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A Love Letter to Whiskey by Kandi Steiner

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sky2024's review against another edition

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challenging emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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kylee_knight5's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I was constantly hooked wondering when the two star lovers would finally get their happily ever after… a constant push and pull… edge of your seat “is it finally time?” and “are they giving up?” Sometimes you get frustrated at them but they are REAL and make very real mistakes. Loved the storyline and how the author built the story up. It wasn’t bam 💥 the end. It was beautifully built and beautifully ended.

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imaginativexxzzz's review against another edition

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dark

Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.25

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“She was, in every sense of the word, my Addiction.”

“I’m not sorry I kissed you,” I said.
Her eyes widened a bit, hesitantly finding mine.
“But I’m sorry I did it when you weren’t mine to kiss.”

“ I think sometimes life is about embracing what hurts, because pain is one of the most vivid emotions”

“My heart is, always has been, and always will be yours.”

I thought about reading something different, something outside my usual genre, and I ended up enjoying it more than I expected. “A Love Letter to Whiskey” really made me think, even made me want to throw the book across the room at times, but it also made me smile and laugh. I liked Jamie and B’s relationship, but I couldn’t fully get behind it because cheating was involved, and I really hate cheating. That’s why it didn’t get a five-star rating. It was close, but I had to dock it for that reason.

I wanted to step out of my comfort zone and explore something new. Overall, I thought B didn’t need to suffer so much; she should’ve just gone for what she wanted instead of frustrating me. I also think both characters could have contributed more to their relationship. Early on, Jamie had a chance with her—he could’ve just broken up with his partner and been honest about liking someone else. It would’ve been better than all the longing looks and touches. Honestly, if they had been more upfront with each other from the start, they could have avoided a lot of their problems. In my opinion, these issues could’ve been resolved if they had just talked. But overall, this book pissed me off, made me happy, made me laugh, and made me smile, so it gets what it gets.

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bro_thies's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

This book is agonizing, heart wrenching, soul shattering... But so good! You will feel every emotion possible along this journey. You will love them and you will hate them. And you will be left wishing for more.

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jonezzzing's review against another edition

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2.75

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whatdebsreads's review against another edition

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medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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readwithyesi's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful reflective tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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beckyyreadss's review against another edition

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emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I have wanted to read this book and any work from Kandi Steiner for years. When I was gifted my Kindle this Christmas and saw this on Kindle Unlimited, I was so excited. This book was good, but it wasn’t a five-star read. I wanted more, was that selfish of me? Were my standards a bit too high?

It’s crazy how fast the buzz comes back to B after not seeing Jamie in so long, but he stood there on her doorstep, just like he had one year before. Expect this time, there was no rain, no anger, no wedding invitation – it was just them. It was just Jamie – the old friend, the easy smile, the twisted solace. It was just B – pretending that she didn’t want to taste him, realizing too quickly that months of being free of him. But first they are going back to the beginning of this story and how Jamie and B ended up like this. B saw Jamie first. But it didn’t matter because he saw B’s best friend. B and Jamie were best friends, and they couldn’t be together, but they couldn’t stand to be apart. And if they weren’t truly lovers, but they were much more than friends, what are they exactly? This is B’s love better to Jamie; she only hopes that he will read it.

If you want an angsty story with brilliant storytelling, Kandi Steiner will be for you. Her writing makes you so frustrated and leaves you wanting more. This love story was all consuming, but you also wanted to bang the two MCs heads together. They were so frustrating and obviously part of the slow-burn and angsty storyline is a bit of miscommunication, but I just wanted to grab them both and tell them they are both idiots. Jamie was a complete sweetheart and I adored him from page 1. This edition was the five-year edition, so it had a second book called Love, Whiskey which was from Jamie’s POV, and I loved seeing it as to why he waited so long to get back in touch and how much he was also craving her. I loved how was always telling her how special she was whether it was as a friend, enemy or lover. I just adored him. B took a while to grow on me, obviously for the first half of the book it was B and Jamie meeting which was in high school and I felt like the impulsive decisions because she couldn’t have Jamie rubbed me the wrong way and the way they both trauma dumped, like no wonder they were both worried about getting together. Even though this book had a happy ending, I'm glad that it took a while and showed how honest some relationships can be and that it’s not perfect and takes a few tries to get the relationship you want. But also that you need to explore and learn if that’s relationship is for you.

The only thing I didn’t like because of both books being in one and A Love Letter to Whiskey being bigger and first, it felt like a lot of repeated information. Like we knew about her dad at the beginning, okay move on but then she would just be thinking about why they can’t be together and then bang dad’s issues come back up. Some issues just felt like they got priority and repeated at times.

But overall, for my first Kandi Steiner book, I enjoyed it and I cannot wait to read more of her work.

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erafact's review against another edition

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emotional funny sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

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rubiecore's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

2.5 stars? 2 stars? dare i say the only slightly enjoyable parts were the smut scenes 🤭 anyway, this book was like watching a train wreck. but as badly as i wanted to look away i couldn’t, my eyes were glued in place by my friend who was deeply enjoying the sight. the only reason i didn’t dnf is bc i wanted to see it through so i could talk to her ab it bc she recommended it to me. i’m so so so so over it. i read romance novels for fun!! this wasn’t fun!!

also i know this book is literally called “love letter to whiskey” but all of the alcohol metaphors got very old, very fast.

this book also includes the cheating trope, which i have never really read before this so i was willing to give it a try (obviously i don’t condone cheating irl but i like mess sometimes okay). and i honestly wouldn’t have hated it if it didn’t happen THREE TIMES. like at some point i really just couldn’t bring myself to care. you both suck. glad you finally have each other.

i skipped through most of the novella bc i read it once why would i read it again and while it was kinda nice to have jamie’s pov and some clarity on their reconciliation and relationship afterwards, i just didn’t care anymore!! 😁

i know it’s incredibly easy to slip into a reading slump after pushing through a book you didn’t like at all but if anything i feel like this had the opposite effect. i now feel the need to go and read More books that are (hopefully) better than this one out of pure spite.

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