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here's your hosts Chelsea and Anna
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hey everyone welcome to Smart club I'm
Hannah and I'm Chelsea and this is the
show where we drink alcohol
and review trashy not always trashy we
review romance novels of varying degrees
of trash
varying degrees of trash indeed yes
absolutely right the way to put it yes I
am and today Hannah is gonna choose the
book I don't I feel you've told me what
book you're reviewing like five times
yeah the only thing I know about it is
that it's an audiobook
it is audio only called pause okay by
Kylie Scott
it is technically the second in the
Larson Brothers series but they're all
independent like about different
um couples so you don't have to read
them in order or anything like I read a
Kylie Scott book but I like the name
sounds familiar yeah but I can't
remember why okay start telling me about
your book and then I'm going to
interrupt you in a moment when I realize
what book I read note it and I'm just
proactively telling you you're going to
be interrupted
I appreciate you setting expectations
early I
I tried to cut you off dude perfect
and I didn't have anything to say
well damn that was not my best moment so
Vance and I have been watching
um
we've been watching
the challenge
when I was pregnant I watched a lot and
now it's like a show that soothes my
baby when he hears the sounds but I was
cracking up because one of the girls I
think she was from Sweden she had one of
the most like defined laughs I've like
not defined distinct laughs I've ever
heard
it was like like it's very
and so all week we'll just be sitting on
the couch in silence and I'll suddenly
just go like
like an old giant too
and last night eventually to me he's
like
so it seems like we're really committing
to this and I was like he's a lucky man
you know I'm like well we were
committing to this bit okay no wait I
read the first book in the Larson that's
why it sounds familiar I read repeat
yeah
only from audible it wasn't I didn't
listen to it though I read it
you had to have listened I don't think
it it doesn't matter no there
it was no I read it okay
you're saying that in a very placating
way but I'll know now I'm like am I an
idiot well so when I just opened it the
version that pulled up said only from
Audio Only from audible but like you
know on Goodreads where you can see all
of the editions because I definitely
I don't Thrive with audiobooks so I like
that is why I feel very confident that I
read it right
um well now I'm like wait a minute
maybe you just listen to the only I mean
frankly from audible version I read the
first book in the series it was like the
memory one yeah right she lost all her
memory in the first one yeah so the
second one follows Ed from the first
book his younger brother oh yeah I know
that because I just finished it on my
way here
so I know it was dead
um but um no I don't remember who Ed is
that's what I mean it's like the tattoo
artist okay Ed was the name of the guy
in the first one yeah he's our main
character from the first one got it yes
um so in this one it follows his younger
brother Leif
um
what names
and life
oh it was audible only you wouldn't know
uh it's
l-e-i-f-l-o yeah
that's life
according to Andy arnt who was the
narrator for what I just listened to
holy [ __ ]
I don't
what
I oh why is this hitting me so weird
like not like my whole life has been a
lie but like when you've been reading
like something for like
I don't know you read about Vikings and
right and that's their name right yeah
and I was like leaf leaf Erickson that's
life Erickson
what
like have we all been mispronouncing did
the world just tilt on its axis a little
bit like it didn't like fall over yes
but it just like I'm not going to be so
dramatic as to say my whole world has
changed but I am a little like whoa I
didn't I didn't know I am just
pronouncing it the way that the narrator
did I also probably would have
pronounced it leaf
if I had read it
poof that one really got me like I don't
good
why is this impacting me so much I don't
know but I feel like I need to give you
a moment to collect yourself yeah I
wasn't prepared I'm sorry well that was
like
I looked at Vance a couple weeks ago he
walked in the room he's like are you
okay and I was like I've been mixing up
the words levity and brevity
for how long way too long like this is
not a short-term situation here there
was no levity to the situation or breath
yeah and pants was like oh you have and
I'm like
I love that you're you just I said it
with enough confidence for years that
you didn't question this oh no yeah
I apologize to our listeners because
I've probably done it on the book
when I like think back and I'm like damn
okay so this
none of this is relevant tell me about
our boy
life there it is not you nailed it it
did
well so we start with our female main
character her name is Anna
okay and she is like coming back to
Consciousness like she's waking up and
she's really really confused and her
parents are there like standing over her
and she's clearly in a hospital her
parents keep telling her she's a medical
miracle she's like what are you talking
about where's my husband like I don't
this this isn't right
um and her parents tell her she's been
in a coma for seven months she was in a
car accident and
um they didn't think she was gonna live
like um whole thing right
so her parents she keeps asking for her
husband Ryan she's like where's Ryan
where is he what's going on nope and her
parents won't answer her they they keep
getting really cagey and so she's like
there was nobody else in the car with me
like I don't remember the accident but I
remember he stayed at home we were
getting ready for a party I went to run
to the store he wasn't in the car with
me so like he's not he's not dead right
like he wasn't in the accident so what
the hell happened
um and the only thing they'll say is
just he's on his way he's on his way so
she's obviously freaking out
so then that's the prologue then we got
the prologue that's the prologue what is
Juicy prologue I know we're coming in
hot yeah so then it jumps to three
months later in the first chapter so we
get no answers about what the hell
happened
um and she is just showing up at some
guy leif's house
and
um what she's just showing up at his
house no I
why is this book impacting me like is it
every time I say life it's not it's not
every time you say late it's not like
that's where we started and then you're
like yeah so we don't really know what
happens anyway she's on her way to
Life's house and I'm like no I I which I
recognize where we'll get more details
yeah but I'm
my heart was just prepared for the
answer to arrive more immediately no
okay I'm gonna take you on the journey
as I walked it and it's present day yes
at this point yeah so she's just at his
house standing there
um
and she's like maybe this was a bad idea
like oh my god
um and her internal dialogue we find out
that life was also a part of the
accident he was riding his motorcycle
saw the whole thing and wound up going
off the road as well
um and he would visit her in the
hospital and read to her like every
chance that he got
as soon as he was well enough he would
go read to her
um but for some reason he stopped
showing up and nobody seemed to know why
um But like after a couple of months he
stopped coming around so she's about to
clarify in question sure he watched the
accident happen and then got so
distracted he had his own accident
that's what happened it seems like and
like slowly this detail is revealed but
it doesn't really matter it's not like a
big twist or anything but what it seems
like from all the information from the
story is that
she was driving another car like drove
like hit her she swerved Leif saw the
whole thing and with all the breaks and
everything it seemed like it was raining
and he was on his motorcycle and he like
skidded off the road it doesn't sound
like he was hit or anything seemed like
he was trying to avoid
and got like caught up and everything
okay yeah
um so uh he shows up on his motorcycle
as she's like getting ready to leave
because she's like this was a mistake
this was a terrible idea what the hell
am I doing here
so he is shocked to see her he's like
you know my God like you're awake
um
what
my face it's just it's telling me
stories
so Anna doesn't know life no she just
heard that there was a guy who was
coming and reading to her and then
stopped showing up and she's like imma
show up at his house with no
introduction or like correct like no
relationship to introduce myself yeah
yeah okay just making sure she's just
going for it
um and he like kind of gets
flustered understandably because this
woman that
was in a coma that he saw in this
terrible accident is like just standing
on his front porch
um and he like kind of gets his far off
look and he says he still has nightmares
about not being able to get her out of
the car and like not being able to get
to her
um and she's like
I'm so sorry I'm just gonna go I didn't
mean to like bring anything up I just
wanted to say thank you like that's it
I'm so sorry
um but he insists that she stay invites
her in his condo is completely empty
except for a king-sized mattress on the
floor in the living room he has no
furniture whatsoever please tell me he
just moved
um not recently enough it was like a few
months from what he said
do you remember old meme where it would
be like you can tell it's like a single
guy's house because he'll just take the
one light bulb from room to room
which I always felt like a joke but also
is not a joke yeah at all no it wasn't
for life
um so
um
she notices that he is like super
attractive and everything and then she's
like come on in I get your [ __ ] together
you're still technically a married woman
and we don't know what that means but
they order food they chat it's really
sweet
um she's like thanking him for reading
to her and everything and
um he says that you know he just wanted
to make sure that she was okay and you
know he didn't really have anything to
do because he couldn't work because he's
a tattoo artist and he had a lot of
damage to his left arm and so he
couldn't work anyway he was like what
was that what else was I gonna do
besides come read to a pretty girl it's
no problem
um so it's all very sweet but then
there's knock at the door and they think
it's the food they ordered but it's her
husband what
um demanding that she get in his car and
leave with him
and she is big mad she is big mad
because apparently he tracked her phone
but she's like well it used to be super
convenient when we were married to know
like yeah how far away are you like are
you still at the store those kinds of
their location right but she's like
we're not together anymore so this is a
massive invasion of privacy and she
tells him off and she's like
screaming at him in front of Leif and Ed
leif's brother who lives next door comes
out and is watching the whole thing and
her Ryan is like get in the car like I
told him to stay away from you blah blah
blah blah blah and she's like you don't
get to do this like you don't get to
have an opinion about who I spend time
with you literally cheated on me with my
best friend while I was in a coma oh
and everybody's like oh
oh no
yeah well that's not not good ideal it's
not a good look for Ryan
did I tell you
I think I've I've told the story before
about the time that Vance and I were on
a cruise and they were doing like the
late night like Newlywed Game
and
God
um so
they did like the couple who'd been
married the longest
the couple who'd been married most
recently and then like the third spot
you had to like earn your way into and
it was a whole funny competition and
whatever
um but one of the questions was like
like I forget exactly how it was worded
but it was something to the effect of
which one of your spouse's friends like
something like that that's a terrible
question right and can only lead to
problems well and so like the couple had
been married the longest they've been
married for like
45
50 years right they were so sweet and
his he's like it would be her friend
Edith right I'm making up and in here
Janice yes and he's like we've really
talked about it like
um they've been best friends forever she
would want me to be happy and we've
always like had this like it was just
this very sweet like should something
ever happen to my wife
she knows her friend would take very
good care of me and just this like one
of those conversations that comes with
age and maturity of marriage right the
couple had been married the shortest
amount of time had been married like 48
hours because they got married and then
the cruise was their honeymoon
and whatever friend name she said
or like she thought he was going to
choose was not the name he chose where
she was like oh yeah it'd be like Katie
and his on his board he'd written like
Susie or whatever and she just turns
around it's like are you kidding me like
on stage in front of like hundreds of
people oh lips flicks or flips
books with her middle finger oh flips
flips I was like I think you can do I
think that's Entertainment flick or flip
yeah for a middle finger for people who
are not watching and only listening that
would be really confusing
she did something with her middle finger
noted
um like on stage this single finger
salute the single finger salute
in front of hundreds of people she's
like I can't believe you choose her and
like Vance and I were sitting there and
we were like ooh
so this is not the first time this girl
has been like yeah been brought up and
caught some tension yep in their
relationship and that is the sort of
relationship that I'm imagining
um she had with Ryan whatever her name
is Emma Anna Anna well see but it it
doesn't seem that way though because
this
best friend of hers was truly her best
friend since College they had lived
together they'd known each other for
years she worked for her as an event
planner at her business
and Anna worked for her okay yeah and so
like
so is it giving more of
Ryan and the bestie were like bonding in
their grief and then it just kind of
happened so that's his whole excuse
right is like you have no idea how hard
it was for me and she's like yeah
I'm sure that me being in a coma and
almost dying was a real challenge for
you like he has no empathy or he's just
all about like making excuses for
himself he's
he's very focused on his experience of
it very much so so here's um seven
months is not long enough no it's not
like if if it's a Terry shivo situation
that is a whole other conversation right
but I'm like
seven months but I also think too like
for for me and this might be weird but
for me if that something like that
happened I'd be like that's like I get
it like go to a sex worker or whatever
get on Bumble and hook up yeah you're
like my best friend yeah like do what
you need to do to get your needs met
right but like don't destroy my
relationships
because I might be coming back right
wait to do the real connections and
until I don't wake up for my coma right
way to actually pull the plug yeah like
if you just needed to get your dick wet
right while I'm in a coma do what you
need to do get that I'm not here no
judgment All God's Children
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emotional connections right
Vance and I've had so many conversations
where he's like if something ever
happened to you he's like Ford and I
would go off the grid and no one would
ever hear from us again
oh
I don't like that oh no Vance would not
do well if something ever happened to me
well I also right real weird about
conversations about death oh really
bless him it's like a very endearing
thing but I didn't know that he like
didn't do well with conversations about
death and so it was like when we were
dating we were driving from um like
between Nashville and Atlanta
and I don't even know how the topic came
up but I was like yeah I mean like I
don't know I never really like
conceptualize myself making it past my
40s I just kind of figured I'd go out on
a free jellyfish accident or something
right yeah I think that's normal though
to like not be able to picture yourself
older well but apparently then I fell
asleep and
him with that I did I was talking about
a freak jellyfish accident we are not
talking about cold hard facts here right
and like I wake up an hour later
and he is in a [ __ ] mood and I'm like
you okay over there and he's like you
talked about dying and then just went to
sleep
and he's like I've literally just been
sitting here ruminating on you
I was like oh my God I was like I'm so
sorry I did not know
I can be so more mindful but like bless
him he does not do well with
conversations about death it's fair yes
yeah
um no as horrible as it sounds I think I
I would not be okay if I lost fans right
I think ultimately I would fare better
in the long run then that makes sense
yeah than if something happened to me I
don't know if you and Matt feel the same
way
I I thought about it and I feel like I
would like
I would probably
be I would go gray Gardens like feral
for maybe a year
and then I would come back around but
like I don't have a kid to take care of
so like I could go gray Gardens and it
would be fine but like I would probably
go feral for like a year and then I
would be okay but I would like not be
okay well I mean you know what I mean
you know I do know what you mean and
like throwing a kid in the works
definitely like yeah changes that
trajectory
um no when I was pregnant I had a
horrible like I already like have
anxiety right and I wouldn't even like
postpartum anxiety it's just my normal
level of anxiety but like when I was
pregnant I was having like the most
wildly like intrusive thought oh no oh I
think like we were driving back from a
wedding and there was like a car next to
us that had like a little U-Haul trailer
and like in my head when I was pregnant
everything was like
Final Destination right where this is it
yeah I was like okay I was like so
what's gonna happen is that that trailer
is gonna like become unattached from the
card statue it's gonna swing over into
our lane we're gonna end up in that
ditch over there Vance isn't gonna
survive I have a baby what are we gonna
do I don't want to pay our mortgage what
if it's just us this house is way too
big for just me and a baby I don't know
we'll move back to Nashville but if we
move back to Nashville how am I going to
get weed I don't have a dealer
would cope and like
like I was am I gonna see
I can't sleep over at me he's like what
you thinking about and I was like you
really want to know he's like yeah I I
think I do hyper ventilating in the
passengers here and then I like told him
I was like this is where my head's at
and he's like
listens to my whole story
best part to me and God I love my
husband he's just like
you would call this person
they'd be able to get you weed and
Nashville and I was like oh
okay we're good thank you problem solved
I like that he's like
didn't try to like
there there was no like cognitive
challenging there was no right let's
de-catastrophize this he's like let's
just solve the problem you know people
with weed in Nashville let me remind you
of their names because in my head I was
like that's the only way I'd be able to
cope
I'll never be okay again yeah yeah
um pregnancy was weird man yeah
Vance also looked at me on that trip and
he's like
I really am sorry
that he's not he's like I'm not sorry
you're pregnant he's like but you are
just such an anxious person and he's and
not that like substances are the ideal
coping skill right right but there is
something nice when you like had a long
day when you're feeling a little like
edgy wound and edgy and you're like I
just want to have like a glass of wine
and relax and you're like I can't do
that Advance is like I'm really sorry
that
you have lost coping skills in pregnancy
are coping resources have changed and
adjusted yeah I'm like you know it's
probably a really good therapeutic
exercise to use coping skills hormones
are raging that's the perfect time to do
it yeah well you know we can do some
decatastrophizing versus drinking we can
and that's probably a helpful skill to
practice growth okay so there Anna got
an audience where she's telling Ryan
he's not allowed to get pissed about
life because
he [ __ ] her best friend well she was
in a coma yeah well I mean she wasn't
even referring to really life at all she
was just saying like you have no right
to be here you have no right to be
concerned about where I'm at or who I'm
with you can [ __ ] off so they're
separated at this point but neither has
filed for divorce okay so she is super
embarrassed and she leaves but not with
her husband he gets in the car and
drives away and then she leaves
um
so then a couple of weeks later
so this is this book is over like a
pretty long period of time it's like a
year and a half that it's going so it
jumps time pretty regularly so a couple
weeks later she's coming home from
Physical Therapy which is really
basically like all she does she goes to
physical therapy all the time because
obviously she was really really injured
um and there's a surprise party for her
birthday at her house and she is not
pleased but her mom like that's the kind
of person her mom is and very into
appearances and stuff like that yeah and
so she was like mom's happy it's fine
that I show out for my first birthday
post coma right okay it's fine that I
look disgusting I don't give a [ __ ] it's
fine so all like a bunch of old friends
are there that know about the whole
thing with her and Ryan because they all
work together and so she was like great
I love this so much so she just like
hides with her other best friend kind of
in the corner
but then her husband shows up uninvited
with flowers Ryan just doesn't seem to
be getting any sort of hint here that
she's not into it so he brings her
flowers and he's like we really need to
talk and tells her that her best friend
that he slept with is pregnant
and she's like
we were supposed to try for a baby this
year and he's like we still can the [ __ ]
right that's literally what I was like
what the [ __ ] like no Ryan no feel the
room right
like not the vibe babe like we're not
there we're not even in that zip code so
is he still with the best friend so
that's her question right yeah Anna's
like so how far along is she
and he's like what and she's like four
months right because you said it was one
time in a moment of weakness right so
she would be four months along
correct
no incorrect they'd been sleeping
together for quite some time and the
check is only like eight weeks pregnant
or something like that
well but even though Anna's back from
the coma she's not sleeping with him and
he needs to get his needs met obviously
Anna we we're being unrealistic
obviously this is really
a hero tale of Ryan right and everything
that he went through so much pain
so
she is livid and just puts all the
flowers down the garbage disposal in her
mother's kitchen one at a time in front
of the whole party she's like I don't
even care anymore
[ __ ] everybody
also
obviously they need to have a
conversation about that right right but
like
at her birthday party her birthday party
at her mother's house I got you the gift
of not your child right like right so he
clearly again cannot read the room how
old are they by the way do we know she's
26 and he's like 28 or 29 I think okay
um
so
um she again just shows up at leif's
tattoo shop
she just walks in
um and meets his brother
at more yep good good job thank you um
more officially yeah
um and some other people she's super
nervous
um but she's like you know he said we
could be friends and I I think I could
use a friend like you know everything is
a [ __ ] show right now
um and there's one really cute moment
where life is clearly kind of like
flirting with her to make her
uncomfortable and she's like blushing
and
um she's like so are you do you just
enjoy embarrassing me on purpose and
then he started blushing he's like
that's not what I was doing and the guy
he was tattooing was like just apologize
man back up bro like
he's like get it together man just say
you're sorry
so cute little cute little moments like
that happen like throughout the book but
so they go out to eat and then get day
Drunk Together
and then go you watch day drinking with
Seth Meyers no it's a great series okay
10 out of 10 would recommend what is it
on
probably YouTube is where I've just
I don't know if it's part of his late
night show or if it's just like a
separate segment I think it's normally
part of his show but I've just watched
them individually on YouTube
um like he has one with lizzo he has one
with Rihanna oh I did see the one with
lizzo
I don't know if I'm impressed or
terrified by how much Seth Meyers can
drink yeah I had that thought when he
was drinking with lizzo yes and that's
like all of them yeah oh I'm like holy
[ __ ] right how often are we doing
this buddy it's not good for you no I'm
like
I
I don't drink nearly as much as I used
to but in a like in a former season I
was like I have a pretty good tolerance
right
watching him I was like my tolerance was
nothing it will always be nothing I was
like I am both impressed and terrified
for this level of alcohol that you are
consuming
yeah yeah yeah well that's this they
drink like a a friggin
half gallon of of
Bloody Mary a piece and then just go bar
hopping all day and she had brought a
bottle of Scotch for him to the tattoo
shop so then they're finishing off this
bottle of Scotch together so they are
three hammered yeah
so they go back to his condo later and
he bought a couch
um because when he she went there the
first time she she's still recovering
and so she can't stand for long periods
of time so he had to like set her up on
the on the counter oh on the counter
because she couldn't she can't really
get down like that like here's the whole
thing so um he was like I bought a couch
for you kind of hoping that you'd come
back like you know it was very sweet and
also like bro
maybe you should buy a couch for
yourself yeah
um so
they talk about like relationships and
what they miss about them and he reveals
that he doesn't do relationships because
his last girlfriend
um serious girlfriend tried to kill his
sister-in-law twice and he that's from
the first book it was from repeat
um and so she he feels really guilty
that he didn't like see it coming that
he didn't know and so now he just
doesn't trust anybody ever I mean
understandable if you found out the
person you're dating
attempted murder multiple times on
somebody that you care about like to try
to get to your brother because that was
the whole thing yeah like
I'd probably be a little
cautious yes good word cautious yeah
apprehensive even
um so
um they go back and forth about like I
miss holding hands I miss
um you know having someone to go over my
day with like they go back and forth and
then she's like in her drunk state of
mind it's like
um we can solve each other's problem
this is brilliant this is the best idea
I've ever had we could just be like sex
friends this would be cool
so she moves in to kiss him
and he does not reciprocate and she
starts to cry and this is the only quote
I have for the whole book because it was
like my favorite she just is sobbing and
goes my mouth made bad choices
which is such a drunk girl thing to say
my mouth made bad choices
you're not wrong right that feels like
something that in the moment you're like
this is the only way I can describe this
situation exactly so no go ahead because
in my head was like oh so this book is
about to just turn into like a Friends
with Benefits book that started with a
girl in a coma but then he was like no
your mouth did make bad choices yeah
awkward
but he Comforts her and he's very sweet
and she's like this is the most
embarrassing thing ever and he's like no
we're just getting all of our formative
friend moments out of the play early we
went through the accident together I've
already gotten in a fight with your ex
and now this you've already come on to
me we can just go ahead and move past it
and if you want to try it again in a
couple months we'll see where we're at
and she's like he didn't mean that he's
really just trying to make me feel
better this is terrible
so
I do agree with her sentiment there
right because if like I move in to kiss
a guy that I'm friends with
there well one there'd be a lot of
problems because I've been married for a
long time but like in another season
separate problem right but like if you
make a move and you move in to kiss
someone and they thwart that kiss and
like but you know like maybe try to get
in a few months you're like no I will
not be trying again ever no ever ever
so again a couple of weeks go by
um Anna's decided to go apartment
hunting she's been living with her
parents but she has now filed for
divorce after she found out about the
pregnancy so she's got some money coming
in from that settlement so she knows she
can afford it so her mom it turns out is
like besties with life ever since he's
been coming to the hospital to read to
her so they talk all the time apparently
and so her mom called life to come over
and go apartment
hunting with her oh damn because she
knew that Anna wouldn't want her mom to
go with her so her mom was like somebody
needs to go so life can go
um my mom really likes to overstep and
in a big way yeah damn
um Mom just gets in there so
um
he takes her they start driving around a
little bit and then he's like you know
what you should move in with me and
she's like I'm sorry what what and he's
like yeah you know that way like
like you'll have somebody there if
something happens because physically her
Mobility still isn't great and she's got
all these doctor's appointments and
stuff
and he's like if something happens
somebody that you know will be there
like I I can help you blah blah blah and
she's like I really don't want your
charity and he's like listen it's not
actually charity I lost a lot of income
from the accident because I couldn't
work and you'd actually be helping me a
lot if you moved in and helped with the
rent and she was like okay I guess and
agrees to move in with him
okay yep yeah we're just
suspending belief here it's fine right
so it obviously you would do that you
would move in with
a person that the last time you saw them
was like no thank you
to your attempts to become sex friends
and then what what are we expecting to
happen from that really I went apartment
hunting with
two friends these like separate states
one was in Florida one was in Texas
um who were single dudes who like just
like needed someone to go with them
there it gets weird going apartment
hunting with someone that like because
like people assumed we were together
people were assuming like one guy
um they're like oh so you're looking for
the two of you and he's like no just for
me but maybe if I'm lucky she'll I'm
like oh no this is it
that's not what I thought was happening
here was he serious or just trying to
mess with the person or you
no I think he liked me
awkward no I knew he liked me and I was
not in in the emotional place for that
which I kept telling him but then kept
hanging out with him because
companionship feels nice you know yeah
and then he kept being like so
is this moving that way and I was like
uh I thought I was clear no that's not
I'm what I'm looking for still hasn't
changed right well I get drunk and make
out with you sure obviously
but past that no no we're we're good
also we're noting that specific instance
when we met I
had just turned 20.
he thought I was 25 I thought he was 25
but I was 20 and he was like 30. and I
was in grad school yeah it was just a
clumsy season of life you know yeah I do
yeah
I do
you're like I'm not gonna air those
details but I do I mean who hasn't had
one of those clumsy seasons of life
right you know it's like a rite of
passage it really is
and Anna's definitely in hers right now
which like God bless her because like
she was not expecting to be in that
season of life no and that's kind of
like her whole thing is she's having to
rewrite her whole identity because she's
realizing she got with Ryan when she was
a freshman in college and is the only
guy she'd ever slept with like this was
her person and her whole life was built
around him and the best friend that she
worked for she lost everything and so
she's like well [ __ ]
so
um she moves in a couple weeks later
and then that night
she hears him he has a nightmare about
the accident and so she goes out to see
what's going on like why is he awake
because he's like doing push-ups in the
living room she's like what the hell are
you doing and he's like well I had a I
had a nightmare about the accident like
it's just a one bedroom no it's two
bedroom
okay yeah it's two bedrooms this is
mattress in the living room I was like
is she sleeping in the bedroom and he's
sleeping on his king size mattress in
the living room no no okay yeah that's
an important distinction
um so then she's like you know what we
should do we should make brownies so
they cook together it's very cute
um and then the next day
um she goes to take the brownies to the
tattoo shop and the the person that Leif
was dating before was the receptionist
at the tattoo shop and they have yet to
find one that's gonna work out like they
keep going through people and they're
terrible I guess
she agrees to work there got it a few
hours a week
so now she's the receptionist
um and then now they are doing this
thing because neither of them sleep well
where they watch Twilight in the middle
of the night because those are the books
he read to her when she was in a coma
he's like I didn't pick them on purpose
like my sister-in-law told me you might
like them and so that's what I did and
he's like all embarrassed about it it's
very cute
um this sounds very endearing it's very
sweet so they bake together and then
they watch Twilight together in the
middle of the night when he can't sleep
um so she continues to objectify him and
have lots of thoughts about how hot he
is and she's like stop it he is your
friend he doesn't want more than that he
is your friend this entire book from her
perspective yes okay
so then
um her divorce gets finalized a while
later and she decides to get dressed up
and do her makeup and get drunk and
celebrate at home because why not so she
does her makeup does her makeup she does
her hair she's looking hot she's in this
gorgeous dress just drinking champagne
in the living room I respect it
um so Leif gets home they drink together
there's some cute moments of bonding
together again getting drunk and silly
together and then they pass out together
in her bed
um fully clothed both of them and um he
sleeps through the night which is a big
deal because he has been unable to sleep
through the night
at all since the accident but definitely
not with anybody else in the bed since
the whole thing with his ex okay so it's
a big deal and then she comes out of the
bedroom later to see him holding a woman
in the living room like giving a woman a
hug and she's like um
man because she was like kind of like
wow like he really is a great friend and
even though he doesn't feel that way
about me like this is still really
awesome I really care about him and then
she comes out to see that and is kind of
like oh yikes
so the chick is really beautiful and
Leif introduces her as an old friend and
then introduces Anna as his roommate and
she's like right lest we forget I am his
roommate I'm gonna go she's like I'm
just gonna let you guys you know catch
up or whatever bye so she spends the
whole day
out
um and some other stuff happens while
she's out that doesn't really matter
um but uh she is nervous that Leif has
this girl in the apartment and so she
doesn't really want to go back so she
waits until like midnight and goes back
um and he's waiting up for her he's like
I couldn't sleep because I didn't know
where you were and I didn't know what
you were doing
um did he text her apparently not her
apparently not sure
um or it's not mentioned maybe he did
so
um he's like I thought we were past this
like I thought we were past you running
away when something got uncomfortable
because that's what she was doing right
so like
Ryan showed up at his apartment she
didn't text him or respond to him for
two weeks and like things like that and
so he explains that he told his friend
that they couldn't start anything up
again because they did used to hook up
she's moving back to town but he said I
told her nothing can happen because
something's happening between you and me
um and so this is like him like really
like acknowledging that there is
something happening there yeah and she's
like what she's like wait a minute but
are you sure
um and he's like it's time for you to
make that move again right like it's
been a few months like it's time for you
to make that move again and so then they
bang and it's amazing
um they had their solidifying [ __ ] they
well yeah I guess you could say they did
have a solidifying [ __ ] because she's
like oh my God is this what sex is
supposed to be like oh baby girl yeah
um and he is obviously very sweet and
very attentive with her
and they bang through the whole night
um and then the next day she's like so
what is happening right now and he's
like why are we trying to put a label on
it like why can't we just be having fun
and she's like no no I need a label like
what's happening right now
and he's like I guess we're roommates
with benefits like you know like we're
friends
um and she's like that's cool she just
she literally just wanted to answer like
she wasn't fishing for like let's be
together because she's not there either
like she doesn't want that yet so she's
like okay so I don't know I can set my
expectations accordingly yeah I know the
labels were cool so then at work he's
doing a sternum tattoo on a woman and
Anna gets kind of freaked out that he's
like touching another woman's boobs
um even though I have a sternum tattoo
and I'm here to tell you that's like the
least sexy experience one can have
genuinely I don't have my sternum I have
my ribs and I I mean obviously not
identical spots but same kind of you're
like you know like yeah yeah it's around
your chest and like nothing sexy about
it
although I will say so my tattoo shop
that I always go to
um is owned by a close friend and he's
my best friend's brother-in-law so like
family events and stuff we've known each
other for years and years and years and
um one of his apprentices did my sternum
tattoo and she was showing it to him and
for some reason they decided to share
this story with me and I've never been
able to forget it she was showing him
the work right and my nipples were taped
because that's what you do yeah um but I
I mean I was tits out you know that's
how you have to be
and so it was just a picture of my chest
right showing the the tattoo and he was
like he was telling me I had a bonfire
like two weeks later like we're all
standing around and he's like yeah so
Anna was showing me like all the work
and everything and I was like damn those
lines are really clean like that's
looking really good and damn whose tits
are those
and she he goes and then Anna told me it
was you and I was like no oh God no
that's like my little sister what have I
done
hahaha
I was like why would you tell me that
why would you tell me that come on Ed
[ __ ] listen
it's always nice to be told you have
nice tits I guess well not always nice
actually
but like yeah there is a context in
which it's not cool so I had a co-worker
that she had this pair of jeans
they were like a gray wash Jean
they hugged her ass so beautifully and
every single time she wore them I was
like I just need you to know your ass
looks incredible In Those Jeans and
she's like thank you so much and then we
but we we had a really big conversation
about the fact that like there are some
people that when they compliment like
when a woman tells you that like your
butt looks nice in jeans we love that
yeah it like feels you're like oh this
is a real compliment this isn't like a
sleazy compliment right and so well
obviously not not quite the same
situation without it but I do feel like
there's a difference between him being
like
hey Hannah you got nice tits versus like
yeah I saw this tattoo and I was like
great boobs and then I found out who
they were and I was like oh God no like
you're like right right the compliment
feels more genuine
that's such a good point I didn't think
of it that way
you're like oh he had no context to like
know there was no like he was hitting
there was nothing he just like
objectively he's like great boobs and
then he like gave Matt a handshake
[Laughter]
and all of this obviously it happened in
front of my husband and his new
girlfriend all at the same time I was
like
okay just to be clear the tattoo artist
new girlfriend yeah cause he's not my
husband about my husband and his new
girlfriend and I was like oh we're just
being really I didn't I didn't know if
you guys were ethically non-monogamous
which is totally fine but in my head
before I build out this whole narrative
about Anna being in an ethically
non-monogamous marriage not monogamous
no we are ethically monogamous for sure
you're like yeah and just in front of my
husband and his new girlfriend and I was
like I'm pretty sure she means the
tattoo artist girlfriend yeah yeah no no
we're in clay important distinction yes
thank you for clarifying for our
listeners
yeah yeah that is um
shook his hand he did
not quite the same but and I think I've
told you the story before we were at um
a pool party last summer when I was like
five months pregnant like I wasn't like
huge but I definitely looked pregnant
yeah and especially I'm like I'm wearing
a swimsuit like it there's nothing I'm
like rubbing my stomach drinking my
non-alcoholic beer you know what I mean
and this guy was hitting on me
and like Vance was also at this party
and it was a dude who just kind of
seemed like he's like oh here's a new
girl that I haven't met in this group
before I'ma shoot my shot and I'm like
you don't know me I don't know you but I
I keep talking about the fact that I'm
pregnant
you just seem lonely at this point right
when we got in the car to leave I looked
at pants and I was like I got hit on and
he's like hell yeah you did you gave me
a high five
that's the energy I love that yes so we
were having a big conversation about
this recently
um with Vance's best friend and his wife
and man Kiana is the girl you want in
your corner she will cut a [ __ ] for you
it is like the absolute best right
um but we were cracking up because
her both Kiana and Jordan very
attractive people they go to the gym
they both get hit on like but they're
always at the gym together right and so
yeah Kiana's like yeah I saw that girl I
I will [ __ ] her up if she talks to my
husband again and Vance and I are just
out here like I got hit on and we're
like hell yeah I'm like high-fiving each
other I'm so proud of you oh and Kiana's
like I will cut another hoe If she talks
to my husband and I'm like
yeah I was like you should want to talk
to my husband my husband's great I'm
right I'm like you can't have him but
it's always
you know that you're wanted
yes yeah but Vance also never realized
realizes that women are hitting on him I
never realize when men are hitting on me
really never yeah you know
that's fair like I can't remember if I
have shared this before but like I
distinctly remember we were at work and
this was before Matt and I had started
dating or really even talking yet
and for people who are newer to the
podcast Hannah and her husband Matt do
work together we met at work so that is
important when it comes to if they were
together or not at work yes for the
context and so
um I was sitting there where a bunch of
us together and he touched my back and I
distinctly remember getting into the car
with one of my other co-workers and I
was like that Mac guy just touched my
back that was weird right and she's like
Hannah he's into you and I was like what
like that can't be true like that
doesn't make any sense and she's like
Hannah
babe come on
just just sit with this for a second
really process it through yeah
and then like two weeks later he asked
me out and I was like oh
cool
you're like oh I see yeah apparently
everybody knew
I had no idea oh no that's like when
Vance got his contact order recently
the he goes for his eye appointment he
comes home and like in the little
envelope or they put like his receipt
his prescription all like all of that
stuff like the samples there's like a a
handwritten phone number
I don't I forget the name but I was like
who's Maria and he's like oh yeah it's
the girl who works at like Target
Optical and she was so helpful and I was
like
oh why did she give you her phone number
he was like yeah well just in case there
was anything that went wrong with the
order what have you I was like baby the
Target Optical numbers on the front of
the package and on the receipt she's not
I was like I was like this is not the
Target phone number and he's like it's
not he was dumbfounded had no idea he
was being hit on Vance and I may be very
similar people because I'm like no that
can't be right like
I think
for me there's been a shift within
marriage and you recognize that like
I take my marriage very seriously yeah
um and not everyone
you know engages with marriage in the
same capacity that my husband and I do
right
um
but I'm just like I think
I
not expected to get hit on more but I
was better at picking up the cues and
signs when I was single because now I'm
like well I'm a married woman why would
anyone be hitting on me
um even though like it is still people
are trash
or they're looking for ethically
non-monogram non-monogamous everywhere
right or they're like you know maybe
their marriage is in a fragile spot I'm
just like allow me to help yeah maybe
her partner is in a coma and has been
for seven months you get it exactly so I
think now if someone were hitting on me
I probably much like my husband would
not be as quick to like
no that actually happened I accidentally
gave my phone number to the UPS guy
how do you accidentally give your phone
number to someone this was pre-pandemic
I was in the office
um for work and I was the only therapist
who was in the office at that hour
and whatever the UPS guy's route was he
kept coming and dropping packages off
when I was like the only clinician there
I was in session and he needed
signatures so he knocked on my door in
interrupted session
and he's like I'm so sorry but like I
need to say I was like yeah I don't know
it's fine and so I just like sign it and
move on
um and he was like thank you so much
then the next day it happened again and
when I was like yeah yeah no it's time
but I'm like trying to like whip through
it because I'm like I need to like I'm
in session I need to get back and
he's like thanks so much
um I really appreciate he's like I know
I'm like interrupting your work and he
like gives me a side hug once again I'm
like so focused on getting back in
session right I'm not and he's like hey
he's like would it be easier if you just
gave me your numbers and that way I can
text you and so that way you have a
heads up when I'm gonna be coming that
way if you're yeah sounds great here's
my number man and I just like move on
and then I like sit back down in session
and I like take a beat and then I look
at my client and I'm like
did I just get the UPS guy my phone
number and they're like you did Chelsea
so I get home and I was like I look at
Vance I'm like
so I gave the UPS guy my phone number I
didn't realize what I was doing and he's
like what are you talking about like I'm
so sorry and I told her I told him the
whole situation he's like honestly I
respect that man's game real recognize
real you know
good for him yes yeah we have a hot UPS
guy in the area where I live
um and work and so the girls at work
will send out a text a group text and be
like hot UPS guy he's here he's here get
to get to a window get to a what are any
of them trying to actually engage with
him or no they're all married except for
one and he his root is also her house so
the day she found out about that it was
like an absolute meltdown in the group
chat it was a meltdown in the group chat
like oh my God can you get a picture and
she's like no that is just a different
level I just got divorced I can't be the
sad divorced lady with three cats taking
pictures of the hot UPS guy
that is great Insight because she's not
wrong no you don't want to be that's not
the energy you want to give that's not
the label that we're looking for well
that's like before I got Craig
um neutered
laughs
Craig I didn't crack the cat Craig the
cat yes Craig is my cat I had never had
a male pet before right so I did not
realize that he was just trying to [ __ ]
so hard like crying at like 3 A.M at
full volume looking for some strange yep
did not jawn on me
I was going through a breakup that week
and this is relevant because I opened
the front door the day after I've had my
breakup and there's three cats I've
never seen just sitting on my front step
and I was like
am I really projecting this energy this
much that even the neighborhood cats
know I'm single and I'm just gonna be
the crazy cat lady I'm just collecting
them now yeah and then I realized that
my cat was just trying to get his dick
wet and yeah
not everything was about you in that
moment no but it felt that way which is
understandable it was it was that entire
moment was about Craig
Craig does have main character energy
for sure he really does it's also super
sweet because Ford has started to like
recognize Craig
and it was the first time I've ever seen
Aben but I was sitting on the couch with
Ford in my lap and Craig hops up on the
armrest of the couch and Ford looks over
and sees him and just starts giggling
it was the absolute sweetest thing oh my
God that sounds adorable yeah like last
week our dog Brandon licked Ford's face
and I was like it's happening
all of my sons
my dreams are coming true so I was like
this is the moment I've been waiting for
okay so all this to say Anna was feeling
a little jealous because Leif was doing
a sternum tattoo on a hot chick on a hot
chick yeah so he comes out when they're
taking a break and like starts basically
making out with her in the reception
area and she's like
um do roommates with benefits do this
like I'm a little confused that is a
valid question and she's like so I guess
we're not keeping it low-key at work and
he's like did you want to and she's like
I guess not we really should talk later
because I don't know what's happening
so I understand her confusion though
yeah when he's like yeah we're roommates
with benefits but that's not
a roommates with Benefits Behavior right
but she also sees the girl come out
clearly in a lot of pain and she's like
oh that's not sexy got it so she feels
better about that whole situation
um so but then they because they hadn't
talked about being exclusive or anything
right we're just roommates with benefits
so they talk about that later they agree
they're exclusive blah blah blah
so then
um
he wakes up with a nightmare that night
um and he is like in a full panic
because he's like
I was pinned by my bike in my dream and
I couldn't get to you and like the the
car was on fire and I couldn't get to
you and he's like really freaking out so
she's like maybe you should go to
therapy and he's like I don't need
therapy and she's like but it seems like
maybe you do I go to therapy and it's
great and he's like I'm not into it
she's like okay maybe we should go to
couples counseling because we have
issues and he's like is this some
[ __ ] thing where you try to get me
to go to couples counseling and then it
turns out to be all about my nightmares
and she's like yes but also wouldn't it
be so helpful if we did the couples
counseling thing early and could have
like the healthiest relationship ever
and he's like
I'll think about it and she's like
you're right this isn't a real
relationship just kidding sorry sorry
um
yeah so because I was literally
addressing about that that difference of
like exclusive roommates with Benefits
versus like a committed relationship
that line between exclusive and
committed is
weird it is weird because for all
intents and purposes
it's kind of the same thing you're just
like the behavior is the same the
behavior is the same you're just
pretending that you're allowing yourself
more emotional distance right that but
I'm like no here's the thing
it's still going to hurt if it ends
right like there's
if if it is from a self-preservation
standpoint that you are saying you are
exclusive but not committed
it doesn't change that it's gonna hurt
and that's definitely what it is for her
and she's like pretty clear about that
that like she never wants to get married
again like she's not into that stuff she
just
you know she didn't have sex for like a
year she was in a coma and then coming
like doing a bunch of rehab for it and
you know she likes him she trusts him
and he's hot so you know that's like her
attitude towards the whole thing um
so
um then they bang again this is much
more of like a true solidifying [ __ ]
situation like it's it was a little bit
before but now it's like for real for
real because he's so vulnerable in that
moment
so then a little while later her ex
shows up again
so oh I forgot at one point the um
the former best friend also shows up at
the tattoo shop and it looks awful and
is clearly struggling and she's like you
can't work at another place you never
resigned from the hotel and she's like
um I I quit I I was in a coma for seven
months and you replaced me
wasn't aware that I needed to put in a
notice for you and she's like but you
could come back like you could come back
to work and she's like no no I couldn't
you're a dumb skank I never want to see
you again she doesn't actually say that
but like that's the energy yeah
um
and so like these people just keep
showing up so then after all this stuff
the X shows up again and he's like I
made a mistake like Celia was a mistake
I'm so sorry like I never should have
divorced you like or agreed to the
divorce I never should have done it
um I'm so miserable without you and
she's like once again everything is
about you like I'm fine go away and life
shows up and she's like I've got it like
leave it I've got it and she's like
telling her ex off and life of course
does not leave it and they get into a
fist fight
and she is mad she is mad because as
they're fist fighting her ex like pushes
her down and like it's like a whole
thing so he's like I'm sorry I should
have listened to you you told me you had
it and he's like banged up but he's like
let me check you like because you you
fell and so then of course he uses that
to check her ass and then they bang
again
um
he's like I am in fact a renowned
derriere doctor please allow me like
he's such a cornball it feels like we're
losing a little bit of the plot like
you're like oh we're just we're just
looking for the sex here well that's
what that's what it is at this point
there's like a splash of plot and then
they bang a splash of plot and then they
die so like that is the energy it's
giving yeah
um but there's also he's such a cornball
like it's really adorable like he
refuses to refer to her ex by his name
he just calls him a [ __ ] Splash over and
over again which I found cunning split
[ __ ] splash which I found very amusing
um
so then he very clearly after they have
sex after the fight he's like about to
say he's like looking deeply into her
eyes and he's like Anna I I want to tell
you and she's like dinner what should we
have for dinner and he's like
hmm dinner and she's like you're right
your face is really banged up let me get
you some ice and it's just really really
awkward because he very clearly was
about to declare some feelings and she
was not into it
so he's like okay I'm just gonna I just
need some I just need some time by
myself today's been a big day I was
gonna go to bed and so they don't talk
again all night and all the next day
really and she's kind of starting to
freak out and she's like I need to go
talk to him like I really need to go
talk to him
so as she's getting ready to leave the
house
a guy shows up at the door this like old
guy who's very clearly high and he's
like do you know me and she's like
no and he's like pay attention look at
me do you know me and she's like no
I don't
and then after a couple minutes she's
like oh I do recognize him he's been he
was like at the cafe where my mom and I
had lunch he was I think he might have
been the same guy that was parked across
the street from the house yesterday like
I do recognize him but I don't know from
where and then he like pulls his shirt
up and shows her a gun and he's like
just remember that you don't know me and
she's like
what what right like hard left how did
we get here and she's like I remember
feeling that way about repeat right
we're just like it just like suddenly
happened at the end yes and you're like
oh we went from six to midnight so fast
right like everybody's [ __ ] getting
stabbed and shot and [ __ ] how did we get
here yes so she's like convinced she's
about to die she's like obviously he's
gonna kill me and I never got to tell
Leif that I love him and like what's
gonna happen to my mom like she's doing
all those like final moments thoughts
but then the guy like gets in the car
and turns around so she like runs to the
window to get a look at the car and sees
that the front end is a little smashed
up
it's the guy who hit her she like puts
it all together
and she's about to run out to look at
the license plate and then she's like no
dummy there are cameras out there
remember don't go outside the guy has a
gun she's like smart I'm having a good
moment where I'm listening to myself and
not getting shot
um there was a tick tock a long time ago
that made me die laughing where this
girl was talking about she's like yeah
she's like you know what I really
learned from
black tick tock she's like is that
Caucasian curiosity will get you killed
and she's like what is it with the false
bravado of us white people out here who
like you hear a sound in the woods and
you're like I should go investigate and
I mean [ __ ] you should absolutely not
investigate mind your own business like
your Caucasian curiosity will get you
killed it will and that's what I'm where
she's like oh maybe my Caucasian
curiosity should not be my True North in
this moment correct yeah
what it does do for her she doesn't she
doesn't run out she calls the cops the
cops show up they're investigating and
life shows up like busts in the door and
he's like
baby why didn't you call me why didn't
you like what and she's like I texted
you and he said you mean the text where
you said we should talk soonish that
text she's like yeah yeah and he's like
the only reason I know is because your
mother called me and told me to get home
ASAP so here I [ __ ] am what the hell
is going on and so she's like I just
wanted to tell you like I'm so sorry
about last night I shouldn't have I
shouldn't have done that that was really
weird and I love you and he's like
what
and he she's like what I can admit when
I'm wrong and he's like no no the second
thing what the [ __ ] and she's like oh
yeah I love you and he's like okay I
love you too
so is that the end of the book just
about so then she's like I'll feel
better when they arrest the guy because
they knew who he is so they go out and
grab him they arrest him
um and then
um they both declare their love very
sweet and then in the epilogue this is
so she woke up on balance Valentine's
Day so this is Valentine's Day a year
later and
um she has like decorated the whole
apartment with like rose petals it's
very romantic she's again done her hair
and makeup and put on a fancy dress
waiting for life to get home and when he
does he's like what did I forget it did
I forget something like
what an anniversary or something or like
what is happening right now and she's
like I just wanted to
I just want it to look nice and he's
like okay like what is happening right
now this feels like a trick and it is
because she like gets him champagne and
stuff like that and then she's like
pregnant no no she's like hey so
um I called your mom today
um because I love you so much and um
asked for your for your hand and for her
permission and blessing
um to propose so do you want to get
married and he's like what
what right he's like baby you you told
me you don't ever want to get married
again and she's like I know but I
changed my mind and he's like
are you sure you're not doing this like
just to make me happy and then she
starts freaking out like oh no he didn't
really want to get married
um and she's like he's like why do you
why is your face doing that like why are
you so anxious right now and she's like
cool because you haven't said yes and
he's like well obviously the answer is
yes I just want to make sure that like
this is really what you want because I'm
just happy being with you however I can
and she's like this is what I want and
then they agreed to get married and
that's it that's the end
so question about the dude who hit her
yeah
who was stalking her apparently but like
there was no other mention of him
throughout the book where it's like not
like she's like not that threat of like
oh that guy looks Vaguely Familiar I
thought I saw him when I was out with my
mom at lunch like there's no so she's at
lunch with her mom and she's like oh
that guy looks like he's checking out my
mom good for her like there was that
moment and then there was like
um that car parked across the street
from the apartment's weird huh but like
it was not a full thing of like okay
like I see that guy that guy's giving me
weird energy or like none of that it's
like really not a trail to follow no not
especially
it sounds cute it was cute it was cute
life's really cute like his energy is
adorable their interactions are very
sweet
um yeah it's cute read
and the story is something else
because like what that story went on
some Journeys yeah
yeah it both Feels Like A lot happened
and not a lot happened that's how I felt
when I was outlining it so like we
talked about before we started recording
today I was like I don't know how this
review is gonna be because like
I remember enjoying the book but then
when I went to outline it I was like
there's not like a lot here
but what are we using as our rating
hmm
I don't know
Comas doesn't feel like it would be
appropriate
Twilight books
those are some long books they are some
long books
yeah
those are
not sure so are we is Edward Cullen
Edward Cullen how many Edward Collins
how many Bella swans
let's do Edwards why not because Ed Oh
Yeah from the first book yeah brother Ed
from repeat
that's two Edwards okay so Edward
Collins
um I would give it like
I'm gonna say seven out of ten because
it was an enjoyable read but there are
definitely some plot holes in it that
are like
um
what but with the number of plot holes
seven is generous higher than I expected
I assumed you're gonna go like 5.5 or 6
out of 10 if we were going with a 10. I
was thinking six and a half and round it
up because I it yeah it was enjoyable
but there were some moments where you're
like uh
uh like
I think we can say six and a half we'll
say six and a half of a glittery vampire
it's fine top half bottom half top half
left half left half
fair enough I'm gonna do straight
straight vertical Center yeah you get it
I do yeah so six and a half sparkly
Edward Collins Edward Cullen's in the
summertime
standing in the Sun and standing on some
um let us know how many summertime
Edward Collins
you would rate this book if you've read
it or how many you would rate it
from just listening to Hannah's review
of it yeah
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Hannah if it's a train wreck I'll pass
it to Hannah if you're like it's
actually my favorite book I'll read it
okay listen
I got one of our last recommendations
yeah you did it was bad I read it and I
was like I need to not take one for the
team next time it's time to share the
wealth with Hannah you're right it's my
turn so I wasn't just trying to be
shitty and be like give the bad books to
Hannah but I just like needed a break
that's totally understandable I got it
yeah so if there's anything in
particular you want me to review please
feel free recommend share with us
oh I know you're not
everyone else no I'm not like I will
still I'll read other things that's fine
I just really felt like that needed to
be clarified
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