So this is a reread for me. I read this book in December of 2022 and I haven’t stopped thinking about it since. It easily became my #1 favorite book of all time with its small town farm charm. I wanted to reread it since I recommended it to someone recently and wanted to see if I still loved it to pieces. News flash: I do!
Everything about this book is just so sweet. I fell in love with Gennie, who is a spit-fire swashbuckler six-year-old who keeps Noah and Shay on their toes. I also fell in love with the progression of Noah and Shay’s relationship. It wasn’t fast by any means, and I loved that.
Some people say that this book drags and could be shorter, but I found myself loving every detail of this book. Every meandering moment of it. It wasn’t a love story, but a life story. We got to watch Shay build herself anew and Noah learn what it is to have someone to share life with. They got off on the wrong foot and ended up fake marrying eachother once they became friends, so that brought out other issues further along the line. I enjoyed seeing how they fell into eachothers love more and more and figuring out what that meant for them.
All in all, this book is enchanting. Noah is a grumpy brute, but a sweet, educated, and thoughtful grumpy brute. Shay may be self conscious and not think super highly of herself, but she never hesitated to tell everyone how great and important they were to her. And bless Gennie’s heart, cause she was the real MVP in the quest of Noah and Shay’s love. Every character this book was so well constructed and developed that I felt like I was a part of the town of Freindship, Rhode Island.
I’m not one for hallmark movies, but if this was a hallmark movie, I would watch it until the end of time. Thank you Kate Canterbary for writing such a magical story full of love, friendship, and new jammy beginnings♥️🍓
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“The marriage was fake. The attraction to my future husband…that was all too real.”Daddy Bread Baker!!The grumpiest of fake marriage proposals ever! I loved absolutely everything about Noah and Shay’s romance, I think I smiled almost the whole time I read this book. A slow burn, small town romance full of laughs and heartache and plenty of scorching heat. Shay and Noah were unlikely high school best friends who lost touch and reconnected after Shay rolled back into town with an inheritance dilemma. While Noah may have been a little miffed that Shay never looked back after she left town, I laughed so much at how he just casually tossed a marriage proposal out there to solve Shay’s problems. I adored his awkward rambling and blushing ways, I honestly couldn’t have loved him more and once we met his little niece Gennie, I never stopped smiling, she was hilarious and was just what Shay needed to see that she was loved more than she realized.“It won’t be a Hallmark movie when you bang him. Those things never get past first base. One chaste kiss, end of story. Daddy Bread Baker won’t stop until that dough rises.”Noah may have been a grumpy hero who blushed but get him anywhere near a naked Shay and all bets were off for his dirty talking prowess. He definitely knew how to make his bread rise LOL. Shay never felt like anyone chose her but she missed all the signs that Noah had chosen her from the first moment they met and everything after was a gesture of love. Shay’s vulnerability of feeling lost and not having a plan for her life anymore was so relatable and I wanted to give her a big hug! Noah was the heart of the town, fixing everything, sponsoring everything, but what he really needed was Shay in his life again, giving him all of his wildest dreams. Overall this book was the perfect match for me, now one of my favorite books of the year!“When Noah kissed me this time, it was familiar in the best ways. I knew his lips, his tongue, his beard. I knew the taste of him. And I knew how to sink into this moment and let it feel like forever.”
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Starts cute, wholesome and very funny, but brings some unexpected heat
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