Things We Left Behind (The Knockemout Series #3)
- May 29, 2024
- 2 min read
Updated: May 30, 2024
Written by: Lucy Score
Goodreads Avg. Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.43
My Star Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Spice Rating: 🌶🌶🌶🌶🌶
(There were quite a few spicy scenes that were pretty graphic, lots of innuendos throughout the book. This one has a little bit more than the other two.)
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Please note for the spice guide that the page numbers are based on the paperback copy as seen in the pictures. Page numbers may vary between copies.
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My Review:
This is the third book in the Knockemout series. It follows our main character, Sloane (who is friends with both girls in the previous books) and Lucian (who is the boys in the previous series best friend). Throughout the last books in the series, Lucian and Sloane act like they hate each other and there are references to their past but we don't get any information. I was so excited for this book because there is so much tension between the characters and they seemed so mysterious because we didn't know hardly anything about their previous relationship.
Lucian is a mogul working on building an empire and Sloane works at the local library. This is dual POV and I loved to see both their work places through their perspectives. It is also past and present timeline which I loved seeing and watching everything in their past unfold. There is an over arching mystery in all three books in the series but it was a little bit less of a focus in this one because both of our characters weren't completely involved in it and I thought that was totally fine!
I loved seeing the friendships in this book and their separate baggage and how it effected themselves and their relationship with each other. I did not want this book to end, I loved it from beginning to end. I could read this book over and over, it was my favorite in the series!
Spice Guide
(Drop-down contains exactly where to skip—down to the sentence—and any important information missed. It may include spoilers)
Light Steamy Scene — Chapter 9, Page 130
Skip after "I don't," I insisted huffily.
Sloane has been fantasizing about being this close to Lucian for as long as she can remember
Neither of them can seem to control themselves
They are about to kiss before they get interrupted
Lucian’s assistant tells them Sloane’s friends are waiting and Lucian has an emergency call from Boston.
Continue reading on Page 132 at "Out," he snapped without looking away from me.
Heavy Spice Scene — Chapter 20, Page 277
Skip after She shifted on her stool to turn away from me, but I was faster.
They decide one night will get this out of their systems and they can go back to hating each other
Continue reading at the beginning of Chapter 22
Heavy Spice Scene — Chapter 23, Page 305
Skip after "Excuse me?" Her squeak was indignant and accompanied with.... (the rest of the paragraph)
Lucian decides “one more time” will get it out of their systems
Continue reading at the beginning of Chapter 24
Light Steamy Scene — Chapter 27, Page 357
Skip at "I do know how to read, Sloane," he said dryly.
Continue reading at the page break on Page 358
Heavy Spice Scene — Chapter 28, Page 365
Skip at "I am," I said.
Lucian feels a never-ending need for Sloane and realizes this isn’t something he can just get out of his system
Continue reading at the beginning of Chapter 29
Heavy Steamy Scene — Chapter 29, Page 371
Skip at His hand came around my stomach, an he lifted me off the footrail. I suppressed a yelp of surprise.
They get caught by Knox, Lina, and Nash
They decide they will make up an excuse to leave in 30 minutes and meet up in the parking lot
Continue reading at the page break on Page 378
Heavy Spice Scene — Chapter 30, Page 380
Skip at the beginning of the chapter
Continue reading at the page break on Page 386
Heavy Spice Scene — Chapter 42, Page 511
Skip at the beginning of the chapter
Continue reading at the page break on Page 516
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