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Cream and Punishment by Susannah Nix
4.0
Cream and Punishment: ★ ★ ★ ★
Susannah Nix (King Family #2)
"I'm pretty sure you're the best thing that's ever happened to me, only apparently I was too broken to realize it until I'd lost you."
When Tanner King ends up working right across his ex Lucy Dillard, it's a little more than awkward and filled with tension–understandable, seeing as six months ago, Lucy couldn't have bolted out the door faster when Tanner confessed his love for her.
Admittedly, I was a little hesitant at the premise of this book because while I do love second chance romance, I have never read one where one partner actively broke up with the other one. I kind of went into this wanting to resent Lucy for dumping Tanner because he is so sweet and I absolutely love the hero-falls-first trope.
Like girl, you gave up what all of us peasants are actively looking for? Ma'am?!?!?! Even when he was supposed to hate her, he was thinking things like it was the cruelest part about all of this–I couldn't even properly dislike Lucy because we were so – perfect for each other oh and also I was still just as in love with her as ever AND HE QUOTED PRIDE & PREJUDICE. MISTER DARCY. I WILL NEVER GET OVER THIS FOR AS LONG AS I LIVE.
But as I kept reading, I genuinely appreciated the connection between the two of them as well as the tension and the banter. There was a lot of pining, of course, which we do love to see and I absolutely loved that this was dual POV, because we got to see both sides of the story and really get into their heads. There's also family drama (I really did not like Lucy's mom because I could relate to the partiality toward men unfortunately I deal with it all the time) that also adds more substance to the story.
Not to mention, this cover has to be one of the cutest ones I have seen in such a long time! I absolutely loved it and it was what grabbed my attention immediately so huge kudos to the author and the designer for pulling this together.
This story was sweet as ice cream and while this was my first Susannah Nix read, it will not be the last!
*ARC provided by Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
Susannah Nix (King Family #2)
"I'm pretty sure you're the best thing that's ever happened to me, only apparently I was too broken to realize it until I'd lost you."
When Tanner King ends up working right across his ex Lucy Dillard, it's a little more than awkward and filled with tension–understandable, seeing as six months ago, Lucy couldn't have bolted out the door faster when Tanner confessed his love for her.
Admittedly, I was a little hesitant at the premise of this book because while I do love second chance romance, I have never read one where one partner actively broke up with the other one. I kind of went into this wanting to resent Lucy for dumping Tanner because he is so sweet and I absolutely love the hero-falls-first trope.
Like girl, you gave up what all of us peasants are actively looking for? Ma'am?!?!?! Even when he was supposed to hate her, he was thinking things like it was the cruelest part about all of this–I couldn't even properly dislike Lucy because we were so – perfect for each other oh and also I was still just as in love with her as ever AND HE QUOTED PRIDE & PREJUDICE. MISTER DARCY. I WILL NEVER GET OVER THIS FOR AS LONG AS I LIVE.
But as I kept reading, I genuinely appreciated the connection between the two of them as well as the tension and the banter. There was a lot of pining, of course, which we do love to see and I absolutely loved that this was dual POV, because we got to see both sides of the story and really get into their heads. There's also family drama (I really did not like Lucy's mom because I could relate to the partiality toward men unfortunately I deal with it all the time) that also adds more substance to the story.
Not to mention, this cover has to be one of the cutest ones I have seen in such a long time! I absolutely loved it and it was what grabbed my attention immediately so huge kudos to the author and the designer for pulling this together.
This story was sweet as ice cream and while this was my first Susannah Nix read, it will not be the last!
*ARC provided by Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.