i dont mean to be mean but this book was aggressively unmemorable. i didnt love it... ive read better stuff on wattpad

Thank you to the publisher and author as well as netgalley for allowing me access to this eARC of this book and allowing me to give feedback and read books in exchange for a review.

This is a beautiful romance novel, I loved the characters and felt that I was so engrossed in the story that I read this whole book in one sitting. I have not read from Roxanne Leblanc before and I was impressed and will read from her again in the future.

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The book started great with the tension between Juniper and Phoenix. It was incredible from the first time they lay eyes on each other and the attraction was instant but each of them was fighting it for their own reasons.

Juniper is a single mother to 2-year-old Cross and she is very careful of who enters his life so she has been single since conceiving him.

Phoenix is the eldest of the Stone brothers, he is fond of his single life and does not was to love or commit like EVER!

I liked most of the characters, especially Phoenix's brothers. There were moments when I was smiling from the funny dialogue.

A lot of twists and turns in this novel which I enjoyed mostly except that the love scenes kept repeating and it seems they turned into bunnies. It was just too much and with nothing new.
The unnecessary angst Pheonix was dealing with was annoying and the ending was rushed with a cliffhanger.
I might continue with the series since the other brothers are interesting.

Thanks to Netgalley for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I received this ARC from NetGalley and this is my honest opinion. I was skeptical about this book and the number of stars to give. It felt pretty cheesy in several parts with many back and forth to the storyline. Phoenix seemed pretty textbook obsessive-compulsive with no specific direction. My review was based on these things.

Phoenix stone by Roxanne Leblanc, is the first book of the stone brothers series. I was captivated by Juniper and Phoenix and really got into the story the great characters and the story drew me in. Juniper is a beautiful, affluent, orphaned adult who lost her entire family in a tragic plane crash when she was 18. Phoenix is the oldest of 4 Stone brothers. Incredibly sexy, tall, obscenely rich, and a womanizer This story kick starts the Stone brothers adventures into steamy romantic entanglements. All in all, the story moves along at a quick pace. It’s a straight-line plot, split between both MC perspectives. Several times, the plot sets up to take a predictable twist. However this book ends in a cliffhanger

This one was okay. The writing didn't really capture me and suck me in like I had hoped. Don't get me wrong, lots of romance readers will love this one, it just never hooked me. The pacing was all over the place, the plot was jam packed with way too many twists, turns and tropes to have them all feel well placed and have time dedicated to them to make them feel realistic. Good steamy scenes, several trigger warnings. A dangerous ex, one night stands, pregnancy, weddings, and assaults. Insta-love and an HEA round it all out. The characters felt a little flat and their romance just never seemed to have the spark I wanted. Phoenix wasn't a fantastic leading man, he was kind of a jerk, especially calling out another woman's name, but yet women seem to fawn all over him. Juniper isn't very realistic either with her perfect life, well behaved kid and enough money for a nanny so she can go be with her man. It was fine and okay, just never took off.

I received an arc from NetGalley and this is my honest opinion.
I enjoyed this book and the storyline kept me interested. While Phoenix and Juniper definitely had some previous mistakes, when they met they had an instant attraction. Not only did Phoenix feel a connection with Juniper but he sure fell in love with her son too.
Many things happen throughout the book that threaten to keep them apart and Phoenix sure has a stubborn streak but you still get a HEA ending.

I enjoyed this book with its unexpected twists. A couple with insatiable appetites, physically and emotionally, meet and try to start a relationship. I found Phoenix (a hard driven real estate mogul) hard to understand though, so I think his character could be a bit more fleshed out. Juniper, the female protagonist, was well characterized and the story blended well despite my dislike of Phoenix.
Thank you NetGalley for providing this copy. The opinion in this review is solely my own.

This story kickstarts the Stone brothers adventures into steamy romantic entanglements. In book one, the story begins with Juniper Wells and Phoenix Stone.
Juniper is a beautiful, affluent, orphaned adult who lost her entire family in a tragic plane crash when she was 18.
Phoenix is the oldest of 4 Stone brothers. Incredibly sexy, tall, obscenely rich, and a womanizer.
Can they fight their insta-lust? Is the tingling they feel that magical forever feeling? Can Phoenix commit to anyone, after watching his friends suffer at the hands of awful women? Can they convert their paper marriage into a real family with love forevermore?
All in all, the story moves along at a quick pace. It’s a straight-line plot, split between both MC perspectives. Several times, the plot sets up to take a predictable twist and - yep! MCs bend to genre norms. Ex: MM runs away from commitment as soon as love is mentioned. MF shoulders everything and tries to run away from feelings/start new. Obviously there is a massive screw up that induces the “big fight” and voila, all expected patterns repeat.
Despite that, I still found the story and characters interesting. I’ll give a bit of grace that because it’s book one, there was a lot of character intros to set up future books.
Now, as to the romance factor: this story dives over the edge of steamy and gets to boiling hot! There is constant sexual activity - these two go at it nonstop. Thank goodness she has a nanny to watch her perfectly behaved 2-yr old, they have a housekeeper, a full security detail, and a multi-story mansion. Thankfully my eyes didn’t get stuck rolling into the back of my head at the ludicrousness of their life. I like a good steamy story, but even these two were just not interesting. It was repetitive and not necessary (for me) to have more than a few very graphic descriptions of fellatio. Every sexual scene was rushed; I think to convey the “need” but really just not imaginative enough after the first few times. And I’ll give you a dollar if you can hold back the guffaw during the scene where Phoenix finds a random hot chick, has sex, screams another woman’s name, and just casually and efficiently propositions her to be his “f*ck buddy.” She agrees, willingly, of course. I died. So funny.
All in all, this is a 3 star story. Even with a cliffhanger ending I’m not really too excited to find book 2 and see how it goes. I assume it’ll be ok *lol*
Thanks to #netgalley for a free eARC in exchange for an honest review. My opinions are my own.

Overall, I enjoyed this story. There are a lot of twist and turns and lots of sex scenes.
There were some issues that I have though.
The biggest one being the pacing of the story. When the pOV changed from one person to the next, quite often if would cut back a bit in time and repeat the same scene with very little new information. Also, time skips happened halfway through paragraphs which was quite confusing.
Sometimes the POV would change without warning during a conversation.

There were lots of twists and turns in this book. Some were good and some not so good. The characters were interesting for the most part, but Phoenix was hard to connect with as he jumped from one spectrum to another in his emotions and his attraction to Juniper. It was interesting to watch Juniper come into her own as a strong independent woman who started out as someone I wasn’t sure I would like. The story was interesting. The sex scenes were a little over the top and I’m not sure why they had to constantly scream during the sex scenes, but different strokes for different folks. I enjoyed this story enough that I am planning on reading the next installment and would recommend this book to others.
Thanks to netgalley and the publisher for an ARC of this title for an honest opinion.

I have so many feelings about this book that I don’t even know where to begin. The twists and turns in this story are nonstop and way over done. Anything possible that you can think of in a romance novel happened, unrequited love, crazy ex, one night stands, pregnancies, weddings, violent attacks, and way more sex than is humanly possible, Half way through I decided it should be adapted into a hallmark movie. The writing style needs some work, with some chapters confusing which character was speaking during the chapter. I mean it kept me entertained but I don’t think I’ll be back for more.

This book resulted in mixed feelings for me. Emotions went from “oh my”, to questioning who the characters were in the book, to boredom. Although it did have a suspenseful ending, Juniper and Phoenix's story was left hanging and I am not sure why the author didn’t give them the ending they deserved. That it was a cliffhanger did not help either.

A lot of romance novels require you to suspend a certain bit of reality, so I expected that but this book takes it pretty far. As a mom, it was really tough for me to connect with a character that would sign over parental rights to someone who was practically a stranger. There were several grammatical errors with "her" being written instead of "she." Besides that, it is a good story. Phoenix takes awhile to get over himself, but that's a common storyline so easier to handle. The love story between Phoenix and Juniper is done well. The suspense with William is good. As long as you can get past a stranger being put on a birth certificate, it's a fun read!

Phoenix stone by Roxanne Leblanc.
Book 1 of the stone brothers series.
This was a good read. I loved the cover and that's what drew me to this book. I wasn't sure if I liked Phoenix or not. I loved Juniper. I'm looking forward to the next book. 5*.