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The Power of Us by Skylar Shoar
3.0
**I was provided with an ARC for an honest review**
me: ugh I hate cliches
author: uses the title in the book
also me: *sobs* they used the title in the book
Our heroine Cassidy Knite
At first she seemed like a kinda basic bitch, the virgin college student lost parents kinda character.
Okay and ?
But then there was ✨this switch ✨ moment that activated brat mode — so she started making some wild ass decisions that was very different from the inital shy wallflower we meet
“ I had a run-in with Roxy”
AHHAHAH THATS A FUCKING MILD WAY TO PUT IT LMAO
She has her own goals of wanting to be a journalist at the The New York Artefact. That she not gonna let anyone ^especially miss Roxy fuck em up^. She has her values. That she not gonna let her own hot boss ruin them. She just might push the limits a little for some fun *wink*
And now the love interest, Harly I mean Mr. Ashbey
That obsessive territorial asshole ♥️
“I’ve been patient for almost two months, but I’m done. Whatever the risk of rejection or ramifications of her being my internship, I don’t care.
But when I reach her desk, she’s gone, and it will be days before she returns.
Fuck”
His love language is words of affirmation and aint nobody gonna convince me otherwise
At first he seemed just like a workaholic where his alphaness was described and it wasn’t till later we learned more about his character and actually SAW that dominant shit in action. He was developed. He had an inner darkness that kept me desperately flipping pages to understand what caused him to be the man he is now.
But he also had moments being a sweetheart who just trying to figure shit out,
“Okay, now I’m confused. What happened between her moaning my name in ecstasy to now?”
Was some of the fucking realest funniest shit I have read in a whileeee because yes girls be complicated and sometimes our brain goes a mile a minute
But now I gotta say it. What the actual FUCk was that vacation scene. I mean it was a goddamn flight. What possible work situation is so drastic but then is lowkey solved during the trip back via video chat. Like what. Where is my damn bikini makeout scene?
AND THEN HOURS AFTER LEAVING A BEAUTIFUL GETAWAY
AFTER HOURS OF TRAVELING
for that SpOiLeR.
It was romantic as paperwork.
It was just such a random hiccup that I guess was needed to further our plot. I also hadn’t realized the length of this book, it aint a romance that ends at the courtship.
Oh nooooo honey, it goes into all the nitty gritty relationship shit that has some of the best orgasms, I mean highs. And some of the lowest lows.
We all have a fight or flight response
And Cassie is *heavily* on the flight response
Now the secondary characters,
I was pleasantly surprised by the friendship written. Usually, the obligatory book friendship is surface deep, limited to just info-dumping and brainstorming of sex positions (tell me i’m wrong)
But Emy was adorable! She schemes and plans with Harly and helps make shit special for Cassy
“Emy leans forward and whispers to Harly, “That bitch told us to shop in the cheap stores like we can’t afford things in here.”
This is absolutely something my BFF mischievously planned a surprise with my BF and seeing it in a book made me heart go ekkkkk.
I loved how Emy constantly told it is! I mean its so true that friends won’t support all your decisions. But they WILL love you and help you through them. For some reason this seemed to surprise Cassie at first... but later Cassie thanked her lucky stars to have such a real friend
Some of the other characters you meet and thought they were gonna be limited to that chapter but still had some tricks up their sleeve later in the book with Brighton, Whitney, Declan, Katherine, and Sandton
When I found out the moms name is Alexa
I fucking lost it.
Alexa, play Go Fuck Yourself
Writing style
This writer did a pretty great job balancing the action with the worldbulding while introducing its characters. Certain writing choices of the dreams and flashbacks were a little disorientating in what was actually happening in the plot. Some moments were drawn out and you were like. Why. But later revelations made some details make wayyy more sense
Side note, I kinda loved the symbols that indicated a POV switch. Honestly with the symbol I could’ve done without the additional name tag at the beginning of each chapter. The butterfly symbol was adorable and I loved how it appeared in the storyline itself. I sorta highlighted how that image was carefully matched to her personality! But it also showed how wrong Harly’s symbol was....
I mean at no point was baseball ever really associated with his character. It was mentioned once in ch 24 that Harly likes the Yankees... bruh. Like it should’ve been a briefcase or boxing gloves to make more sense with his character.
Overall, this was a fun romance with the taboo boss-intern dynamic that was made all the more spicey with the life chaos surrounding these characters as they struggle to be together with all their friends and family drama pulling them away from each other. While the beginning romance was a little basic recipe, all the twists and turns of the plot after the couple was together worked to elevate this whole book to enjoy reading about the couple BEING in a relationship, not just a beginning courtship.
me: ugh I hate cliches
author: uses the title in the book
also me: *sobs* they used the title in the book
Our heroine Cassidy Knite
At first she seemed like a kinda basic bitch, the virgin college student lost parents kinda character.
Okay and ?
But then there was ✨this switch ✨ moment that activated brat mode — so she started making some wild ass decisions that was very different from the inital shy wallflower we meet
“ I had a run-in with Roxy”
AHHAHAH THATS A FUCKING MILD WAY TO PUT IT LMAO
She has her own goals of wanting to be a journalist at the The New York Artefact. That she not gonna let anyone ^especially miss Roxy fuck em up^. She has her values. That she not gonna let her own hot boss ruin them. She just might push the limits a little for some fun *wink*
And now the love interest, Harly I mean Mr. Ashbey
That obsessive territorial asshole ♥️
“I’ve been patient for almost two months, but I’m done. Whatever the risk of rejection or ramifications of her being my internship, I don’t care.
But when I reach her desk, she’s gone, and it will be days before she returns.
Fuck”
His love language is words of affirmation and aint nobody gonna convince me otherwise
At first he seemed just like a workaholic where his alphaness was described and it wasn’t till later we learned more about his character and actually SAW that dominant shit in action. He was developed. He had an inner darkness that kept me desperately flipping pages to understand what caused him to be the man he is now.
But he also had moments being a sweetheart who just trying to figure shit out,
“Okay, now I’m confused. What happened between her moaning my name in ecstasy to now?”
Was some of the fucking realest funniest shit I have read in a whileeee because yes girls be complicated and sometimes our brain goes a mile a minute
But now I gotta say it. What the actual FUCk was that vacation scene. I mean it was a goddamn flight. What possible work situation is so drastic but then is lowkey solved during the trip back via video chat. Like what. Where is my damn bikini makeout scene?
AND THEN HOURS AFTER LEAVING A BEAUTIFUL GETAWAY
AFTER HOURS OF TRAVELING
for that SpOiLeR.
It was romantic as paperwork.
It was just such a random hiccup that I guess was needed to further our plot. I also hadn’t realized the length of this book, it aint a romance that ends at the courtship.
Oh nooooo honey, it goes into all the nitty gritty relationship shit that has some of the best orgasms, I mean highs. And some of the lowest lows.
We all have a fight or flight response
And Cassie is *heavily* on the flight response
Now the secondary characters,
I was pleasantly surprised by the friendship written. Usually, the obligatory book friendship is surface deep, limited to just info-dumping and brainstorming of sex positions (tell me i’m wrong)
But Emy was adorable! She schemes and plans with Harly and helps make shit special for Cassy
“Emy leans forward and whispers to Harly, “That bitch told us to shop in the cheap stores like we can’t afford things in here.”
This is absolutely something my BFF mischievously planned a surprise with my BF and seeing it in a book made me heart go ekkkkk.
I loved how Emy constantly told it is! I mean its so true that friends won’t support all your decisions. But they WILL love you and help you through them. For some reason this seemed to surprise Cassie at first... but later Cassie thanked her lucky stars to have such a real friend
Some of the other characters you meet and thought they were gonna be limited to that chapter but still had some tricks up their sleeve later in the book with Brighton, Whitney, Declan, Katherine, and Sandton
When I found out the moms name is Alexa
I fucking lost it.
Alexa, play Go Fuck Yourself
Writing style
This writer did a pretty great job balancing the action with the worldbulding while introducing its characters. Certain writing choices of the dreams and flashbacks were a little disorientating in what was actually happening in the plot. Some moments were drawn out and you were like. Why. But later revelations made some details make wayyy more sense
Side note, I kinda loved the symbols that indicated a POV switch. Honestly with the symbol I could’ve done without the additional name tag at the beginning of each chapter. The butterfly symbol was adorable and I loved how it appeared in the storyline itself. I sorta highlighted how that image was carefully matched to her personality! But it also showed how wrong Harly’s symbol was....
I mean at no point was baseball ever really associated with his character. It was mentioned once in ch 24 that Harly likes the Yankees... bruh. Like it should’ve been a briefcase or boxing gloves to make more sense with his character.
Overall, this was a fun romance with the taboo boss-intern dynamic that was made all the more spicey with the life chaos surrounding these characters as they struggle to be together with all their friends and family drama pulling them away from each other. While the beginning romance was a little basic recipe, all the twists and turns of the plot after the couple was together worked to elevate this whole book to enjoy reading about the couple BEING in a relationship, not just a beginning courtship.