Rich Auntie Energy > Everything: Can't Get Enough by Kennedy Ryan

What do you get a rich woman who can’t want for anything? A richer man who spoils her with love and attention.

Apr 29, 2025

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We are getting FED this year with Black media.

In a time where the world is on fire we have so many artists shining a light on the everyday wrongs we accept as commonplace. It’s a reminder that we can analyze what’s going on around us and still seek joy.

The pieces of Black media that I haven’t been able to get off my mind include:

A Tropical Duke Gets a Rebel by Adriana Herrera - A Black female physician in 1889 Paris and the Black man who moves the world to give her five additional seconds of peace.
SINNERS - The symbolism. The beauty. Finding a moment to be free while living in a world of pain.
Oathbound by Tracy Deonn - Bree! This series is a must read dissection of legacy, race, heritage, and so much more—all through the eyes of a group just starting to figure out their lives.
August Lane by Regina Black - Black people reclaiming the genre we started, country music, from an industry and a culture trying to gatekeep it from us mixed with a second-chance love story of grief, longing, and redemption. [See full review]

… and today’s highlight.

Can’t Get Enough by Kennedy Ryan

We’re officially two weeks away from release day for this banger of a series closer and I can’t wait to gush about it in so many details to anyone that will listen.

Everything Kennedy Ryan writes is my favorite thing ever but Hendrix’s story is one I will return to over and over.

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Thank you to Forever for this advanced gifted copy.

If You’re Into These Tropes, Keep Reading

🖤 Black Romance
💸 Rich auntie energy
💰 He’s (almost) a billionaire
💼 She’s a boss, he’s a boss
💗He falls first
🗣️Inside jokes + all the banter
🤫Forbidden romance
🌶️Very (delightfully) spicy
˚𖠋𖠋𖠋*Strong friend group

Hendrix is literally fabulous. She has a great family, great friends, and a thriving business as a publicist in the entertainment industry. And she is PAID.

At 40 she’s balancing chasing big goals and dreams with carrying for an aging parent. Romance isn’t on her mind because there’s not a man that can keep up with her.

Until tech mogul Maverick enters the picture. He’s locked in from the first moment they meet,only she’s trying to fight the connection because it could get messy and stand in the way of her goals.

But he didn’t get this far in life by taking the work no for an answer. So he pursues her, spoiling her in a way that just might make her brave enough to try love.

About the Series

The Skyland Series is immaculate. I love an Atlanta based series but seeing affluent Black people succeeding and struggling and finding joy and all the steps in between is beautiful.

Quick recap on why I loved books one and two in this series.

I consider Before I Let Go required reading for Black men because of the prevalence of the “I don’t need therapy” sentiment. The “I don’t need therapy, I have prayer” crowd should also be required to engage with this. It’s the most eloquent, hopeful story of mental health I think I’ve experienced in the romance genre.
This Could Be Us is at its heart a story of loving yourself when you’ve forgotten who you are. The love story is a slow and beautiful story of love after betrayal. Friendship runs deep through all three of these stories but this one is particularly special. There’s a quote in this book that sums it up perfectly: “there aren't enough sonnets for friendship”.

Can’t Get Enough is a standalone that you can technically read on its own but you will miss some of the backstory from books one and two, especially the friendship moments, in this series.

Why I Loved It:

I heard Kennedy Ryan say at the This Could Be Us tour stop in Atlanta that she starts with the FMC and then creates the perfect man to match her.

And Maverick is that dude. He’s a billionaire but he doesn’t just throw money at her (which wouldn’t work because she has her own!). He raises the bar for life, by showing up over and over. He has the freedom that money buys and uses that freedom to be the support system a successful woman needs.

As a single thirty something, I hope children are in my future but I respect the hell out of women who say “that’s not for me”. I love that she feels fulfilled where she is and enjoys being the best rich auntie and deal making publicist she can be. I don’t think she expects Maverick and that’s what makes this the best, he’s the dream she never dreamed.

There is a lot of heaviness, both personal and from society, in this story delicately balanced with the hot and heavy love story. Hendrix’s pain as a caregiver feels palpable from page one. Kennedy Ryan knows how to do tension and conflict in a way that feels like real life mixed with a little magic. Obsessed! I also appreciate the timeliness of the lawsuit that reminds us of Fearless Fund being accused of violating the Civil Rights Act of 1866. I’m so incredibly curious/terrified of how this period of history and clawing back of rights our ancestors fought for will be remembered. I hope the recent loss of civil rights, respect for DEI, etc. are temporary and that one day, I get to point to this book as a source that documented our pain.

Hendrix and Maverick’s assistants make this the funniest Kennedy Ryan story I’ve ever read. I love how we get to see the heaviness of Hendrix and Maverick’s lives while the assistants are a palate cleanser.

This might also be the spiciest Kennedy Ryan, even hotter than the novella The Close-Up!

Overall, I’m obsessed with this book and excited to celebrate the release in two weeks and attend the Atlanta tour stop. The ending of the Skyland series is bittersweet but this is a beautiful conclusion to a series about love, friendship, and finding yourself in the midst of grief.

PS - If you’re attending the tour stop in Atlanta or Black Romance Book Fest after let me know!

Have you read the rest of the Skyland series? What’s your favorite Kennedy Ryan title or do you have yet to get into her backlist?