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It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time
by Kylie Scott
I really liked this book, it was refreshingly different.
I loved Adele, her stepmum Shanti, and her friend Hazel, they were all great female characters.
This is obviously a sexy romance, and Adele and Pete are very sensual people, so their sex scenes were A+.
The 15 year age gap did weird me out a little, so I liked to imagine in was just a decade — somehow that made it better.
The minor negatives were that, a lot Pete and Adele's bonding/talking takes place in flashbacks from seven or so years go, which is fine — but people change a lot over seven years and I would've liked to have seen them connect/talk more as adults in the present. Also the ending is quite domestic/nuclear family which I always find a bit *rolls eyes*, but that's very typical of the Romance genre, soo what can ya do?!
What I LOVED was the Australiana! This is honestly the first novel I've read that has been explicitly set in Australia! I loved the setting of Queensland (the sunshine coast I think it was?), the interstate road tripping, the gab at how overpriced Sydney is, the barbecuing, how they ate dinner out on the decking, the late night swims in the pool, the huntsman spiders, eating dinner at the local tavern/pub, the utes, the aussie TRADIES, the local tropical flora, the kookaburras, and the walks on the beach. Ah it was amazing to read because it was so realistic. I hope Kylie Scott writes more novels set in Australia. Please Kylie!!
I loved Adele, her stepmum Shanti, and her friend Hazel, they were all great female characters.
This is obviously a sexy romance, and Adele and Pete are very sensual people, so their sex scenes were A+.
The 15 year age gap did weird me out a little, so I liked to imagine in was just a decade — somehow that made it better.
The minor negatives were that, a lot Pete and Adele's bonding/talking takes place in flashbacks from seven or so years go, which is fine — but people change a lot over seven years and I would've liked to have seen them connect/talk more as adults in the present. Also the ending is quite domestic/nuclear family which I always find a bit *rolls eyes*, but that's very typical of the Romance genre, soo what can ya do?!
What I LOVED was the Australiana! This is honestly the first novel I've read that has been explicitly set in Australia! I loved the setting of Queensland (the sunshine coast I think it was?), the interstate road tripping, the gab at how overpriced Sydney is, the barbecuing, how they ate dinner out on the decking, the late night swims in the pool, the huntsman spiders, eating dinner at the local tavern/pub, the utes, the aussie TRADIES, the local tropical flora, the kookaburras, and the walks on the beach. Ah it was amazing to read because it was so realistic. I hope Kylie Scott writes more novels set in Australia. Please Kylie!!
“Happy?” he asked.
“Delirious. Thank you.”
A grunt.