Say You Swear (Boys of Avix, 1)

“𝑰’𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒑 𝒊𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒋𝒖𝒎𝒑 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒔 𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖. 𝑨𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔.”“𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓.”“𝑰 𝒔𝒘𝒆𝒂𝒓.”Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Spice: 🔥.5Tropes: College romance, sports romance (hockey), love triangle (kind of), he falls first, boy obsessed, mirror action, angsty⚠️Check triggers⚠️This review is going to be different than my usual format because I'm not going to provide a blurb before my review. I usually summarize the book (without spoilers), but this one is just too hard to do without giving things away. I HIGHLY recommend going in without any information because it makes it so much better. The actual blurb for the book doesn't give much away, so if you're curious, I'd recommend reading that.This book took me on a ride the entire time and I couldn't put it down. I'll be honest that the beginning was hard for me to get into, but once we met Noah in chapter 4, I knew I needed to keep reading. The angst killed me, made me sob, and had me smiling all at the same time. There's so many things that happened in this book that I can't even though on because it would spoil it, but I will say it was a journey that left me forever changed.I loved the connection Arianna had with her brother, Mason, so much. I wish he wasn't as protective of her, but I did feel like he lightened up with one of the men (name redacted to stay spoiler free) because he knew she was safe with him (hero). I thought her friendship with Cam was so pure and a perfect example of friends being soulmates. Arianna goes through it in this book. She learns a lot about herself, and what she truly wants for herself and from a partner. My heart broke for her, and her man, with their tragedy. I'm glad they were able to come back together and grieve with each other.A main trope in this book is a love triangle, but it's honestly so much more than that. It has a love triangle of sorts, but not really, in my opinion. The heroine does feel conflicted at times, but it's pretty clear for most of the book that the triangle is heavier on one side than the other to everyone but the heroine. I know love triangles aren't for everyone, but I swear this isn't like other books with this trope and there's a clear winner between the two men.I will say this isn't a perfect book. If it wasn't so hard to put down, and the hero wasn't absolute perfection, I would've rated this lower. The reason why is the writing is a bit chaotic. There's a lot of exclamation points and text lingo (lots of '?!') that made the characters come off immature and juvenile. I also found it a little long, and some of the internal thoughts were repetitive or unnecessary. For me, this could've been edited a bit more and had some parts reworked a bit. I still think it's a beautiful story and would recommend it to anyone. It's definitely going to be a top 2023 read.🚨🚨STOP IF YOU DON'T WANT POTENTIAL SPOILERS🚨🚨Let's talk about the star of this book for me: Noah Riley. My sweet angel baby, Noah 🥰 Noah is so pure with a true heart of gold. I loved the way he adored his mom and the love he had for her. Noah is the definition of "he falls first" and "boy obsessed". He met Arianna by accident and was taken with her right away. He was caring, sweet, adoring, and absolute perfection. I loved how he paid attention to what was important to Arianna and made her life easier. Acts of service is definitely his love language and it showed in the way he took care of her. He deserves all the love in the world and has the patience of a saint. I would give anything to have him call me 'Juliet' or 'baby' 🥺 My heart broke for him after the tragedy and the events that unfolded. There's so much trauma that he'll have to work through and I just wanted to hold him.I'll say what we're all thinking. Chase. Is. Trash. I don't care what anyone says, he is trash and will always be trash. He had his opportunities and he messed them up. I don't think he truly wanted Arianna like he thought he did because nothing would've stopped him from going after her. It was trash what he did before the tragedy and it was trash what he did in the aftermath. I find him to be so manipulative when you think about what he did after the tragedy and I truly have no sympathy for him.

I swear I can’t even see right now through all the tears. This couple is honestly one of my all time favorite couples ever! This book is beautiful, and heartbreaking, and makes your soul smile. This is the second time I read this one, and I can finally review it lol. The first time I read it, I just couldn’t find the words to describe how much I love it. I swear I smiled the entire time I read it this time cause I knew how it would end. I also cried just as hard as I did the first time smh. Noah Riley is one of a kind. Every girl deserves a man like him. Ari is so relatable, and quirky. She is perfect for him, and in the end she just knew that no matter where life took her, she would always find Noah. They are a true definition of soul mates. This is a book that anyone from all ages should read. They can see how it is to be loved and to love, with everything you have. Everyone should get that feeling at least once in their life.

I laughed.I cried.I swooned.I yelled at characters getting on my nerves.This is the PERFECT in-between summer and fall read! Such a beautiful story and lovely character growth. I absolutely loved it!Noah Riley is my new book boyfriend and he might even be #1 for contemporary romance. I adore him and his beautiful heart.

Book Review-Say You Swear By Meagan Brandy🏈🌊🌞the plot- Say You Swear is not a typical romance novel. It has depth of many layers, not only does it have romance, it has hardships, family friends, and personal growth of the characters. The pacing of the book was just right.Noah Riley and Arianna Johnson are the main characters of the book. Arianna is just out of high school and living her best life at the beach house her and her friends own. That is where Arianna meets Noah for the first time. Arianna and Noah become friends while Arianna is heartbroken over something that happened. Slowly their friendship turns into something more.Noah helps her overcome her brokenness. She felt alone because she couldn’t tell anyone else she was broken hearted over her Brothers best friend. Now the Chase( the best friends brother) is trying to win Arianna back. Arianna is then involved in a Love Triangle. Meagan’s writing of Ariannas thoughts and feelings of the love triangle really helped the story itself. I am not a big fan of love circles but this one was done very well.This book had me crying and laughing at the same time. Say You Swear is a very emotional book, it will be heartwarming and heartbreaking at times. Meagan was able to execute perfectly to make the readers feel they are apart of the story themselves.FMC/Arianna Johnson - Arianna is a very naive young girl just looking to get out from under her twin brothers thumb and live her own life. As she is discovering the world around her Arianna starts growing more and becomes more independent.Seeing Arianna go through her heartbreak and how it effected her throughout her first semester was saddening. Slowly as her heart is healing we see a different side of Arianna a more grow up, loving, caring side to her. I really enjoyed Arianna, she is one of my favorite FMCs.MMC/ Noah Riley- Where do I start with this man, he is one of the most loving, caring, and patience MMCs I have ever read about. The way he treated Arianna through everything just showed how much he cared for her. Even as he was going through his own problems he was always there for Arianna. It was heartbreaking to read how Noah was coping with the Tragedy, Meagan really pulled at all my heart strings.The romance- OMG these two were so adorable together. I was blushing and kicking my feet the whole time reading it. You can tell there love is unconditional. They had to go through a lot of hardship together and separately but still cared and loved each other throughout it all.I cannot wait for the next book in the series! I really hope it will be Payton and Mason because I was obsessed with all the little moments they had in the book.Say You SwearWhat to expect-🏈College football romance🏈Found family🏈an emotional roller coaster🏈love triangle🏈friends to loversRating- 5/5⭐️Spice 2/5🌶️PLEASE check your trigger warnings before reading this book. There is many heavy topics explored in the novel.🫶🏼

Great read! nothing was rushed, great character build up, a bit of an emotional roller coaster ride but I enjoyed it.

El libro llegó es de muy buena condición (aunque tengo que decir que las páginas de inicio de capítulo son un poco difíciles de leer).La historia de este libros es hermosa, se siente como si vieras una serie de los 2000’s y está tan bien escrito que te sientes realmente cercano a los personajes.

noah riley maravilhoso lindo lindo lindo. esse livro superou todas as minhas expectativas, eu me apaixonei pelos personagens. arianna e noah são meus amores. chorei muito, passei raiva, mas é um livro incrível, tô sem palavras agora, vale muito a pena.

Dieses Buch ist wahrscheinlich eines der Besten die ich jemals gelesen habe. Durch Videos auf Tik Tok wurde ich überzeugt es zu lesen, auch wenn ich diese Dreiecksgeschichten nicht gut finde, und ich bereue nichts. Es hat mich im wahrsten Sinne zerstört. Ich werde nicht Spoilern aber eines steht fest irgendwann werde ich es nochmal lesen und nochmal. Wahrscheinlich so lange bis ich die Seiten auswendig kann 😂. Ich liebe es einfach ❤️

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