Halifax Hellions #1

Well, excuse me, but I enjoyed the hell out of this book. What an absolute treat to read! I loved being in both Margo’s and Henry’s heads. I know I’ve only read this novella by Vasti, but honestly, I think I could read her writing for days! It’s so enjoyable—from the wittiness of the writing and the humour to the wonderfully endearing characters, too. I highly recommend this if you enjoy the brothers’ best friend/friends-to-lovers, just one bed, and forced proximity tropes, as well as some naughty times in the wilderness! 😂

Margo was such a headstrong character although she does have a bit of a bad habit of leaping in before really thinking things through. She had a wonderfully vibrant personality though and it was honestly infectious; it was hard not to want to embrace life and live it to the fullest after reading her perspective. In total contrast to her loud lifestyle, we have Henry. The quiet, soft-hearted and dangerously sexy MMC. He’s a besotted fool and poleaxed idiot for Margo and WE LOVED TO SEE IT. Ugh, my appreciation for logical and serious simps like Henry will always reign supreme. PLEASE, I BEG, give us more of these characters!!!

The main thing that didn’t work for me was Margo’s sudden realization of her love for Henry. I mean, duh, who wouldn’t love Henry, right? I know I sure did. At the same time though, can she really attribute this realization of her feelings to understanding herself better when not two pages ago she still felt lost and confused, especially now that her relationship with her sister had also changed? It felt a little flimsy to me… But did that affect my overall feelings for this book? Nope, cos I loved the heck out of these two together!

Halifax Hellions #2

I loved these twins and their beaus + Vasti’s writing is just so enjoyable to read! More so than the first book, I wished that we got this novella as a full-length novel because there was so much that I wanted to know more about and I wanted closure with the loose ends. It didn’t make me love this any less though because I really liked Matilda and Christian and their romance. Their journey coming together involved quite a few tropes that I love, including forced proximity and just one bed, plus lots of other fun elements like loveable siblings, a scarily stoic but soft-hearted caretaker, and a lot of that good, good mutual pining. We love to see it! 😍

Still, my favourite thing about these novellas is how the MMCs fall into absolute simphood with the FMCs. It’s top-tier histrom simping, my friends! I loved the transition in Christian’s character from feeling absolutely murderous towards Matilda to loathing himself for how much he actually enjoys being in her presence to casually changing up the way his house runs to make her comfortable. I’m a big fan of seeing grouchy characters catch feelings and I so enjoyed watching Christian battle with his delight at being around her, constantly wanting to be near her and to make her happy. I also really enjoyed watching Matilda come to terms with her feelings about being a Halifax Hellion and what happened all those years ago that set them off on this path of being the unappreciated heroines for other young women in the ton. I hated that they suffered for it but I loved how they used their notorious reputations to protect other young women from suffering under the judgmental eyes of the ton and the gossip mill. She’s a quirky, compassionate and loving FMC and I really liked her!

One last thing, although this can be read as a standalone, I would actually recommend reading the first book In Which Margo Halifax Earns Her Shocking Reputation beforehand because the stories are closely intertwined. Certain elements from the first book (like Margo & Matilda’s talk in the woods) are skimmed over in this book, while it’s gone into more detail in the first book, and again, though it’s not necessary, I think reading Margo’s book could help you enjoy Matilda’s more!

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