Book Talk Review; Worth The Chance

I am at a loss.

Verity Jones has always been true to themself; even when it meant coming out as nonbinary at a young age and losing the love of their friends and parents. Years later, Verity is ensnared in a complicated, consuming, but purely platonic relationship with their best friend Landon. When Landon’s high-school sweetheart re-enters the picture, Verity finds themself alone for the first time since college. 

Content with the status quo, Aaron Hoffman finds his tight-knit circle of friends shaken up when Gregory introduces him to Landon, and Landon’s roommate and business partner, Verity. From the first time they speak, Aaron is fascinated by the elusive, rose-scented person behind the bar at Rapture. Determined to know them better, Aaron focuses his attention on convincing Verity he’s worth their time. 

Aaron’s steadfastness and patience offer Verity the stability they’re looking for, giving them both a place to explore new facets to the dynamic lifestyle they’d lived in the past. After a surprising holiday back home in Missouri, Verity realizes the person they’re meant to be isn’t who they thought they were. Venturing into the unknown is daunting, but to find love, Verity and Aaron will need to take the chance. 

Worth the Chance is book four in the Giving Consent Series. It's 75,000 words of angsty, kinky, BDSM featuring one sassy nonbinary main character, the beefy man they're fascinated by, a kitchen full of goats, and an unfortunately placed platter of breakfast meat.

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Worth The Chance blew me away. I’ve been looking for the book that will help kick start my reading journey for 2019 and I just found it.

I can count on one hand the number of books that have left me speechless, this is one of them.

Aaron was nothing like I expected him to be. In the previous books, he was kind of generic. I didn’t really see how it was going to work between them. I thought he was arrogant and that he really didn’t understand what he wanted by going after Verity and submitting for them. He’s sweet. So sweet it’s almost sickening. Almost. How he cares for Verity, so patient, so open. It was very easy to see that I misjudged Aaron and I regretted that after I got to know him.

Verity was so much more than I thought they would be. They were also so lost. The confidence they showed us in all the other books was only half real and it hurt to see their beautiful soul hurting. We learn alot about Verity in this book. We learn their insecurities, their fears, and we also get to learn who they really are as they evolved.

The Evil Word Magician really tested the limits of her storytelling in this book. She gave us a love story that proved that someone can love you for who you are, no matter who that may be. Aaron and Verity both go through transformations, but they don’t falter. They love each other through it and because of that love they are able to grow into the people they were always meant to be.

Aaron may think he needs to submit to Verity, and in a way he does. From the beginning, Aaron submits and shows Verity that whatever lifestyle they choose to live will be the one for them. My heart broke as Verity broke down their walls and they learned that what they thought they knew about themselves wasn’t true at all. The bones of their personality was hidden under snark, their meddling nature, and the firm hand they loaned Landon throughout the years. Aaron didn’t break through those walls, but gradually get Verity to trust him so they would lower the defenses themselves. It was beautiful to see.

Kate Hawthrone wrote a book that shows how love is supposed to feel. She didn’t make either character change or have a revelation about themselves because it fit the other one. No, she wrote them the way they were both supposed to be written. Aaron and Verity think they knew who they were before they moved forward with their relationship, but being together only allowed them the freedom to evolve into the people they were always supposed to be.

 This book is about evolution, it’s about loving someone in all their forms, and it’s about found family. There’s a scene that made me cry because it was so perfect. It was family and love and it was real and I loved that not only Verity got to experience that, but all of the Giving Consent characters.

I’m a little sad that this story is over because it’s such a good series. I’ve been obsessed with it since book one, even though I want to punch Landon a lot of the time. This series is intense. The play scenes feel so real at times and the dynamics, not just between the couples, but everyone was interesting. They were more than friends and I loved how they interacted. From almost lube free bacon sex, to Jack not being anyone’s Daddy but Callum’s, to the pearl-wearing Ed, these characters burrowed their way into my heart and made the list of books I’d re-read.

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“You deserve more than you allow yourself.”

“All Verity felt was Aaron. This insurmountable force of nature beneath them that made them so eager as to break down their walls and cast aside their protections.”   

He’d repeat every action, every promise, every word, every day, until it was the right promise at the right time on the right day.”

“I know who you are today, Ver. And I may not know who you’ll be tomorrow, but I’ll love them, too.”

-Abri