A review by karina_dreamsinwords
& Then There Was You by Tay Mo'Nae

dark emotional fast-paced

4.0

This was such a mess, but I ate it up!

When struggling law student Sevyn is barely making ends meet, neighbor Brittlyn offers to pay Sevyn to join her & her boyfriend Nasir for some bedroom activities. After that night, Nasir can’t get Sevyn off his mind and the two start to hang out.. alone. Sevyn knows not to cross that line but the two are inextricably drawn together and form a friendship that can’t help but turn into more.

This is a multi POV story that follows FMC Sevyn, MMC Nasir, Linnea (Sevyn’s best friend), and Brycen (Nasir’s friend & business partner). It was messy, chaotic, and such a spicyyyy good time! I don’t agree with a lot of the men’s actions, yet I couldn’t help but root for these characters and their romantic connections. The intricacy of some relationships between certain characters gets unraveled as the story goes on but just know that this tangled web mixed with the plot that I got invested in seeing play out had me finding reasons to listen while doing anything & everything around the house!

That cliff hanger was crazy work so be prepared to jump into the next one immediately! The diabolical ending + final pages reminded me of a Tate James book 👀

The only thing I can kind of compare the drama & mess of this to is Magnolia Parks however, this has A LOT of spice & cheating. So if you don’t mind the two, go ahead and pick this up because you’ll get hooked from the start 🤭

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