![]() I really want to see a stronger relationship between Jadyn and Phillip, one where Jadyn isn't self sabotaging every good thing in her life. I'm really hoping that the That Baby book will be better. That Boy, really touched me when I read it, but That Wedding almost had me hating both Phillip and Jadyn. Jadyn is incapable of having real conversations with Phillip because they almost always end up in bed together and the talking never. Jadyn and Phillip use sex to solve their problems which I find really childish. Don't me wrong I do read erotica, but you are expecting it. I think what turned me off was the constant sex in the book. Jadyn continues her selfish and destructive behavior when it comes to her relationship with Phillip. ![]() First off if you are looking for more of the Phillip and Jadyn love story, you won't really find it until the very, very end of the book. That being said, I was majorly disappointed with That Wedding. ![]() Review 1: Okay let me first off say that I really wanted to love this book! I loved That Boy so much and I had very high expectations for the sequel. ![]()
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I'm in a 'never say never' sort of way with him, but I am starting to get annoyed at the way he handles his internet presence since it's just.weird to keep playing up Book 3 when he refuses to say anything meaningful on it. ![]() ![]() That said, his QnA's usually aren't great because he doesn't want to give away anything substantial, so it's like "will Bast have lines in book 3" "Yes he will". The thing I find weird is that he's been more open to talking about Book 3 on twitter more than he's been in the past. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Milne speculated that he was an only child because "he had been a long time coming." From an early age, Milne was cared for by his nanny Olive "Nou" Rand Brockwell, until May 1930, when he entered boarding school. 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