On My Bookish BS

A Little Tempting is the second book in the The Little Things series by Kelsie Rae and probably my favorite book by her so far.  Dylan is the youngest child of Colt & Ashlyn from Rae's Don't Let Me Fall  and she is just ... well relatable. I am a hot mess of anxiety and clumsiness and awkward and like to ignore all my social engagements and never talk to an attractive person again. She also has terrible headaches and migraines from getting hit in the head with a hockey puck by Everette (the eldest son of Macklin and Kate from Don't Let Me Break ) when she was younger and there's a whole lot of angst and guilt there so he acts more like a protector than even her two older brothers Jaxon and Griffin do.  What a great set up for ALL THE TENSION when super innocent little Dylan goes off to college with all the hot hockey players living RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO HER, right? Absolutely.  Especially when hockey hottie and super damaged Oliver Reeves takes an interest in her....

A Little Complicated is the first book in the The Little Things series which is the second generation novel offshoot following the children of the couples from the Don't Let Me series .  After having read the five books of the Don’t Let Me series I was like “Oh, I know what I'm getting myself in to with Kelsie Rae." And yeah, she follows her same basic vibe here and then HITS YOU IN THE HEART WITH THE BIGGEST HEAVIEST PLOT TWIST THAT CAN DESTROY THE HEARTS OF EVERYONE EVER. Sure, I knew it was going to happen. I saw it telegraphed. But surely she wouldn’t? And then she did. And I cried for like the last third of the damn book. Did I love it? Yes. Was it okay? No. Was it worth it? Yes. But still. How dare you. My heart. The book centers around the relationship between Ophelia (daughter of Theo and Blakely from Don't Let Me Go) and Maverick (son of Henry and Mia from Don't Let Me Down). Opie and Maverick had been having a secret relationship prior to her starting he...