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One Night (Lighter Ones, #3)
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This is my first book by Aleatha Roming who normally writes darker, grittier books, a genre I’m not a fan of, so I was excited to finally get to read an author I had heard so much about. I loved everything about One Night and I could easily see why people enjoy her work; her writing is fluid, it is intelligent, and the humor in this book made me laugh out loud. Twists and turns, a blind date “gone wrong,� and complications abound in this story, but through it all two people find the time to get to know one another after what was supposed to be a one night stand and it turns into way more than either one expected.
Amanda “Mandy� Wells is a widowed single mom to a precious and precocious 5 year old little boy. Since her husband’s death, she’s put all of her time and energy into her son and her work. Both her best friend and her mother are insistent that she begin dating and she is beginning to feel like she wants to remember what it’s like to feel like a woman. Waiting for her best friend and her boyfriend so show up for her group blind date, Mandy meets a man who trips her trigger so when she realizes her blind date isn’t going to happen she agrees to spend the evening with Malcom Peppernick. Neither one realizing they are each other’s blind date or wanting to admit the strong feelings they have towards one another after one evening together.
There was so much good and fun in this book and while at times Mandy’s need to separate her dating life from her mommy life drove me a bit nuts I could also understand her reasoning. I enjoyed watching them date and learning so much about each other. I will admit I figured out the little twist in this story early on, but even that didn’t lessen my enjoyment because I sat in anticipation of it being revealed. Each and every scene is this book was written to enhance the plot, not interfere with it and from the moments Mandy spent with her family including her sweet little boy, to Malcom living his life out of the public eye in a much quieter way, to their friends and family with their crazy and fun advice, and to the times Mandy and Malcom spend building a relationship, this book is simply special.
Review copy provided for a voluntary review.
by
This is my first book by Aleatha Roming who normally writes darker, grittier books, a genre I’m not a fan of, so I was excited to finally get to read an author I had heard so much about. I loved everything about One Night and I could easily see why people enjoy her work; her writing is fluid, it is intelligent, and the humor in this book made me laugh out loud. Twists and turns, a blind date “gone wrong,� and complications abound in this story, but through it all two people find the time to get to know one another after what was supposed to be a one night stand and it turns into way more than either one expected.
Amanda “Mandy� Wells is a widowed single mom to a precious and precocious 5 year old little boy. Since her husband’s death, she’s put all of her time and energy into her son and her work. Both her best friend and her mother are insistent that she begin dating and she is beginning to feel like she wants to remember what it’s like to feel like a woman. Waiting for her best friend and her boyfriend so show up for her group blind date, Mandy meets a man who trips her trigger so when she realizes her blind date isn’t going to happen she agrees to spend the evening with Malcom Peppernick. Neither one realizing they are each other’s blind date or wanting to admit the strong feelings they have towards one another after one evening together.
There was so much good and fun in this book and while at times Mandy’s need to separate her dating life from her mommy life drove me a bit nuts I could also understand her reasoning. I enjoyed watching them date and learning so much about each other. I will admit I figured out the little twist in this story early on, but even that didn’t lessen my enjoyment because I sat in anticipation of it being revealed. Each and every scene is this book was written to enhance the plot, not interfere with it and from the moments Mandy spent with her family including her sweet little boy, to Malcom living his life out of the public eye in a much quieter way, to their friends and family with their crazy and fun advice, and to the times Mandy and Malcom spend building a relationship, this book is simply special.
Review copy provided for a voluntary review.
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