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A review by bookishvistareads
Chilled and Thrilled by Cleo White
4.5
Cleo seriously can do no wrong with the age gap trope I swear! I eat up her books every time and this holiday novella was no different!
I loved how we started off already a year into Sophie (FMC) working for Bram (MMC) and firmly in “mutual pinning but doesn’t know the other is” territory. It made getting to the *big bang* quicker without feeling like we lost out on the buildup chemistry, which I always appreciate with novella length romances.
Sophie is smart, quick-witted, funny, and a bit self-deprecating. She’s also madly in love with her boss who happens to also be her best friend/roommate’s dad. I really liked her humor but more so loved how Bram saw she often used it as a defense mechanism and then was able to show her she doesn’t need to do that around him.
As for Bram — aka Mr. Sexy and in control and can do whatever he wants with me. I loved that he is this super successful and confident man but is so easily disarmed by his 22yo employee. The way he so easily would give her whatever she wanted if it meant he was the reason she smiled was so fucking adorable. His possessiveness was also hot af right along with his sexual desires.
Overall, these two had fire chemistry and I loved the little intros to their kinky preferences we got. I easily could have read another 100 pages of these two and would have loved every second of getting more into their relationship!
Tropes
I loved how we started off already a year into Sophie (FMC) working for Bram (MMC) and firmly in “mutual pinning but doesn’t know the other is” territory. It made getting to the *big bang* quicker without feeling like we lost out on the buildup chemistry, which I always appreciate with novella length romances.
Sophie is smart, quick-witted, funny, and a bit self-deprecating. She’s also madly in love with her boss who happens to also be her best friend/roommate’s dad. I really liked her humor but more so loved how Bram saw she often used it as a defense mechanism and then was able to show her she doesn’t need to do that around him.
As for Bram — aka Mr. Sexy and in control and can do whatever he wants with me. I loved that he is this super successful and confident man but is so easily disarmed by his 22yo employee. The way he so easily would give her whatever she wanted if it meant he was the reason she smiled was so fucking adorable. His possessiveness was also hot af right along with his sexual desires.
Overall, these two had fire chemistry and I loved the little intros to their kinky preferences we got. I easily could have read another 100 pages of these two and would have loved every second of getting more into their relationship!
Tropes
- age gap (22//44)
- bestie’s dad
- snowed-in
- fmc in stem
- rich mmc spoils his girl
- boss x employees
- mutual pining
- kink exploration
- free use kink
- possessive mmc
- he takes care of her
- some religious trauma
Thank you a million to Cleo White for accepting me onto her ARC team!! Cannot wait for the next two novellas in the “Daddy Issues” series!