Published April 2022 via Forever
★★★
She's a doctor, and the next face of the hospital her family has built over generations. He's a small-town carpenter/mayor/BnB manager. Their lives shouldn't intersect...but they do.
I read a preview for this a while back and was entertained enough by baby farm animals and the promise of grilled cheese that I picked up the full version from the library. It's a solid story, but it ended up being not quite what I was looking for—I think I was expecting something a little lighter (baby farm animals and grilled cheese, dammit), but there ends up being a whole host of heavy themes: Alexis has a difficult family; Daniel has a difficult family; Alexis is dealing with the fallout of an unhealthy relationship; Alexis's friends are...not always exactly the friends you would want; there's a secondary character in a very abusive relationship; and so on and so forth. And the thing is, that's not a <i>bad</i> thing: yes please to more complex themes in romance! But I could have done with one fewer here (maybe taking out Daniel's family storyline?), and also the loss of the woo-woo stuff, because I lose interest the second things turn supernatural.
That said: it's good writing and interesting characters, and I'll keep the rest of the series in mind when I'm looking for something lightish but not too fluffy. But...next time, if grilled cheese is promised, I'd like some really elaborate descriptions, please. Hold the tomatoes.
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