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3.97 AVERAGE
3.97 AVERAGE
Wanted to like this but Shay’s character seemed to really lack self-awareness and had little character growth. Gennie rules though.
Things I loved:
- Daddy Bread Baker & how he really embodied that.
- Jaimie being an interesting and important side character. And frankly, all the other friends, too. I love when women actually support each other.
- Their careers actually mattered to the plot.
- The spicy scenes were well done and distributed nicely for a romance novel.
- Gennie gets therapy!!! More therapy in romance novels please! So many main and supporting characters need it.
Things I didn't love:
- They take a LONG time to have a serious adult conversation. It pops up in a lot of reviews and it's not inaccurate.
- Some sections drag a bit. A little bit of editing to tighten up the plot flow would have gone a long way. That said, I enjoyed their world so I didn't hate it.
This is one of those books that I didn't want to put down. I loved some of the stylistic choices with moments of emphasis. I loved the internal dialogue and banter, and Noah is just such a green flag.
This is one of my top reads this year for sure.
- Daddy Bread Baker & how he really embodied that.
- Jaimie being an interesting and important side character. And frankly, all the other friends, too. I love when women actually support each other.
- Their careers actually mattered to the plot.
- The spicy scenes were well done and distributed nicely for a romance novel.
- Gennie gets therapy!!! More therapy in romance novels please! So many main and supporting characters need it.
Things I didn't love:
- They take a LONG time to have a serious adult conversation. It pops up in a lot of reviews and it's not inaccurate.
- Some sections drag a bit. A little bit of editing to tighten up the plot flow would have gone a long way. That said, I enjoyed their world so I didn't hate it.
This is one of those books that I didn't want to put down. I loved some of the stylistic choices with moments of emphasis. I loved the internal dialogue and banter, and Noah is just such a green flag.
This is one of my top reads this year for sure.
Haha this book is a cool read, sweet too.
But i, personally, would like a twited ended and not a guessable one. Maybe i need thrillers lol.
But i, personally, would like a twited ended and not a guessable one. Maybe i need thrillers lol.
this was a heartwarming romance! I really liked Shay and Noah together.
things I liked
- Gennie was 100% the best part
- I liked seeing Shay and Noah's friendship (re)-develop and become more through both loud and quiet moments
- I'm a sucker for little found families and this one hit the spot
things that required some suspension of disbelief
- I’m still confused by the friendship they had in the past—it was super vague what their relationship was exactly back then. were they actually friends or just friendly neighbors?
- the football game thing felt like to much all at once...but I enjoyed it yes
- I wish Shay made some new friends earlier on in the book so it wasn't just Noah and Gennie
- "wife" as an endearment was cute until it became a little overused
- couldn’t they have just gotten married right before the year was up? was there anything that said they needed to be married the whole year?
- the last bit really dragggggged and the love notes came out of nowhere / didn't feel earned
things I liked
- Gennie was 100% the best part
- I liked seeing Shay and Noah's friendship (re)-develop and become more through both loud and quiet moments
- I'm a sucker for little found families and this one hit the spot
things that required some suspension of disbelief
- I’m still confused by the friendship they had in the past—it was super vague what their relationship was exactly back then. were they actually friends or just friendly neighbors?
- the football game thing felt like to much all at once...but I enjoyed it yes
- I wish Shay made some new friends earlier on in the book so it wasn't just Noah and Gennie
- "wife" as an endearment was cute until it became a little overused
- couldn’t they have just gotten married right before the year was up? was there anything that said they needed to be married the whole year?
- the last bit really dragggggged and the love notes came out of nowhere / didn't feel earned
Predictable and so so very long.
There were cute moments in this book and I didn’t hate it by any means, but it did a whole lot of trying to elude to some big reveal that never exactly happened, followed by casual contradictions.
One moment you’d be reading from Noah’s POV as he drawled on about how every time he’s around Shay he can barely speak (you’re 32 Noah PLEASE) and is so incredibly shy, and then in the same breath when reading Shay’s POV he’s giving her a marriage proposal without a stutter. There were times where it felt like I was reading about a different love interest when switching between POV’s.
Never really got an actual explanation as to why he hated Shay’s guts in the beginning other than the simple fact that they… both moved away. Not just her. Both of them. After she explicitly told him she planned to move away. Meanwhile she has the worst memory, and apparently recalls almost none of any of this. Allegedly she is too busy buying funky earrings and being oblivious to social queues to have the brain space.
Lastly, the light speed jumps from having a normal conversation to him threatening to bend her over a table weren’t really believable. But perhaps I’m not used to men detailing the process of making jam and immediately asking and/or demanding me for sex.
Anyway, it was fine but I will probably forget most of it by tomorrow. I added a star for this single piece of dialogue from our favorite 7 going on 27 year old Gennie:
“She snapped her fingers at one of the chickens. “Get away from me, Dumbass.””
There were cute moments in this book and I didn’t hate it by any means, but it did a whole lot of trying to elude to some big reveal that never exactly happened, followed by casual contradictions.
One moment you’d be reading from Noah’s POV as he drawled on about how every time he’s around Shay he can barely speak (you’re 32 Noah PLEASE) and is so incredibly shy, and then in the same breath when reading Shay’s POV he’s giving her a marriage proposal without a stutter. There were times where it felt like I was reading about a different love interest when switching between POV’s.
Never really got an actual explanation as to why he hated Shay’s guts in the beginning other than the simple fact that they… both moved away. Not just her. Both of them. After she explicitly told him she planned to move away. Meanwhile she has the worst memory, and apparently recalls almost none of any of this. Allegedly she is too busy buying funky earrings and being oblivious to social queues to have the brain space.
Lastly, the light speed jumps from having a normal conversation to him threatening to bend her over a table weren’t really believable. But perhaps I’m not used to men detailing the process of making jam and immediately asking and/or demanding me for sex.
Anyway, it was fine but I will probably forget most of it by tomorrow. I added a star for this single piece of dialogue from our favorite 7 going on 27 year old Gennie:
“She snapped her fingers at one of the chickens. “Get away from me, Dumbass.””
First 50% was 5 star and second 50% was three star
I freaking love me a good romance where a little kid is involved and my God!!! Gennie has my whole freaking heart. That kid deserves everything and more.
And I can't speak enough about Noah Barden. I need myself a man like that, considerate, a hot Daddy Bread Baker with a filthy mouth, yeah definitely!!!
This was my first Kate Canterbary book and it served it really well.
And I can't speak enough about Noah Barden. I need myself a man like that, considerate, a hot Daddy Bread Baker with a filthy mouth, yeah definitely!!!
This was my first Kate Canterbary book and it served it really well.