As a prequel to the Cage Brothers series, coming soon from Carrie Ann Ryan, Before I Knew was a fun introduction to another side of the Cage family.

A wrong number added to the family group chat introduces Blakely to the Cages. She has no idea who any of the people on the other side of the chat are but quickly picks up on personality traits. When the brothers discover the error, she is removed from the group but not before Aston strikes up a solo conversation with her.

I loved the serendipity of so many aspects of this story. It was a quick read and a fun introduction to the next spin off family to be highlighted in a Carrie Ann Ryan series. I loved meeting the extended Cage family and cannot wait for the full novels coming for them!

Carrie Ann Ryan is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of contemporary, paranormal, and young adult romance. Her works include the Montgomery Ink, Wilder Brothers, Promise Me, and Elements of Five series, which have sold millions of books worldwide. She’s the winner of a RT Book of the Year and a Prism Award in her genres. She started writing while in graduate school for her advanced degree in chemistry and hasn’t stopped since. Carrie Ann has written over one hundred novels and novellas with more in the works. When she’s not losing herself in her emotional and action-packed worlds, she’s reading as much as she can while wrangling her clowder of cats who have more followers than she does.