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arinreads's review
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
5.0
it was so quirky and silly,.,.,,, quite fitting for a coffee shop setting. i really like the author's ability to write a compelling pov, it's as if i'm really in the character's head, and i enjoyed it both in light up the lamp and this novella right here!
aekreads's review
5.0
Loved it. Kit has such a great grasp on important details and setting the scene, giving you just the right amount without 4 pages of description where you've lost the plot and need to reread to understand what the heck is happening. I absolutely love the flow between the right amount of dialogue and description. What Kit's characters are doing makes -sense-.
He knows something—too much of a something—of starting over again. That frustratingly nonlinear progression back to a different, unrecognizable version of normal.
“Great,” Billy says. He’s still looking at Cal, something soft and worried caught in his expression. He’s inexplicably cared about Cal since the day Cal first showed up here, staring at a help-wanted sign without seeing it.
He knows something—too much of a something—of starting over again. That frustratingly nonlinear progression back to a different, unrecognizable version of normal.
“Great,” Billy says. He’s still looking at Cal, something soft and worried caught in his expression. He’s inexplicably cared about Cal since the day Cal first showed up here, staring at a help-wanted sign without seeing it.
endemictoearth's review
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
3.75
Third person present, but I got over it pretty quickly. I feel like I’ve read versions of this before, but this was a bit more refined. I would have liked more of them after the point of deciding to be together properly, but it was a good novella.
unusablebooklore's review
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
3.0
0-26% - felt…all over the place? Like we should know more about Cal than we do. Tim seems like a dick.
Maybe I was just tired?
40% - hold on…is Tim the doctor that Billy is friends with? Bad divorce…baby bi? Why don't these boys talk?!
50% - **Giant revelation**
68% - The book is doing the confusing thing again - Maybe I’m tired again…
100% - Kinda ambiguous HEA
I love Kit Oliver but this one fell a little short for me. More than once I felt like the book was confusing me...having to reread sections that still felt weird. I have no doubt that some people will love this, mistaken identity novella. I just don't think it was for me.
I love Kit Oliver but this one fell a little short for me. More than once I felt like the book was confusing me...having to reread sections that still felt weird. I have no doubt that some people will love this, mistaken identity novella. I just don't think it was for me.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
amyreadsandsails's review
4.0
4 stars - cute m/m novella about a shy barista who meets a guy on a hookup app. Free on the author's website.
laur_reads_'s review
2.0
I didn’t like either main character. I love coffee shop settings in books but this novella was not a win for me. I’ll continue to read this authors works because I absolutely loved their book Light Up The Lamp.
indiekay's review
4.0
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I enjoyed this little novella. I didn't really find Tim super likeable (dude needs to learn how to tip people), but the book has the same trademark story telling as all of Kit Oliver's books, and it's a good little coffee shop romance.
I enjoyed this little novella. I didn't really find Tim super likeable (dude needs to learn how to tip people), but the book has the same trademark story telling as all of Kit Oliver's books, and it's a good little coffee shop romance.