Review: Sweet love story - and not angsty like other "New Adult" books
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 22, 2014
I read this book in a few hours, and at the end I though "That's it?  It's over?!"  I love Erin McCarthy's novels and when I first read "True", I was wicked excited for her to dip her toe in the "New Adult" genre.  The follow-up "Sweet" was decent and as always, I couldn't wait for the next installment.  We don't really know much about Robin from the previous novels (she's barely mentioned in True and only in a few scenes from Sweet), and Phoenix is mentioned in passing and not even by name.These two meet and it's a bit awkward, but both feel a connection.  I thought they moved quickly from just being "friends" to something more (almost too quickly, since they only knew each other a week when Phoenix got his tattoo!).  I love that these two are sober and just trying to be straight edge in a curvy world.I wish this book had been longer - these two meet and fall in love within 10 days!  Also, I could have used with more intensity from secondary characters that would warrant some of the behavior.  The author plays around with various "villains" but doesn't deliver on any of them.  I feel that Davis' threats, the secrets with Nathan and Kylie, Phoenix's mom all could play a larger part of the story.  In fact, this book would easily be 4 or even 5 stars if this criteria were met.My Kindle version had a few typos and grammatical errors, plus chapter 19 is missing (it goes from chapter 18 to 20, though I'm sure it's a typo since no content seems missing).  Overall a solid performance from Ms. McCarthy and I can't wait for Kylie's story.  The teaser for Shatter at the end of this book made me anxious for June to hurry up already!Grade B-