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Shucked
by Kate Canterbary
ARC kindly provided for the author in exchange for an honest review
This is my second book by [a:Kate Canterbary|8345486|Kate Canterbary|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1608305720p2/8345486.jpg] and I can say for sure that she has become one of my favorite authors. There is no author who makes me laugh and enjoy her books like her, and I love the way her love stories always have that peculiar, romantic and funny touch that I love so much in her writing, and of course Sunny & Beckett were no exception, and the secondary characters complement the plot in a great way!
Sunny stole my heart right away! Her character has a charming personality and a big heart that serve as a shield to maintain her freedom and independence, an aspect that I loved in her but at the same time broke my heart a bit, since reading her complicated path with epilepsy, especially when she was younger, was a little painful, but it helped me to understand much better her initial resentment for Beckett, her desire to show that she can take care of herself and her situation with her family. I also really liked that Sunny always had the support of the girls from Naked Provisions and the inhabitants of Friendship. Plus, I think she's one of the most mature heroines I've ever read when it comes to expressing what she's feeling and helping Beck understand what he's feeling, and that scene between her and Parker was also very moving and made me love all three of them a little more.
Beckett is a bit more complicated character, and while I think he acts like a real jerk at times, I couldn't help but love him even then. He's the oldest of the Lowes, the grump who has to return to Friendship to solve his family's problems once again, and finds himself caught up in the chaos of the town he always sought to escape from, and things get even more complicated for Beck when he discovers that Sunny, his best friend's little sister, is one of the owners of the new cafe across the street from his family's oyster bar. BUT deep down Beckett is more than Friendship's number one enemy, he's a man who shows time and time again how much he loves Sunny, and cares about her, as can be the dumbest, cutest, and sexiest at the same time, and I loved that Kate showed us the complexity of his relationship with his parents, with Parker and also with Dex, that scene with the gnomes was one of the funniest and most revealing in the entire book and I can't wait to read more moments like that in the rest of the series.
The relationship between Sunny & Beckett doesn't start off in the best way because she cannot forget the way Beck & Lance, her brother, tormented her when she was little and vulnerable an aspect that I loved about the story, also, Beck does everything to put distance between them since, from their first meeting, he begins to feel things that he shouldn't for his best friend's sister, and yet it is impossible for him not to help her when she needs it and not try to solve her problems, after all, that is why he returned to Friendship. These two have the most bizarre, cutest, and funniest interactions, and Shucked explored perfectly the complexity of their feelings for each other, their fears, vulnerabilities, and all the obstacles they have to overcome if they really want to be together.
This is my second book by [a:Kate Canterbary|8345486|Kate Canterbary|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1608305720p2/8345486.jpg] and I can say for sure that she has become one of my favorite authors. There is no author who makes me laugh and enjoy her books like her, and I love the way her love stories always have that peculiar, romantic and funny touch that I love so much in her writing, and of course Sunny & Beckett were no exception, and the secondary characters complement the plot in a great way!
Sunny stole my heart right away! Her character has a charming personality and a big heart that serve as a shield to maintain her freedom and independence, an aspect that I loved in her but at the same time broke my heart a bit, since reading her complicated path with epilepsy, especially when she was younger, was a little painful, but it helped me to understand much better her initial resentment for Beckett, her desire to show that she can take care of herself and her situation with her family. I also really liked that Sunny always had the support of the girls from Naked Provisions and the inhabitants of Friendship. Plus, I think she's one of the most mature heroines I've ever read when it comes to expressing what she's feeling and helping Beck understand what he's feeling, and that scene between her and Parker was also very moving and made me love all three of them a little more.
Beckett is a bit more complicated character, and while I think he acts like a real jerk at times, I couldn't help but love him even then. He's the oldest of the Lowes, the grump who has to return to Friendship to solve his family's problems once again, and finds himself caught up in the chaos of the town he always sought to escape from, and things get even more complicated for Beck when he discovers that Sunny, his best friend's little sister, is one of the owners of the new cafe across the street from his family's oyster bar. BUT deep down Beckett is more than Friendship's number one enemy, he's a man who shows time and time again how much he loves Sunny, and cares about her, as can be the dumbest, cutest, and sexiest at the same time, and I loved that Kate showed us the complexity of his relationship with his parents, with Parker and also with Dex, that scene with the gnomes was one of the funniest and most revealing in the entire book and I can't wait to read more moments like that in the rest of the series.
The relationship between Sunny & Beckett doesn't start off in the best way because she cannot forget the way Beck & Lance, her brother, tormented her when she was little and vulnerable an aspect that I loved about the story, also, Beck does everything to put distance between them since, from their first meeting, he begins to feel things that he shouldn't for his best friend's sister, and yet it is impossible for him not to help her when she needs it and not try to solve her problems, after all, that is why he returned to Friendship. These two have the most bizarre, cutest, and funniest interactions, and Shucked explored perfectly the complexity of their feelings for each other, their fears, vulnerabilities, and all the obstacles they have to overcome if they really want to be together.