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A review by agrippinaes
So Sweet by Rebekah Weatherspoon
3.0
This was a cute, light little read. I liked that it was relatively drama free until towards the end and was mostly a gentle exploration of this new, budding relationship.
I liked Kayla, the main character. I felt a lot of her decisions were sensible and realistic, and I had a lot of empathy for her and her concerns about the relationship. Michael was a sweet love interest - his care for her and ensuring she is comfortable with their arrangement was nice and very well-done. Their relationship was good. It moves quite quickly, but they had good, solid chemistry and I liked that there was very little will-they-won’t-they. Also, they both actually talk to one another when they have a problem. The whole relationship is handled very maturely from start to finish. There are proper discussions about problems that might arise before they happen, and I appreciated that the book didn’t skip over them.
I also liked that the book didn’t dismiss
I had a couple of issues with it. The first is quite minor, but early on, I didn’t really see why Ruben had to be present for so much of their early negotiations. I got that he was a major part of Michael’s life and would accidentally learn stuff that was going on, but it felt a bit weird that he was there with them when they were talking about terms and conditions etc..
Finally, I found the writing a bit dry and stilted sometimes. There were a lot of short sentences and a lot of writing that fell into the structure of “this happened, then this happened, then this person said this, then we did this”. It just got a bit repetitive, especially as the story went on.
Overall, it was quite a simple and easy to read book, and was fun as well. It was pure escapism.
I would recommend it if you want a cute, simple fluffy story with a sugar baby relationship.
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I liked Kayla, the main character. I felt a lot of her decisions were sensible and realistic, and I had a lot of empathy for her and her concerns about the relationship. Michael was a sweet love interest - his care for her and ensuring she is comfortable with their arrangement was nice and very well-done. Their relationship was good. It moves quite quickly, but they had good, solid chemistry and I liked that there was very little will-they-won’t-they. Also, they both actually talk to one another when they have a problem. The whole relationship is handled very maturely from start to finish. There are proper discussions about problems that might arise before they happen, and I appreciated that the book didn’t skip over them.
I also liked that the book didn’t dismiss
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Adler’s actions towards Michael. The fact that she touched his crotch is treated with the same severity as if it had happened to Kayla, and I thought that was good.I had a couple of issues with it. The first is quite minor, but early on, I didn’t really see why Ruben had to be present for so much of their early negotiations. I got that he was a major part of Michael’s life and would accidentally learn stuff that was going on, but it felt a bit weird that he was there with them when they were talking about terms and conditions etc..
Finally, I found the writing a bit dry and stilted sometimes. There were a lot of short sentences and a lot of writing that fell into the structure of “this happened, then this happened, then this person said this, then we did this”. It just got a bit repetitive, especially as the story went on.
Overall, it was quite a simple and easy to read book, and was fun as well. It was pure escapism.
I would recommend it if you want a cute, simple fluffy story with a sugar baby relationship.
Content Warnings: