A review by jomferraz
The Taste of Light by Giovanna Siniscalchi
4.0
3.5 ~3.75
I don't really write reviews I tried a few times, but I guess I don't have the commitment to do this regularly.
But when the author contacted me to read her book and do an honesty review, I was like "hell yes".
Lately I've been really strict about only reading series in order (sometimes I break this, but I try not), so I was disappointed when I realized that due to the I had to read and publish the review for this book I wasn't going to have time to read book 1. And folks, I recommend, read book 1. Although I felt that I didn't spoil my reading, I LOVE a reformed villain who gets he's own book and that's what we have with Pedro, so if we can, read book 1 before book 2 (it's on Kindle Unlimited).
So now let's start talking about A Taste of Light.
Firs of all I was excited to read a Historical Romance setting in Portugal, even tough I never been in the region that the characters live, I’ve been to the country a few times before and when they arrived in Lisbon a lot of the place felt familiar from today’s tourist attractions on the city.
The main characters:
We have the hero Pedro, whom is the villain in the first book of the series, so I missed this whole development. But we can gather from the beginning of this book that he’s a very grump hero and has a darkness (for very intense and justified reasons) inside of him that follows him since before the events of book 1. And I really liked this, because I felt with that, I really could understand the character growth through the book.
And we have a Sunshine heroine Miss Anne (Ana) Maxwell, a woman who sees the good in everybody and firmly believes in love, a true light in Pedro’s life. She also carries inside of her some regrets and it’s very moving when she confides them to Pedro.
I really enjoyed the romance, from the very beginning, I love when the hero or heroine mistake the other when meeting them, this is on my top 3 of meet cute in books. Pedro was a very damaged Hero, and only his Ana had the ability to save him from himself, and their love story was beautifully written. Although I wished some of their scenes were a little bit more spice. I love they had the road trip/ forced proximity trope on their romance as well.
Giovanna is a great writer; I really enjoyed her style. Definitely will read more from this author
I don't really write reviews I tried a few times, but I guess I don't have the commitment to do this regularly.
But when the author contacted me to read her book and do an honesty review, I was like "hell yes".
Lately I've been really strict about only reading series in order (sometimes I break this, but I try not), so I was disappointed when I realized that due to the I had to read and publish the review for this book I wasn't going to have time to read book 1. And folks, I recommend, read book 1. Although I felt that I didn't spoil my reading, I LOVE a reformed villain who gets he's own book and that's what we have with Pedro, so if we can, read book 1 before book 2 (it's on Kindle Unlimited).
So now let's start talking about A Taste of Light.
Firs of all I was excited to read a Historical Romance setting in Portugal, even tough I never been in the region that the characters live, I’ve been to the country a few times before and when they arrived in Lisbon a lot of the place felt familiar from today’s tourist attractions on the city.
The main characters:
We have the hero Pedro, whom is the villain in the first book of the series, so I missed this whole development. But we can gather from the beginning of this book that he’s a very grump hero and has a darkness (for very intense and justified reasons) inside of him that follows him since before the events of book 1. And I really liked this, because I felt with that, I really could understand the character growth through the book.
And we have a Sunshine heroine Miss Anne (Ana) Maxwell, a woman who sees the good in everybody and firmly believes in love, a true light in Pedro’s life. She also carries inside of her some regrets and it’s very moving when she confides them to Pedro.
I really enjoyed the romance, from the very beginning, I love when the hero or heroine mistake the other when meeting them, this is on my top 3 of meet cute in books. Pedro was a very damaged Hero, and only his Ana had the ability to save him from himself, and their love story was beautifully written. Although I wished some of their scenes were a little bit more spice. I love they had the road trip/ forced proximity trope on their romance as well.
Giovanna is a great writer; I really enjoyed her style. Definitely will read more from this author