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Bennett Reiner, the carefully controlled, neurodivergent goalie, has his routines and sticks to them, which helps him keep a hold on his OCD compulsions and the crippling anxiety that comes with them. The quiet and meticulous Bennett sees everything, especially the girl beneath Paloma's ever-present masks. And he always has.
Unbeknownst to their friends, Bennett and Paloma were each other's first real love, which ended in crippling heartbreak. Bennett still doesn't know what happened, and Paloma is determined to stay away from the comfort she used to find only in his arms. For years, Bennett has remained her protective shadow, coming to Paloma's rescue whenever she asked, keeping her as close and safe as she'll let him. But, like a tumultuous sea to a constant shore, Bennett and Paloma find each other once more.
Alternating between scenes from their past and present, Unbound contrasts the tentative tension and passionate beginnings of first love with the devastating loneliness and deep yearning of having that love ripped away from you without truly knowing why. As Bennett discovers the truth about Paloma's past, the threads to his careful control start to come unbound, and both begin to realize that letting go of everything else might be worth it, if it means they both get the real love they once shared again.
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💔 Paloma & Bennett 💔
𝐮𝐧𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 — 𝚙𝚎𝚢𝚝𝚘𝚗 𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚗𝚎 ♾️★ I don't think I can describe in words, how much I love this book, the characters, the whole series, but I'll try it, because this book means so much to me. I fell in love with 𝐔𝐧𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 from the very first chapter. I always loves Peyton's writing style, he's so beautiful, poetic and intense, she could literally write anything and I would read it. If I had annotated the book, not a single page would have been left blank, because there were so many beautiful sentences and quotes that I couldn't count them. I actually don't really like poetry, but the way Bennett and Paloma talk about it made me kind of love it. I also love Peyton for addressing heavy topics like OCD and autism. I never read a book with these topics before, what makes me sad, because they're so important – not just for me. I've wanted to read Paloma's story ever since I first met her in »Unsteady«. I knew it would be painful and heartbreaking...and yes, it was. Palome is a character I just want to hug. I just want to say that it was not her fault, what happened to her, that I love her, that she's loved, and that she. is. important. It hurt so much to read about what she had to go through. she had a terrible childhood, was surrounded by only bad people, and never felt loved. until she meets Bennett, and seeing her healed healed me. But it hurt again to read how she kept pushing him away and couldn't believe that she deserved anything good, that she deserved HIM. Bennett is a character through whom I felt seen. I also have autism, and even though we don't have the same symptoms, the fact that there is a book about a character who is just a little bit like me has healed something inside me. Bennett also became one of my favorite characters and my favorite book boyfriend in the series. he loves Paloma is a way I can't describe in words. the way he years for her, the way he always thinks about her, and how he makes her feel loved and important...I adore him so much. he's. perfect. Palomas and Bennett's love story is one I will never read again because it is unique. It is beautiful, gentle, healing, painful, heartbreaking...and I loved every single line of it, no matter how often I cried and cursed the author for causing so much pain to the characters. I love dual timelines, even though it was very painful to read, and I really wish I could have spared the characters the pain. I read the book in one day and will need at least 10 to get over it – which I will probably never manage, because this book will forever have a place in my heart and I'm sure I will think about it every day. thank you, @peyton corinne for this masterpiece of a book, for all the tears, the pain, and the smiles. I wish I could convince everyone to read this book.
3,5 ⭐️ „Fear I know well, because I’ve been that girl. The one who wanted friendship so desperately she would’ve bent herself into every shape to capture it.“ „poetry is easy. Recognizing idioms, figurative language, things that aren’t literal. Talking to people, conversation-that’s the harder piece. I don’t always pick up un it, especially if the conversation is moving too fast. Locker room talk, hockey slang, they’re all things I had to meticulously practice to understand. And even then I never participate. Only listen.“ This book was filled with countless scenes like these, that I felt so deeply that it made me feel sick to my stomach. Bennett has autism and OCD and Paloma has anxiety and a very sad backstory. Both of the characters went through therapy in this book and the mental health rep was really the focus in this book. I cried 2 times towards the end when Paloma was confronted with her past and the way Bennetts dad took care of her healed something in me. Now you might wonder why I only rated this book 3,5 stars rounded down, so here are the reasons for that: Firstly this book could have been easily 150 pages shorter! Some things where dragged out soo much and then some things felt rushed. Also the constant flashbacks where soo annoying. I don’t need 5 chapters of flashbacks every 3 chapters! There was literally no need for so many flashbacks. I do defend the opinion that too many flashbacks make a book seem messy because there are kind of two stories pushed into one book. And additionally while I do get that Bennett is afraid of losing her and loving her so much and everything, the love in this book was just really obsessive, kind of in a toxic way that is really unhealthy. You should be happy on your own and I am such a romantic person and I’m full of love myself, so if I say it’s too weird and too much it must mean sth. However I liked this book and I’m soo excited for lily’s and Torrens book! Hopefully there will be no constant flashbacks in that one.
4.5⭐ AAHHHH Bennett is a YEARNER!! I LOVED this book. I felt sick. The mental health rep was so well done and realistic. THEIR LOVE IS SO RAW! Anyway, the glimpses of Toren Kane had me FOLDING like a lawn chair cause in this series, every MMC is like my son, protect at all costs but Kane, this man... AND THE NEXT BOOK IS ABOUT HIM AND ITS SECOND CHANCE TOO!!! I saw this man YEARN in this book and it wasn't even his. I will BE THERE Day 1, hour 1. Also... Something is going on with Holden....
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Description
Bennett Reiner, the carefully controlled, neurodivergent goalie, has his routines and sticks to them, which helps him keep a hold on his OCD compulsions and the crippling anxiety that comes with them. The quiet and meticulous Bennett sees everything, especially the girl beneath Paloma's ever-present masks. And he always has.
Unbeknownst to their friends, Bennett and Paloma were each other's first real love, which ended in crippling heartbreak. Bennett still doesn't know what happened, and Paloma is determined to stay away from the comfort she used to find only in his arms. For years, Bennett has remained her protective shadow, coming to Paloma's rescue whenever she asked, keeping her as close and safe as she'll let him. But, like a tumultuous sea to a constant shore, Bennett and Paloma find each other once more.
Alternating between scenes from their past and present, Unbound contrasts the tentative tension and passionate beginnings of first love with the devastating loneliness and deep yearning of having that love ripped away from you without truly knowing why. As Bennett discovers the truth about Paloma's past, the threads to his careful control start to come unbound, and both begin to realize that letting go of everything else might be worth it, if it means they both get the real love they once shared again.
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💔 Paloma & Bennett 💔
𝐮𝐧𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 — 𝚙𝚎𝚢𝚝𝚘𝚗 𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚗𝚎 ♾️★ I don't think I can describe in words, how much I love this book, the characters, the whole series, but I'll try it, because this book means so much to me. I fell in love with 𝐔𝐧𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 from the very first chapter. I always loves Peyton's writing style, he's so beautiful, poetic and intense, she could literally write anything and I would read it. If I had annotated the book, not a single page would have been left blank, because there were so many beautiful sentences and quotes that I couldn't count them. I actually don't really like poetry, but the way Bennett and Paloma talk about it made me kind of love it. I also love Peyton for addressing heavy topics like OCD and autism. I never read a book with these topics before, what makes me sad, because they're so important – not just for me. I've wanted to read Paloma's story ever since I first met her in »Unsteady«. I knew it would be painful and heartbreaking...and yes, it was. Palome is a character I just want to hug. I just want to say that it was not her fault, what happened to her, that I love her, that she's loved, and that she. is. important. It hurt so much to read about what she had to go through. she had a terrible childhood, was surrounded by only bad people, and never felt loved. until she meets Bennett, and seeing her healed healed me. But it hurt again to read how she kept pushing him away and couldn't believe that she deserved anything good, that she deserved HIM. Bennett is a character through whom I felt seen. I also have autism, and even though we don't have the same symptoms, the fact that there is a book about a character who is just a little bit like me has healed something inside me. Bennett also became one of my favorite characters and my favorite book boyfriend in the series. he loves Paloma is a way I can't describe in words. the way he years for her, the way he always thinks about her, and how he makes her feel loved and important...I adore him so much. he's. perfect. Palomas and Bennett's love story is one I will never read again because it is unique. It is beautiful, gentle, healing, painful, heartbreaking...and I loved every single line of it, no matter how often I cried and cursed the author for causing so much pain to the characters. I love dual timelines, even though it was very painful to read, and I really wish I could have spared the characters the pain. I read the book in one day and will need at least 10 to get over it – which I will probably never manage, because this book will forever have a place in my heart and I'm sure I will think about it every day. thank you, @peyton corinne for this masterpiece of a book, for all the tears, the pain, and the smiles. I wish I could convince everyone to read this book.
3,5 ⭐️ „Fear I know well, because I’ve been that girl. The one who wanted friendship so desperately she would’ve bent herself into every shape to capture it.“ „poetry is easy. Recognizing idioms, figurative language, things that aren’t literal. Talking to people, conversation-that’s the harder piece. I don’t always pick up un it, especially if the conversation is moving too fast. Locker room talk, hockey slang, they’re all things I had to meticulously practice to understand. And even then I never participate. Only listen.“ This book was filled with countless scenes like these, that I felt so deeply that it made me feel sick to my stomach. Bennett has autism and OCD and Paloma has anxiety and a very sad backstory. Both of the characters went through therapy in this book and the mental health rep was really the focus in this book. I cried 2 times towards the end when Paloma was confronted with her past and the way Bennetts dad took care of her healed something in me. Now you might wonder why I only rated this book 3,5 stars rounded down, so here are the reasons for that: Firstly this book could have been easily 150 pages shorter! Some things where dragged out soo much and then some things felt rushed. Also the constant flashbacks where soo annoying. I don’t need 5 chapters of flashbacks every 3 chapters! There was literally no need for so many flashbacks. I do defend the opinion that too many flashbacks make a book seem messy because there are kind of two stories pushed into one book. And additionally while I do get that Bennett is afraid of losing her and loving her so much and everything, the love in this book was just really obsessive, kind of in a toxic way that is really unhealthy. You should be happy on your own and I am such a romantic person and I’m full of love myself, so if I say it’s too weird and too much it must mean sth. However I liked this book and I’m soo excited for lily’s and Torrens book! Hopefully there will be no constant flashbacks in that one.
4.5⭐ AAHHHH Bennett is a YEARNER!! I LOVED this book. I felt sick. The mental health rep was so well done and realistic. THEIR LOVE IS SO RAW! Anyway, the glimpses of Toren Kane had me FOLDING like a lawn chair cause in this series, every MMC is like my son, protect at all costs but Kane, this man... AND THE NEXT BOOK IS ABOUT HIM AND ITS SECOND CHANCE TOO!!! I saw this man YEARN in this book and it wasn't even his. I will BE THERE Day 1, hour 1. Also... Something is going on with Holden....