Something special

This is a great book. EJ and Jinx are strong and likable leads and it is refreshing to see characters aged 52 and 45 in a romance novel.

They hook up in a bar for what should have been a one-night stand, only to find themselves thrown together in unlikely circumstances soon afterwards. What follows is a whole lot of angst and laughs and tears and some scorching sex as they work to build a relationship.

Also there's a puppy.

And it is really, really, good! ( )

Great characters, beautiful story, great writing. Go for it. ( )

Jeannie Levig can be counted on to write well-developed characters. She gives each character thorough backstories, gives the readers a complete understanding of the emotional and psychological make-up of the MCs and makes them thoroughly real and identifiable people. She also has a gift for building the romance to make it a proper relationship through her narration. Her books make us feel different emotions which is one of the things that we look for in satisfying reads. The other big plus (very big plus for us) is that she writes about mature (often 50 ) women. This is a demographic which deserves a lot of focus and we are so happy that Levig deals with them with sensitivity and love.

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A fairly typical, but nicely written, lesbian fiction romance.

It's the story of EJ and Jinx. Both aren't in the perfect place in their life to start a relationship, but, they find each other and have a one (and then two) night stand, and then slowly, but surely they find themselves getting closer and closer. Slowly each of the women's layers is peeled away (Jinx's are a little bit easier to pull away than EJ's).

The two women also find out that EJ's son is marrying JInx's niece, which adds in both of their families. And those families add so very much drama to the whole thing. Oh, and did I mention this, Jinx was in jail for two decades before getting out three years before she and EJ meet.

It's a novel full of starts and stops for the main relationship. On occasion the verbal arguments were just a little too much I thought. They got on my nerves.

But, I loved the secondary characters like Taylor and Gwen (EJ's friends), and Reggie and Sparkle (Jinx's friends). And then there was the very, very cool subtext between Taylor and Gwent (sequel? Heh). That alone kept me reading until the end to see if it would have a payoff or not.

It was a fun (and at times super angsty) book with lots of characters in it (in the big personality way, not the literal way).

I got this advanced galley through Netgalley on behalf of Bold Strokes Books. ( )