ARC Review: Unraveled by Mia Kayla

Unraveled is the first book in Mia Kayla's Ryder Boys series, and while there things that I liked about this story, ultimately I had mixed feelings about it. I think that there are a lot of moments here that were great, and readers will enjoy them. But I also felt like there were several things keeping me from loving this story and it was just okay for me in the end. 

Angelica thought that she had her life planned out and knew exactly what would happen for her future. But when she realizes that the man she thought she would spend her life with is already married to his work, she knows that she needs to end things. Cade Ryder is everything that she shouldn't want, yet the more she is around him the harder it becomes to resist.

I liked Angelica and Cade for each other. I thought that they had chemistry and were good for one another. They had a connection that was obvious right away. If I am honest though, I had a bit of an issue with Angelica. I felt like her moving on from her ex to Cade in such a short amount of time was a little unbelievable. For her feelings to suddenly be as strong as they supposedly were just didn't feel right when her relationship with her ex was so long and as serious as it had been. (They lived together) I also really had a hard time with how Angelica let her ex and her mother get away with all they did without her standing up for herself. There was one moment that really bothered me, and honestly if I was Cade I don't know that I would have been able to get over it. 

I did really love the relationships that both Angelica and Cade had with their siblings though. Angelica and her sister were supportive and great, and I loved seeing that bond. Same goes for Cade and his brothers Jordan and Wyatt. It was even more special for them as they weren't blood siblings. But those moments were really great and made this a fun read at times. While I liked them and Cade and Angelica together, I wish that Angelica had put her mother and ex in their place earlier and not let things get in the way of her relationship with Cade as much. I also wish that there would have been more of a natural progression for her relationship with Cade. It felt a bit rushed, when she was just coming out of the relationship that she had been in for so long. I do think that a lot of readers will enjoy this one and Mia Kayla is an author that I have come to enjoy. This one was good and it won't be the last I read from her.

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ARC Review: Everything Has Changed by Mia Kayla

Everything Has Changed is the second book that I have read by Mia Kayla, and it is my favorite of hers so far! This book was really cute, and I loved Bliss and Jimmy so much. I am such a sucker for a good friends to lovers story, and these two had been friends since they were children. There was so much between them, and I adored their connection.

Bliss "Boo" Carrington had been in love with her best friend Jimmy for years. She was now in law school and he was a top NFL quarterback, but she knew him before any of that. Bliss has never been able to tell Jimmy how she feels though, because she fears it will destroy their friendship. Little does she know that Jimmy has always loved her also, but that he refuses to let anything happen between them for his own reasons. But when Bliss finally decides that she can no longer be just friends with him while he is off with other women, will it finally be what they both need to take a chance on a relationship together?

I really loved Bliss and Jimmy. These two had such history between them, and I loved that they had been best friends pretty much their whole lives. They knew each other better than anyone else, and had seen every side of each other. The love between them was deep and pure, and I thought that their foundation was rock solid. Jimmy struggled with some fears and insecurities due to his father and his mother though, and that really held him back. He was scared to turn out like his father, and that was something that Bliss tried to help him with. She did what she could to try and convince him that he was nothing like his father, but it wasn't easy. Bliss also had a few issues, and she didn't think that Jimmy or anyone like him would ever see her like other girls. It was so good to see her finally begin to realize that she was what Jimmy wanted all along and that he cared for her just as much as she cared for him. These two had a great connection and a ton of history, but I really enjoyed seeing them begin to explore the chemistry and attraction between them as well.

Overall, this story was great. I loved Jimmy and Bliss. They were sweet together, and I liked how well they knew one another. They were the perfect match for one another, and it was clear that they had always been meant to be together. I do think that things between them progressed pretty slowly, and I wish that things had been a little quicker between them. While I enjoy a slow burn, I wanted to see more of them together and I felt the ending was a bit rushed once they had finally figured things out. It would have been nice to see a bit down the road for them and how things ended up. I really enjoyed this story though, and I didn't want to put it down. Jimmy and Bliss were entertaining, and I know that these two will be ones that I love for a long time to come. I look forward to reading more from Mia Kayla in the future. If you are looking for a sweet contemporary friends to lovers story, I would definitely recommend giving this one a shot!

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Review: Marry Me for Money by Mia Kayla

Marry Me for Money is Mia Kayla's debut novel, and I was looking forward to reading this one. The blurb made it sound really interesting and I couldn't wait to start. I have to say that while there were some really great parts in this book, I also had quite a few issues with this story. I am interested to see what Mia Kayla writes in the future and I think that this is a promising start. I just wish that a few things had been done differently with this book.

Bethany Casse Leaves her small town behind and heads to Chicago to work for a top bank as an underwriter. She ends up meeting two completely different men, and embarks on two completely different relationships with them. With Kent Plack, she finds in him the best friend that she has been missing since leaving her best friend Kendy behind in the small town she is from. Kent and Bethany decide to just be friends as Kent doesn't do anything other than casual and never does repeats. Bethany is surprised at how quickly their friendship grows, and how much she depends on him. With Brian Burcham, Bethany finds the perfect boyfriend and forever guy. They have a lot in common, he is nice and motivated and they are a great match. At first Bethany is determined to keep him as a friend only since they work together. But Brian wears her down, and she eventually decides to give him a shot. When her past catches up with her though and Kent needs her help, Bethany agrees to marry him so that he can access his trust fund and in exchange he will take care of all her debt. Soon the lines between love and friendship become blurred, and Bethany is struggling with how to maintain relationships with both men when there are unexpected feelings. Can Bethany figure out which guy is the right one for her, and will she be able to move forward and have a future with one of them?

I had a hard time liking Kent at first. He was spoiled and entitled and impossibly arrogant. He didn't work at all and didn't even seem to care that people saw him as a useless manwhore. He was different with Bethany though, and I liked their growing friendship. It was good to see him take an interest in her and that he was able to really form a bond with her. He was not used to caring about anyone but his family, and it was nice to see him find someone that work him up to what he was capable of. Brian didn't really do anything for me honestly. He was just sort of there, and he never was a real contender in my opinion. He was perfectly nice, but perfectly boring. He might have been a good guy, but to me he never belonged with Beth. I also didn't like the fact that he agreed to the whole marriage pact when Beth was honest with him and then turned around and completely changed his mind shortly after. I understand that he didn't want to see her do that when he loved her, but he should have said so upfront and not flip flopped on her. Beth was another one that I had a few issues with. While I thought that she was smart and driven and I liked the fact that she respected herself enough to keep things platonic with Kent, I also felt like she tried to hard to force herself into living the perfect life. She might have liked Brian, but I felt like she was sort of leading him on and lying to herself the entire time. I kept waiting for her to see what was right under her nose and she just took forever to wake up and needed others to help her see it. I also felt like she should have been more honest with Kent and talked to him about what she was thinking and feeling.

My biggest problem with this story was that I felt like so much was left unresolved in this book and I feel like we didn't get closure on a lot of things. If there was another book coming, it might have been different but I don't believe there is and so a lot of things left up in the air really bothered me. We never were told what happened with Beth's job. She had accepted a new position in California and we never heard how she got out of that or if she did. We also never found out when exactly Kent's feeling changed and when he stopped sleeping around. Also what happened with the woman outside his place and who was she? I really wanted answers to all the questions that were brought up, and I just didn't understand why the author decided to leave so many things left unanswered. I also felt like this book was really hard to get into at first and was very slow at the beginning. It honestly took me awhile to get into, but I am glad that I stuck with it. I think another problem with this book is that it almost felt like two stories that were merged into one, and it left things a little disjointed for me. I felt like the first half of the book was one story while the second half was another. At first things were completely friendly between Kent and Beth and she didn't see him as anything more. Then in the second half after she realizes that Brian wasn't right for her because she had always been in love with Kent, I wasn't quite able to see where she was coming from. I mean I saw things changing but I just felt like she hadn't been in love with him the whole time unless I was really missing something. I just didn't really see any evidence in the first half of the book that led me to believe differently. I really wish that things between Kent and Beth would have started a little earlier in the story. I think that they were a little too late, and at that point with so many things left unanswered it was hard to really get behind their relationship at that point. I needed to see them acting as a couple falling in love rather than just friends that were growing closer and flirting at times. I think that this one had a lot of potential but just fell short. I still think that Mia Kayla has made a promising start with this debut novel, and I am interested to see what she writes from this point forward. I will definitely give her another shot in the future.

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