Last Call: A New Year's Romance Collection

This is my partial review, I will update once I have finished the rest of the stories 🙂𝐊𝐢𝐬𝐬 𝐌𝐞, 𝐂𝐨𝐰𝐛𝐨𝐲 𝐛𝐲 𝐉𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫This was a really great short story but in my opinion, it was way too short! I would LOVE a full-length novel with Emma and Noah! I loved everything about this story, from the way they first met to how Noah makes it up to her after his ex-girlfriend interferes and makes him miss kissing Emma when the clock strikes midnight like he promised her he would. My favorite scene was the one at the end of chapter 1 where they danced together. 𝐂𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬 @ 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐛𝐲 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞 𝐏𝐢𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐭𝐭This was a really cute story. One of my favorite parts was the ending where they are on the roof of the bar together on NYE. This was one of my favorite lines/quotes from “Cocktails @ Midnight”“I have to ask, when you dream, what colour eyes are looking into yours when dream guy is f*****g you just the way you like it?” “Emerald green eyes.” I don’t even hesitate answering, giving away the fact that I've thought about Sebastian more often than I'd care to admit.” And when Roxanne says right after that “I can't even look him up, because the last name was unreadable.” I totally understand what she was going through in that moment because I dealt with something similar myself a little over 3 years ago. For being just nine chapters long plus an epilogue, I feel like the story doesn't need to be any longer or shorter than what it is, it’s perfect exactly as it was written. 𝐁𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐑𝐄𝐍É𝐄 𝐃𝐀𝐇𝐋𝐈𝐀This was a really beautifully written and emotional story about finding love again after tragically losing the person who was the love of your life. To honor his late husband, Craig goes to his husband Zac's high school's reunion in his name and ends up meeting Nestor and after a bit of awkwardness in the beginning, the sparks quickly fly between the two of them. 𝐒𝐋Á𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄 𝐁𝐲 𝐊𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐥𝐝𝐰𝐢𝐧This is my favorite story of the anthology! Clara is definitely me 100%, an introvert with horrible social anxiety that hates big crowds. Reading about her felt like I was reading about myself. And I absolutely LOVED Ronan, he is so sweet! 🥰In just six short chapters, this story has everything; sweet moments, a couple of spicy scenes, and plenty of emotional scenes, especially this quote from the end of chapter five;“It’s easy to blame ourselves when loved ones choose to leave us. But try to consider that Declan stayed as long as he did for you and the rest of the band. But life was simply too hard for him and despite his love for you, he chose to go. His choice – and therefore not your fault.” ⬆️ This part made me cry when I read it. Like I said earlier, this story squeezes a little bit of everything into just six chapters but I wish that the story was a lot longer because I didn't want it to end and I want more of Clara and Ronan! 🩷 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭'𝐬 𝐁𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐲 𝐕𝐊 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐭This was a really cute short story, both Joss and Chad are dealing with recent breakups when they meet for the first time and Chad helps her to regain her confidence after the way that her ex treated her in their relationship but when Joss and Chad plan a getaway together, Joss's work schedule gets in the way and Chad ends up going solo and while on the trip, he messes up and nearly ruins what they had but the way he makes it up to her and tries to win her back is adorable! 🩷