Latte Darling

Well that took a turn. This is my first time giving an SJ Tilly book less than 4 stars and truthfully if it was for Alex, our main male character and my need for a fluffy read, this would have been a 2 stars. There was absolutely no plot which I normally don't mind if there is character development. Which now I'm thinking about it, there was none. It felt like they digressed. I am not so skinny girl myself and I can't empathize with many of Tilly's characters about insecurities and how that can play in relationships with insecurities. But it wasn't an issue this whole book, maybe mentioned once. Then it is the whole damn third act break up. It took one insecure thought to rip this “unimaginable” love between these two characters away. So many times our FMC talked about feeling so safe with him but that's all it took? Be so fr. On top of that, the layout of this book with the extremely short chapters was not my thing. I was reading this via audio and it was so odd hearing a character for 30 seconds and I felt like half way through their dialogue just change pov's.

Now I've written this, it is definitely a good 2ish. I liked Axel and it was cute to listen to until the last 25%.

Zaddy Axel is hot AF. Like. I'm sweating just thinking about it. I love DILFS

Age gap, tattooed, mechanic. WOW. Plus a height difference that is both cute and steamy.

The dirty talk from him, oh my. Where's the fan?

Maddie doubts herself too much, and holds back, but when she finally let's go and accepts that he loves her. The world makes sense.

Met under strange circumstances, but everything worked out for the best.

This is the cheesiest, fluffiest book I have read in a long time. There is zero plot to this book and for some reason I was totally okay with that. I almost dnf this book multiple times. I hated how it started I thought it was going to be awful... the first 50% book I actually didn't even like but for some reason I just kept reading and I enjoyed the last half. I don't even know. The best part about this book? Everyone was over 30! Whoot whoot.