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c_marie_writes's review
4.0
The newest Lauren Blake book came out today! I'm glad I pre-ordered it; it was just the right length to get me through my workday.
Gage is the bartender/owner who has been crushing on Elodie at his bar but doesn't ask her out until a little mishap with a shipment sends him to her chocolate shop to deliver it. Elodie is that chocolate shop owner who has been crushing on Gage. They are both single parents, and I think Amanda and Eliza (the kids) might have stolen the book.
This has plenty of laughs, no 3rd act break up, and some steam. The characters were fantastic, aside from Sebastian.
4.5 stars for another winner for LB!
Gage is the bartender/owner who has been crushing on Elodie at his bar but doesn't ask her out until a little mishap with a shipment sends him to her chocolate shop to deliver it. Elodie is that chocolate shop owner who has been crushing on Gage. They are both single parents, and I think Amanda and Eliza (the kids) might have stolen the book.
This has plenty of laughs, no 3rd act break up, and some steam. The characters were fantastic, aside from Sebastian.
4.5 stars for another winner for LB!
allysonfayebooks's review
4.0
First I have to say, thank you so much to Good Girls PR and Lauren Blakely for gifting me an ARC of this book
herjb's review
3.75
Marriage of convenience is a done deal for me, bloody love gage and his tattooed self (feral for his feralness), whole family dynamic was adorable and cute
katiedermody's review against another edition
This is definitely my favorite of the LB books I've read so far and I almost didn't read it, so I'm glad I did. Gage was a side character in the last series, the bar owner where all the characters frequented, and their friend. This is his fake engagement turned marriage story with Elodie, a chocolatier mentioned in some of the other books when characters ate her wares. He is a single dad and she is single guardian of her much younger sister and the family dynamics were fun in this one. The spice was spicing and the romance was romancing. I don't think I care enough to read the rest of the series it is part of because I am catching on that many of LB's series are based in the same world and it would end up being another long rabbit trail I'm not interested in right now. Maybe someday, though.
mskrisreads's review
adventurous
emotional
funny
lighthearted
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
4.0
emstocker's review
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
marisa752's review
3.0
sexy and cute
but also felt kind of forced? didn't flow as well as I'd want. still a decent book though
but also felt kind of forced? didn't flow as well as I'd want. still a decent book though
haven_leee's review against another edition
Just wasn't the right time, I'll probably revisit this later
shadylane_00's review against another edition
emotional
lighthearted
fast-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