The Right Move Windy City #2
Reviews
I am—capital O—OBSESSED.
౨ৎ | “but the truth is when i walked out of the players entrance all i saw was blue. my perfect fucking blue.”
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‘ryan doesn’t make me feel like a burden. he doesn’t make me feel like i’m too much.’
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“come home with me, blue.” “take me home, shay.”
— ★ 5/5
i was so hesitant to start this as i hated mile high but dear lord i am so MAD at myself for putting it off this long. i was hooked from the first damn word.
i love indy so, so much. she truly deserves the world and seeing her evolve and become herself made my chest a c h e. that girl deserved her happy ending.
ryan shay, my goD. the way he talked about indy and to indy. what he did for her??? so i will now be comparing him ti every book boyfriend i read (i don’t think anyone will top him.)
the found family!!! oh rio how i love you <3 i also didn’t mind zander’s and stevie in this book either i actually really liked them.
the way indy and ryan helped eachother overcome their traumas was so bittersweet. i don’t care if their book was 500 pages long, i need another 500 stat!
oh my god ryan shay is THE STANDARD
this man🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭
also obsessed w indy one of my fav books ive read
Omg new book boyfriend unlocked. And Indy ❤️❤️❤️❤️
I HAD to read this book since it’s set in Chiraq 😮💨 Bittersweet story & taught me you can definitely be vulnerable and allow someone to take care of you/love you for who you are. The only person stopping you from finding true happiness is yo own damn self
did this book suck? yes. but did they also name their baby iverson after AI? yes. so by default… automatic 3 stars. but this book is bad.
Ryan Shay, the man that you are 😭😭
My god. I have never wanted a bb player like I want Ryan Shay 🫣🫣 okay maybe just once.
But fuuuuuuuck me. Him and Indy?? I fucking love them 😽
But I’m kinda disappointed Madisson and Logan disappeared from this book 🥲 I thought Indy was right with them. Bummer really.
just overall very cute, i spent an all nighter reading this and i have to say it was so very much worth it 😭😭 we all need a Ryan Shay in our lives‼️‼️
July 2024: Everytime I come across something about this book it brings butterflies to my stomach like no joke I genuinely loved this book still do!
I am in awe of them! They are too cute
It was Lovely to see them trust someone else after everything they’ve been through
🧀
god, this was cheesy. but like cheesy in a way that was fun to read and didn't make me wanna throw up.
4.5 ⭐️ Liz Tomforde knows how to write a cracker of a romance book. Like does she put crack in these? It’s gotta be said, I’m a sucker for roommates to lovers and Ryan and Indy deliver the goodness. So many good things with this book, the characters - chefs kiss. The conflict is realistic and evolves in a natural way. The one reason that it isn’t a flat 5 stars is because I think it could’ve been a little bit shorter and not have to sacrifice important moments. Other than that, absolute cracker of a read, definitely recommend.
have you experienced chuckling or punching air with your fist because the scenes of the book you are reading? for a while, I thought I had lost it, but this book returned the energy, and it just made me fall in love, even more! amazing is an understatement, spectacular? that can be the right to describe in one word. and I am totally consumed! the way that Ryan and Indy actually happened as a roommate, then developed to fake dating... well, we all know where it will lead, and yes, they grow feelings to each other. I can’t get over for what Ryan did for Indy even just for little things, and that were worth to swoon for! God, I love this man so freaking much. the truth is, he climbs rapidly to the ladder to become my top 3 book boyfriends. I hope Liz will not stop! writing! like! this! as in my honest thought, that is the fun part. you enjoy the whole read without realizing you are evenly turned to be obsessed—like me. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The best book boyfriend, Ryan. How is he not real??!!?!!! 🥹🫶🏻
I like it, happy to read n3 in the series
havent read a romance in so long that got me smiling squealing kicking my legs like this did
Livro chato, arrastado, horrível. Eu AMO slow burn, serio. Minha autora preferida de romance é a Mariana Zapata, e nos livros delas os personagens ficam de mãos dadas pela primeira vez quase em 90%. Mas slow burn é completamente diferente de um livro arrastado, que não anda pra frente. Ficou claro o sentimento que um tinha pelo outro la por volta de 40%, o resto foi TUDO enrolação. O Ryan é um fofo mas eu nao tinha paciencia nenhumaaaaa para a personagem principal, que mulher chata!!! Enfim, não sei como terminei essa leitura. Quase abandonei varias vezes. Decidi dar um tempo até voltar pro romance de novo kkk
of you only read the dialogue it’s great
i’m a fake dating hater but this changed something in me
Really enjoyed this one. Sequel to Mile High. Best friends brother romance. Steamy AF. Slow burn though! Spice 4.5/5
“Loving someone doesn't ensure that sentiment is reciprocated, but even though I've tried and failed, I hope one day I find it again.”
After the most traumatic break-up possible with her (cheating) ex-boyfriend, who took the house they bought together with their savings and all her childhood friendships, Indy needs a new place to stay. Indy relies on her best friend's brother (who's got a basketball star with a huge flat in Chigado where she can spend a few months until she's able to move out) to let her stay a while, but she wasn't expecting him to be totally the opposite of his sister—all brooding, serious, full of rules, grumpy, maniac for organization, and not much of a fan of coloured and decorated spaces. But that's not a problem for Indy, of course, since she's going to stay a while, and he barely stays in the flat, after all, so she ends up adapting to his lifestyle and, as way of saying thanks, he includes her and her interests in his own routine as well—to the point that the house seems to be more of them both them his own. That would be just it, if it weren't for the fact that Ryan is about to lose his position as the leader of the basketball team for not being too approachable for his team mates and, not being comfortable with anyone else to take the role, he asks Indy to pretend to be his fake date to convince his team that he's actually accessible when he wants to (accessible to the point that he has a girlfriend, in fact). But the position of boyfriend and girlfriend, of course, might not be too difficult to pretend as they think it is—if there's something to pretend. That was a heart-warming book and one of the best romances of the year, in my humble opinion. There were barely any miscommunication tropes (which I particularly adore because I'm done with that trope being used already), the male protagonist is full boyfriend material (so that he doesn't exist), the female protagonist is the avatar of the reader (so that she's a bookstan too !), and the book is full of fluff, romantic moments, lovely scenes, cute quotes, idk. I just needed that.
I just wouldn't recommend for reading slumps because it's very big, or else it would be perfect, but if you're looking for a lighthearted reading with a lot of romantic moments, fake dating, a soft boy, grumpy x sunshine dynamic, and (maybe a little) disability representation (there are deaf/mute characters, so there is constant use of sign languages), this book is a good one.
Highlights
P74 focking schattig
While yes, the inside of the cabin is comfortable and warm, the coziness she's referring to is the single bed that takes up seventy percent of the room.
"You take the bed. I can sleep on the floor." I drop my bag on the three feet of floor space I'll be sleeping on tonight.
Ooo one bed trope aswell
“Im sorry someone let you beleve you were hard to love, because, Blue, it's the easiest thing I've ever done."
OMG
"But we need Some ground rules."
"Like?"
"Like what we're going to do once you inevitably fall for me. Do llet you down easy or do I exploit all the newfound emotions you're going to feel once you realize you're in love with me?"
"You're pretty...bold for someone who just got here yesterday and still hasn't signed a lease. And you ask a lot of questions."
"You think l'm pretty?"
“Forever, Blue.”
“Why do you like reading fiction so much?” he asks without a hint of judgment.
“How else would you get to live a thousand lives in the span of only one? The beauty of fiction is that it makes you feel things on a visceral level. You can cry with those characters, laugh with them. It teaches you to look at another’s perspective, to have empathy."
“Why?”
“Why what, baby?”
“Why are you learning sign?”
“Because they’re your family and you’re mine, and the fact you even have to ask is mind-blowing to me. Learning to communicate with your family is the bare minimum, Ind.”
“I’m sorry someone let you believe you were hard to love, because, Blue, it’s the easiest thing I’ve ever done.”
He points at himself again, followed by a motion that looks as if he were taking information from an open palm to his head, finished with the sign for “sign”—index fingers circling each other backward.
'I am learning sign.'
Fresh flowers, though sometimes dead because he tried too hard to keep them alive, sitting on the kitchen island for me at home after every road trip.
Slipping my foot between hers, I nudge her feet apart to find a new addition to her shoes. Right there, inside of the left ankle is an embroidered basketball with my number and a heart stitched into the center of it.
“You look good wearing my last name, Blue.”
At some point, I should probably tell her that my love language is whichever one she wants it to be so she can stop guessing. I’ll make sure that girl feels loved however she needs.