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Sophie Gunn

Autor de How Sweet It is

3 Obras 78 Miembros 8 Reseñas

Series

Obras de Sophie Gunn

How Sweet It is (2011) 50 copias
Sweet Kiss of Summer (2011) 25 copias
It's a Wonderful Wife (2011) 3 copias

Etiquetado

Conocimiento común

Nombre canónico
Gunn, Sophie
Nombre legal
Holquist, Diana

Miembros

Reseñas


Sweet romance, likable characters and a satisfying ending..:)

 
Denunciada
irisper012106 | 5 reseñas más. | Nov 1, 2015 |
Jordan, a mercurial but highly driven ex-black sheep, returns home after striking out at her job. All her life, she has been languishing in the shadow of her high-achieving older sister, Cassie, including losing her first crush, Molly, to her. Ironically, sis-in-law Molly seems to be the only person who truly 'sees' the real Jordan.

Fighting parental disapproval, self-doubt and a 'ghost', Jordan dares to fall in love with the formerly unattainable Molly. And the feelings are mutual. But in a small town where everyone is within shouting distance and parents manage their children's lives like they're little kids, it's just not possible to carry on a relationship in the dark.

This is a sweet and engaging character study of two very different people who are drawn together by circumstances and mutual empathy. A little light on plot but lots of emotional depth and characterization. I was going to give this 4 stars but the 'messy' little plot twist near the end made me dole out another half star.

p.s. how did Jordan's 'sewing wild oats' get past the eagle-eyed bsb editors? it was one of the funnier lol lines in the book, even if it was unintended. :)

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Jemology | 5 reseñas más. | Dec 29, 2014 |
I got this book because of the whole "Enemy Club" premise - four women, once high school enemies (or, at least, adversaries) now meet every Wednesday and have somehow become each others closest friends and support system. And that aspect of the book was a little bit less fleshed out than I would prefer (although, since this is the first in a series, I'm expecting the rest of the books will help with that).

But it's the two main characters of this book - single mom/waitress/stubborn as hell Lizzie & traumatized/drifting boy-scout Dante - that rightfully steal most of the attention (and praise) I've got for this story.

Dante killed someone - this is not a spoiler, since he tells you so in the first chapter. It was an accident, a horrible mistake that could have happened to anyone, but it he still did it - he caused a woman to no longer be alive. And trying to live with the guilt of that is what brings him into Lizzie's diner - and life - in the first place. He happens to overhear her discussion with the Enemy Club about how she has to fix up her house/property, just as he, coincidentally, is trying to lessen the guilt by living in savior mode.

So, naturally, he heads to her house and starts fixing her fence.

No? Right? One of the things I really liked was that Lizzie was like "um: NO! Stranger, stalker, what the hell?" I didn't so much appreciate that every single other person she talked to brushed off her very legitimate concerns and was just like "Let him help you ~ I'm sure he's harmless." A lot of head shaking right there. Of course, since it's a book, turns out, he was fine, and the plot could progress, but still: maybe the whole of the town could've acted like Lizzie had some brains instead of treating her like some overreacting child? (end mini-rant).

Anyways, aside from that, there was a lot of good in the book - there were people who weren't dopes (Dante recognizing Lizzie's sister's shiftiness long before anybody else, for example); there was PTSD reasonable portrayed (for the most part - although, again, at the end, dabbling a bit into magical thinking territory: in an emergency situation, Dante is able to overcome his fear of driving quickly (he goes literally 10 mph for most of the book) and speeds to the rescue. I do think there was a lot of thought put into the scenes that let up to that, that could, concievably have helped him to make that logical breakthrough, but I'm not sure it's the most realistic thing I've ever read. I'm not an expert in PTSD, though, so I can't say for sure. ); characters with sweetness and secrets and sassiness (Lizzie's daughter Paige, for example), and some animals to play mascots and illustrate themes (which is always fun). So I'm going to be looking for the rest of the series, see if I can learn more about how you turn enemies into friends.
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NTE | 5 reseñas más. | Sep 20, 2013 |
It's A Wonderful Wife by Sohpie Gunn
Georgia's birthday, 5th year he showed up, had tea and cookies and then Stu
asked her to marry him. He always asks her and she says no.
THis year all her girlfriends-the Enemy Club will spend the weekend before
Christmas at her estate and this time Georgia will ask Stu to marry her come
her birthday.
Even if it feels right if you don't have passion for doing it, it will turn
out all wrong.
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jbarr5 | Jul 25, 2013 |

Estadísticas

Obras
3
Miembros
78
Popularidad
#229,022
Valoración
½ 3.5
Reseñas
8
ISBNs
9

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