”I think you’d be really easy to love.”

🖤 College Romance
🖤 Hockey Romance
🖤 Tutor x Student
🖤 Reformed Playboy
⚠ Gaslighting and Grief

This is the second book in The Undone series and follows Rosalie “Ro” Shariff and Matthew “Freddy” Fredderic. Freddy is the hotshot, playboy hockey star who is in desperate need of a tutor and Ro is assigned to help him. As they get closer, their relationship starts evolving and soon both are helping out each other in more ways than one.

Oh my gosh, these characters have my heart! I giggled, I yelled, and I teared up reading this story. I don’t think I’ve rooted for two characters in a long time as much as I did for Ro and Freddy! Ro is such a sweet soul and a little ray of sunshine who has lost her way with the wrong person. Freddy is our broken boy who puts on a happy façade for the world and I just wanted to hug him so much! This is such a slow burn and emotional rollercoaster but worth every up and down! Definitely a new fave!

Thank you so much to Atria for the advanced copy! 🖤

These sweet babies need to be protected at all costs! Matt "Freddie" Frederick is a star hockey player and a campus playboy. But he is missing a connection with someone, he desperately wants someone who sees him behind the mask he wears. Rosalie, or Ro, is in an on again off again relationship that is very toxic. She is shy and she desperately wants someone to like her as she is. Matt is dyslexic and needs a tutor to assist with his classes and when his current tutor doesn't want to work with him anymore, Ro gets assigned Matt. And there is where their friendship begins.

I could not get enough of this story, these characters were so sweet and so similar in a lot of ways. The friendship that develops between them is so beautiful, Ro truly sees Matt as he is, the man behind the "good time" guy mask her wears. Matt appreciates Ro for who she is, he embraces her quirks and loves how she dresses. I loved the support they had for each other, Ro advocated for Matt with his classes and his schoolwork. And Matt helped Ro gain her confidence and stand up for herself with her awful ex.

This was such a delicious slow burn, they both had feelings for each other, but they didn't want to ruin the best friendship either of them had. So they danced around each other and slightly crossed the line a couple of times. The build up of the friendship and then the relationship made the moment they gave in so much sweeter.

I felt the dyslexic representation was very well done in this book. Peyton really captured the struggles a student with dyslexia faces, especially if that student isn't given the support they need (which happened to Matt before Ro stepped in). I also felt she did an excellent job with the self-esteem issues that come with dyslexia and struggles with reading and schoolwork. Matt experienced all of those feelings and expressed them in this book and it made my heart break for him.

I cannot say enough about this book and these characters, I loved every minute of reading this one. There were some very difficult topics covered and they were all handled with such care and each time these characters showed up for each other.

I read Unsteady last month and I absolutely loved it! I was super excited when I was able to get Unloved as an ARC. Seeing the characters grow as the story progressed was perfect. I loved this book so much! Thank you for the opportunity to read such an amazing story!

Super cute! Full of emotion and just genuine love from MMC and FMC! Was a slow burn that didn't feel slow but just a full connection between the two. I loved the found family aspect and friendships that were formed as well.

A Peyton Corine book never fails to make me feel ALLLL the motions within its 400 plus pages. I laughed, I cried, I swooned and I fell in love with everything that is Ro and Freddy. The tension and the angst that grew between these two had me on my knees. These souls feel unlovable at times through different means and it is through learning about each other and loving each other they see that they are some of the easiest people to love and they were just not being treated correctly before. This author is great at emotional depth within a book, having characters with so many layers it feels like you know them all personally. The found family in this series is unreal, emotionally I was wrecked by the timeline of this book occurring at the same time at book 1's but I will happily be hurt again because it was beautifully done. The softness of the love between these two was so pure. The balance that was showcased by this author between love and grief was so tangible that it caused my heart to squeeze for these characters. I adore this series and continue to fall head over heels for these characters and this universe. You don't want to miss this one!

“So then, we promise not to ever make each other feel that way.” He hesitates for a moment, searching for the words. “To be . . . careful with each other?”

This quote embodies Peyton’s writing as a whole for me. Nobody writes representation and gentle love like Peyton. Unsteady is one of my favorite books of all time, the representation, the considerate romance, the family, all of it was just perfect so you can imagine the unhinged excitement I felt when I got the arc for Unloved. And it did not disappoint🥺

The ADHD, dyslexia, and dyscalculia representation was done beautifully and I loved so much the routes Ro took to make sure she was educated enough to really help Freddy. She was so beautifully genuine and I just wanted to wrap her up and protect her. Freddy as well. His struggles throughout this book tore me to shreds and I was feeling so raw over the fact that he finally found someone to really hear him in Ro. These characters were bending over backwards to be considerate and kind to each other and I just wanted to cry every five seconds. They were always in each other’s corner without ever making the other feel like a burden and that’s truly beautiful. MY GENTLE BABIES. 💘

I was SO happy to find that this one was a slowwww burn. There was so much both characters needed to work through and the structure of this book really gave them time to do that, and learn how to love themselves and each other in the most beautiful way.

I also really enjoyed the overlapping timeline with Unsteady, there were many interactions during Unsteady that I wished I could have seen from a different perspective and I really enjoyed being able to get that in Unloved. Additionally, seeing all my favorite characters all together again was everything. The found family aspects of this world will never not make me feel so warm.

Thank you Atria and Netgalley for this wonderful ARC!

After devouring Unsteady, I had high expectations for the next and it did not disappoint. Both Ro and Freddy were so fun and quirky in the first, I couldn't wait for their story. The friends to lovers was a nice mix up from enemies to lovers and really allowed for their chemistry to build -- I loved the aspect of Ro having her "celebrity" crush throughout college and it added a nice touch to their relationship, especially with Freddy's character building and showing his true colors.

If you're a fan of sports romance, especially OTH - tutor girl x jock vibes, you'll love this follow up by Peyton and I can't wait to see what she writes next!

RO AND FREDDY MY BABIES

thank you netgalley for the arc!

what a gorgeously delicious slow burn for these soft and sweet friends. i fell in love with these characters when i read unsteady and knew this book was going to be EVERYTHING.

i will now be screaming casual by chappell roan even more fiercely (if that is even possible) on behalf of ro (all my homies HATE tyler)

freddy is the most gentle boy there ever was it makes my heart hurt ❤️

Thank you to Netgalley for the ARC!

This is the first book I've read from Ms. Corinne and, while engaging, it didn't feel like it was wholly developed. This might be due to the fact that this book is second in a series, which I did not realize until the ARC had been provided to me, and is wholly my fault, but I also just didn't initially connect with the MMC or the FMC, though I enjoyed learning and growing with them.

Overall, it's a sweet friends to lovers book, one where the MMC doesn't know she has a crush, and I think it's worth reading.

5/5 stars
2.5/5 peppers

I loved Unsteady, and when Unloved was announced I couldn't wait and to know it was Ro and Freddy's story even better.

We saw a little bit of their sparks in Unsteady and now we have the full story.

Ro, has been the people pleaser person in her friendships, academics, and her "relationship" and when she has the opportunity to tutor Freddy, a man she's been crushing on for a while, she gives it her all to show Freddy that no matter what, he deserves to be recognized for his efforts and his disabilities do not define him.

Freddy has had it rough but masks all his "roughness" with his charm and his wit. When Ro enters his life it's like a light shined so bright that he didn't want to walk away. Under all those layers of Freddy, he was the right person for Ro, and to be loved so fiercely as well, and so loyal.

This story showed the depth of when life hits you the hardest, it's hard to be the person you need to be. The emotions and the realness of these characters are outstanding, Ro who just wants to be loved, not be shamed, and make people proud of her, and takes care of others, she resonates with me so much. Freddy who justs want from under the past mistakes and the toxicity of his dad is powerful. These characters go through it and become the strong people that everyone knows them to be while filling the hole in each other's hearts that was needed to be filled.

The spice is a slow burn but in the end it wasn't about the amount of spice but the foundation of a friendship that grew to be a loving relationship. The tension was delicious and the spice spice was there but the ride of the slowburn was needed. This is also coming from a person that is not a fan of slow burn but if Peyton Corinne writes it, it's acceptable to me.

4.5 stars

Omg this was so cute!! I loved it!!

It’s a college hockey romance that’s dual POV. Slow burn, tutor and player, with undertones of grief and love. It felt like if you combined Icebreaker and any Elle Kennedy college book.

Freddy is dyslexic and struggling academically. He needs to pass this class to graduate. Ro is a tutor and has had a crush on him since they met briefly freshman year. He’s such a cutie and I loved how he built up her confidence after her ex torn it down. They built such a nice friendship prior to starting the relationship. I do wish there had been some justice against the people that abused their power though.

Thank you to the author, publisher, and NetGalley for my advanced digital copy!

It was a really cute book where the emotions of the characters were really well described.

I loved how we got a glimpse of how difficult it is to be in an abusive relationship and even though you know it's bad for you and everyone knows it too, you're still with that person because of the emotional manipulation and feelings you have. They might be the worst person, but you knew a side of them that no one knew and it is so different from how they've become that you stay in the relationship thinking that they'll become the person they were in the past. I think Ro's emotions about this were really well projected. You don't understand what she's going through unless you went through it as well.

The loneliness of Freddy and him trying to do everything to not be lonely was sad and easy to understand when reading about him. I think I had never understood the phrase, "being lonely's worse than just having friends that don't care," until I've read Freddy's emotions and thoughts. This sentence makes so much more sense now and I think that it truly describe Freddy entirely. Him going around trying not to be lonely by going out with girls, trying to put a persona for him with other people while struggling around with mental health issues and the fact that he thinks having dyslexia, ADHD,.. are things to be embarrassed about and makes him less of a person.

I just think that everything was so well described, they went around their struggles so well and their relationship was just so cute. I feel like they were each with their own loneliness and were able to find each other when they needed it the most and that's what I truly liked about their relationship.

Unloved by Peyton Corinne

“I think falling in love with you is the easiest thing I’ve ever done.”

Tropes:
- tutor x hockey player
- fake dating
- college

Rating: 4.75

To be loved is to be seen and understood! Both of these characters were treated so poorly in their past relationships, and seeing them find happiness and acceptance in each other was truly so special. Peyton Corinne has a way of breaking your heart and making you fall in love at the same time. I always feel every emotion so deeply when I’m reading her books and it’s because I care so much for her characters. This series is quickly becoming one of my all-time favorites.

arc review

4.25 ⭐️

I loved this one! This series is quickly becoming one of my favorites and I love everyone so much. I just love seeing two broken people receive the love they deserve. I ate Freddy up and his softness for Ro is EVERYTHING. WE LOVE BOY OBSESSED MMCS IN THIS HOUSE. If you love hockey romances and are looking for a series that includes emotional topics I highly recommend!

I will now be (not so) patiently waiting for Bennett's book 😉


Thank you NetGalley for the ARC 💓

🏒hockey mmc
📚she's his tutor
🏒friends to lovers
📚slow burn

♾️⭐️/1.5🌶️

What an emotional ride, I can already feel my book hangover coming on!! I haven't connected to characters like this since the Boys of Tommen. I smiled when they smiled, laughed when they laughed, and choked up when they spoke of their hardships and loneliness. I wanted to reach into the pages and hug both Ro and Freddy.

Getting to watch them both battle their internal struggles while trying to build their friendship was honestly emotionally exhausting, but in the best way. I felt like I was truly incorporated into this story and felt their highs and lows so deeply. That also made the slow build from tutor, to friends, to dating, that much more rewarding.

If you love an angsty slow burn, sports romance, and no third act breakup (!!!) then Unloved is for you! Also don't forget to go back for Sadie & Rhys in Unsteady

5/5⭐️
2/5🌶️

Okay. This book was everything to me. Matty?! We need to protect him at all costs!! This book was beautiful and sucked me in from the first page! The trauma, the grief and the healing! I love them!

Matt and Ro are everything! Ro helped Matty realize he was so much more than what people thought of him and that he would be easy to love. Matty helped Ro realize that she deserved so much better and could be anything she wanted to be! I loved the way they healed each other! Their story is beautiful! Thank you Peyton for writing this story! They will forever hold a special place in my heart!

I highly recommend this book! If you haven’t, read unsteady first! This is for sure a top read so far this year!

Tropes:
💚Tutor x Athlete
💚Slow Burn
💚College
💚Hockey Romance
💚Friends to Lovers

Matty and only Matty. Freddy? We don't know him. WE LOVE MATTY.

This book was truly something beautiful and special. The themes of healing and loving deeply alongside grief and trauma were everything. I think Ro and Matty's characters were absolutely amazing in this. A true definition of two souls meant to heal each other's pain and worries. Ro was everything Matty needed to realize he was so much more than "Freddy" and Ro needed Matty to pull her out of her shell and realize that whoever she wants to be is exactly who someone could love.

I am such a sucker for a broken MMC, and I loved that both of these characters needed healing and needed each other. I will never get over the raw and soft emotion from these characters. I love them so much and will think about this story forever.

Side note: Tyler and Dr Tinley can kick rocks. K thanks bye.

-tutor x athlete
-friends to lovers
-slow burn
-hockey romance
-college

I did not anticipate this story to move me the way that it did. This romance definitely explores the weight of stereotypes and how they can affect our self-perception, along with the long-lasting effects they have on self-esteem.

Rosalie has a run-in with Matty during her freshman year that sparks a lingering crush, but she feels he is out of her league. ‘Matty,’ or Freddy, as he’s known on campus, has a reputation for being shallow and a playboy. He is a star on the college hockey team, but he’s failing a class and needs a tutor. This is how fate intervenes to bring Matty back into Ro’s sphere.

Ro is the only one who starts unraveling Matty and seeing him for who he really is. She discovers deep-seated pain from past trauma. She takes the time to listen and simply be there to help him uncover it, encouraging him not to be ashamed of things he had no control over. She earns his trust by being present and taking the time to care, and he does the same for her. That mutual bond of respect and trust develops into a deep friendship that turns into something more. They both learn that love is always reflected back when it’s honest, real, and true. A beautiful slow-burn romance with depth and emotion. ⭐️⭐️ ⭐️⭐️

“𝕀 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕜 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕓𝕖𝕤𝕥 𝕡𝕖𝕠𝕡𝕝𝕖 𝕀’𝕧𝕖 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕜𝕟𝕠𝕨𝕟. 𝔸𝕟𝕕 𝕀 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕜 𝕚𝕥 𝕨𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕 𝕓𝕖 𝕒𝕝𝕞𝕠𝕤𝕥 𝕥𝕠𝕠 𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕪 𝕥𝕠 𝕗𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕚𝕟 𝕝𝕠𝕧𝕖 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕪𝕠𝕦.”

💭My Thoughts💭
Ro was such a sweet and gentle character. At first, I felt like she was a bit naive when it came to her relationship with her ex-boyfriend, Tyler. However, as the story goes on, we see her gain confidence in herself. I loved her style and the butterfly clips for sure! She was overall a great person and she handled Freddy’s education and self-esteem with such care. When there are some things revealed towards the end, she doesn’t hesitate to do the right things and she ends up being Freddy’s biggest support system.

While Ro was a great support for Freddy, he was just the same for her. My heart broke for Freddy and all he had to go through. While he portrays this cool and confident guy, he’s really hurting on the inside after being betrayed by someone who took advantage of his situation. He was also there for Ro throughout the entire book. I just loved how he stood up for her and protected her.

There’s a reason this book is called Unloved and it’s what these two have in common. They both feel like they are unloveable in their own situations. Together they help each other heal and in the process fall for one another. I do love the found family these two have with Sadie, who is Ro’s roommate, and the rest of the hockey team.

I will say, I did not think this book was going to be this deep and emotional. I found myself in tears so many times. This is deeper than just a hockey romance and I really enjoyed it. Overall, I would recommend this book.

Thank you Peyton Corinne, Atria Book and NetGalley for the ARC for an honest review.

My rating: (3,5) ⭐⭐⭐⭐

The perfect book for parallel reading. Want to reread part one? Do it while reading part two.

Tropes:
- Hockey romance
- ADHD / dyslexia / dyscalculia
- Tutor girl & playboy jock
- Angsty romance
- Secret pining
- Opposites attract
- Slow burn
- Friends to lovers
- Dual POV

It was hard for me to read about Ro and Tyler’s toxic relationship—so many times I wanted to use him as a punching bag.

It hurt to read about Freddy and what happened to him on his life journey.

I love the protective side of Ro and Freddy, how they genuinely care for each other.

Unfortunately, the book has many moments that remain unanswered. It’s unclear why Ro stayed with Tyler for so long if she let go of him so quickly. She suffered with him but kept holding on. It remains unclear why Ro never called her parents herself, yet reacted so easily when Freddie contacted her mother. Unfortunately, it wasn’t possible to love Ro the way Sadie could be loved.

Now I really want to read Kane and Bennett's stories.

I recommend it to fans of Haley and Nathan from One Tree Hill.

Thank you to NetGalley and Atria Books for providing this book in exchange for an honest review.