Sweet Thing Renee Carlino
Publication date: April 14th 2013 by Renee Carlino
Rating: ★★★★☆
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Mia Kelly is a twenty-five-year-old walking Gap ad who thinks she has life figured out when her father’s sudden death uproots her from slow-paced Ann Arbor to New York City’s bustling East Village. There she discovers her father’s spirit for life and the legacy he left behind with the help of an old café, a few eccentric friends, and one charming musician.
Will Ryan is good-looking, poetic, spontaneous, and on the brink of fame when he meets Mia, his new landlord, muse, and personal heartbreaker.
A story of self-discovery and friendship, Sweet Thing shines light on the power of loving and letting go.
"I wonder if she knows that sometimes we figure things out and then life changes and we have to figure it all out again. I'm sure she'll learn that soon enough and I'm sure she'll have her own story to tell..."Sweet Thing starts out very differently from any book I've ever read. The prologue is just so original and and frames the story so nicely that I thought this story was going to be just as amazing, if not more.
And in a way, it was.
We meet Mia just as she's packing up all of her things and moving to New York to look after her father's business after he died. On her way, she ends up meeting Will, a struggling musician who is, by the way, super gorgeous, and they spend their flight to NY talking about music and their love for it.
When she learns that he's looking for a place to live, it turns out she happens to have a room for rent up at her father's apartment. It's really not a surprise to anyone when Will ends up moving his things there and becoming her roommate.
And that's when they most frustration relationship ever starts developing.
There's no way to avoid getting closer to someone when they live in the room at the end of the hallway, and Mia and Will become close friends really fast. Only Will wants more from her than just friendship, and every time he tries to make a move Mia stops him.
“My real fear was that I would fall in love with Will or that I already had and then he would just leave me alone, broken and pathetic.”Mia is so scared of letting herself feel that she's not really living the life she's supposed to. She's letting things slip away from her because she doesn't want to get hurt, but what she's not realizing is that she's hurting the people she cares about in the processes.
And that's where my favorite characters comes into play.
Jenny, Mia's best friend, was my absolute favorite character in the entire book. She was there for Mia and she needed her, but she also always gave her a piece of her mind when she thought Mia was doing something wrong.
"Every man has hopes and dreams for his future, Will is no exception. You know so little about him and you've already concluded that he's worthless because he plays a guitar. That seems so hypocritical of you."Jenny is the best, that's all I have to say.
It was so refreshing to read about a best friend that just didn't stand there saying nothing or took her best friend's side because that's what friends do.
And Will.
I don't really have an opinion about him? I mostly just think he was wicked funny and charming and way too good for Mia, but that's about it. It didn't feel like his character was developed much along the story, but I still had a good time reading about him and about the way he was with Mia and their friends.
"... he planted a hard, ridiculous closed-mouth kiss on my lips. Then he said, "Baby, that's a great idea!"
"Will!" I shouted at him.
Still holding my face, he cocked his head to the side. "What? This is how I am with my friends." Just then Jenny walked in the door. Will immediately stalked over to her, grabbed her face and planted the same kiss on her..."So Sweet Thing had some parts where all I wanted to do was punch someone in the face - all of them courtesy of Mia being her frustrating self - and others where I could't help but laugh or squeal out loud.
All in all it was a pretty sweet book about taking chances, heartache, good music, and falling in love with the last person you thought you would.
It was a great debut novel, and I'll be sure to keep my eyes open for more Renee Carlino books in the future.
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