Make It Sweet

It was probably 4 stars for the first half and 2 stars for the second half. I listened to the audiobook and was eager to keep listening until about halfway when I realized I was dragging my feet listening to the rest.

Lucian and Emma had extraordinarily verbose inner monologues. But then somehow we never saw anything happen?

Randomly towards the end we find out Emma bought a house. Why didn't we see that? We already met the real estate agent, it was so odd to just throw in. And in the same scene Lucian told us about the meeting he had with his old coach. Somehow (with dual narration/perspectives too!) we missed all of that?! I also disliked the extremely brief mention of abuse. It was not fleshed out and did not add to the story.

Did I think I would enjoy this book? No but I DID. I'm not one to usually go for the sports guy or the famous actor trope but this book seemed different. More of the small town feel and less narcissism. It did feel a bit long and slow at some points but overall it was a feel good romance. I'm. Not usually one for instalove but it must be growing on me ❤️. Lucian was chef's kiss.

Setting was lovely, side characters were fun and well developed. Lots of development around how they recognized what the other needed and took care of each other, but something didn't click with the overall connection.