The Words: An Enemies-to-Lovers Standalone Romance

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The MC only talks about her body in a negative way and I thought that maybe it was just the start of the story and that it would get better but it didn't. The MC went through a "glow up" and lost a bunch of weight and it's written in a way that makes it seem like her smaller size is somehow better than being plus-size. She goes from a size 18 to a size 10. This happens 25% of the way through the book. however, when the cute moments began.. i was rooting for them so hard 😭 this is why i overlooked all the red flags and messy drama. they shared such a beautiful connection and no character understood them better than they understood each other 🥺

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We’ve never uttered a single word to one another… But sometimes I feel like nobody knows him better than I do.” She's a die-hard lover of oxford commas, em-dashes, music, coffee, and anything thought-provoking...except for math. Officially, I’m your new sober companion. But unofficially? I’m here to ruin you when you least expect it… and I want you stone-cold sober when I do it.” Ashley Jade really put some high quality drugs into this writing, cause I couldn’t stop reading The Words. 3.5 ⭐s for the book, but rounding up for the experience. I’ll elaborate on that a bit later. As a reader, I love broken, tortured and imperfect characters, and this story delivered this in spades. My heart bled for these characters and their pain.

Storyline/My Thoughts: What can I say about The Words without spoiling this massive book for readers on the fence about reading it? Here’s my first reaction to the readers’ hesitation, go for it. I did, and I don’t regret it one bit. Well, I maybe do regret one thing, finishing the book too fast. I had a hard time putting down the book. I fell for the characters and their story. Not just the main either. I fell for the secondary characters, too. But delve deeper and there’s a whole tonne of hurt brewing away. He doesn’t allow anyone to get close. he calls her 'Groupie' which is a little offensive... but gets so jealous when his best friend starts calling her Groupie too 🥺 Mercy Wheeler and Gabriel Easton’s sordid tale ends in Fallen Empire as Gabriel must save Mercy and escape his father’s grip once and for all. the hero just being an asshole and saying awful things to the heroine (my heart hurt so good from this)

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Phoenix is that mysterious unattainable guy in school, the smoker, dangerous, cold type and Lennon has a major crush on. His home life is bad. Mom left when he was 7 to save herself from an abusive relationship but left him to fend for himself against an abusive dad. He's got undiagnosed dyslexia but he's this effortless amazing musician. Together with his only friend, Storm, they're in a band. this book had me tearing up so many times too. the side characters were amazing as always in ashley jade’s books. lennon and her dad’s relationship was so wholesome. skylar, the loyal friend we all love and need! i adored her. i was also SERIOUSLY crushing on storm 😍. and quinn was just the funniest character ever😭 Over the complete course of her career, she would come to write several romance series, including ‘Complicated Hearts Duet,’‘Devil’s Playground Duet,’ and ‘Complicated Parts.’ She would also produce some stand-alone titles too, which were also written in a similar vein, along with creating an omnibus edition. Maintaining a presence both offline and on, she continues writing to this present day, with lots more to come yet. i know i'm shitting on this book a lot, but for some reason i just couldn't stop reading it. ashley jade is an incredibly talented writer, and the fact that it evoked so many emotions in me just goes to show how much of a rollercoaster this book was. once we're done reading the 'past' my jaw was on the floor and my stomach clenched from what phoenix did. i couldn't get to the next part fast enough. ashley always brings the angst and she delivered.I’m tough as a nail Sharp as a blade But I’m still lying here... In the mess you made. Jagged and broken Dull and washed out. Everywhere I turn... I breathe you in and bleed you out.” ngl, the first 20% had me hooked. i loved the angst and the tension between phoenix and lennon. he was such an asshole that it only got me more excited to see how they'd eventually get together. she has to tutor him which is how they end up spending so much together. we also learn that phoenix has dyslexia, and lennon, my queen, goes out of her way to help him🤧

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Mercy Wheeler and Gabriel Easton’s sordid tale continues in Gabriel Fallen as Mercy finds herself heading down a dangerous path. no one talk to me. i’m in distress over how much I hated this. these 2 stars are for the side characters and the side characters 👏🏻 ONLY 👏🏻 Their road to a HEA is full of pain, heart ache, betrayal, mistakes, and angst. And when I say angst, I mean ANGST. If you want faultless characters who don't make their share of stupid mistakes, this book isn't for you. I love how the author wasn't afraid to go there with this story and her characters. Yes, they're damaged, but I loved them and their imperfections. I loved the tension with Phoenix and Lennon almost as much as I loved the incendiary chemistry when they finally give into the inevitable. And the grovel and grand gesture at the end? OUT OF THIS WORLD GOOD. Reading this story, it enables the readers to really connect with the characters, and as the story unfolds the readers see the development and growth from the characters singularly and together. There are moderate triggers within this story, so read at your own leisure.i shouldn’t have liked this book. i mean, i really, really, really shouldn’t have liked this book. bcos this was everything i hate in a romance. Phoenix was everything i hate in a hero. When truths are spoken, secrets exposed, and betrayals come to light, the fallout is magnanimous, even when Lennox gets her moment in the lime light, Lennox’s father is admitted to hospital, Phoenix comforts her in her time of need, declaring there love for the other, getting married, only for her father to pass away, her life spiralling, but through it all Phoenix remains by her side. i could honestly gush about her all day long so i’ll stop now. as Skylar so wonderfully put it in the book, i, too, want to be Lennon Michaels when i grow up :)

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Lennon Phoenix high school romance was pretty cute, sometimes really awkward, but cute nonetheless. I think it was beautiful how Lennon was the first person to really help Phoenix with his learning disability and show that you can be smart in other areas of your life, even if you don’t have A’s all the time. Lennon can hate me all she wants—hell, she can scream it from the top of the highest mountain until her lungs give out—but she can’t deny our chemistry.” Sabrina and a bunch of other assholes threw pig slop on her. Then they circled around the poor girl and oinked while someone kept yelling, 'Sooey'." Lennon is such a sweetheart. She got bullied a lot in higschool, because she is more on the heavier side, but was still kind and considerate to the people around her. What I love most about Lennon is her strenght, empathy and resilience. You might have gotten hotter, but not smarter.” Her eyes narrow. “I beg your pardon, asshole?” I give her a smug smile, designed to piss her off even more. “Pro tip from someone who knows a thing or two about screwing people over? Don’t expose your plans to them. It’s a lot easier when they don’t see it coming.”

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There are few authors as courageous or bold as her when it comes to the emotional capacity and complexity of her characters. She lets her characters be deeply flawed, often unlikeable at times. There are no true external villains- because her characters are their own villains, to each other and often to themselves. She has a deft hand in putting words and meaning to their brokenness, with a real, raw, earnest, and unapologetic immersion into the ins and outs of their flaws, their imperfections, their limitations. And in doing so, she gives us access to their humanity, and somehow then our own- the courage it takes to exist when we’re so messed up, when we’re so flawed, when we’re swimming in a world full of our own mistakes. How we're somehow in control and powerless in our own being all at once. It’s what marks her stories so consuming, her characters so compelling, and her words so meaningful- because underneath it all is an intimate reflection of the worst of ourselves…but the best of us, too. After some devastating news and a lot of convincing, she finally agrees to be his sober companion. To go on tour with him and his band for eight whole weeks. This will be a much-needed payday for her and a chance to get her revenge. But things don't go exactly as planned. I initially wanted to stop shortly after I started reading the book but I wanted to give it the benefit of the doubt and I guess a chance to see if it was part of just the journey but the fact that the glow up happens at 25% and the negativity just continues to 58%, I decided to DNF it.