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Romance

His Darling Freckles by Alecsa Kayser

Oh my goodness what a sweet and swoony story. This is a slow burn, childhood friends to lovers romance with YEARNING. It’s almost a second chance romance since their friendship ended in a painful split years ago and now they are finding their way back to each other. The caretaking in this is just the absolute sweetest!! He knows her so well even after all those years and only thinks of how to protect her and comfort her in what triggers her panic attacks 🥺 If you looked up “down bad for her” this is the MMC that would show up. She is a sweet and broken high school grad navigating the challenge of he next season of life mixed in with her mom’s new boyfriend, and how this blended family that brings pain and trauma of its own. Big feels and a first kiss that really feels earned 🙌🏻 He is a tattoo artist and covered in his own art. The sweet connection between his art and the impact she has held over his life is super swoony. He would do anything for her. You get a broody to sunshine for him. And a broken to healing for her.
You get a bit of a miscommunication trope between them for how their friendship ended and the pains of not knowing how each other feels to transition into friends again and more. Thankfully, as a reader, you get both POVs which brings all the sweet and painful emotions.

I LOVED this book and could not put it down. I would definitely recommend it to anyone and would read it again. There was one tiny plot piece I didn’t get answers on but it was super minor.

✨ Down Bad for Her
✨ Yearning Longing
✨ Childhood Friends to Lovers
✨ MMC with Tattoos
✨ He gives her a Tattoo
✨ Forced Proximity
✨ Comforting and Caretaking
✨ Anxiety Rep
✨ Trauma Rep
✨ Stargazing

🫑🫑 no spice | closed door (kisses, steamy kisses only, with some brief talk about sx but no scene between the characters

Light language Da*

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