e-Audio, 10:48:21
Narrated by: J. Shani Michaels & Ian Hackney
Release Date: February 4, 2025
Published by: Books On Tape
Read from: January 10-13, 2025
The Greene Sisters, #3
Source: PRH Audio App (I received a copy of this e-ALC from the publisher in exchange for a just and honest review. This did nothing to influence my review. I also was granted an e-ARC from Netgalley that I read in tandem with this.)
Content Warning: Sexual Content, Grief, Bullying, Mental Illness, Car Accident, Pregnancy
For Readers Interested In: Auto Buy Authors, Contemporary Romance, DEAR, Dual POV, Sparkly Covers, Most Anticipated, Racial/Ethnic Diversity (Black), Realistic Fiction, Romance, MusicAn R&B singer and a corporate executive find love that hits the right notes in this romance by Kristina Forest, USA Today bestselling author of The Partner Plot.
Iris Greene used to be a woman with a plan. But all of that changed after she met the love of her life at twenty-four, got pregnant and married…and then became a widow and a single mother all within the span of a year and a half. Now, after years of hustling, Iris is the director of partnerships at a beauty company and raising spunky six-year-old Calla by herself. Despite her busy life, she still can’t help but feel lonely. She just needs to catch her breath—and one night, at her sister’s wedding, when she steps outside to do just that, she sees a certain singer who takes her breath away. . . .
By all accounts, pop R&B singer Angel Harrison has it made. He’s a successful musician and has just scored a brand ambassador deal with an emerging beauty company. But he’s still not fulfilled; he’s not producing songs he’s passionate about, and there’s a gaping hole in his love life. When he visits the Save Face Beauty office to kickstart his campaign, he’s delighted to see Iris, his stylist’s sister—the beautiful woman he’s secretly had a crush on for years.
Despite their obvious attraction to each other, they must stay professional throughout the campaign tour—which doesn’t quite pan out. But when it becomes clear their lives aren’t in sync, can they fall back in step to the same rhythm and beat?
*MY THOUGHTS*
As soon as it got close enough to the release date I started it immediately. And it was so good! For a long time I thought Violet’s book was my favorite, but I think I made it through the first chapter and I knew this was going to take that top spot.
Ok so the characters were my favorite part. I have to say, Angel is…… WHEW! He is THAT. MAN. Maybe I just loved him because he has a way with words and one of my love languages is Words of Affirmation, but he was the sweetest! I kept imagining him being 90’s fine with color hair, like Sisqó. (Ok so it’s not platinum, but that’s who I thought of ok lolol ANYWAYS, Angel was so sweet and respectful. For all those women to be wanting him and for him to be able to get with any of those women too, I thought it was amazing that he didn’t. And the reasoning why? He had already fallen for Iris when he first met her. And that was all she wrote for me lmao A guy that sings, writes songs about her, AND he fell first? I was done for. And of course, there was Iris. I felt for her so much. She was doing an amazing job raising her kid. And doing it by herself? YASSSS QUEEN! She really was protective of her as well and I loved that. It was hard for me to say that he fell first because she also immediately liked him, but she just didn’t know it. When they first started talking she was so strict and all business like about everything. I loved the way he made her so much softer and the way she changed because of it. They were the cutest.
I do wish there was more plot to this tho. I wanted to see more with his mom. She was annoying, but I think I would have liked it more if something had been fixed. At the very least if he and his dad were doing better. Idk, it just felt like it left a lot open. The only reason I didn’t remove anything was because I know that’s a preference thing and most people were just happy to get rid of her, but still.
The romance itself was good. I enjoyed them sneaking around trying to act like they didn’t like each other. I hated the third act tho. Because girly pop didn’t believe any of the things she was saying herself. It was just too much lol I loved them. And the way they showed up for each other even when they didn’t have to! That’s what stuck out to me the most. They needed each other before they loved each other and I loved that.
I knew I was going to love this, but I didn’t know it was going to end up as my favorite one in the series. Just something about seeing Iris become softer and come undone because she found the man she loved. Loved that for her. I hope this kind of love finds anyone else looking for it.
Overall, I give this
