I loved the idea of this series and have already read one last month, Wake Me Up Before You Cocoa, by an author I’d read before. This one was from a new author to me. I liked the idea behind the story, and the small town had a lot of cute characteristics and fun characters. But there was so much going on. I felt like there were a lot of things that came between the two and at times it seemed like the part in the synopsis about them them working together on the Valentine’s Ball was in the background. 

Drinda’s store and what she’d done with her little part of the franchise was really unique and even though I don’t drink coffee, I think I’d have enjoyed visiting her store for the baked goods! There was a mention of how she had mugs on the wall that people could buy, but it was just talked about at the beginning a few small details and then we didn’t hear anymore about it. I’d have liked maybe for that to play into the story more? There were also some things that seemed just out of place or like they didn’t fit exactly at times. 

And while I wanted to love the couple, I did love Drinda for sure, the fact that Ford wanted a stay-at-home wife and so wouldn’t consider any woman with a job? Yeah, I know these are sweet romances, but that’s just so old fashioned, and even if he did kind of come around in the end, those are the types of guys that most women I know would not be interested at all from the first moment the guy said that.

On that note, I think one couple we meet in the story is from a book that the author has set in this same small town, and I might like to go back and read it! So not a bad story overall, just wasn’t super perfect for me.