Love in the Time of Hurricanes States of Love Book 1 edition by CC Bridges Literature Fiction eBooks
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The night Nick Henderson storms into Martelli’s Pizzeria, he’s just looking for something to eat. Along with dinner, he finds Lou Martelli—pizza cook extraordinaire and Jersey Shore native. Nick is renting a Shore house for the winter while taking classes at the local community college as he devises a way to escape the accounting major his father chose for him.
When Lou offers to show Nick around, heat flares between them as they realize they have more in common than domineering families. But it’s not all fun and games on the boardwalk. Hurricane Sandy blows ashore, changing the place Nick was starting to think of as home. His peace is shattered, and it will take everything he has to keep his relationship with Lou from being torn apart by the storm brewing around them.
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Love in the Time of Hurricanes States of Love Book 1 edition by CC Bridges Literature Fiction eBooks
This was a tale that was true to the title of the book, not the blurb - which I'm not complaining about, as I got a decent tale of people finding their way in life, people simply being decent to others without asking or expecting anything in return, people supporting each other, people looking out for each other and people prepared to break the 'rules' and speak out when it's needed.I got a tale that told me about hurricane preparation and the devastation and damage it can cause, and how people come together to help out the less fortunate. I have a feeling that the area in which the tale was set, as well as the effect and aftereffect of the storm in question mean a great deal to the author, as this book felt written around the storm, and not that the storm was a happenstance within it. Again, it made for a decent read, but as a reader who primarily wanted ROMANCE, and yes, the use of capitals is deliberate, I felt as if the romance (again, the use of lower-key is deliberate) that was a little 'background' to the tale.
I also got a romance that I couldn't figure out - was it a HFN, was it an actual full-on romance or more still at the like-like stage of figuring things out? I don't know, and tbh, I don't like not knowing in my romances. It's worth a read for the human aspect of the tale, but it's not a romance that satisfies, I'm afraid to say.
ARC courtesy of Dreamspinner Press and Bayou Book Junkie for my reading pleasure.
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Love in the Time of Hurricanes States of Love Book 1 edition by CC Bridges Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
I was really looking forward to this book based on the location of this “States of Love” series, and frankly, it disappointed but maybe for the wrong reasons. This story starts out with Nick driving into town and pulling into a closed pizza shop to try and find some food in his newly adopted hometown. Of course, the person behind the counter is super hot and sexy Lou – who flirts a little with Nick and eventually they try to make things work.
But things felt… off, throughout the entire story. I didn’t feel a connection between Lou and Nick, I didn’t jive at all with the story and the whole premise of the setting was basically glossed over/ignored during the book. It was odd. The best way I could think of to describe this book, is that I felt like I was being told a plot. Not reading a story, or reading through plotlines, but being told what the plot was as it unfolded. There was just no connection for me in this book.
Because I didn’t feel a strong connection, it’s hard to recommend it – but, I will say that if you’re looking for a quick read and enjoy a college-aged romance and insta-love, then this would be a good read for you.
*Copy provided to Bayou Book Junkie by Dreamspinner Press for my reading pleasure in hopes of an unbiased opinion, a review was not a requirement.*
Nick is renting a house on the Jersey Shore to get away from his domineering father and taking classes at the community college. Nick's father has pressured him to major in accounting and Nick has no interest in the path his father has laid out for him. He's using his time away to decide what he wants for his future. After a night of studying, Nick is starving and goes into a local pizzeria looking for something to eat. The pizza place is closed, but Lou, the cook, warms him up something to eat. He came from a large Italian family and everyone worked in the family pizzeria. Nick also had a very dominant father that felt things should be done a certain way. Both men have to stand up to their fathers and decide what was best for themselves. The men decide to take it slow by dating, that is until Mother Nature forces them to live together closely because of a hurricane. Nick and Lou will have to figure out what they want for themselves and from each other.
This is a novella, so everything happens quickly in the relationship, but it didn't really feel like an instalove story to me. Don't get me wrong, it is, but it didn't have that rushed feel of immediate love. Nick and Lou went on normal dates and learned about each other. They spent time together outside of a bedroom. I loved that there was no angst or drama about the characters being gay from their families! I enjoyed both characters and thought the story was very well-written. It was easy to lose myself in the story, and it gave good insight about living through Hurricane Sandy from someone's perspective who was there. This was a sweet, low angst story that you won't regret spending a few hours reading!
Rating 4 stars
This was a tale that was true to the title of the book, not the blurb - which I'm not complaining about, as I got a decent tale of people finding their way in life, people simply being decent to others without asking or expecting anything in return, people supporting each other, people looking out for each other and people prepared to break the 'rules' and speak out when it's needed.
I got a tale that told me about hurricane preparation and the devastation and damage it can cause, and how people come together to help out the less fortunate. I have a feeling that the area in which the tale was set, as well as the effect and aftereffect of the storm in question mean a great deal to the author, as this book felt written around the storm, and not that the storm was a happenstance within it. Again, it made for a decent read, but as a reader who primarily wanted ROMANCE, and yes, the use of capitals is deliberate, I felt as if the romance (again, the use of lower-key is deliberate) that was a little 'background' to the tale.
I also got a romance that I couldn't figure out - was it a HFN, was it an actual full-on romance or more still at the like-like stage of figuring things out? I don't know, and tbh, I don't like not knowing in my romances. It's worth a read for the human aspect of the tale, but it's not a romance that satisfies, I'm afraid to say.
ARC courtesy of Dreamspinner Press and Bayou Book Junkie for my reading pleasure.
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