Review: Overall it was a feel-good slice of loveliness
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 29, 2014
We meet Jen just as she’s returning from Paris. She’s got a new lease of life, new confidence and new baking skillz. You see, she’s engaged to Stefan, with whom she’s been in love since she was a foetus but he doesn’t feel the same way (or does he? *twirls lady-moustache*). So the only way for her to be happy is to break it off and love him from afar. That sounds okay, right? And when we meet Stefan we can’t really blame Jen for that decision. He’s cold and kinda mean. He’s acting like a typical rich absentee husband. But whenever Jen brings up the matter of breaking off the engagement, he loses it. She even makes up a story that she’s engaged to her pastry school Paris friend, but Stefan’s not buying it. Why not?Because, of course, he’s head-over-heels, flippity-floppity insanely in love with Jen! But he can only show it by being cold and distant (and occasionally being mega vag-teasy).I loved this book. Yes, there were some silly and confusing bits (the plot concerning their business interests went right over my head; the bits with the judge were crazy OTT (but entertaining); I couldn’t really understand where Jen and Stefan stood in their relationship and she seemed to give in really easily) but I loved how possessive Stefan was and I loved getting an insight into his mind because he showed little emotion. There were a lot of peripheral characters, so it did kinda seem like I walked in on the middle of series, but it was never overwhelming. Overall it was a feel-good slice of loveliness.