How do I move on from Ironside Academy series please 😭

This is the best slow burn RH I have read and I am obsessed over it. Now, I don’t know how to get past this hangover. 🥹 I’ve reread this whole series for the 4th time already and I’ve memorized & etched in my memory every detail of my fave scenes from every book.

I have to be honest, I initially DNF it after I read book 2 but after book 4 came out I picked it up again and reread from book 1 and wow was it actually good. Far beyond good. Glad I didn’t give up. I am now undeniably in love with this whole series. I know there are other few good slow burn RH out there but Jane Washington always has a knack for balancing the most satisfying slooow burn romance + swoon-worthy relationship build up + gloriously earned spice. Additionally, her writing style is not juvenile.

I really love the slow burn progression of the group’s relationship. It’s done perfectly and gratifyingly. There’s no insta love & insta lust. You don’t needlessly hear the MMCs lusting over her or being hard for her in their head or having inner monologues of how they’re already head over heels in love with her. I love the “does he like her or not; is he in love with her or not” thrill of their relationship. As Niko summarized their relationship: ”He liked the girl, but he wasn’t desperately in love with her or desperate for a mate. He just liked her, as a person.” I love that as the building blocks of their relationship.

It was all organic despite the bond thing going on among them. Their relationship was not founded on lust or instant attraction but on friendship and respect. I love that Jane Washington took time to build their group relationship first before diving full into the romantic side. I think Isobel said it better:

”“This was her group. Her family. She could have been bonded to anybody—or several anybodies—but she was given these incredible, talented, complex, protective, caring men. Yes, they were sometimes violent. Yes, there were a few skeletons in their closets. Yes, they sometimes punched each other and sometimes made other girls cry … but they were also her role models. She didn’t just think they were hot. This wasn’t a crush. She respected the hell out of them.”

And the humor, mannn, I had lots of laughs and giggles reading their chat interactions. 🤣 I would oftentimes go back to their gc for a dose of laughter.

I was apprehensive at first to read a large harem of 10 + 2 professors in it as this was not my cup of tea but this was executed excellently I didn’t mind my limits, so to speak. All the MMCs have their own distinct and layered personalities & idiosyncrasies. Everyone in their group is just so swoon-worthy.

I love the skinship, the cuddles and snuggles, the jealousy, the possessiveness, the hurt/comfort scenes, the ‘don’t-touch-her’ scenes, even the feral scenes, those intimate sacred moments. Honestly, I have lots of fave scenes that are too many to name in one post alone. I could go on all day.

I love Isobel Carter, Killian Gray, Theodore Kane, Moses Kane, Cian Ashford, Oscar Sato, Niko Hart, Gabriel Spade, Elijah Reed, Mikel Easton and Kalen West. I even love the ever nagging and meddling “bond link” that keeps third-wheeling in their relationship but is also playing cupid at most times 😂

I don’t know how to move on from them and I will surely miss them once this is completed. (NOOOO!)

P.S. Does anyone know how many books is JW planning for the series before it is completed?