Author: Jill Shalvis
Publishing Date: 2016
Genre: Contemporary
Rating: B-
Sensuality: Hot
Book Disclosure: I checked this one out from the library.
Sweet Little Lies is the first in a new Jill Shalvis series, Heartbreaker Bay. Just to give you a little bit of background if you are not familiar with Jill Shalvis (shame on you!), she writes awesome contemporary books set in small towns. She gained well deserved popularity with her Lucky Harbor series, which is where I fell in love with her writing. So back to Sweet Little Lies... Pru, a captain of a tourist boating operation, has made it her life's mission to right the wrongs her parents caused when they chose to drink and drive. Her last operation is to make sure that hunky, bartender Finn is happy in life. She sets out to make sure he finds happiness by falling in love, however, she certainly didn't intend for it to be herself!
What I liked. I am super excited about all the new characters introduced in this book. I love the little community set in San Francisco that theses characters have been able to carve out for themselves. You have the brooding/man whore Jake, who has taken in upon himself to protect Pru. There are several guys friends with Finn and then several girls friends with Pru. I smell lots of sequel baiting!! Sweet Little Lies also has plenty of funny scenes where either Pru or Finn ends up in some sort of predicament.
Why didn't I give this one a higher grade? Well, I had a little trouble buying into Pru and Finn's romance. I was much more interested in everything else going on in the book that the romance was secondary to me. Also, for most of the book Pru withholds some important information about her history from Finn and that was looming over the story. The reader is on pins and needles waiting for the big bomb to drop. When it finally does, it is fairly predictable how Finn reacts. It all seemed very anti-climactic and unnecessary.
Sweet Little Lies was not my favorite by Shalvis, but I am definitely interested in reading more in this series.
2 comments:
I know exactly what you mean. These aren't my favorite Shalvis books but they're still good stories. I loved the characters too!
oh I agree with your thoughts on this one. I like Jill Shalvis quite a bit, but this book didn't completely do it for me. The story was good, and the characters were solid, but the romance felt off for me as well.
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