Release: A Standalone Friends-to-Lovers Romance (The Release Series Book 1)

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Never one to take herself too seriously, she enjoys cheap wine, charcuterie boards, and her mildly neurotic golden retriever. Actually, his sister was also raped by the same guy so she kills him and her brother (our hero) takes the blame. Ramsey is such a noble character with a big heart, and while sometimes it is to his detriment, it makes him endearing. After a brutal night that resulted in Ramsey going to prison for that amount of time, Thea is now looking forward to having to having her best friend back in her arms. But what I did love was their relationship and how the author built it, seriously, she took her sweet time and I loved every minute of it.

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I was very invested in Thea and Ramsey's relationship and would recommend this if you want an emotional second chance romance! And the years that followed after, when Thea was counting every day, every minute, every second, until she would see the man again who told her he didn't love her anymore.Over the years, their friendship escalates to a more romantic dynamic and they are thoroughly committed to each other. RELEASE is told in the present and a long flashback in the beginning, that takes up about a third of the story. I was very frustrated with both Ramsey and Nora for they had let Thea with a false perception of the tragic circumstances.

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This author has always managed to give her readers something different while still having a beauty in the story. However, as much as I enjoyed this one - and I did - I also can't honestly say I loved it as much as other books I have read by her.It’s no secret that that I’m a HUGE fan of this author and I truly enjoy her books and this one was no different. Despite the fact that Tanner and I were like oil and water, our relationship still worked—even though it had every reason not to. The storyline makes it so that your emotions get tackled a little bit considering everything that happened, the violence, the lost time the suffering and the loneliness. They were beautifully and well-crafted characters who both suffered through heartbreaks and losses on such a very young age.

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Left with a baby girl years later after a one-night stand, I was forced to leave her with Caven for good. For the next decade, I tried running away from my past by building an empire that would protect me from whatever life would throw at me. Although he swears to do whatever it takes to protect me, I can’t run away as he would come after me. If not for his sister blurting out what really happened, when was he planning to tell her about the past?Overall, this novel was not just another amazing story by this author, but a powerful portrayal of a couple who came out on the other side after years of painful and tumultous heartbreak. Instead, we didn't get to see Thea and Ramsey trying to understand their relationship when he's released from jail until halfway through the book. The angst was at an all-time high but I’m used to that with Aly’s books, but MAN, I DID NOT SEE THAT PLOT TWIST COMING! It's been a while since she wrote a book that gave me those same kind of feels, but Release did just that. She passes what little free time she has reading anything and everything she can get her hands on, preferably with a super-sized tumbler of wine by her side.

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I'm not really in the reviewing mood today, but I want to get something up here before I completely forget to do so. And it served as the most bittersweet background for their decidedly hAlthough I still spend every waking moment wanting to destroy Sarah, I have fallen in love with her sister—the one person determined to save her. And when secrets from our dark pasts come back to haunt us, will our love be strong enough to triumph? I don’t think I’ve read anything by Aly Martinez before but I loved the writing style, the pace and the angst, it was perfect. But that same day is the day she met a boy, a boy stuck up a tree, he’s also the same boy who landed on her falling off said tree and subsequently breaking her leg and from that day forwards that boy played a big part in her life. And it served as the most bittersweet background for their decidedly heavier, grittier, present day love story.