THE PLEASURE OF YOUR KISS by Teresa Medeiros
Mass Market Paperback, 506 pages
Published
December 27th 2011
by Pocket Star
Genre: historical romance novel
Rating: 4 stars
This was my first Teresa Medeiros novel
and I had great expectations, considering her fame and the excellent reviews.
But something about the first part of this book made it really difficult for me
to get into it. Over the first one hundred pages I have been tempted so many
times to put it aside momentarily and get back to it later on. I couldn't warm
up to it and to the main characters, Clarinda and Ashton. But I decided not to
give up and I am glad I did: things get more interesting and the pace picks up
speed in the second part of the book. I started to like the two protagonists
only at the very end when extremely painful secrets and memories about their
past relationship come to the surface. What really caught my interest was the
storyline involving the two secondary characters, Poppy and Farouk, with their
love for good food, the gratification they both found in eating pastries and
their similar taste for poetry and experiences as bullied kids. So sweet and
romantic...I rather wished the main plot evolved around them and their
relationship: can you imagine the incredible sensuality and connection between love and
food, not to mention the incredibly hot scenes you could create with the aid of
sugar, honey and custard cream? All in all, I always appreciate a love story
with a happy ending. I look forward to seeing Max in the sequel The Temptation
of Your Touch.
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