Still Not Into You: An Enemies to Lovers Romance (Enguard Protectors Book 2)

By Nicole Snow

“It’s a helpless, awful feeling to realise how alone you are. Never bothered me much before. Guess I always believe you gotta be the kind of person who don’t mind being alone with, and I’ve always been good with my own company. Don’t know why it’s not enough, all of a sudden. Must be because that little wildcat looked right through me like I wasn’t there, like I was just a phantom, and showed me there’s no one in my life who needs me at all.”

– Nicole Snow, Still Not Into You

First off, I must confess that I set aside Gabe and Skylar’s story after reading that passage. For two weeks I found myself looking for light-hearted stories, knowing that I needed to step back from a trigger that Nicole Snow unintentionally brought to life within me in those few words. 

Dear reader, I was Gabe at one time. I didn’t mind being alone, thinking that I was better being by myself than associating with the outside world.

I was not part of the “in” crowd, I was shy and quiet even among the few people who considered me their friend. My nose was perpetually buried in books. I was the quintessential introvert, albeit one who my peers run to then because they knew they could count on me for anything. This all changed one day when it was I who needed help—and met the brick wall of indifference. 

Like Gabe, that moment of hate became my strength. I refused to back down, I told myself I mattered and fought to be recognized, to be heard. This time, like Skylar, I developed a thick hide. I found myself again, bigger, better, and though still alone, at peace. 

Well. Nicole Snow has become one of my go-to authors, one of a few I keep because her stories resonate in my soul and I always feel like I am walking in her character’s footsteps. 

Gabe and Skylar’s story will take you on a rollercoaster of emotions: frustration at Skylar’s stubborn need to look for her niece on her own, anger at her for fighting Gabe when he only wanted to help, sadness for Gabe’s need to belong, affection for when he puts his thoughts to paper; anxiety when both were faced with danger, and, above all, relief, happiness and love for these two broken souls when everything was done and gone.

Another plus for me was the consistency of Nicole Snow’s writing style: descriptive without being too flowery, her words took me through the story without the abrupt bumps and stops I sometimes encounter in romantic action/suspense stories. Her words flowed so well that I wish—I dearly wish—to see Gabe and Skylar’s story converted into an audiobook, for me to swoon over and over again. 

So dear reader, go ahead and pick up Still Not into You. Better, get the whole Enguard Series. I promise you won’t regret it!