As usual, it all started with TikTok.
I probably started reading the manhwa Kiss Me If You Can this year (or maybe last year). I really liked the drawing(Joshua is incredible) and the story was generally okay, so since the manhwa was still being published, I put it aside to wait for more chapters to come out (at that point, I had no intention of reading the novel or delving deeper into the Zig universe).
But this week, while I was on TikTok, I came across a video of two girls making funny sketches based on manhwas/novels and I was hooked for about two hours (I love all sorts of fandom memes). So after all these videos about Zig novels, plus I think many of you saw that chapter that came out this year with the scene with Chase as a girl (wow, just wow), I decided to reread the manhwa and then I decided to read the novel. I liked the novel (I'm becoming increasingly convinced that I definitely have some kind of possessiveness/jealousy kink).
So I continued to binge on TikTok for all sorts of funny stuff about the Millers and their partners and in the process, I learned about the Miller family tree, the joke about the grandfather, etc. And something made me read the novel about Nathaniel, the eldest of the six Miller children - Run away if you can.
I've seen a lot of videos where they say he's a spitting image of his grandfather (I don't know what's in the novel about Dominic and, frankly, I don't plan to read it). I was a bit apprehensive (I'm not a fan of abusive relationships between characters, scenes of violence, and all that), but since I adore detective stories and really love the dynamic where the mc and ml are lawyers or detectives, I took the risk and started reading it.
And spoiler alert... I absolutely loved this novel. So we have a dominant alpha who is arrogant and cold who is drowning in boredom because he has everything and can get anyone and then he meets a bold beta prosecutor who refuses to sleep with him. Seriously, I'm always up for this trope where characters like Nathaniel end up falling in love and are willing to do anything for their partners.
I read novel in a day and I absolutely loved it. Leaving aside some points (I'm still under the general impression of the book so I'm ignoring the part with the basement (my brain is trying to convince me that it only happened once and overall despite the traumatic experience for Chrissy, it ended well).
So for anyone who enjoys the dynamic from enemies to lovers and also likes abo, you might enjoy this novel.
But spoiler (there are scenes of violence and other things, so if that's not acceptable for you, then don't read).
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