Dirty (Dive Bar, #1)

by Kylie Scott

[nitzan_schwarz]

3.5

First things first - I forgot how much I enjoy reading Scott's writing! Lydia's narration is so fun and funny and it flows soooo good.

Honestly, the first half of this book was SO GREAT. It was pretty much everything I wanted it to be, despite the slapstick elements of it which are not my favorite. But it was funny and sweet and I felt like we really got to see the chemistry between Lydia and Vaughan shine. These two are really great together--their conversations flow, they are not afraid to fight and put each other in their places, and their banter is hilarious.

But then.

Well, I got over the sex quickly. Not because it's bad, but because I wanted to see them talk more. it wasn't as bad as some other books I've read, but I definitely skimmed quite a bit wanting to get to more interesting parts of the story.

At this point, this was still a four star read, though. But then... then came the ending. And you know what? You can tell a woman wrote it. I know that sounds bad, but it is true. Vaughan leaves to continue with his musical career, and five days later he comes back. Declaring his new dream is to be with Lydia (family, marriage, the who shabang). He tells her he loves her and that he has arranged EVERYTHING so they could be together - everything he was so against until this point. He tells her he was probably in love with her an hour into knowing her but he was fighting it. And I'm just sitting here thinking... what? That's how this whole thing's resolved? Seriously? I rolled my eyes. I sighed. I was thinking to myself "this is so dumb". If this is how this was going to end, why was his leaving even necessary? It's not like we get to see any part of that that could influence his decision and he literally comes back ONE PAGE after he leaves. Like, don't even go there if this is how it's going to end.

Blah.

That being said, I did really love Lydia and Vaughan together, and I am definitely going to read more Kylie Scott novels.