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A review by marelles
Embers by Claire Kent
4.0
3.5 stars
I knew this was probably going to be an age-gap romance, but the fact that Rachel and Cal met when she was 17 and Cal was around forty (his actual age is never said) and he called Rachel kid (one time right after fingered her) gave me the biggest ick. To clarify they didn't do anything until she was 20. They just reminded me of Joel and Ellie from The Last Of Us with how Cal took care of Rachel and called her kid or girl. For the first half of the book, I felt like Rachel acted quite childish, so I'm really glad that they spent time apart and Rachel could come more into her own. The ending was so anticlimactic but Rachel and Cal were pretty cute together.
I knew this was probably going to be an age-gap romance, but the fact that Rachel and Cal met when she was 17 and Cal was around forty (his actual age is never said) and he called Rachel kid (one time right after fingered her) gave me the biggest ick. To clarify they didn't do anything until she was 20. They just reminded me of Joel and Ellie from The Last Of Us with how Cal took care of Rachel and called her kid or girl. For the first half of the book, I felt like Rachel acted quite childish, so I'm really glad that they spent time apart and Rachel could come more into her own. The ending was so anticlimactic but Rachel and Cal were pretty cute together.