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A review by theblisstour
Delicious by Sherry Thomas
4.0
This is my least favorite [a:Sherry Thomas|266470|Sherry Thomas|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1273340380p2/266470.jpg] novel. That said, it is utterly brilliant.
Her use of language is gorgeous. Analogy, metaphor, simile - She is their mistress. The imagery, emotion, wisdom she can evoke with her words never ceases to amaze and delight me:
To others, she was one of the greatest cooks of her generation, her food said to be so divine that old men dined with the gusto of adolescent boys, and so seductive that lovers forsook each other as long as a single crumb remained on the table.
This sentence makes me hungry.
She would be thin and frail, with the heartbreaking strength of those too long accustomed to hard work.
"Heartbreaking strength!" *tears*
Mr. Marsden watched her, his lips curved into that hated smile that made her feel as if she had under her skirts a drunken lover who was liable tat any moment to burst into a loudly slurred rendition of "God Save the Queen."
What an amazing way to described uncontrolled desire.
He ate as little as he could, but a small serving of lightning was still lightning, and even the most modest of flames still burned.
Do I really have to say anything here?
And he was hot all over, hard and hungry and impatient for his downfall.
She takes an ordinary romance novel sentence like "And he was hot all over, hard and hungry" and elevates and infuses it with story and meaning by adding "and impatient for his downfall." That's just fucking genius. It makes me want to weep.
Ah. So good. I could go on...
Her use of language is gorgeous. Analogy, metaphor, simile - She is their mistress. The imagery, emotion, wisdom she can evoke with her words never ceases to amaze and delight me:
To others, she was one of the greatest cooks of her generation, her food said to be so divine that old men dined with the gusto of adolescent boys, and so seductive that lovers forsook each other as long as a single crumb remained on the table.
This sentence makes me hungry.
She would be thin and frail, with the heartbreaking strength of those too long accustomed to hard work.
"Heartbreaking strength!" *tears*
Mr. Marsden watched her, his lips curved into that hated smile that made her feel as if she had under her skirts a drunken lover who was liable tat any moment to burst into a loudly slurred rendition of "God Save the Queen."
What an amazing way to described uncontrolled desire.
He ate as little as he could, but a small serving of lightning was still lightning, and even the most modest of flames still burned.
Do I really have to say anything here?
And he was hot all over, hard and hungry and impatient for his downfall.
She takes an ordinary romance novel sentence like "And he was hot all over, hard and hungry" and elevates and infuses it with story and meaning by adding "and impatient for his downfall." That's just fucking genius. It makes me want to weep.
Ah. So good. I could go on...