Review: Sweet Romance
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 2, 2013
Courtesy of Random House Publishing Group(Loveswept) through NetGalley in exchange of an honest review.Leaving her job in Boston out of frustration Avery Newbridge heads out to Star Harbor in order to help her family and hopefully figure out what she wants to do with her life. When the gorgeous Theo Grayson shows up on the doorsteps of the Star Harbor Inn looking for a place to stay while he writes his next book, he carries a tempting plate of trouble with him.This is a second book in the Star Harbor series. I loved the first one, but Sebastian and Lexie were so perfect and wonderful. Theo of course is Sebastian's twin brother, but he is the geeky brother of the two. He writes swashbuckling adventure and is in Star Harbor trying to put together the pieces of its history for his next story. I loved Theo as much as I loved Sebastian. He was wonderful and swoons worthy and he was trying too hard to get Avery's attention. Avery on the other hand I couldn't help but find annoying. Her actions and reactions puzzled me at times. The fact that she jumped to conclusions way too many times did not help her with brownie points either.I did feel sorry for her and what had happened with her job, as a social worker she thought she failed a missing woman with drug problems - and how she handled the situation later on made me a little proud of her.Besides that, the story line was okay at best. It follows Grayson's brother's adventures as Theo is now trying to dig up the history of the lost ship and of course more goons from the drug circle from the first book make their appearance as well. The book had some suspense, and a little bit of action and adventure. I wasn't sure if the attraction between Theo and Avery was as good as the attraction between Sebastian and Lexie, but it was a sweet book regardless. I loved Theo's attempt at trying to seduce Avery and later on in the series, he became a character hard not to like. I wanted to squeeze him for everything he went through with Avery, but at the same time I was rooting for him not to give up on his happy ending. The end of the book was satisfying, and the fact that it came with Lexie's Coconut Cake recipe was a nice big surprise!