Review: Sweet Romantic,
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 19, 2014
Jonah MarshCassandra (Cass)Thank you to both Sofia and her publisher for sending me and ARC to read and review prior to release.This is another lovely ,sweet short story from Sofia Grey.I have read all Sofia's books and have loved every one of them, this is no exception.We first meet Cass at her rented Bach(pronounced batch) (love the description by the way Sofia!) in a generic camping spot close to Wellington, New Zealand.She is taking time out from real life to finish her thriller novel. Things are going slow for the novel, but there is soon to be a changein Cass' way of thinking when she starts taking note of the newcomers in the bach next door.A group of young people have moved in for the weekend, and Cass takes particular notice of the loner in the group. Her mind is filledwith wonderful ideas for a new book, a romance, obviously, and the words flow easily, her Dr in her thriller soon pushed aside.Cass is approached by Mr Loner and although he is incredibly shy , they have that instant attraction going on. Despite the age differencethey begin a supposedly short holiday affair. Things move fast, and before Cass realizes, she is falling for Jonah.She fights with herinner self over being a cougar, but despite herself she falls hard for the younger man.After a short and somewhat nasty introduction to Cass' son and his friends, Jonah leaves, forgetting his bag in the rush to get away.This of course leaves Cass an opening to contact him, but will he want to talk to her. ??Read this lovely short story to find out just what the outcome is!Being a short story, there is usually that feeling that maybe there is more to the story, and of course we get this at the end, but,it is finished in a way that leaves things open if Ms Grey wishes to pick the story up again later down the track, without leavingthe reader wondering too much.So for a short story its well deserving of 3 3/4 stars, not quiet four stars, but only because its a shorty, and there is alwaysso much left to tell.I'm not sure if Sofia intends for this to be the start of a series featuring these characters again, or if we will see new characters, but either way, a lovely sweet, quick read.