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A Photo Finish by Elsie Silver
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it was amazing
bookshelves: may, 6-star-reads

♾️+/5★

Tell me why this was the most perfect romance book I’ve EVER read?!?! This is my new all time favourite romance book and I will accept no criticism about it!! In my eyes it is pure perfection and if anyone disagrees than keep it to yourself because I will hear NONE OF IT!!!

The fact that it is also SO much more than just a romance book!! It deals with so many different topics such as insecurities, self-development, PTSD, therapy, self-love, acceptance, trust and so so so much more!! I felt so seen while reading this book!

I really related a lot to both main characters and seeing them go through so much individually and together, broke and healed my heart. I was rooting for them since page one and love them more than anything!!

This book just shows you that you’re not alone in this world and you’ll never be and that self-love is one of the most important loves to ever exist! It also shows that there are people who are willing to love you and be there for you no matter what and I believe that that is the most beautiful thing ever.

This book really brought me to tears and I feel such a deep connection to both the FMC and the MMC and their stories. Both individually and together. They own my heart and soul and I love them to infinity and beyond!

Their romance story was one of the most beautiful ones I’ve ever seen!! I’m honestly not the biggest second-chance fan but this book was so freaking amazing!!! The dual time-lines, dual POV, the grumpy x sunshine, the “he hates everyone but her” trope… I was just EVERYTHING!!!!

It also really showed us into depth about how much these two really mean to one another and how deeply they understand each other!! You can truly feel their connection through the pages and see how strongly they’re meant for one another! The way they fight for AND with one another warms my heart!! They’re true soulmates and their love story is one that I’ll definitely never forget about!!


𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐈 𝐚𝐛𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤:

𝘝𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘦’𝘴 (𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵) 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘺 𝘴𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘴. 𝘐𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘝𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦.

𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘝𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘵’𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦, 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘝𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘏𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘪𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘧𝘵 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘧𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨..

𝘝𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘴𝘰𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘭𝘦𝘨 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 (𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵) 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨. 𝘐 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘝𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧.

𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘝𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭. 𝘐𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘺…

𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵, 𝘝𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘶𝘮𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘺 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦. 𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘮. 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘪𝘵𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩..


And there are many, MANY more moments in this book that had me absolutely GAGGING and on my goddamn knees!!! I was literally grinning, crying, giggling, kicking my feet and so much more while reading this novel! It made me feel all of the right emotions and I honestly can’t get enough of them!! I will be thinking about them forever and ever and I’m honestly so sad to say goodbye to them because they’re definitely right now one of my favourite couples ever!!!

Overall, I highly recommend this book! It made me believe in true love again and I honestly wish and would die for a love story like that to happen to me! It is also such a HUGE improvement from book 1!! It was just so perfect and I will definitely be rereading it in the near future!! Miss Elsie Silver is a GENIUS!!!
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Reading Progress

May 19, 2023 – Shelved
May 19, 2023 – Shelved as: to-read
May 23, 2023 – Started Reading
May 23, 2023 –
6.0% "I’m sorry but I already like this so much better than the first book 🤭"
May 23, 2023 –
8.0% "The way they already have so much chemistry ugh I’m not ok 🫠"
May 23, 2023 –
12.0% "Ohhhh I love the concept of this book🤭"
May 23, 2023 –
15.0% "I’m already squealing my ass off
Maybe I do like second chance romances.. 🫣"
May 23, 2023 –
20.0% "We love the obvious sexual tension 🤭"
May 23, 2023 –
23.0% "Poor Vi… :/"
May 23, 2023 –
25.0% "Holy shit the tension between them is ON FIRE i love it 😮‍💨"
May 23, 2023 –
28.0% "He literally has the BIGGEST soft spot for her I’m crying 😭😭"
May 23, 2023 –
32.0% "Cole needs more than a drink lmao he needs to get laid"
May 23, 2023 –
33.0% "“Nobody wants to hear about my shit, and I don’t want to scare her away.”

The way I can relate to this sooooo badly makes me tear up.. poor Cole :("
May 23, 2023 –
36.0% "The way I could write a whole essay about how amazing chapter 11 was 🥹
Seeing Cole comfortable, Violet noticing the small details in Cole’s body language and thereby adjusting to them, Cole laughing for the first time and so much more!!!
I’m literally grinning so hard rn 🤭"
May 23, 2023 –
41.0% "I think I just screamed
HE’S SUCH A SOFTIE FOR VIOLET I’M DYING 😫😫😫
He freaking build a cabin for her horse even though he doesn’t like horses… BUT HE LIKES HER 🫠"
May 23, 2023 –
43.0% "When they both protect one another 😫🫠"
May 23, 2023 –
47.0% "Istg these two are raising my standards up even higher than they already are!!!!!
THIS BOOK IS ALREADY A 5 STAR READ FOR ME 😫😫"
May 23, 2023 –
51.0% "The way they make my heart flutter and ache at the same time 🫠"
May 23, 2023 –
54.0% "“Ugh.” She drops her head back on the seat and throws an arm over her eyes. “Every time you laugh, it’s at me!”
I chuckle because it’s true. “Yeah, but I laugh with you more than I’ve laughed in years.”

I’M NOT OK 😭"
May 23, 2023 –
60.0% "The freaking plot twist?! I honestly didn’t expect that and I love Cole even more now 😭
Istg they own my heart 🥹"
May 23, 2023 –
61.0% "“I think I’m just going to keep writing to you, even if you never come back. I need this.”

Crying 😭😭😭"
May 23, 2023 –
63.0% "I just love how Cole feels so comfortable and lighthearted around Violet 🥹"
May 23, 2023 –
67.0% "Yesssss I’m crying but also smiling we love it 🥹"
May 23, 2023 –
71.0% "I LOVE THEM AND THIS BOOK SO MUCH IT HURTS 😭😭😭😭
I don’t want their story to come to an end :(("
May 23, 2023 –
73.0% "We stan Trixie on this account 🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻"
May 23, 2023 –
75.0% "Cole is so unpredictable I love him"
May 23, 2023 –
78.0% "I hope that there’ll be no third-act conflict because these two definitely do not deserve to go through something like that.. they’ve already been through enough"
May 23, 2023 –
80.0% "“I blink at her, scanning her face for some sign that she might be joking. Because in what universe does this woman want me to be an us with her. I literally shake my head and count my lucky fucking stars. And then I kiss her hard, hold her to me tight, and show her how badly I want to be an us.”

😭😭😭"
May 23, 2023 –
82.0% "Nononononono please anything but that"
May 23, 2023 –
84.0% "My heart = broken 😀"
May 23, 2023 –
87.0% "I’m crying so hard rn.. istg this book is something else"
May 23, 2023 –
90.0% "Cole and Billie’s friendship is so underrated and so amazing I love them!"
May 23, 2023 –
93.0% "I LOVE LOVE 😭"
May 23, 2023 – Shelved as: may
May 23, 2023 – Shelved as: 6-star-reads
May 23, 2023 – Finished Reading

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Laura This one and the next one are perfection!


moniqueॱ◌̥*⃝̣ ⋆ @Laura So excited to get to them!!


message 3: by tanya (new)

tanya the first sentence of the synopsis has me dying 💀


moniqueॱ◌̥*⃝̣ ⋆ @tanya I was also flabbergasted when I read that but trust the process 🤭


♡Gabi♡ [life & work is chaotic hiatus] wonderful review and need to get to this series!!!😍💗


moniqueॱ◌̥*⃝̣ ⋆ @Gabi Thank youuu 🫶🏻 hope you’ll love it 🩷


VALERIA pls read elsie’s other books if u haven’t (especially heartless!!)


moniqueॱ◌̥*⃝̣ ⋆ @val Already did and love them all 🤭


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