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3.9 AVERAGE
3.9 AVERAGE
This book was okay. it started off a little too "Wuthering Heights"/"Intolerable Cruelty" for me, with all the hatred and desire for revenge. I always appreciate a romance where the two characters find in each other a compliment for themselves, and even their imperfections complement each other. but the amount of bitterness and revenge in this book kind of stole some of the joy of the story from me. not a bad book--I read the whole thing, although I started it twice, after dropping once after a few pages (that whole Wuthering Heights thing), and waited a few days before reading the ending, which dragged on forever. I will say, though, that some of the argument dialogue was really snappy and smart. not quite Shakespeare, but still quite fast and witty. Read it when you've got nothing better to do, or just need to not think much for awhile.
AND...spoiler...why the heck does every romance have to end in pregnancy? I know it's one of those girl things, and so romantic, but it's also getting to be very trite.
AND...spoiler...why the heck does every romance have to end in pregnancy? I know it's one of those girl things, and so romantic, but it's also getting to be very trite.
Something about this book that I just love. Maybe it's the spunky, sarcastic heroine, the pompous but oh-so-lovable British hero, their incredible witty banter, or the secondary characters but it was all amazing. I teared up several times but I also laughed. I just loved this book.
There are times when a girl needs to read something with absolutely no literary value. And sometimes those books wind up being 5 star books. This one was fun, it was fluffy, and it was so sweet. I absolutely loved it and look forward to reading more Susan Elizabeth Phillips.
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Sugar Beth was the only charavter I liked, all the rest were just annoying hypocrites who are still hung up over Sugar Beth a decade after high school. I practically skipped the parts that weren’t anout Sugar Beth or Colin, that’s how uninterested I was about the rest of them.
adventurous
emotional
funny
reflective
medium-paced
9/10 epilogue
really liked it for the first 75% then I got a little bit bored (too long)
Didn't like Ryan (he was a bit hypocritical and blamed everything on SB, like dude she dumped you over a decade ago. Get over it pls xox)
Loved Sugar Beth and Winnie (and gigi most times)
3.9
really liked it for the first 75% then I got a little bit bored (too long)
Didn't like Ryan (he was a bit hypocritical and blamed everything on SB, like dude she dumped you over a decade ago. Get over it pls xox)
Loved Sugar Beth and Winnie (and gigi most times)
3.9
Author does a great job of making Sugar Beth--a really b*tchy character--sympathetic and makes an unlikely couple believable. I also like the strong secondary romance between Winnie and Ryan.
High school mean girl who had it all and lost it all, Sugar Beth returns to her hometown as a hated and deflated person, especially despised by ex-teacher Colin, whose career she ruined. But the funny thing with all that hate swirling around, it allows other feelings to blossom. A classic haters-lovers theme yet again from this author.
Initially I was put off this book. Who wants to read about a stuck-up rich girl who is at the top of her peer group, has beauty, the most good-looking boyfriend and wealth, only to find out through flashbacks that she destroys it all through her meanness of spirit? It sounded like a depressing read.
I am not sure at what point I started to love Sugar Beth, but it happened. I thinks it's SEP's trademark witty-snippy dialogue that sealed the deal. I just love all the conversations between Sugar and Colin.
This author has cemented herself as a firm favourite on my book shelf merely by her dialogue and her quirky characters.
Colin was harder to love. I hate English characters, because Americans make them sound like Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins, but she'd obviously done her research as he sounded authentic. I couldn't quite get with his weird clothing and slightly antiquated rake feel, but I loved them together.
The side story of Winnie and Ryan was ok, but I am not sure I felt their connection 100% but I loved Gigi and Delilah.
I am knocking off one star though because I so wanted Delilah to come live with them and because some of the nasty revenge scenes which Sugar Beth suffers through are uncomfortable. There is only so much eating humble pie I can expose myself to.
The ending also had that schmaltzy SEP signature. Saying 'I love you' at the point of orgasm, marriage, rose petals and babies. But I ate it all up of course. A great book for when you are feeling ill on the sofa and you need a warm hug of a book.
Thanks to Jessy for recommending this book to me!
At eighteen, it had been new and indiscriminate. Now it was well honed and much more lethal. The bloom might be off the rose, but the thorns had grown poison tips.
Initially I was put off this book. Who wants to read about a stuck-up rich girl who is at the top of her peer group, has beauty, the most good-looking boyfriend and wealth, only to find out through flashbacks that she destroys it all through her meanness of spirit? It sounded like a depressing read.
I am not sure at what point I started to love Sugar Beth, but it happened. I thinks it's SEP's trademark witty-snippy dialogue that sealed the deal. I just love all the conversations between Sugar and Colin.
“I have a present for you, too.” “If it ticks, I’m calling the police.”
This author has cemented herself as a firm favourite on my book shelf merely by her dialogue and her quirky characters.
Colin was harder to love. I hate English characters, because Americans make them sound like Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins, but she'd obviously done her research as he sounded authentic. I couldn't quite get with his weird clothing and slightly antiquated rake feel, but I loved them together.
The side story of Winnie and Ryan was ok, but I am not sure I felt their connection 100% but I loved Gigi and Delilah.
I am knocking off one star though because I so wanted Delilah to come live with them and because some of the nasty revenge scenes which Sugar Beth suffers through are uncomfortable. There is only so much eating humble pie I can expose myself to.
The ending also had that schmaltzy SEP signature. Saying 'I love you' at the point of orgasm, marriage, rose petals and babies. But I ate it all up of course. A great book for when you are feeling ill on the sofa and you need a warm hug of a book.
Thanks to Jessy for recommending this book to me!