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A review by thedailykaylee
The Invitation by Vi Keeland
4.0
I waffled between 3 or 4 stars, and ultimately decided to give this book 4 stars because it really was NOT a bad book. The romance was sweet, the Hero was sweet, the Heroine was sweet, it was all just really sweet. And that's a problem for me, because apparently I've strayed too far to the dark side of romance and sweet romances just don't cut it for me anymore. I didn't think it was fair to downgrade the rating of this book just because I tend to lean more towards the anti-heroes than the sweet heroes. The book was well written and I really enjoyed reading about the heroines business plan and watching her business take off. The reason this isn't a 5 star read for me (not counting the sweet romance) is because I felt like we didn't get as much details as I would have preferred. We got a lot of information on both of the main characters pasts, but it wasn't enough for me. I wanted to know exactly why the hero and his ex wife divorced since he didn't know about her big secret until now. I wanted to know how the heroine reacted when she caught her ex fiance cheating on her. I wanted to know how the hero's parents passed away since the characters are not old by any means, but both of his parents are already gone. I wanted to know how it was for her seeing her parents again after being no contact for a year. I know these things don't technically have much impact on their love story, but you can't throw these things at me and then not expect me to be nosey and want more. I feel like giving us those emotions from those situations would have developed the characters more.
If you're looking for a high steam romance, this is not for you. Did they have sexual chemistry? yes. But the actual steam, to me, was very lackluster. Again, it was just an all around "sweet" book. Like in one bedroom scene, they're both looking into each others eyes and taken over with emotion and both have "glistening eyes". IDK, the hero was almost TOO sweet for me. Starting the book, I thought this was going to be an enemies to lovers type trope, but that wasn't the case. The hero seemed to be what he calls a "realist" and doesn't believe in happily ever afters anymore, but he was pretty hooked on the heroine after a few chapters and never seemed to shy away from his developing feelings for her, which isn't what I expected after reading his thoughts and actions in the beginning of the book. But like I said twice already, this ended up just being a sweet romance with only a little angst.
Again, NOT a bad book. The writing is great, there isn't any editing errors that I noticed. if you're looking for a sweet love story with little angst, this book is for you! It's just not what seems to be hitting my reading tastes these days.
If you're looking for a high steam romance, this is not for you. Did they have sexual chemistry? yes. But the actual steam, to me, was very lackluster. Again, it was just an all around "sweet" book. Like in one bedroom scene, they're both looking into each others eyes and taken over with emotion and both have "glistening eyes". IDK, the hero was almost TOO sweet for me. Starting the book, I thought this was going to be an enemies to lovers type trope, but that wasn't the case. The hero seemed to be what he calls a "realist" and doesn't believe in happily ever afters anymore, but he was pretty hooked on the heroine after a few chapters and never seemed to shy away from his developing feelings for her, which isn't what I expected after reading his thoughts and actions in the beginning of the book. But like I said twice already, this ended up just being a sweet romance with only a little angst.
Again, NOT a bad book. The writing is great, there isn't any editing errors that I noticed. if you're looking for a sweet love story with little angst, this book is for you! It's just not what seems to be hitting my reading tastes these days.