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romancingthereader 's review for:
Shucked
by Kate Canterbary
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Kate Canterbary is a one-click author for me. And Shucked took me back to all of the good, warm, cozy feelings I got from In a Jam, so I am very happy to point you toward reading it.
📔 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗼: Shucked, the first book in the Loew brothers series by Kate Canterbary.
📚𝗧𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲: Enemies-to-lovers, brother's best friend, age gap.
📖 𝗦𝘆𝗻𝗼𝗽𝘀𝗶𝘀: Beckett is home in Rhode Island, struggling to save his family's business after both his parents end up in hot water with the federal government. Sunny has always found her heart in Friendship, and she's put down roots in the form of a vegan cafe next to Beckett's restaurant. What starts with squabbles and disagreements soon morphs into passion, but Beckett's stay has a end date, and Sunny isn't big on commitment either.
🌟 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: I mean, what's not to like? Kate Canterbary creates these worlds that you can almost imagine yourself living in. Now, I am certainly waxing poetic right now... but I could feel the warm sea air and smell the brininess of the oysters and I could imagine being friends with all of these characters. It almost makes you never want to leave.
Shucked was so good. I'm a huge fan of enemies-to-lovers that involves really great banter, and this was epically good. Plus, you get all of the life lessons - Sunny pushes herself to let down her guard, and everyone pushes Beckett to realize he doesn't have to be his family's fixer. There's the possessiveness and the dirty talk we always love about her books that is in there.
One thing I hate/love is the fact that Kate makes us love her side characters SO much, that I legitimately want to beg for books for each of them. It happened with In A Jam. And for Shucked, I know we are getting the rest of the Loew brothers. But there's an angry chef who left her profession in a rage, a marketing goddess with two husbands, an angsty bartender and a flighty fairy of a woman who lives to drive her crazy... the list goes on.
Regardless, Shucked was more of Kate Canterbary's excellent writing, and it has a perfect end-of-summer vibe that makes it perfect to read right now.
𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴: 4.5/5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗥𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴: 3.5/5 🌶🌶🌶
🆓️ on KU
𝑰 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏 𝑨𝑹𝑪 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒃𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒊𝒏 𝒆𝒙𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒏 𝒉𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒊���𝒘.
📔 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗼: Shucked, the first book in the Loew brothers series by Kate Canterbary.
📚𝗧𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲: Enemies-to-lovers, brother's best friend, age gap.
📖 𝗦𝘆𝗻𝗼𝗽𝘀𝗶𝘀: Beckett is home in Rhode Island, struggling to save his family's business after both his parents end up in hot water with the federal government. Sunny has always found her heart in Friendship, and she's put down roots in the form of a vegan cafe next to Beckett's restaurant. What starts with squabbles and disagreements soon morphs into passion, but Beckett's stay has a end date, and Sunny isn't big on commitment either.
🌟 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: I mean, what's not to like? Kate Canterbary creates these worlds that you can almost imagine yourself living in. Now, I am certainly waxing poetic right now... but I could feel the warm sea air and smell the brininess of the oysters and I could imagine being friends with all of these characters. It almost makes you never want to leave.
Shucked was so good. I'm a huge fan of enemies-to-lovers that involves really great banter, and this was epically good. Plus, you get all of the life lessons - Sunny pushes herself to let down her guard, and everyone pushes Beckett to realize he doesn't have to be his family's fixer. There's the possessiveness and the dirty talk we always love about her books that is in there.
One thing I hate/love is the fact that Kate makes us love her side characters SO much, that I legitimately want to beg for books for each of them. It happened with In A Jam. And for Shucked, I know we are getting the rest of the Loew brothers. But there's an angry chef who left her profession in a rage, a marketing goddess with two husbands, an angsty bartender and a flighty fairy of a woman who lives to drive her crazy... the list goes on.
Regardless, Shucked was more of Kate Canterbary's excellent writing, and it has a perfect end-of-summer vibe that makes it perfect to read right now.
𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴: 4.5/5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗥𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴: 3.5/5 🌶🌶🌶
🆓️ on KU
𝑰 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏 𝑨𝑹𝑪 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒃𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒊𝒏 𝒆𝒙𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒏 𝒉𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒊���𝒘.