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A review by anabelsbrother
The Chocolate Heart by Laura Florand
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 :(