5 SMOOCHES!
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SYNOPSIS:
A new, shockingly forbidden standalone from New York Times bestselling authors Penelope Ward and Vi Keeland…
Sometimes one floor is all that separates the life you planned from the life you never saw coming…
Moving to New York with my boyfriend, Calder, was supposed to be a fresh start.
A new city. A new job. A beautiful brownstone in Brooklyn we’d call home. The beginning of our forever.
There was just one catch: Calder’s best friend lived in the apartment downstairs.
Rafe—a gifted artist who smashed glass into masterpieces. With his unruly blond hair and piercing eyes that seemed to see right through me, he was impossible to ignore.
He was also completely off-limits.
Yet somehow, every walk past his apartment or trip to the basement laundry room turned into another deep conversation neither of us ever wanted to end.
At first, it was innocent.
Then I found myself looking forward to running into him again.
Before long, I was creating opportunities to be around him.
Somehow, Rafe and I made each other feel seen in ways neither of us expected.
I tried to ignore our connection, reminding myself that Calder’s best friend was the last man on Earth I could ever fall for.
But with every stolen moment, that lie became harder to believe.
Maybe some love stories aren’t about finding the right person—but what happens when you find them too late.
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REVIEW:
I’ve read every single book that Penelope Ward and Vi Keeland have published, both individually and jointly, and I’ve never experienced anything like this book from them. I’m going to be careful here because I really think readers need to go into this book not quite knowing what exactly they should expect, so all I’m going to say is brace for a gut-wrenching angst-fest.
I listened to the audiobook, a multicast duet narration performed by Andi Arndt, Austin Stone and Lee Samuels. Their performances were exceptional and pulled me right into the story. This book contained a plot point that is typically a hard line for me, but because of the authors, I took a chance and I’m glad I did. I ran through the gamut of emotions listening to this book. My aching heart was smashed to bits before it was pieced back together into a mosaic of the love it was intended to be.
A complicated, messy and intensely emotional story that kept me on the edge of my seat with my heart racing and my emotions teetering the whole way through. It was unputdownable, an absolutely addictive read and vastly different from anything I’ve ever read from these authors. Five smooches from me for Smash by Penelope Ward and Vi Keeland.
~Danielle Palumbo
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