Sugar Sweet by Christine d’Abo Release Date: August 7, 2018 Publisher: Lyrical Caress Book #1 in the Sugar series Number of Pages: 275 Kindle Edition Source: ARC from Net Galley Contemporary Romance/New Adult M/F Rating: XXX Read 7/29/18 to 7/31/18
I enjoyed the concept of this story, and I assume the series as a whole will run with the idea. Instead of a regular dating site, the characters use a sugar daddy site. NOT an escort site, although there is some fears and stigma that go along with the idea of getting a lot of money to be arm candy for a rich person.
Marissa is a super-likable character. She tries so hard to take care of her own problems…even with the problems shouldn’t even be hers but were thrust upon her by bad people in her life. She may have had her moments of weakness in her life, especially when it comes to her ex-boyfriend, but she’s learned her lesson and is not the shrinking violet she first appears to be. She’s going to do what needs to be done to take care of her problems while also going to school to better her life.
Of course, the multimillionaire Vince is not quite as likable at first. But once he confronted by someone who doesn’t bow down at his feet we get to see his true heart. Marissa truly brings out the best in him, against his own better judgement even. It was fun to see such a strong and in charge business man get bossed around by Marissa occasionally. He had his alpha moments, but he really tried so hard to pull back those instincts in most matters.
There are things I didn’t quite understand about Vince, his father, and their companies. At first I really wanted to understand and thought I needed to understand the whys and hows. And, in fact, I couldn’t understand why Vince didn’t more deeply question his father’s insistence on how they were dealing with their mutual investment. Then, I relaxed and decided to just go with the flow. They whys and hows were not really that important to the overall story. Just the fact that Vince’s dad is a real jerk is enough for the reader to know.
What did continue to irk me throughout the story was the awkward language at some points. And some totally mis-used words. Now, this story takes place in Canada so there are some slight differences in what we, in the United States, call things. That is not what I’m talking about. My hope is, since I read an ARC of this story, there is still some editing that will be done before publication. Even if these things are not caught, this is still a great story.
Christine d’Abo is a new-to-me author and I’m looking forward to reading more by her. Especially the next book in this series.
3.5 stars
**I received an ARC of this book courtesy of Net Galley and the publisher. All opinions expressed in this review are my own and given freely**
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