Review: Sweetened With A Kiss
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 10, 2013
Sweetened With A Kiss is a romantic contemporary that started out slow for me with an overbearing alpha jerk hero and a Mary Sue heroine. As we go deeper into the story and learn the background for our hero and heroine- Stefan and Jen- it becomes clearer as to what exactly is going on. Stephan has placed Jen on a pedestal and nothing or nobody is going to take her off...including Jen, herself. The pace begins to pick up and the story begins to evolve along with the characters. My only contention was the lack of communication. So much could have been avoided had the hero merely talked things over with Jen. Told her why he was doing things the way he was. Once he finally does, the whole emotional makeup of the book changed. He redeems himself and I didn't want to put cement shoes on him and drop him in a deep lake anymore. The main conflict balances nicely with the romance and of course the big "reveal". The ending wraps everything nicely and we are assured the Jen and Stepan have a good future together.