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A review by sonni89
So Sweet by Rebekah Weatherspoon
3.0
3.5 stars that could have easily been more with a few small changes.
Oh man, this was short and sweet, and HOT, with some caveats. I wasn't sure about the premise of this, it reminded me a lot of [b:Unsticky|5981262|Unsticky|Sarra Manning|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1278271300s/5981262.jpg|6154611] and I really didn't like that at all, but I was promised by a friend that it was good, and IT WAS. The relationship between Michael /the 'sugar daddy') and Kayla was everything I wished Unsticky was, but truly wasn't - mutual appreciation and respect, feelings, and honesty. I just liked their relationship A LOT, I didn't find it to be squicky at all even though I feared a little that I would, and the sex was super hot, as previously stated.
I also really liked that the heroine was plus-sized and POC. She was - in theory - also LGBTQ, but I can honestly do without representation that is nothing more than a throwaway line. The reference to her bisexuality was literally an "I'm bisexual" in her internal monologue once in the book as she lists how she and her friends belong to racial and/or sexual minorities. I just could not believe that this wasn't something that would ever come up again in either her own internal monologue or between her and her partner. I can understand if the writer didn't want to make it a ~big deal, but it was so much of a non-issue that it was a little bit grating for me because it did feel like her bisexuality was only included for representation's sake. You'd think that as someone who (from this one line, so I can't be totally sure, but that's how it read to me) seems to be out and very open with her friends, Kayla would at least mention this small detail to her partner whom she talks to more candidly and more honestly. But no, nothing. Also, I was decidedly not pleased that the best friend turned out to be a conniving bitch. I am just not a fan of that trope, especially when she'd seemed pretty alright before that.
This, and the fact that the book did need editing (spelling errors, missing endings, rogue words that don't belong, etc. - I was pretty horrified that an editor was listed at the end of the book who missed egregious errors like this), keeps me from giving it a higher rating even though I did really enjoy it.
Oh man, this was short and sweet, and HOT, with some caveats. I wasn't sure about the premise of this, it reminded me a lot of [b:Unsticky|5981262|Unsticky|Sarra Manning|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1278271300s/5981262.jpg|6154611] and I really didn't like that at all, but I was promised by a friend that it was good, and IT WAS. The relationship between Michael /the 'sugar daddy') and Kayla was everything I wished Unsticky was, but truly wasn't - mutual appreciation and respect, feelings, and honesty. I just liked their relationship A LOT, I didn't find it to be squicky at all even though I feared a little that I would, and the sex was super hot, as previously stated.
I also really liked that the heroine was plus-sized and POC. She was - in theory - also LGBTQ, but I can honestly do without representation that is nothing more than a throwaway line. The reference to her bisexuality was literally an "I'm bisexual" in her internal monologue once in the book as she lists how she and her friends belong to racial and/or sexual minorities. I just could not believe that this wasn't something that would ever come up again in either her own internal monologue or between her and her partner. I can understand if the writer didn't want to make it a ~big deal, but it was so much of a non-issue that it was a little bit grating for me because it did feel like her bisexuality was only included for representation's sake. You'd think that as someone who (from this one line, so I can't be totally sure, but that's how it read to me) seems to be out and very open with her friends, Kayla would at least mention this small detail to her partner whom she talks to more candidly and more honestly. But no, nothing. Also, I was decidedly not pleased that the best friend turned out to be a conniving bitch. I am just not a fan of that trope, especially when she'd seemed pretty alright before that.
This, and the fact that the book did need editing (spelling errors, missing endings, rogue words that don't belong, etc. - I was pretty horrified that an editor was listed at the end of the book who missed egregious errors like this), keeps me from giving it a higher rating even though I did really enjoy it.