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Paloma Blake is, at best, antagonistic. But beneath the hairspray, attitude, and promiscuity is a scared girl whose trauma runs deep. Still, the walls she's built are strong, ensuring everyone only sees Paloma's sexy façade. Everyone except for Bennett.

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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ISBN9781399756266
PublisherHodder And Stoughton Ltd.
Publication Date04/07/26
Pages496

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  • 💔 Paloma & Bennett 💔

    »I would crawl through broken glass to get to you.« – Bennett Reiner [my man] I'm going to cry so hard. appears on April 7th.

    💔 Paloma & Bennett 💔

    Feb 22, 2026

  • 5.0

    💔 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.

    💔 Paloma & Bennett 💔

    Apr 10, 2026

  • marobi
    marobi

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    3.5

    Die ersten zwei Teile dieser Reihe waren 5 Sterne für mich. Dementsprechend war meine Erwartung für dieses Buch. Vielleicht waren sie zu hoch und konnten leider nicht erfüllt werden. Ich mochte die Charaktere aber konnte sie nicht als Paar sehen. Es hat der Geschichte auch nicht gut getan diese in zwei Zeitsträngen zu erzählen, da ich so den einen Zeitstrang nicht fühlen konnte ohne den Hintergund/Aufbau deren Gefühle zu kennen. Ich freue mich aber wieder sehr auf den nächsten Teil, der schon im Herbst kommen soll, da ich die kommenden Charaktere super interessant finde 😊

    Jun 13, 2026

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