⭐ Bianca & Janeane ⭐
HIM & I
Helena Hunting
• 10 November 2026
• standalone
• standalone
★★★★
4 Stars
In a searing, dark
love story steeped in grit, obsession, and secrets, two broken souls keep
coming back together—no matter how much they tear each other apart.
Birdie Fast is thriving, with two degrees, a stable fiancé,
and her dream job. Her mistakes are in the past, and she’s determined to keep
them there.
Jarrod Storm, Birdie’s new CEO, is the man who destroyed her
life and stole everything from her. Grown rich and powerful, he’s spent years
waiting for her in the shadows.
Now, he wants her back.
Birdie loathes him, but she can’t deny how he makes her feel:
safe. He’s the only one who’s ever truly seen her.
If there’s anything Birdie has learned, it’s to keep your
friends close and your enemies closer.
Because you’re never truly safe with a past like hers.
Him & I is a totally different vibe from what we usually get from Helena Hunting.
Yes, it is sexy, but it is also darker, with deeper, complex storylines.
Jarrod and Birdie are not easy characters. I spent a lot of the time disliking either one or the other for the first half of the book. In real life, Jarrod would have restraining orders against him. Birdie flip flopped between lust/love and loathing Jarrod, and at times it gave me whiplash.
It is told in both the past and the present, and I won't lie, I found myself skimming a lot of the past scenes. I wanted to know what was happening back then, but to me we spent too much time there (Sorry HH!)
The second half of the book though, I found myself really enjoying and needing to know where things were headed. And I did find myself at times more interested in a couple of the secondary characters more than Jarrod and Birdie.
But these are probably just me things. I found it well written and paced, and I don't know, maybe it is just the reading mood I was in at the time, I just didn't enjoy it as much as other HH books.
I did enjoy seeing characters that I was suss of get what was coming.
And I would read books about Jarrod's best mates, if they were ever to come to be.
Birdie + Jarrod
Birdie didn't have it easy growing up.
That's kind of why she ended up in jail at 17 - for six years.
Most of that was Jarrod's fault though.
And now he's back in her life as her new boss!
Can they forget everything bad that happened and get that happy end now?
Doesn't look very promising at first.
Well, that was cute. Funny and sparky and sexy and a bit frustrating and sad and darkish and heartbreaking.
But I kind of didn't really know what to think about it all.
But I kind of didn't really know what to think about it all.
At the 30% mark the book could've been done. Would've been a fun little novella. But that was a long way from the real end. I had the feeling that this story used to be a novella and was then later made into a whole long book.
And it was a good book in the end.
I liked most people and hated a few. I liked the fighting and arguing and how sweet Jarrod was at times. How much he loved her. He's a total Christian Grey-ish overprotective stalker - but I loved that.
I didn't like those back in time chapters - I never do in books. But we need them in a second chance love story.
Another thing I didn't like and I think we wouldn't have needed it for the story to be good: Everything that happened to Birdie. Her awful childhood. All the horrors she had to go through in jail? Jeez. It was a bit too much for one person.
But ... I loved reading Birdie and Jarrod's story and I wouldn't mind watching this as a TV series one day.
HIM & I was a sweet + fun + sparky + sad + heartbreaking + slightly mysterious darkish second chance Love Story! Run to your nearest book dealer for your own Jarrod - this one is mine.
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New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of PUCKED, Helena Hunting lives on the outskirts of Toronto with her incredibly tolerant family and two moderately intolerant cats. She writes contemporary romance ranging from new adult angst to romantic sports comedy.
