Quick Overview/Ratings
My overall rating: 
/5
Spice rating: 
/5
On KU: Yes, this book is available on Kindle Unlimited (as of publishing)
POV: Dual POV
Audiobook Narration Style: The audiobook has two narrators read using Dual POV Narration
Writing Style: First person
Setting: United States Small Town
Plot Summary: The Words by A. Jade (Ashley Jade)
Phoenix Walker had everything: talent, charisma, and a bright future that everyone in their small town could see. But behind the bravado and the guitar strings was a boy desperate to escape his father, his pain, and the chains of his circumstances.
Lennon Michael was his opposite in every way—quiet, overlooked, and content to stay in the shadows. She never thought she’d mean anything to someone like Phoenix. But when she becomes his tutor, an unlikely friendship forms, one that slowly transforms into something deeper.
Until he shatters her trust in the most unforgivable way.
Years later, Phoenix is a rock star adored by millions, while Lennon is haunted by the betrayal that nearly broke her. When fate pulls her back into his orbit—one tour, eight weeks, forty shows—Lennon has a chance to make him pay.
But as old wounds reopen and the truth behind Phoenix’s choices comes to light, Lennon is forced to confront a question she’s been running from for years: Can love survive when it’s built on a foundation of lies and pain?
The Words is an emotional, angst-filled journey of betrayal, second chances, and the raw power of forgiveness.
Book Notes
- Friends to lovers
- Enemies to lovers (yes, both!)
- He falls first
- He falls harder
- Gritty small town setting
- Slow burn
- Second chance romance
- Grumpy x Sunshiine
- Morally grey MMC
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