last moment on earth, what would you want me to do?” Shut up, that's what I would want. Thank you rhett and summer were really cute. i loved the setting and all of the side characters, especially rhett's dad. the plot was not very original but its a romance, it doesn't need to be! Summer is such an amazing woman and she deserves nothing but the best! She’s so strong and I want to be like her when I get older. I swear she’s such a role-model!! Eeeeeeeeeeeeh. I probably had expectations that were way too high, but what do you think should be expected from a book that's called flawless if not something...flawless????

I was enamored with the relationship Summer and Rhett both had with their dads (and with his brothers, in his case) and the way they seemed to gravitate around each other, despite their differences. I couldn't stand the smut in this book. Sum and Rhett's first time felt so forced and so approximate it gave me no emotion. I didn't feel their compatibility AT ALL, didn't get into it, and actually felt embarassed most of the time. Don't get me wrong, he was so hot and such a good character when I set aside the bull riding thing. These two were perfect together and she really touches you with the way she approaches their traumas and feelings and her male main character POV's are absolutely delicious. I SKIMMED THE SEX SCENES. 💀 yep. sorry to admit this, but i didn't realise what went where into which part in this book 😭 it was that bad. plus the dirty talk was very ehh.Now, tell me honestly, Summer. If this were your last moment on earth, what would you want me to do?” He's gruff, a little rough around the edges, and it turns out broad-shouldered ranchers with filthy mouths are this city girl's kryptonite. So who am I to resist?

For one, the relationship between Summer and Rhett had no progression. Their "friendship" bloomed out of nowhere, which left no space for a real and deep bond to truly form; I found it a little too conventient to play on a will they won't they level when it was clear they were both pretty taken, at some point. The whole DTR shit is for the teens, not for people who throw around heavy words only to play them off as a lust-fueled experience. You are not a burden. You are not a waste of time. You are very wanted. And anyone who makes you feel you're anything less deserves Rhett Eaton's fist to their face." Ugh ok, I don't even know how to start this, exhale air and rub eyes, OK NOT MORE EXCUSES!! LET'S GO. Think a bit about this sentence. How would you want to go? Are you doing something that you love, and if you died right now, would you be happy? Are you with the right person, and if you went right now, would that mean you’d have no regrets?

Tell me what you want, Summer... if this were your last moment on earth, what would you want me to do?" But, the book isn’t without its flaws. The minor gripe I had was the way the conflict(s) was handled. I mean, emotions were rife and whatnot but it somewhat dragged for me. And I wish certain elements that surrounded the conflicts were expanded upon more. Make that impossible. Because Theo is persistent. And no matter how hard I try to freeze him out, he melts my icy exterior and pulls apart all my defences. Then I spend the singular hottest night of my life with him. It was supposed to be a one-time thing. Something that bothered me a lot about her is the amount of toxic ideas she has about what masculinity is, she explicitly says that Rhett's hands are masculine because they are calloused and not soft, like those of other boys in her city, that some even liked to get manicures. Or that only Rhett could make jewelry look masculine, jewelry is genderless, stupid retrograde and sexist bitch.