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A review by bookdrgn
In Other Words, Love by Shirley Jump
4.0
I loved how self-confident Kate is in her general life, though I wish she’d felt the same about her ghost-writing. Her relationship with her grandmother is gorgeous and I’m glad this didn’t go down the familiar path of killing of an older character as a catalyst for the main protagonist's emotional growth. Her interactions with her cat are ones I am familiar with as a fellow cat owner. Her character arc is a smooth transition from hurting over transgressions in her past and shame over ghost-writing to fully accepting herself and moving forward.
Trent is a self-made person with a chip on his shoulder. He adamantly refuses to see he is like his father, simply in a different field. He seems to resent his father for not expanding his nursery business to the standard Trent has built his outdoor wear business. He has his own opinion on how his relationship with Kate ended but isn’t going to look a gift horse in the mouth. His character arc involves a lot of self-reflection and realizations about his perceptions.
Their relationship is sweet and features the nostalgia of their former relationship nicely, as they progress from work colleagues to friends to lovers.
Trent’s nickname ‘Kitkat’ for Kate didn’t gel with the overall tone of their relationship in college or now. It continually threw me out of the story for a second and seemed out of place. Trent’s refusal to see his father with honest eyes for the first half of the book is frustrating when you consider Trent’s work ethic and the inspiration for it. He’s seen poverty and various lifestyles in his travels so why couldn’t he see, or at least admit, his father provided for them and gave him the initial experience in running a business.
In Other Words, Love definitely fits the Hallmark genre of romance. Sweet, sassy, and heartwarming in all the right ways. I always enjoy it when a book where food features as a plot device have a recipe included and I look forward to trying this one.
I received a free copy of In Other Words, Love in exchange for an honest review from Hallmark Publishing.
Trent is a self-made person with a chip on his shoulder. He adamantly refuses to see he is like his father, simply in a different field. He seems to resent his father for not expanding his nursery business to the standard Trent has built his outdoor wear business. He has his own opinion on how his relationship with Kate ended but isn’t going to look a gift horse in the mouth. His character arc involves a lot of self-reflection and realizations about his perceptions.
Their relationship is sweet and features the nostalgia of their former relationship nicely, as they progress from work colleagues to friends to lovers.
Trent’s nickname ‘Kitkat’ for Kate didn’t gel with the overall tone of their relationship in college or now. It continually threw me out of the story for a second and seemed out of place. Trent’s refusal to see his father with honest eyes for the first half of the book is frustrating when you consider Trent’s work ethic and the inspiration for it. He’s seen poverty and various lifestyles in his travels so why couldn’t he see, or at least admit, his father provided for them and gave him the initial experience in running a business.
In Other Words, Love definitely fits the Hallmark genre of romance. Sweet, sassy, and heartwarming in all the right ways. I always enjoy it when a book where food features as a plot device have a recipe included and I look forward to trying this one.
I received a free copy of In Other Words, Love in exchange for an honest review from Hallmark Publishing.