cassandrekrier's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
full review to come.
awful though, flat characters w a ton of miscommunication x insta-love trope.
also, the cover depicts a brunette when the MC is described *over and over again* to be blonde.
awful though, flat characters w a ton of miscommunication x insta-love trope.
also, the cover depicts a brunette when the MC is described *over and over again* to be blonde.
sonni89's review against another edition
5.0
I actually finished this last week, but completely forgot to write about it.
Anyhow, 4.5 stars. THIS WAS SO GREAT! Probably my second favorite one in the series, after book 2.
It did take me a bit to get into it because I just got so frustrated with them constantly misunderstanding each other. Like, don't get me wrong, it was GOOD, but every once in a while, I was like, COME ON GUYS!!!! Anyway, once I did get really into it, everything was amazing!!!!
I think my favorite part, other than, you know, everything, was when they find out the boy/girl the other fell in love with when they were 6/10 was them. It was kind of like, yeah, okay, no big surprise, who else could it have been but you, and I LOVED that!!! Also loved loved loved when Luc realized why Summer offered him a yacht when they first met. SIGH.
Both Summer and Luc were so interesting and their issues felt so real, and they were hot together, and I really liked the resolution to their book (and that the parental issues didn't suddenly disappear).
And as a sidenote, PATRICK!!!!!!!!!!!!
So yeah, definitely recommended. Though, once again, I consumed way more chocolate than is normal during the reading of that book. Oops?
Anyhow, 4.5 stars. THIS WAS SO GREAT! Probably my second favorite one in the series, after book 2.
Spoiler
It did take me a bit to get into it because I just got so frustrated with them constantly misunderstanding each other. Like, don't get me wrong, it was GOOD, but every once in a while, I was like, COME ON GUYS!!!! Anyway, once I did get really into it, everything was amazing!!!!
I think my favorite part, other than, you know, everything, was when they find out the boy/girl the other fell in love with when they were 6/10 was them. It was kind of like, yeah, okay, no big surprise, who else could it have been but you, and I LOVED that!!! Also loved loved loved when Luc realized why Summer offered him a yacht when they first met. SIGH.
Both Summer and Luc were so interesting and their issues felt so real, and they were hot together, and I really liked the resolution to their book (and that the parental issues didn't suddenly disappear).
And as a sidenote, PATRICK!!!!!!!!!!!!
So yeah, definitely recommended. Though, once again, I consumed way more chocolate than is normal during the reading of that book. Oops?
sujata's review
Worst of a very enjoyable series
The worst of the series which I've loved and devoured. I found the heroine entirely impossible to like or root for bolster how much background Florand tried to create to make up for it.
The worst of the series which I've loved and devoured. I found the heroine entirely impossible to like or root for bolster how much background Florand tried to create to make up for it.
ilyamik's review against another edition
5.0
El anteultimo libro de la saga. Comedia/drama romántico y este libro es como si tu corazón fuese de cristal, lo hicieron mierda y volviste a juntar todos los pedazos y volviste a creer en el amoooor. Por momentos me pareció la pareja más exasperante de la saga y si me preguntas cuál es la trama me quedo re ???? acá lo más importante (al igual que los libros anteriores) no son tantos los factores externos sino las luchas internas y la superación de los traumas personales de cada uno para poder tener una relación sana y estable. Si este libro fuese una canción sería Daylight o Cowboy like me (de Taylor Swift).
Uno de los pocos casos en los que termina en prólogo con niños y felices que por lo general abundan en romancelandia pero acá terminé llorando como maricona de barrio.
EL AMOOOOOR ES UNA MAGIAAAAAAAAA.
Una de mis sagas favoritas y me sorprende cómo sigue manteniendo mi atención después de 5 libros. What's not to like?
Y es mi trope favorito la rubia con pinta de tonta a lo Cher de Clueless y el pelinegro malhumorado a lo Cillian Murphy. AMOOOOO. AGUANTE TODO.
Uno de los pocos casos en los que termina en prólogo con niños y felices que por lo general abundan en romancelandia pero acá terminé llorando como maricona de barrio.
EL AMOOOOOR ES UNA MAGIAAAAAAAAA.
Una de mis sagas favoritas y me sorprende cómo sigue manteniendo mi atención después de 5 libros. What's not to like?
Y es mi trope favorito la rubia con pinta de tonta a lo Cher de Clueless y el pelinegro malhumorado a lo Cillian Murphy. AMOOOOO. AGUANTE TODO.
awestruck's review against another edition
4.0
Laura Florand is a recent discovery of mine. It's only last month that I picked up the first book in this series, and then ended up devouring all her backlist like a madwoman. Paris, chocolate and cultural misunderstandings... - what's not to love?
The Chocolate Heart is one of those books that, if it was less well written, would be annoying as hell. It is about the heiress Summer Corey and the pastry chef Luc Leroi. Summer's dad buys her the hotel where Luc works at the 3 star restaurant. From the minute they meet, there is misunderstandings.
These go on for almost the whole book - and could maybe partly have been solved in half the time if the two of them were less neurotic, and less inclined to misunderstand everything the other one is saying.
It is only Florand's excellent writing which carries the story so well to the end. As it is, it is delicious and sweet and wistful...
It's actually a book that I am sad to see end. The first book in this series was good, but I feel like the stories and the writing is improving book by book, and it will be a pleasure to read the next one, and re-read them again and again.
The Chocolate Heart is one of those books that, if it was less well written, would be annoying as hell. It is about the heiress Summer Corey and the pastry chef Luc Leroi. Summer's dad buys her the hotel where Luc works at the 3 star restaurant. From the minute they meet, there is misunderstandings.
These go on for almost the whole book - and could maybe partly have been solved in half the time if the two of them were less neurotic, and less inclined to misunderstand everything the other one is saying.
It is only Florand's excellent writing which carries the story so well to the end. As it is, it is delicious and sweet and wistful...
It's actually a book that I am sad to see end. The first book in this series was good, but I feel like the stories and the writing is improving book by book, and it will be a pleasure to read the next one, and re-read them again and again.
anabelsbrother's review
4.0
First read: May 2017
I couldn't sleep last night so I ended up reading this one, and it's way overdue too
and wow, this is different. I was used to the easygoing and lighthearted tone in all the other books and it's like Laura did a 180 with this one. I put off reading this forever because the first 1/4 was hard to get into; there's something about Summer that makes it difficult to like her at first, but then I passed the mark and she turned out into somebody different and more interesting.
I'm not a fan of miscommunication in books, but this one somehow was an exception. Sure, it was frustrating as hell. All I wanted to do is to knock Luc's and Summer's heads together or yell at them to talk to each other!!! before locking them in a room to have it out. However, the miscommunication is understandable to me given Summer's plethora of issues and Luc's inability to convey his emotions beyond the desserts he makes.
I hurt so bad for Summer. She takes I just wanna be loved to a new level. She's built a fortress around herself because she's been hurt so many times by people who are supposed to love her unconditionally, and that also makes her distrustful of joy and attention. I remember reading Mack's book and him saying that Summer's parents did a number on her, and now that I read this I understood now the emotional abuse Summer's went through. I recognized the depression she has and even a sliver of PTSD? to a point.
Now chocolates and desserts have been the main thing in this series, but in this book the desserts Luc made for Summer are a whole other league of important to me. I thought Dom and Sylvain feeding Jaime chocolates to heal her was intense, but Luc just knocked them all out of the game with what he kept trying to do for Summer.
The epilogue had me by the heartstrings. I'm so appreciative of the HEA; Summer deserved every little happiness she can get.
Reread: May 2021
I've reread every book in this series except for this one, and now I remember why I didn't - I have chest pains now and it won't go away :(
I couldn't sleep last night so I ended up reading this one, and it's way overdue too
and wow, this is different. I was used to the easygoing and lighthearted tone in all the other books and it's like Laura did a 180 with this one. I put off reading this forever because the first 1/4 was hard to get into; there's something about Summer that makes it difficult to like her at first, but then I passed the mark and she turned out into somebody different and more interesting.
I'm not a fan of miscommunication in books, but this one somehow was an exception. Sure, it was frustrating as hell. All I wanted to do is to knock Luc's and Summer's heads together or yell at them to talk to each other!!! before locking them in a room to have it out. However, the miscommunication is understandable to me given Summer's plethora of issues and Luc's inability to convey his emotions beyond the desserts he makes.
I hurt so bad for Summer. She takes I just wanna be loved to a new level. She's built a fortress around herself because she's been hurt so many times by people who are supposed to love her unconditionally, and that also makes her distrustful of joy and attention. I remember reading Mack's book and him saying that Summer's parents did a number on her, and now that I read this I understood now the emotional abuse Summer's went through. I recognized the depression she has and even a sliver of PTSD? to a point.
Now chocolates and desserts have been the main thing in this series, but in this book the desserts Luc made for Summer are a whole other league of important to me. I thought Dom and Sylvain feeding Jaime chocolates to heal her was intense, but Luc just knocked them all out of the game with what he kept trying to do for Summer.
The epilogue had me by the heartstrings. I'm so appreciative of the HEA; Summer deserved every little happiness she can get.
Reread: May 2021
I've reread every book in this series except for this one, and now I remember why I didn't - I have chest pains now and it won't go away :(
sadieblodgett's review against another edition
3.0
2.5 stars tbh
btw it really bothers me that the couple on the cover doesn't resemble the characters at all.
btw it really bothers me that the couple on the cover doesn't resemble the characters at all.
caterina_1212's review against another edition
3.0
Eh. Good story, but not written well. Also I loathe flash forwards at the end. Why can't anyone ever leave a little mystery?
shadowmaster13's review
3.0
Awww. If you haven't read anything by Laura Florand, please do, for both of us.
Luc and Summer are adorable. The remind me of both Dominique and Jaime ([b:The Chocolate Touch|16033669|The Chocolate Touch (Amour et Chocolat #4)|Laura Florand|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1360108220s/16033669.jpg|21804824]) and Phillipe and Maggie ([b:The Chocolate Kiss|15806994|The Chocolate Kiss (Amour et Chocolat #2)|Laura Florand|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1355076404s/15806994.jpg|21531380]).
Luc and Summer are adorable. The remind me of both Dominique and Jaime ([b:The Chocolate Touch|16033669|The Chocolate Touch (Amour et Chocolat #4)|Laura Florand|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1360108220s/16033669.jpg|21804824]) and Phillipe and Maggie ([b:The Chocolate Kiss|15806994|The Chocolate Kiss (Amour et Chocolat #2)|Laura Florand|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1355076404s/15806994.jpg|21531380]).
lausol's review against another edition
4.0
I actually started the book remembering that I did like the couple but mostly looking forward to being done with the re-read of this book so I could finally get to my fav couple of the series: Sarah and Patrick. After seeing the first nod to them on this book (when Patrick slides the cooked eggs to Sarah as her breakfast while pretending it's nothing that deep, lol), I thought it'd be mostly a "dying every time I see a Sarah/Patrick nod" and being just kind of ok with the main couple of the book. I did remember some of the plot and scenes, but it seems that I've forgotten how much I actually liked the couple. So I enjoyed the book way more that I thought I would when I started the re-read of it, and the couple slowly won me over.
I really like that Florand showed the actual getting it right after their novel concludes. She's nodded to it with some of her other couples when they do re-appear in other books, like for example Cade admitting that while she still wants an in into the heart of Sylvain's kingdom, she doesn't want to make a career out of working chocolate herself. But in the epilogue she really showed how both of them struggled through the years but also earned the contentment they feel in the family they created.
I really like that Florand showed the actual getting it right after their novel concludes. She's nodded to it with some of her other couples when they do re-appear in other books, like for example Cade admitting that while she still wants an in into the heart of Sylvain's kingdom, she doesn't want to make a career out of working chocolate herself. But in the epilogue she really showed how both of them struggled through the years but also earned the contentment they feel in the family they created.