A review by mrsdoubtflyer
Sex, Lies and Sensibility by Nikki Payne

emotional funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

Wanted to like it so much more than I did. Love Nikki Payne, but felt this one was overly dramatic and that the characters were a hot mess of miscommunication and ultimately rather unlikeable, especially the younger sister, who was grating to say the least. some of the flowers to me back to the Austen and so feel unfair to peg on Payne, but I do think this could have been better in various ways - more emotional maturity from grown folks, more context fleshed out (renovating the inn is this huge component and yet I have no sense of it), and so on. Enjoyable to read but left me wanting…