Title: THE OPPOSITE OF YOU
Author: Rachel Higginson
Source: eARC from author for review
goodreads...
I’ve sworn off men.
All men.
Famous last words, right? You’re expecting some epic tale of reluctant love
and my dramatic change of heart? Well, you’re not going to get it.
I’m stubborn. And headstrong. And I’ve just survived the worst three years
of my life. After escaping an abusive boyfriend to live in hostels and cheap
hotels while I worked my way across Europe, I’ve come to two conclusions.
The first? Now that I’m back home, I’m going to squander my expensive
culinary degree on a food truck that caters to the late night drunk crowd.
The second? I’m going to prove to the bastard across the plaza that my
street food is better than his fussy five course monstrosities.
Killian Quinn might be Food and Wine’s Chef to Watch Out For. He might have
a Michelin Star. He might have every food critic in the city wrapped around his
too-large fingers. But he’s also pretentious and unbearably arrogant and the
very opposite of me.
So he can keep his unsolicited advice and his late night visits and his
cocky smiles. I want none of it. Or him.
I want the opposite.
My take...
It was up to us how we used those experiences. We could let them own us, or
we could let them be the journey they were meant to be, the stepping stones to
a better life, a better self. Each moment, good or bad, a tool to give us the
strength we needed to be the person we were supposed to be.
**
I just finished the most amazing story. It was everything. It pulled me
from a week long reading slump and reenergized my love for all the words.
Higginson once again shows her incredible ability to pull the reader in with
captivating words, beautiful romance, and intriguing characters. Very
intriguing, BEARDED, characters. Oh, Killian Quinn, you sexy thing you!!
**
It was the please that did it. His please would always do it. The word
sounded too fragile for his filthy mouth, too sweet to come from someone so
hard. I didn’t stand a chance.
**
Yes, I absolutely loved Killian. Although he comes off hard and
unapproachable at first, his walls slowly fall and this amazing man emerges. He
shows Vera a side of him that no one else gets to see. And Vera, being hurt
before, takes him in strides. She doesn't want to find herself in another
relationship ever again. Especially with the likes of Killian; her competition.
But as their "friendship" grows through hilarious hijinks and late
night fun, she sees that he is nothing like the man from her past. The one that
had broken her down and had her fleeing to another country.
I loved the idea of a story based on a girl starting her own food truck,
too. These trucks are a big deal now. Unfortunately I have never ate from one
yet. Hard to when you live in the sticks. Maybe one of these days. Largely if
the menu is as great as Vera's. My mouth watered nonstop throughout the book at
all the deviousness that Vera and Killian were serving up. I probably gained
just 10lbs just thinking of it all while reading this edible delight of a
story.
And the romance. It was beautiful, fun, sexy, and sweet. My heart did
little pitter patters when the scene got romantic and I swear I had a perpetual
smile on my face the whole time. How could I not with a guy like Killian Quinn.
He is a definite favorite of mine from here on out. Many book boyfriends will
have to try and measure up to him.
Higginson has another book that will lead off from this one coming in July.
And I am already giddy with excitement for it. I saw the chemistry and the
angst coming from these characters and just knew they had a story to tell.
So there you have it. 5 Delicious Stars!!
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