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Make It Sweet
by Kristen Callihan
4 stars
Kristen Callihan is quickly becoming one of my favourite romance authors, I think. Her characters and stories are always fun and full of life - all the while, still having emotional depth allowing for a wealth growth within the story, and this was no exception. Luc and Emma's story is, at its core, about finding yourself after the carpet has been ripped out from under you. Both of their careers and love lives are simultaneously in an upheave, neither know how to move forward and turn to The Rosemont as a retreat to lick their wounds away from the prying eyes of the public and along the way, they find a mirror of themselves within each other. Their story is messy and complicated as they try to untangle themselves from their past and figure out where to go next, but at the same time very profound and sweet (pun intended). I loved their journey and Callihan's realistic portrayal of how one goes about finding themselves after their passion has been taken away from them so abruptly. The yearning in this was also top-tier shit, and exactly what I needed to wrap up my reading for the end of the month.
The only qualms I really had about the novel was that Luc's reasoning for staying away for so long in the first half seemed a little flimsy to me. Also, there was a significant overuse of affectionate pet names for my taste. And the, uh, food (or more specifically cream) kink the two of them had going on. I could have done without that tbh.
Other than that though, this story was nearly perfect and I'll be looking forward to whatever Kristen writes in the future.
Kristen Callihan is quickly becoming one of my favourite romance authors, I think. Her characters and stories are always fun and full of life - all the while, still having emotional depth allowing for a wealth growth within the story, and this was no exception. Luc and Emma's story is, at its core, about finding yourself after the carpet has been ripped out from under you. Both of their careers and love lives are simultaneously in an upheave, neither know how to move forward and turn to The Rosemont as a retreat to lick their wounds away from the prying eyes of the public and along the way, they find a mirror of themselves within each other. Their story is messy and complicated as they try to untangle themselves from their past and figure out where to go next, but at the same time very profound and sweet (pun intended). I loved their journey and Callihan's realistic portrayal of how one goes about finding themselves after their passion has been taken away from them so abruptly. The yearning in this was also top-tier shit, and exactly what I needed to wrap up my reading for the end of the month.
The only qualms I really had about the novel was that Luc's reasoning for staying away for so long in the first half seemed a little flimsy to me. Also, there was a significant overuse of affectionate pet names for my taste. And the, uh, food (or more specifically cream) kink the two of them had going on. I could have done without that tbh.
Other than that though, this story was nearly perfect and I'll be looking forward to whatever Kristen writes in the future.