Until You

Off Limits Series, Book 1

By: Catharina Maura

Narrated by: CJ Bloom, Teddy Hamilton

Left without a job and evicted from the house she so carefully turned into a home, Aria is offered two choices: move back in with her brother . . . or take the job her brother's best friend offers her.

Their lives weren't meant to collide—but everything changes when Grayson realizes that Aria is the mysterious woman behind a wildly popular vigilante platform.

She's the woman he's been falling for online, the one whose coding skills outdo his, the one he's been trying to track down.

It's her. And she's off-limits.

Contains mature themes.

©2021 Catharina Maura (P)2022 Tantor

White Tulips!!

This is a really compelling story. I love how these 3 bounded as a unit..they luckily made each other better individuals who helped keep their demons away!! But, the white tulips were the sign.

Slow burn and spicy

I feel like the overall story was pretty good, the dialogue was a little weird at times and just seemed awkward. Overall pretty good spice wise

EMOTIONAL DAMAGE!!

Not sure if I missed the trigger warnings or what but they were definitely needed!

Aria has experienced a tragedy no child should have to go through and has depended on her brother and his best friend to be her rocks and vice versa.

Grayson has been in the dark about his parentage and therefore has serious abandonment issues.

Both of their upbringings lead them to vigilante justice for those who have been wronged in life by the world and the justice system.

This plot was so different from any book in my recent memory. I loved the STEM aspect and how much was actually discussed and utilized in the story. It could’ve been a bit more detailed, but at least they actually mentioned skills and coding concepts.

For a while,I thought it was going to be a very simple A —> B story because I could not see where the secondary conflict would come in or the reasoning for the third act breakup (yes there is a third act breakup 🙃🙄). However, that conflict came in HOT and I didn’t expect it to be from that character’s background.

Some of the sex scenes from Grayson’s POV were too filled with “fucks” and “pussy”. Like I love those words as much as the next person, but it felt like he dropped one every other word for 2 minutes straight. Plus the way the narrator emphasized those words, really took me out of some of the later sex scenes.

The main conflict needs a 🚨warning, especially the confrontation in Chapter 54. My jaw dropped and my eyes welled. That was TRAUMA slapped on a page and the catalyst for the downfall and third act breakup.

Overall I finished this in one sitting because I just had to know how the cards unfolded. So far I’ve loved every Catharina Maura book I’ve read and plan to read more.

I liked the story

I liked the narrators. Good story, good ending. Kept me interested.nice turns in the story.

the story is great

I like the whole story. the characters are great. their lives brought together like that was perfect.

More than I was expecting

At first, this book seemed like a best friend’s little sister trope, but there’s actually a lot more going on between Aria and Grayson.
When Aria finds herself out of work, Grayson make her an offer she can’t refuse. Move across the country to work for his software engineering firm, and as a bonus stay with him until she gets on her feet. Accepting her dream job is a no brainer but living with the man she’s had a crush on for years…that may cause some problems, especially when Grayson admits his true feelings for her.

highly recommend

it was an amazing book with amazing narration. can't recommend this book enough to all

The scary way I'm taken aback by the way you never know what characters might do or say.

I love a happy ending and you never fail to deliver; no matter how many turns we are taken to get there.

Teddy Hamilton never disappoints

I actually enjoyed this way more then I expected to I went in blind and enjoyed it

Heart wrenching with a happy ending!

I loved this book! To me, it was unexpected. It’s very emotional, yet beautiful. I loved the main characters, both had to face their demons. Great job to Teddy Hamilton and CJ BLOOM,