#Franklin U series

[elliebloodstone]

Spoken like a man who's been in love, rejected and stood up by Spider-Man

[ashereadsstuff]

The Sadenverse, reading order

Green: Written by Eden Finley Red: Written by Both Authors Yellow: Written by Saxon James

purple is not significant, it just means the arrows are layered so its just to separate them.

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First off, the Sadenverse is a universe created across multiple series that Saxon James and Eden Finley have either written separately or co-written together. There’s no one “right way” to read these books, so you might come across minor spoilers depending on where you start. Personally, I didn’t read them in any particular order. I began with the Puckboys series, moved on to the CU Hockey series, and then jumped into the Mike Bravo Ops series without worrying too much about the reading order. That’s when I realized what the Sadenverse really was.

While reading the Mike Bravo Ops series, I discovered two things: first, there is a suggested reading order that doesn’t follow the chronological publication dates, and second, there are over 25 books in this universe, with more on the way from both authors. People on TikTok and Reddit have been discussing the best order to read them in. I found a map that was both helpful and a bit confusing—if that makes sense. I recommend checking out ‘Steph Sometimes Reads’ on TikTok for guidance on the reading order or this map I found on figma. The authors also have a reading order on their website, though I haven’t been able to find it myself, but others have mentioned it’s there.

Honestly, I don’t think the reading order is as crucial as some people make it out to be. If you want to dive into the entire universe, go for it! But if you’re a moody or picky reader, just read what you feel like and check the synopses and warnings for each book. I plan to read the whole universe, but I’ll drop a book if the characters start acting too stupid—I’m not about to subject myself to that, I have things to do.

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Fake Boyfriend Series

Famous Series

Mike Bravo

CU Hockey

Frat Wars

Puckboys Series (VOL 1-3)

The Husband Hoax (Accidental Love 1)

Puckboys Series (4-6)

Up In Flames

Bastard and the Heir

Headstrong

Divorced Men’s (Prequel + VOL 1-4)

Not Dating Material (Accidental Love 2)

System Overload (Divorced Men’s 5)

The Revenge Agenda (Accidental Love 3)

The Dating Disaster (Franklin U 2)

Football Royalty (Franklin U 8)

Can’t Say Goodbye

[lilibetbombshell]

[melaniem54]

Review: A Stealthy Situation (Franklin U 2) by Saxon James

Rating: 3🌈 Please note I’ve got spoilers for the story below. Franklin U is getting a second set of couples and the twins from a famous hockey family , seen previously in James and Eden Finley’s hockey series (Puckboys and CU Hockey). Think the brothers Westley Dalton / Asher Dalton combination from CU Hockey which along with their partners, bled over into the other series. Now the twins…

[uvonobu]

Hello chat today I’m starting a series called phantom troupe doodles every day ^_^ for day one we have genderbent franklin cause I love her and I’m obsessed with her

Wife reveal !!!!!! Isn’t she the cutest guys

I tried to not change her body type too much but I had to not even cause I wanted to but her body type is so hard to draw how does one even achieve a build like that (it’s okay cause she’s pretty)

I hope u guys still like her ^_^

[jrueships]

guys Please watch the temptations 1998 movie/mini-series that's basically a movie. yall it's literally free on utube. the quality isn't the best but please. It's grandma. Just watch it. Please. I can't keep containing the beast within me.

if u guys don't recognize this saying, im cooked. im gonna kill u all. please . please watch this movie. The actors are too good not to be seen. This was my world

tired of acting nonchalant about my interests. you WILL watch this movie. and you WILL say ur favorite is melvin 'blue' Franklin . ill kill u (Paul is actually my favorite. His actor does him so right but the story does him so wrong 😭)

Paul getting ready to compliment them before getting accosted . he succeeds in finding kindness in blue, as all people do. blue returns it two-fold, to his own group's hater-like hatred

[blackcharactertournament]

Black Character Tournament: Right Side!

adding a post break to make this more rebloggable

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Clawdeen Wolf | Monster High vs Tiffany Quilkin | Paper Girls

Miles Morales | Spiderman/Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse vs Kilik Rung | Soul Eater

Djembe | Roleslaying With Roman vs Undine Wells | Sleepless Domain

Benjamin Sisko | Star Trek Deep Space Nine vs Barbie "Brooklyn" Roberts | Barbie dolls, tv, and movies

Geordi LaForge | Star Trek: The Next Generation vs Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Troy Barnes | Community vs Jesper Fahey | Six of Crows

Shuri | Black Panther (Marvel) vs Zoë Alleyne Washburne | Firefly

Hazel Levesque | Heroes of Olympus vs Orange Blossom | Strawberry Shortcake

Louis de Pointe du Lac | Interview with the Vampire 2022 vs Usopp | One Piece

Tiana | The Princess and the Frog vs Allison Hargreaves | The Umbrella Academy

April O'Neal | Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles vs Adelaide Wilson and/or Red | Us

Victor Stone/Cyborg | DC vs Ikora Rey | Destiny 2

Grace Monroe | Infinity Train vs Beckett Mariner | Star Trek: Lower Decks

Alec Hardison | Leverage vs Ekko | Arcane

Starr Carter | The Hate U Give vs Rachel Reid | The Wilds

Janine Teagues | Abbott Elementary vs Farah Black | Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

Barbara Howard | Abbott Elementary vs Xenk Yendar | Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

Amber Bennett | Invincible vs Jade Claymore | Willow (2022)

Pete Repeat | BoJack Horseman vs Ana Spanakopita | BoJack Horseman

Perun | Xenoblade Chronicles vs Tracey Gordon | Chewing Gum

Cleveland "Book" Booker | Star Trek Discovery vs Jon | Less Is Morgue

Lionel Toussaint | Glass Onion vs Demoman! | Team Fortress Two

Erik "Killmonger" Stevens/N'Jadaka | Black Panther vs Claudia | Interview with the Vampire 2022

Annaliese Keating | How to Get Away with Murder vs Olivia | Pokemon

Violet Hart | Murdoch Mysteries vs Rya | Birthright

Craig | Craig of the Creek vs Susie Carmichael | Rugrats

Rue | Hunger Games vs Spider | Anansi Boys

Bismuth | Steven Universe vs Marceline Abadeer | Adventure Time

King Harrow | The Dragon Prince vs Camille Saroyan | Bones

Zachary Ezra Rawlins | The Starless Sea vs Willa | Skyward

Helena Bertinelli / Huntress | Birds of Prey vs Clyde Langer | The Sarah Jane Adventures

Frances Barrison / Shriek) | Venom: Let There Be Carnage vs Spike | The Irregulars

Rosemary Harper | The Wayfarers / A Long Way to a Small Angry Planet vs Georgiana Lambe | Sanditon

Lonnie | She-Ra & the Princesses of Power vs Erica Sinclair | Stranger Things

Patroclus | Hades (video game) vs Uma | Descendants (Disney)

Sig | Jak & Daxter vs Sheva Alomar | Resident Evil 5

Meadow | Entergalactic vs Marrow Amin | RWBY

John Stewart | DC vs Gwendolyn | Saga

Keesha Franklin | Magic School Bus vs Dionysus | Hades (video game)

Charles Milton Porter | Bioshock vs Kelsey | NCIS

Mat Sella | Dream Daddy vs Yutaka Babayaro Inomata | Re-Main

Lucretia | The Adventure Zone: Balance vs Blanca Evangelista | Pose

Max | Black Sails vs Darui | Naruto

The Tumblr Icon | Tumblr vs Knuckles the Echidna | Sonic the Hedgehog

Bonnie | The End of the Fucking World vs Dionne Davenport | Clueless

Jane McKeene | Dread Nation vs Grover | Percy Jackson

Roland A. Round | Valor Academy vs Yoruichi Shihoin | Bleach

Mina | Lou ! (French comic and TV series) vs Tyrone Johnson / Cloak | Cloak and Dagger

[wolfgabe]

Now I want to see Nintendo do their own Once Upon A Studio style short.

Some day I would love to see Nintendo do their own little short film similar to Once Upon A Studio with all the different Nintendo characters gathered together with a giant group photo at the end.

My ideas for who could appear.

The Super Mario Series

Mario

Luigi

Peach

Toad/Captain Toad

Toadette

Bowser

Bowser Jr

Koopalings

Petey Piranha

Daisy

Wario

Waluigi

Rosalina

Luma

Pauline

Wart

Tatanga

Cackletta

Fawful

Goombas

Koopas

Lakitu

Goombella

Count Bleck

Dimentio

Olivia

King Olly

Cappy

Piantas

Kamek

Foreman Spike

Starlow

Broque Monsieur

King Boo

The Legend of Zelda

Link

Zelda

Ganondorf

Tingle

Midna

Zant

The Skull Kid

Navi

Prince Sidon

Mipha

Daruk

Yunobo

Teba

Revali

Riju

Urbosa

Purah

Robbie

Master Kohga

King Daphnes

King Rhoam

Linebeck

Anjean

Byrne

Chancelor Cole

Agahnim

The Happy Mask Salesman

Marin

Talon

Ingo

Lord Girahim

Fi

Metroid

Samus

Ridley

Kraid

Phantoon

Raven Beak

Metroids

Mother Brain

Space Pirates

Dark Samus

U-Mos

Rundas

Ghor

Gandrayda

Adam Malkovich

Sylux

Kanden

Trace

Noxus

Spire

Weavel

Fire Emblem

Marth

Roy

Ike

Lucina

Chrom

Lyn

Ryoma

Xander

Takumi

Camilla

King Garrin

Robin

Corrin

Tiki

Medeus

Gharnef

Alm

Celica

Ashnard

Black Night

Dmitri

Claude

Edelgard

Byleth

F-Zero

Captain Falcon

Samurai Goro

Dr Stewart

Pico

Blood Falcon

Black Shadow

Mr. EAD

The Skull

Jody Summer

Earthbound/MOTHER

Ninten

Ana

Lloyd

Teddy

EVE

Gyig

Ness

Paula

Jeff

Poo

Porky

Buzz Buzz

Mr. Saturn

Starman

Flying Man

Dungeon Man

Master Belch

Lucas

Claus

Kumatora

Duster

Boney

Flint

Kid Icarus

Pit

Palutena

Medusa

Eggplant Wizard

The Reaper

Hades

Viridi

Phosphora

Magnus

Dark Pit

Phosphora

Dyntos

Wario Land/WarioWare

Captain Syrup

Rudy the Clown

The Shake King

Queen Meralda

Spritelings

The Black Jewel

Princess Shokora

Mona

Jimmy T

Ashley

Dribble

Spitz

9-Volt

5-Volt

18-Volt

Lulu

Pyoro

Orbulon

Kat

Ana

Young Cricket

Master Mantis

Dr Crygor

Pikmin

Olimar

Louie

The President

Alph

Brittany

Charlie

Shepard

Russ

Dingo

Bernard

Collin

Oatchi

Moss

The Ancient Sirehound

Various Pikmin

Bulborb

Emperor Bulblax

Animal Crossing

Tom Nook

Mr Resetti

Copper

Booker

Tortimer

Kappn

Isabelle

Digby

Pelly

Phyllis

Tommy and Timmy Nook

Crazy Redd

Gracie

Franklin

Dr Shrunk

Blanca

Gulliver

Leif

Mabel

Sable

Labelle

Jingle

Zipper T

Lyle

Lottie

Wardell

Blathers

Celeste

Brewster

Reese

Cyrus

Jack

K.K. Slider

Harriet

Harvey

Wilbur

Orville

Pascal

Joan

Porter

Daisy Mae

Lloid

Resetti

Don Resetti

Rover

Splatoon

Inklings

Capn Cuttlefish

Dj Octavio

Octarians

Callie and Marie

Sheldon

Marina

Pearl

Shiver

Frye

Big Man

Mr. Grizz

Salmonids

Commander Tartar

Crusty Sean

Annie and Moe

Spyke

Murch

Judd

Lil Judd

Aunt Flow and Craymond

Jelonzo

Jelfonzo

Bisk

Mr Coco

Harmony

Gnarly Eddie

Donkey Kong

Donkey Kong

Diddy Kong

Dixie Kong

Cranky Kong

Funky Kong

Candy Kong

Kiddie Kong

Swanky Kong

Rambi

Squawks

King K Rool

Kritters

Tikis

Tiki Tong

Snowmads

Lord Fredrick

Party Monkeys

Dread Kong

Ninja Kong

Karate Kong

Sumo Kong

Cactus King

Donkey Kong Jr

ARMS

Spring Man

Ribbon Girl

Ninjara

Min Min

Master Mummy

Mechanica

Twintelle

Helix

Kid Cobra

Byte & Barq

Max Brass

Lola Pop

Misango

Springtron

Dr Coyle

Biff

Yoshi Series

Yoshi

Poochy

Burt the Bashful

Roger the Potted Ghost

Naval Piranha

Hookbill the Koopa

Raphael the Raven

Baby Mario

Kirby Series

Kirby

King Dedede

Bandana Waddle Dee

Meta Knight

Whispy Woods

Kracko

Mr Shine and Mr Bright

Nightmare

Rick

Kine

Coo

Gooey

Nago

Pitch

ChuChu

Dark Matter

Adeline

Ribbon

Zero

Marx

Dark Mind

Drawcia

Magolor

Landia

Taranza

Queen Sectonia

Susie

President Haltmann

The Three Mage Sisters

Hyness

Elflin

Gorimondo

Clawroline

Sillydillo

Leongar

Punch Out!!

Little Mac

Doc Louis

Glass Joe

King Hippo

Von Kaiser

Soda Popinski

Bald Bull

Don Flamenco

Great Tiger

Piston Hondo

Bear Hugger

Mr. Sandman

Super Macho Man

Xenoblade Chronicles Series

Shulk

Reyn

Fiora

Sharla

Dunban

Riki

Metal Face

Rex

Pyra

Mythra

Morag

Tora

Poppy

Zeke

Malos

Jin

Lora

Amalthus

Noah

Mio

Eunie

Sena

Lanz

Taion

Riku and Manana

Star Fox

Fox

Falco

Peppy Hare

Slippy Toad

General Pepper

Wolf O Donnell

Andross

Leon

Panther

Krystal

Prince Tricky

General Scales

Early Nintendo/NES Era

Mr Game & Watch

Professor Hector

R.O.B

Smick

Dr Mario Viruses

Mach Rider

Ice Climbers

The Condor

The Polar Bear

Topi

Bubbles

ExciteBike Racers

Duck Hunt Dog and Ducks

Wild Gunman Outlaws

Sable Prince

Devil

Tamagon

Eggplant Man

Diskun

Takamaru

Balloon Fighter

Other

Wii Fit Trainers

Ring Fit Trainees

Dragaux

Miis

Dillion and Russ

Rusty Slugger

Ryota from Wave Race

Sebastian Tute from Wii Music

Chibi Robo

The Arcade Bunny from Nintendo Badge Arcade

Nikki from Swapnote

The Flipnote Studio Frog

[independentartistbuzz]

7 FROM THE WOMEN: HEIDI VINCENT

Hailing from Vancouver, singer-songwriter Heidi Vincent is making a definite comeback with her new single “Dear ADHD.” 

After dedicating years to raising her daughter and finding healthy love, Heidi is back in the music spotlight with true purpose and a newfound clarity.

“Dear ADHD” explores the often conflicting emotions of grief, rage, frustration, also liberation and freedom. It’s about enjoying the journey of healing and returning to wholeness:

“I was diagnosed with ADHD very late in life. And when I was finally diagnosed, I literally felt so much grief and rage. I understood in that moment that the years of negativity delivered to me by so many people & institutions were not true. Everything I believed about myself & who I was from these extraordinarily negative messages, from those I trusted implicitly, were not my fault. I lived much of my life feeling like I didn’t belong & wasn’t valuable. ADHD wasn’t understood while I was growing up, not by society, not by my family.”

This pop-country track is her first in a series of singles to be released early this year, all of which mark Heidi’s return to music. Each song tells a story of strength, authenticity and compassion, with upcoming singles “What Love Can Do” and “Criminal” due out soon.

Heidi has had a diverse and successful career in the music industry, with live performances throughout various venues and festivals as well as on-screen placements of her music in film and TV shows. One early career highlight includes being featured as a guest on local TV station City TV and the talk show “Breakfast Television” in Vancouver, BC

These appearances have contributed to a growing fanbase and gained her further credibility in music.

We caught up with Heidi Vincent for an Exclusive Interview below:

What have you been working to promote lately? 

I have been really focused on promoting my recent single “Dear ADHD.” It’s about “life-ing” with ADHD in a neuro-typical world. 

2. Please tell us about your favourite song written, recorded or produced by another woman and why it’s meaningful to you.

I love “Thank U” by Alanis Morissette because she is expressing such heartfelt gratitude throughout the song. 

3. What does it mean to you to be a woman making music in the music business today and do you feel a responsibility to other women to create messages and themes in your music? 

It’s a wonderful time to be a woman in the music industry right now. There are so many opportunities to speak out and not be censored, by anyone. The numerous platforms to express art and creativity is extraordinary. In the 1990’s, you had to have had an Agent, Label, AR a Manager etc. 

Now? You are your own company, you are free to do your own business, making your own art and decisions. Room for all! 

4. What is the most personal thing you have shared in your music or in your artist brand as it relates to being female? 

My late diagnosis of ADHD and the symptoms I live with. 

5. What female artists have inspired you and influenced you? 

Annie, Aretha, Shania, Whitney, Adele, Ella, Tina, Cher, Stevie, Joni, Janis … the list doesn’t end. 

6. Who was the first female artist that made you want to create music / be in the business? 

Patsy Cline. 

7. Who’s your favourite female icon? (Dead or alive) and why? 

Aretha Franklin. She was literally the “hive” of soul, range and empowered woman with her messages. For example, “Respect” a request for respect from her man and society too. 

Finally, where can we find you online? 

Website | Facebook | Instagram | Tiktok | YouTube | Spotify

[kumkaniudaku]

Can u put all your master list of Franklin saint in one & can u write a series about him❤️

Here you go! Unless you mean a whole new Franklin series. Then I might have to sit with that for a minute lol

[bookloveravenue]

Can’t Say Goodbye by Eden Finley

BRADY

Our quick hellos are followed by drawn out goodbyes.

What started out as one fun night turned into a regular thing none of us ever planned for.

I can’t walk away from Kit and Prescott. Kit is the stern nurturer I need. He’s the caretaker, the solid presence. Prescott enables my wild ways. He’s someone I can have fun with. They couldn’t be more perfect for me.

But come graduation, I have to move across the country, and geography isn’t our only obstacle. Being in a relationship with two men isn’t good for my public image, my brother’s NFL career, or the media frenzy that surrounds my famously queer family.

We have a plan to meet up once a year, but with every reunion, every brief visit, we fall deeper.

There has to be a breaking point, something that will end it for us, or soon it will be impossible to say goodbye at all.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/62990659-can-t-say-goodbye

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January 25, 2023

My Review: 5/5 Stars

To start off! If you have read Franklin U's Football Royalty (or even a few others in that series) then you will recognize Brady. And you'll recognize his two Navy SEALs, if you you definitely read Football Royalty. Because it is Brady's turn for a story! When Brady first hooked up with Kit and Prescott, he never imagined it would have gone on for more than one night. Or that it would even last months after that. And he wasn't alone, Prescott and Kit were both surprised by Brady coming into their lives. Prescott and Kit aren't a couple, though Kit certainly wishes they were. It's against the rules but to get around that they always hook up with another person. Which is how they meet Brady. But when Brady comes into their lives, they realize that there was something missing all along. And that was Brady. For Brady, he knows something is missing in any relationship he starts and it wasn't until he met Prescott and Kit that he realized what that meant. A lot of learning and discovery between the three of them. But things are complicated. Prescott and Kit are always away for weeks or months at a time. Brady is about to graduate college and the move to New York. And then later Kit decides to take a position in Virginia. But none of them are willing to let go just yet. An agreement to meet on leave will lead to so much more as time slowly goes by for them all. I loved their story! So many ups and downs, but I loved reading how these three navigate a complicated relationship yet one none of them are truly ready to let go of. Instead they'll fight for what they want through all the challenges that come their way. A great book by Eden Finley!

[lilibetbombshell]

[bell-swamp-fitzjames]

2024 Book Review!

I read/listened to 78 books this year!

This is in no small part to 3 things: reading the Redwall series, the Animorph series, and getting into the Terror. I'm not counting redwall or animorphs books for this top 6, but I wanted to share the books I found the most fun. I can send u my least favorite book if u message me bc maybe its a little controversial (not actually, i just know ive heard ppl liked this book and im like hmm. well. maybe i didnt). SO below will be my list and a little blurb for what I loved

To A Darker Shore by Leanne Schwartz (5/5) 

This book was the one that made me go "I HAVE to make a top 5 list". It had everything I love, autistic queer ppl who become monstrous and think themselves so sinful and monstrous but they are not they are perfect how they are even if yeah sure its ugly or whatever, but also its beautiful.

2. Ada Blackjack: A True Story Of Survival In The Arctic by Jennifer Niven (5/5)

What can I say about Miss Blackjack? I love this book so much, also the book The Ice Master by the same author. Fred Maurer is constantly on my mind. I really need to look more into Ada Blackjack bc I love reading this book so much.

3. Cuckoo by Gretchen Felker-Martin [audiobook] (4.5/5)

This is what Stephen King's IT and whatever that stupid peacock slasher They/Them or whatever WANTED TO BE. It's sooooo good, I loved it a lot. I will be looking for more work by Gretchen Felker-Martin bc I also loved the book Manhunt. Literally such good horror.

4. Uncomfortable Labels by Laura Kate Dale (5/5)

This book I really need to read again bc 2024 has been the year I am accepting I am autistic and whether or not I get a diagnosis, it's ok so say I am bc it makes so much sense. I related to so much of this book, making me realize how I cope with the noise of the world & explains a lot of my childhood behaviors, both those I did only in high school but also some I do now (some I even started to do again bc I forgot I'd listen to music constantly at home to drown out. Well the horrors but we needn't go into it).

5. Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica’s Journey Into The Dark Antarctic Night by Julian Sancton (4.5/5)

If you know, you know, that's all I'm gonna say about her. <3

6. The Arctic Fury by Greer Macallister (4/5)

I'm including this one for any polar followers who want a good fiction read. Lady Jane Franklin sends a select group of women into the Arctic to go find her husband and his lost men. It's a quick read, an incredible read, and I loved it so much. There's a pair of twins, man and woman, who have switched lives. Moreso for one then the other, but at least she can practice medicine and her sister can be her authentic self. BUT someone also died on the expedition and now the leader is on trial. It's really good.

[lapozuelo-reads]

Ugh ok so there's this book series I've been reading just for fun, it's about college romance and I'm on the last one but it's giving me a serious headache so I'm letting out my feelings here just to vent bc jfc this book is so dumb.

The series is called Franklin U and it's mlm romance, the last one is called Football Royalty and is, in my opinion, the worst out of all 8 books. So if you have any intentions to read the book, maybe don't read this review? Tho i highly encourage you to skip it lmao but maybe that's just me bc in GR it has one of the highest ratings out of all the series.

I added a read more bc turns out I had a lot to say.

So i want to start by saying that i thought, based on the reviews, that this would be one of the better ones like,, most books in this series were fun if a little silly but i truly enjoyed them and got really invested with some of the relationships, but def not this one, i was struggling. Truly. I mean... the setting was so stupid but i was willing to ignore that, if only the characterization wasn't so under cooked, the dialogue so extremely cringe, the characters motivations made a little sense, like give me something!? I literally only finished reading bc i wanted to complete the series and sometimes the book said something so stupid that it would make me chuckle here and there but seriously this wasn't worth it, like at all.

Starting with the plot, the whole story hinges on basically 1 (one) hook up that both MCs had towards the end of high school, which imo was pretty mediocre, and then somehow neither of them getting over it for 4 (FOUR) years, whAT. When i say 1 hook up, i mean just that like they weren't friends, before or after, not a crush or anything, they had 1 hook up and then they couldn't get over it for 4 YEARS. Then one of them shows up, like a stalker, 4 years later and they start talking like they were exes or had any type of relationship prior??????? So anyways, after we establish that level of flimsy connection between the two of them, they very quickly and i mean extremely quickly start having a fwb relationship because of course, and then the whole conflict of the story is that Peyton doesn't know how to have a relationship and a career at the same time so he starts chicken out until he suddenly decides he actually can, oh and Levi is keeping a secret from his family that i would say should be a bigger problem but it really isn't and it gets resolves in the least satisfying way possible.

And, idk what this author was going for, most books in this series have some kind of continuation with the others but this book acts like Learning Curve (the 6th and one of the best books in the series imho) doesn't exist? That book also deals with a guy who plays football and starts dating another guy, and he even shows up in this book (since he's teammates w this book's MC) but they never talk about it???

So, about the characterization, idk what else to say other than it's terrible. There's a theme in this series that I don't really like where there's a bunch of characters with money but none of them actually like having money (ugh) and act like they are lower class to, i guess, be relatable or something? It happens in almost every book for some reason. So obviously this one is no different, in this case it's both of them (the MCs) but Levi is the trust fund baby who was made to go to Harvard to study law even though he wants to do art, and he obviously hates having so much money, has class consciousness (which he learned who knows where) and acts like seeing expensive things is new to him and not something he literally grew up with???? I feel like there's ways to treat these types of characters (Gansey from The Raven Boys for example) but his character makes no sense whatsoever, also once he's made to work (due to reasons he somehow didn't foresee coming) he literally crumbles and suddenly acting poor isn't so cute anymore. I didn't know i had this many problems with this character but now that i started typing i can't stop, there's so much more stupid shit he does jc like how he decided to move across the country and switch careers hoping that a hook up he had 4 years ago and who he fucking rejected would still want to be with him????? hello?????? dude was truly delulu

Then there's Peyton, who was raised by 2 bisexual football player fathers, has a gay brother and gay uncle, but somehow admitting he's bisexual is super difficult (which would be fine if there was a single reason why he couldn't other than his family would tease him about it). The worst part about him is that he's super bland, sometimes I'd forget whose pov i was reading bc his voice and Levi's would just sound the same to me. He also has everything handed to him but he acts like life's so difficult it's giving me a headache, also in that regard Levi is exactly the same. And he's soooo selfish, it does get pointed out like once but he's like so annoyingly selfish, even his grand romantic gesture towards Levi was sooo selfish. Ugh there's so many instances where i just had to stop reading the book and walk around my house bc of how annoyed i got.

The rest of characters are just completely in the background, the closest to somehow being relevant to the plot is Peyton's brother Brady who is poly but in denial for some reason i still can't understand bc it never gets explained (unless it happened at the end bc by that point i was full on skipping pages.)

And now that i'm done typing all this, i feel like what's the point of anything... anyways

[uvonobu]

Hai. Day 14. Today we have my beautiful amazing gorgeous wife she’s going on a date with ME 🙏 I finally did something other than a headshot r u guys proud of me

Ack… ik the anatomy is bad….. I’ve never drawn a buff person plus franklin’s build is highkey crazy I used the bath card as reference but I wanted to show her neck so . We have this now 😢 I know I need to do anatomy studies but I’m lazyyyyy …. I’ll do it later….. rrrk this is what I get for only drawing 3 times in the past 2 years . It’s okay this series will make up for it

[tastaturean]

Me han gustado mucho los libros de los gemelos Dalton en la colección Franklin U, una serie de libros con dos temporadas en las que se exploran diversas parejas en el contexto universitario de la ciudad de San Luco en California. A la familia Dalton le tengo especial cariño porque me llevan acompañando desde octubre en viajes que me han marcado. Quizá por eso he tenido que reacondicionar rápido mi mente a que los gemelos que en octubre tenían 9 años y acababan de quedarse huérfanos, ahora en julio tienen 21 y están en la universidad, echándose novios y liándola parda. Sus historias en sí están bien (no quiero reventar porque Twincerely Yours, el broche final, acaba de publicarse), pero se habrían quedado en del montón si no llega a ser por el carismático Asher, que vuelve a salvar otra saga del Sadenverse con sus salidas gloriosas y su energía. Y no, no con su frase pokèmon de "Eat shit and die", que ya carga. Sino él mismo con todos sus huevos cuadrados. Me encanta. Sigue siendo parte de mi trío salvasagas con carisma: Ilya Rozanov, Tristan DuVal y Asher Dalton. Amor, amor y más amor para ellos. Sigo poco a poco con esta saga, que me está gustando. Iba en orden, pero al salir los de los gemelos, he mandado el orden al cuerno. La familia Dalton tiene absoluta prioridad. Incluso por encima de los Talon-Miller.