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Please, Sir by Daisy Jane
3.75
Please, Sir by Daisy Jane is a spicy yet heartfelt story about a young woman finding her place after an abusive relationship and a single dad who is struggling to connect with his teenage daughter. The two are instantly drawn to one another, but their individual history, not to mention she's his daughter's cheer coach and health teacher, get in the way. Will their desires win out in the end?
In many ways this is a classic Daisy Jane story. It has all the heat you'd expect, a dash of suspense, flawed but strong characters, and a small town setting. I will be honest, this has not been my favorite DJ book. I did enjoy Please, Sir, and I even read it in about two sittings. It was easy to follow and kept my attention, but I felt like something was missing.
Let's start with the good! I found both characters likeable. Our cheer coach FMC is struggling to find herself after an abusive relationship and relationship rupture with her parents. I appreciated how this was portrayed and handled with care. Our MMC is deep in grief for his wife, his young teenage daughter, and himself. Again, this was portrayed very well, especially the relationship with his daughter. It's so hard for me to not hate teenagers in books and I didn't hate this one! She felt real and awkward and all the teen things you'd expect irl! The way our MCs come together is hot, obvs! Daisy really knows how to bring the heat and depict kink in a decent manner! The relationship between the MCs bordered on insta-love, but in a way that made sense to the characters and they also appeared to recognize it and but some boundaries up to ensure they were taking it somewhat slow, which I don't see often and actually enjoyed!
Now to what didn't work for me. I think part of my struggle to truly love this book is that, aside from the prologue, the two characters don't even interact with each other until like 30% into the book. In part, I understand that this was setting the stage for them to meet fully and to give us more backstory into each character, but I'd have preferred to learn that while/after they meet. There was a lot of back and forth between our two MCs that bothered me even if I can understand the reasons. I also cannot get past our FMC taking the MMCs daughter to get a belly ring without his permission. I'm sorry, but you don't do that and he handled it with grace in my opinion because I'd be at that school for her job. Seriously. I don't care if it was you trying to make her feel better or bond or even if he would have taken her himself, you just don't do that! The suspense element was predictable, if still done well, and I can see how it added to the MCs relationship but it could have been left out imo and they still would have had a solid foundation.
Overall, this was an enjoyable read and if you’re a fan of Daisy Jane, and small town, single dad romances, I’d recommend it.
I received an arc from The Smuthood PR. All opinions are my own.
In many ways this is a classic Daisy Jane story. It has all the heat you'd expect, a dash of suspense, flawed but strong characters, and a small town setting. I will be honest, this has not been my favorite DJ book. I did enjoy Please, Sir, and I even read it in about two sittings. It was easy to follow and kept my attention, but I felt like something was missing.
Let's start with the good! I found both characters likeable. Our cheer coach FMC is struggling to find herself after an abusive relationship and relationship rupture with her parents. I appreciated how this was portrayed and handled with care. Our MMC is deep in grief for his wife, his young teenage daughter, and himself. Again, this was portrayed very well, especially the relationship with his daughter. It's so hard for me to not hate teenagers in books and I didn't hate this one! She felt real and awkward and all the teen things you'd expect irl! The way our MCs come together is hot, obvs! Daisy really knows how to bring the heat and depict kink in a decent manner! The relationship between the MCs bordered on insta-love, but in a way that made sense to the characters and they also appeared to recognize it and but some boundaries up to ensure they were taking it somewhat slow, which I don't see often and actually enjoyed!
Now to what didn't work for me. I think part of my struggle to truly love this book is that, aside from the prologue, the two characters don't even interact with each other until like 30% into the book. In part, I understand that this was setting the stage for them to meet fully and to give us more backstory into each character, but I'd have preferred to learn that while/after they meet. There was a lot of back and forth between our two MCs that bothered me even if I can understand the reasons. I also cannot get past our FMC
Overall, this was an enjoyable read and if you’re a fan of Daisy Jane, and small town, single dad romances, I’d recommend it.
I received an arc from The Smuthood PR. All opinions are my own.