Amanda Chaperon's Reviews > Simply the Best

There's a reason SEP is one of my all time favorite romance authors, and it's because she simply doesn't miss. I know exactly what I'm going to get with her stories, but even so many books into her career, she finds a way to keep things fresh and inventive with characters I'm absolutely obsessed with.

I loved Rory's chaotic desire to be entirely self-sufficient, and how by the end of the book, she learned to rely on the people around her and let those people love her. She starts the book with tenuous relationships with her stepmom, brother, and Brett, and ends it on beautifully solid ground with all three of them, and doing what she loves to boot.

And Brett...Brett Rivers 🥵 such a workaholic who comes to realize that Rory's mess and chaos is something he needs in life. That the big hole in his heart he spent years trying to fill with professional successes could really only be closed by the love of an imperfect chocolatier.

On the surface, this is a romance novel, but as always, I loved the mystery aspect as well. It was hilarious, heartwarming, hot, and for a brief time, harrowing.

All that to say SEP can do no wrong in my eyes, and I REALLY REALLY hope we get Clint's book next!