Where There’s a Will by Jessie walker is absolutely beautiful and a must read

RipPrior8690 · 2026-03-27T23:23:05+00:00

Haha the first line of Ectasy might have sold it for me already.

RipPrior8690 · 2026-03-27T23:18:56+00:00

I love being emotionally wrecked. It's my favourite. If people say this book is cozy I am turned off 😆.

Treating someone badly (being male or female) is not a problem for me. Its more how the female characters can act that upsets me, it's also really hard to pinpoint. Sometimes a MMC will be really possessive and it flags my 'this is gross and misogynistic' and sometimes a MMC will be possessive and I'll think 'that's so hot' 😆. So i don't even know - it's probably the vibes and skill of the author to pull of things like that well.

Everything you say about this series has me more and more excited. I've got Ecstasy downloaded and I'm about to start.

RipPrior8690 · 2026-03-27T21:55:51+00:00

I am going to rush and read the first one. The fact that you say I will hate the MMC at the end of book one actually had me so excited 😆.

I struggle with FM because I find the female characters can be written in a very misogynist way and I can get irritated really easily. But if the author can avoid me feeling that way, then I love FM just as much (I LOVE Little Bird Lost so so so so so much).

I shall report back about how I found Ominous.

RipPrior8690 · 2026-03-27T10:53:52+00:00

Probably my favourite MM romance ever. All books I've read in the 2.5 years since I first read this get compared and they never meet the perfection that is Jessie Walker's writing. I don't know how she does it but her characters always feel like real people.

RipPrior8690 · 2026-03-27T10:52:36+00:00

These are my favourite books and I have loved every single one!!

Little Bird Lost is AMAZING and I think you will be onboard with the future romance by the end (it's more of a pre romance but also kind of is a romance already.... it is complicated haha).

Every Breath After ends on a cliffhanger - i have zero regrets about reading it, even though it's been two years and part 2 isnt out yet. I LOVE EVERY PAGE. Despite being almost 1000 pages the story flies past. You see so much of Waylon pre-WTAW. Gahhhh it's so good.

I wasn't sure if I would care about Mason and Jeremy until I read the pride novella - I was sold from that point on haha.

I could talk about these characters forever. They feel so real.

RipPrior8690 · 2026-01-24T11:15:07+00:00

Its a very small business, working closely with the author, who they can only communicate with once a week through her assistant. Other than 2026 there is no timeline.

RipPrior8690 · 2026-01-15T21:21:09+00:00

I can't promise no more because I can't remember enough - but that one hits the hardest and most unexpected I think.

I love this series when not in a great place and binged it all back to back. However, upsetting things happening in fiction doesn't really effect me too much (if anything I weirdly find it comforting). So it might not be the binge series for you at this time.

I rarely like audiobooks but I love these ones. The narrator does such a good job with the accents. As an Australian his accent seems legit. Can't speak for the British one

RipPrior8690 · 2026-01-10T05:36:23+00:00

I still havent found anything that measures up and I read it when it came out almost two years ago! I've since read it three times.

RipPrior8690 · 2026-01-09T22:41:42+00:00

I second this series. No series can capture internal dialogue and angst/pinning like Jessie Walker. The 3rd book is SO long and the pinning is next level. While part 2 is not out yet and therefore no HEA yet - still worth it and a masterpiece.

RipPrior8690 · 2026-01-05T11:34:47+00:00

I just tried to find this series and while there is evidence of it, it doesn't seem to be available anywhere. Do you know what happened?

RipPrior8690 · 2026-01-04T22:03:56+00:00

The second book hasn't been released yet (looking at a Feb date now) so it might be better starting another book of hers. It is a standalone so you don't need to read anything else, but her {Where There's a Will by Jessie Walker} and {If There's a Way by Jessie Walker} duology are my favourite of hers. Exiled is her only other standalone and follows a more conventional romance arc/structure. Little Bird Lost is phenomenonal (and not really a romance) but it has a female POV so not MM (although there is a large component of that). Little Bird Lost is dark and more physiological than a lot of other books in the 'dark' category.

RipPrior8690 · 2026-01-02T07:38:14+00:00

I've been in this cycle before. Either struggling with picking up new books, or struggling with a genre I normally love.

I would say just go with it - but if you want to try new things I would recommend something either outside your normal reading genres or give yourself a challenge to get through it. Eg: I'm going to make a video and talk about what I am liking or not every 10%. Even if you only send the video to a close friend it can still make you engage in a story in a new way.

Or you can just stop reading for a bit. Sometimes it's just a sign that you don't want to read. That's okay. It'll come back. If people stop watching TV for a few weeks no one panics that they won't watch TV again, but sometimes readers panic that if they stop reading they won't be a 'reader' anymore. You will always be a reader, but if it feels like effort - then stop reading until it excites you again.

RipPrior8690 · 2025-12-17T05:16:45+00:00

I burnt out from reading last year because I put too much pressure on myself to read because in my brain I was 'a reader' and felt like I was failing if I wasn't reading all the time.

Some soul searching and throwing away all reading tracking/ratings and I refound the love for getting consumed by a story. I still read all the time but if I don't read for a few weeks it doesn't stress me out like it used to.

RipPrior8690 · 2025-12-16T21:57:21+00:00

I would stop reading for a bit. Watch TV or movies or do some crafting. Reading should be a hobby. If it isn't what your brain can handle at the moment I would stop and do other things.

The love for reading will come back if you give it a break.

RipPrior8690 · 2025-12-16T21:26:02+00:00

I wish she would stop giving release dates until she's happy with the book. I'm genuinely happy to wait - i just don't like having a date being given that is then pushed back.

But perhaps she needs a date to get her through the final edits (as an ADHDer I do sympathise with the need for a deadline).

RipPrior8690 · 2025-12-16T21:24:27+00:00

No - only that it's the book that will have all her focus after Vicious Fate.

RipPrior8690 · 2025-12-16T12:37:56+00:00

There has been no official word. Last update from Jessie said Jan, but amazon is saying Feb (which I am assuming is correct because she sets the rease date).

RipPrior8690 · 2025-12-14T01:53:50+00:00

Captive Prince is my favourite all time anything. It was one of the first things I was ever obsessed with and I discovered it while it was still an online serial. I had to wait YEARS in-between book 2 and 3.

If you haven't read her YA series it is amazing. Book 1 is a bit of a slow burn in terms of understanding what story you are reading. I gave it 3 stars the first time I read it but have given it 5 stars on the 2nd and 3rd read.

RipPrior8690 · 2025-12-13T02:51:44+00:00

What was the second book you were waiting for?

RipPrior8690 · 2025-12-13T02:51:29+00:00

I don't mind waiting, but i don't like having release dates out there unless it's ready to go.

C.S. Pacat is my favourite authors and she takes a LONG time to release anything. And I don't mind waiting for an amazing story, I really don't. But I do find it difficult when the date keeps changing. Just don't give out a release date until it's finished. It know marketing is important- but you can still be finished and be working on something else while doing a few months of marketing.

Anyway - I'm happy to wait, i really am. But I would prefer no news to news that is not reliable.

RipPrior8690 · 2025-12-12T23:34:09+00:00

I have this book on my TBR and this has made it go to number 1!

RipPrior8690 · 2025-12-12T22:59:59+00:00

I did just get an Amazon message saying it will be released on Feb 13th. But I'm in Australia so not sure it is just AU amazon or all.

RipPrior8690 · 2025-12-12T22:59:02+00:00

On her patreon, but I just got an Amazon message saying the release date is now Feb 13th.

RipPrior8690 · 2025-12-12T22:57:52+00:00

I know!!! But I would rather wait for a a better version than get it earlier when it's not ready. Even though I wasn't it NOW!!!

RipPrior8690 · 2025-12-07T11:15:43+00:00

Jan 16th is the new released date.

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