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A review by kaleskorner
Sweet Deception by Heather Snow
3.0
The best part of this book was the mystery and the fact that Emma was a mathematician. I LOVED those parts. Heather Snow has a way of crafting a story that makes me care about the romance, yes, but also about what's going on around the romance. There are some romance books that don't do that for me and that's twice now that Heather Snow's managed to do it. Murder, intrigue, romance, deception, I am down for it.
Also Emma was wonderful as a heroine. She was a little self-deprecating at times but I liked that she learned to overcome that. It wasn't stated but I'm pretty sure she was somewhere on the spectrum with her brilliant, analytical and literal way of thinking. Give me that all, day every day. She was wonderful.
As for Derick, he was kind of a butt at points. I hated his literal nature because while Emma's was endearing, his was plain annoying. I liked that he was a spy and that he had such a conflicting history but there were so many points I wanted to shake him and just say "Get your head our of your ass". But again, he learns to care for Emma which is good and I like their dynamic as it develops. Except for the fact that he kept calling her Pygmy when she didn't want him to. Respect the woman, damn it, when she tells you she doesn't want you to do something!!
I didn't love it as much as I loved the first one, which is okay and understandable, because I wasn't as into the couple this time around. I liked, though, that they were older which was good. And I really liked the mystery, even though I called it. And Heather Snow's writing, was, once again, on point.
So yes, a solid good romance, but nothing spectacular to push it over the top for me.
Conclusion: Keep
Also Emma was wonderful as a heroine. She was a little self-deprecating at times but I liked that she learned to overcome that. It wasn't stated but I'm pretty sure she was somewhere on the spectrum with her brilliant, analytical and literal way of thinking. Give me that all, day every day. She was wonderful.
As for Derick, he was kind of a butt at points. I hated his literal nature because while Emma's was endearing, his was plain annoying. I liked that he was a spy and that he had such a conflicting history but there were so many points I wanted to shake him and just say "Get your head our of your ass". But again, he learns to care for Emma which is good and I like their dynamic as it develops. Except for the fact that he kept calling her Pygmy when she didn't want him to. Respect the woman, damn it, when she tells you she doesn't want you to do something!!
I didn't love it as much as I loved the first one, which is okay and understandable, because I wasn't as into the couple this time around. I liked, though, that they were older which was good. And I really liked the mystery, even though I called it. And Heather Snow's writing, was, once again, on point.
So yes, a solid good romance, but nothing spectacular to push it over the top for me.
Conclusion: Keep