Guardian - Heather Burch The next book in the Halflings series packs a punch, that's for sure!! Now, for my gif-by-gif analysis:

At the end of the last book we were all like:
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Because OMG there's a LOVE TRIANGLE.
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Noble as ever, our heroine - Nikki - decides to stay strong and not lead on either guy:
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But then Mace is all like:
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And Raven pretends he doesn't care, but every time he sees Mace and Nikki together he's all:
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But Nikki's cool - it's not like everytime she sees either of them that she does a slow-motion turn or anything...
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Or that she gets herself into life-threatening situations or anything, so she can get rescued at the last second...
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Or that every time she and Mace lock gazes you can just hear this song playing in the background:
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Not to mention Raven and his Hot 'N' Cold act. He's all "Why doesn't she love me like she loves Mace?" "Why doesn't she get that I care?!"
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And after numerous make out sessions, heart-stopping revelations and plenty of intense gaze holding...we finally find out the BIG reason why everyone wants Nikki. And I was all like:
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Everyone wants Nikki - ha! It sounds like a TV show..."Everyone Wants Nikki". Or maybe "Why the hell is she constantly surrounded by guys that look like male swimsuit models?"
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I liked this book. Don't get me wrong! But I couldn't stand Nikki for half of it...or more than half. Mainly, because she's so...so...careless with love. She acts like "Hey, guys fall over themselves for me everyday and I should just throw their love away in a self-sacrificing manner again and again and again." Why Mace and Raven put up with her I don't get. Because in REAL life, if you push a guy away again and again and again...HE WILL LEAVE. He gets the hint! But I guess Mace and Raven are blessed with angelic patience :D
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And the cliffhanger?
Really?
Another one?!!
And just when I wanted it to be a NICE, HAPPY ending?
WHY?!!
*collapses on top of computer and sobs*
I'm an emotional wreck.
Really.
I can't take much more.

No gifs can describe these feels!!
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WHY MUST CLIFFHANGERS EXIST?!
*sniffs* And it wasn't even an actual cliffhanger! But it still annoyed me because now the love triangle will STILL BE THERE and nothing is over!!

I shall now slink off to my bed - and NOT dream of angel boys, juice boxes, ships, shipping, motorbikes or dolphins...