Started: March 15th
Finished: March 21st
TSM Rating: 4/5
I’m a sucker for stories about writers. Anytime I find a book where the protagonist is a writer of some kind, I will always read it because I’m always curious about other peoples point of view about writing, from the process to actually being a writer. It’s just the writer soul in me.
Writing is tertiary and central to Lily and Nick’s story. Their relationship begins with words. Letters written via email to sharing tidbits and secrets, and — between the lines — feelings. Their whole relationship is happenstance. Lily happens to find Nick’s author website. Happenstance brings them back together in New York in real life before either of them actually realizes it.
Eventually that happenstance turns into choices. They continue to choose each other even when they are trying not to. I loved how undeniable their romance feels. Even before they realize that they already know each other, they feel their connection. They feel it without say a word.
Nick’s journey to find his voice as an author again feels tied to his ability to open himself up to Lily, to love her and be loved by her. It’s the same way that Lily’s confidence in herself is tied to it. But no in a co-dependent way. In a way that we all need just one person in our corner, having our back. Even though Lily has her sisters, Iris and Violet — yes, the flower names are purposeful — and her parents, they don’t express the same confidence that Nick does. He tells her all the good things about herself, while he family seems to focus on her flaws or what she’s missing. At one point while reading this, I found myself being thankful that I don’t have sisters. Never once have my brothers tried to set me up because they they I was incapable or finding my own partner. They never tried to set me up at all, but that’s something altogether different.
This was a fun, sexy read. I’m looking forward to the follow up that focuses on Violet!
The Saucy Mama 