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Shiver
By: Giuliana Victoria
Publication Date: March 20, 2025
Published By: Self Published
495 pages
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Luca is in the for the shock of his life when he finds out that his ex girlfriend has had baby, he’s the father, and she no longer wants the baby. He decides to step up and be a father to Gia and hires Samara, an attorney, to make sure that he keeps his legal rights. Samara always looks her clients up before taking them on, and what she finds out about Luca, she does not like. He’s a hockey player that seems to like hooking up with girls every night. She even found a story of him bringing an unknown girl to an abortion clinic – which really rubs her the wrong way. Samara has PCOS and after a few rounds of IVF, is dealing with still not being able to get pregnant. Now he’s faking being her boyfriend for her family and she attends his brother’s wedding with him. But will her distaste for him change?
When I saw that this book had PCOS representation, I was all for it. It’s very rare that a book talks openly about this and I was excited for it. There are so many struggles surrounding PCOS and most people don’t even know what they are; amongst other things, like weird hair growth and weight gain, trouble conceiving is one of them. I was diagnosed with PCOS at 16 and was told it was going to be really hard for me to have children, if I was able to have any at all. That was a LONG time ago and science has come a long way since then. I have two beautiful boys, but I’m VERY lucky. Not all are as lucky.
Luca is the ultimate cinnamon roll MMC. He’s got this tough exterior but he’s so sweet and giving of himself. I fell in love with him falling for Samara. I really loved tough as nails Samara though. She wasn’t mean or nasty, she was just sassy; she could take it and give it back. She had spunk. Her growth and acknowledgement of her judgment of Luca was beautiful.
Luca was an amazing dad to Gia, struggles and all. I also really loved his family. They were so supportive and kind. Hey Luca… got another brother?! haha! All kidding aside, I really enjoyed this book. I do wish it had a little bit more about PCOS but I understand the author’s choice of it not being too over the top.
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