llamareads
Written on Jul 27, 2019
“Does your brain have an off switch or is everything open for negotiation?”
“I could ask you the same question,” I replied causing the corners of her full, soft lips to quirk into a small smile.
I loved Callie. She's strong, smart, resourceful and devoted to her family. I had a harder time with Alex. His entire life revolves around work, and then as soon as he meets Callie, he drops everything - literally everything - for her. It was weird and for a long time I couldn't understand what Callie saw in him. Luckily, there was a lot else to distract me. I loved all the descriptions of Barbados: the flying fish, the food, the sightseeing that Callie and Alex did. Callie's family was amazing, and I moved by the reason behind Callie's selfies and her "memories are precious" attitude. Callie's biracial, and I liked that Alex's whiteness was specifically addressed by Callie and her family.
It did feel a bit like a traditional category romance. The main part of the book ends with a proposal and an (unintended) baby, and the epilogue takes place many years later at their daughter's wedding. While I'm usually not a big fan of those types of epilogues, but I loved that there was a super sweet love scene between the 40-something-year-olds. While the "let's stand around and look at all of our wonderful children" epilogue is common, I haven't seen ones with actual love scenes with all the changes that come after a bunch of both kids and years.
Overall, even with a disliked trope, this was pretty enjoyable and I'll definitely be picking up more books by this author.