Not the Marrying Kind
By Jae
4.5/5
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Small-town florist Ashley Gaines loves her little flower shop and putting together the perfect bouquets for weddings and other happy occasions. Her own love life, however, is far from blossoming. Ash has decided that staying in the closet is safer than risking her heart again.
Local bakery owner Sasha Peterson hasn’t had much luck mixing it up with romance either. Besides, she’s too busy whipping up delicious treats to have time for a relationship.
But when their town’s first lesbian wedding forces them to work together, Ashley and Sasha discover they have more in common than they imagined.
During food fights, cake tastings, and slow waltzes, they begin to see each other in a new light. Soon Ashley has to admit to herself that Sasha is tempting more than just her sweet tooth.
What else is on the menu in this delicious lesbian romance? Find out in this second book in the Fair Oaks series by award-winning author Jae. It’s featuring new main characters and can be read as a standalone.
Jae
Jae grew up amidst the vineyards of southern Germany. She spent her childhood with her nose buried in a book, earning her the nickname "professor." The writing bug bit her at the age of eleven. For the last seven years, she has been writing mostly in English.She works as a psychologist. When she's not writing, she likes to spend her time reading, indulging her ice cream and office supply addiction, and watching way too many crime shows.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The last 4 chapters are kinda rushed and unbalanced to me. I really love Sasha and Ashley, I wouldn’t mind if Jae can just write about their daily interactions and flirting with each other in about 100 chapters :). It’s never enough to love those dorky in love.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This story is super cute. I love how unsure the MC's were at first .
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Honestly, I was wary going into this book. The first title in the series, "Perfect Rhythm", I found frustrating and I wasn't all that taken with the leads, Holly and Leo. And, in general, the last batch of Jae's books have been hit or miss. I wouldn't say I've ever read a bad Jae book. But a blah one? Yes.
"Not the Marrying Kind" takes place in the same small town of Fair Oaks, Missouri and stars Ashley, the "bad guy" from book one. And, oh my god, finally! This book was *good*. Ashley is a great character because she's warm-hearted, capable, and is deeply in the closet.
Except for the small percentage of people that were born waving a pride flag and sliding down a rainbow into their new lives I think, even for those of us who are out, we all at one time or another knew what it was like to NOT be and all of the fears and anguish that entailed which makes this a very relatable story and Ashley a completely sympathetic character.
Along with the romance, the description of rural America, with not so open townsfolk and parents, and what it's like to live in that world were well done, creating some great tension in the story.
Along comes Sasha, another lovely character that is so easy to like, and the two have fantastic chemistry and are a great yin to yang partnership. The fun in the book is seeing Ashley and Sasha interact and watching them fall for each other. And, really, isn't that what we keep reading romances for? So many romance books miss the mark with that simple component but Jae nailed it.
I did like that the author made Sasha a bisexual character and a different looking leading lady than we're used to. Though, I did have have a hard time figuring out what Sasha looked like...not from a lack of description by Jae but I just couldn't settle on her image? Perhaps it was like a Miranda Hart and shorter version of Taylor Swift pairing?
I also was a little taken aback by an action Sasha takes towards the end of the book because it was kind of juvenile (which is very unlike her)...but anyway...
Yes, almost forgot. Sasha and Ashley communicate! Thank you! They're adults.
Some of Jae's books include no sex scenes but this one has two and they are smoking hot. Her ability to write these types of scenes has improved so kudos to her.
I'll add that whenever Holly or Leo made an appearance I fought rolling my eyes. I didn't read the first book as refresher before getting to this one so that's a spontaneous reaction from those two and I couldn't wait for them to leave the scenes. Luckily, they're not in it that much.
All and all, a really great story that I enjoyed quite a bit. 4.4 stars.3 people found this helpful
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5One of the best romance books I have read in a while! I just loved every bit of it, including the harder parts. What a tremendous job Jae did weaving this story of two women meant to be together. Cliche response but I honestly didn't want it to end...it was awesome.
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