Review: Laugh Out Loud Romance
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 5, 2013
***Received from Entangled Publishing for an honest review***Marcus Weaver returns to his hometown of Celebration, NY, for one reason: build a Megamart there. He left Celebration years ago with no intention of ever returning. After all, why would he go back to a place filled with bad memories? Yet his drive to climb the corporate ladder does just that. He figures there might be a little opposition to building a big box company like his there, but he doesn't count on the opposition coming from Ivy Callahan, the former mayor's daughter who just happens to be Celebration's current mayor.Ivy's return to Celebration comes on the heels of her father suffering a heart attack. As the town's new mayor, she knows she has her work cut out for her. There's a shortage of jobs and a high unemployment rate she needs to tackle first, which is hard to do when the city council is in shreds, her ex-fiance is the town planner, and the only man with a seemingly sound enough plan to help provide good-paying jobs for the good townsfolk of Celebration is her high school crush, Marcus Weaver.This was a delightfully hilarious romance. I loved Ms. Simcox's humor that translates into the narrative, thoughts, and dialogue of the characters. It helped me appreciate small town life, which could have easily been overshadowed by small town politics. But in a place where everyone knows everyone, and secrets are unheard of, small town politics and drama are going to be more obvious than if the story had been set in a big city somewhere.I enjoyed watching Marcus and Ivy's relationship develop despite their backgrounds, their agendas, and the forces working against them. And I really liked how the chemistry between them went from sparks to a red-hot fire.While "Ivy Entwined" isn't a book I'd normally read, I'm so glad I said yes to reviewing it. Thank you, Ms. Simcox, for bringing to life amazing characters who have an equally amazing story that just had to be told.