Review: Here's the Thing by Susan Henshaw

“First glance, last thought. You’re etched in my soul…Your dreams, your smile–you make me whole.” (p.152)

★★★★★
🌶

Series: The Seddledowne Series, Book 4

Review:

First, I would like to thank the author and Booked with the Emilys for providing me with a free review copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

My favorite read of 2024!

I typically provide a summary of the plot in my reviews, following an editorial format, but this is the type of book that you should enter completely blind! If you like the tropes (provided under this review) and swoon over love communicated through literary references, just trust me when I say this book is amazing!

Here’s the Thing has the perfect amount of tension building up to the declaration of love and the major reveal. It’s the kind of slow burn that has you yearning for them to get together yet savoring every minute. When I posted my Currently Reading graphic on Instagram a couple of days ago, I was only 3/4 done and already knew this book would take the top rank in my 2024 reads…but LITTLE DID I KNOW that there was a major twist only a couple of pages later!! And the book just got even better!

The hallmark of an incredible book, in my opinion, is that it deeply impacts you emotionally, bonding you irrevocably to the characters. The feeling is so profound that it lingers with you long after. This book will bring you to your knees.

I’m so excited for Book 5 in the series, and I’ll be reading the first three books and their bonus epilogues in the meantime!

Audience: new adult, adult
Trigger warnings: PTSD, attempted suicide, sexual abuse
Recommended for fans of: small town, age gap, professor/student, forbidden romance, hidden identity, frenemies to lovers, emotional romance, fade to black, he falls first, childhood trauma, ranch life, morally grey FMC

Publisher's Synopsis:

Nine years isn't that big of an age gap...unless you're grading her papers.

Tally's semester checklist:
✓ Finish thesis
✓ Graduate (finally!)
✓ Figure out why my boyfriend of four years suddenly feels like the wrong puzzle piece
✗ Do not fall for Professor Dupree

Too bad my heart didn’t get the memo about that last one..

When my handsome thesis advisor suddenly bows out, I’m devastated.

My friends are right: these messy, intense feelings are not for my boyfriend of the past four years.

And I’m in major trouble.

Professor Dupree’s Professional Checklist:
✓ Grade midterms
✗ Stop noticing how beautiful your student is
✗ Maintain professional distance
✗ Do NOT become her best friend
✓ If all else fails, resign as thesis advisor

Good men don’t fall for students.

But apparently, I’m not the golden boy our small town thinks I am, because that’s exactly what I did.

I planned to wait until after her graduation to tell Tally how I felt.

Then she told me I was her person and everything changed.

Now, I have to figure out how to turn forbidden romance into a happily ever after. Because letting Tally go?

That’s not an option. Not anymore…

Here’s the Thing, Book 4 in The Seddledowne series of interconnected standalones, is an angsty, emotional, contemporary romance full of banter, steam, and dark secrets. Download today and get ready for a love that’s worth the wait.

Source:

Booked with the Emilys

©Susan Henshaw: November 8, 2024
Edition: Digital review copy, read on Kindle Unlimited
354 pages

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