Until We Kissed

My Rating: ★★★★★

Publisher: Mirror Press

Release Date: December 4, 2018

Genre: Clean Romance

Pine Valley librarian Livvy Harmon has big dreams, which include marrying Dr. Slade McKinney. Trouble is, he’s only kissed her once in their four months of dating, and it wasn’t all that great. But Livvy isn’t ready to give up yet on hooking such an amazing man, even though Slade seems to have time for everyone but her.

When Livvy keeps running into writer Mason Rowe, who seems to be camping out in her library to finish his book under strict orders from his agent, Livvy at first keeps him at arm’s length. But the more their friendship grows, the more she finds that her dream relationship with her doctor boyfriend isn’t so dreamy after all.

My Review

All of us dream about who we want to marry when we are young but as we get older those dreams tend to fade or adapt as we mature. For Livvy, her dreams of marrying a doctor are still as strong as they were when she was a child, to the point to where she is in a loveless relationship, only because of her boyfriends profession. As you're reading the interaction between Livvy and Slade, you cringe, seeing the one-sidedness of the relationship. Slade is a complete jerk, putting his job first and not taking into consideration Livvy's feelings, but what's worse is that Livvy puts up with it for as long as she does! The thing that really got me is that he only kissed her a few times their entire relationship, which lasted for months! Are you kidding me?! That right there alone would raise a red flag for me and then how he starts giving her attention only after Mason starts showing her attention. How awful! No woman deserves to be treated that way.

Mason's warmth, on the other hand, can be felt straight through the pages. You can see that he is a kindhearted man, immediately putting Livvy's needs above his own, despite an incredibly tight deadline for his next book, and before he even started having feelings for her. There was one thing that did bother me about part of the storyline, which has to do with when Mason and Livvy finally get together, but to give details would be to give spoilers and I do not like to put spoilers in my reviews, and this detail did not ruin the story for me, but I do feel like it needed to be mentioned. Their relationship is sweet and I love that their friends celebrate the blossoming love.

Other than that one caveat, Until We Kissed is hands down my favorite book in the Pine Valley Series to date. The characters are charming and the premise is wonderful! I've always dreamed of being a librarian and for a librarian to fall in love with an author?! Swoon!! It is a quick, sweet read that will have you smiling through to the end. Highly recommend!

Other Books in the Pine Valley Series

My Review of Worth the Risk

#2

My Review of Where I Belong

My Review of Say You Love Me

#4

Waiting for You

My Review of Finding Us

#7

Let's Begin Again - Coming late-January 2019

*I received a complimentary copy of this book in exchange for an honest, unbiased review. All opinions are my own.