Book Review: The Sweetest Kiss by Susan Hatler
- Kristen Lewendon
- Sep 13, 2019
- 2 min read
Kissed by the Bay Book 4
Megan Wallace wants three things: to make a living as an artist, to fulfill a promise she made her grandmother to visit the Boboli Gardens in Italy, and—oh yeah— for her best friend Brian Watts to fall in love with her. When the local library hosts an art competition, in which the winner will receive a one-year contract to paint in Florence, Italy, Megan sets out to make all her dreams come true.
Since Brian is a talented woodworker, Megan plans to ask him to make the custom frames for her paintings. She’s crushed to discover he’s already partnered up with Chelsea Chambers, Megan’s rival since art school. Megan is even more devastated when Chelsea sets her sights on Brian romantically.
The stakes are high and there can only be one winner. When the contest judges praise Chelsea’s classic style, Megan wonders if she should forego her own surreal painting style for one that’s more traditional. Brian urges her to be true to her talent. He also gives her reason to believe that maybe he feels more than friendship for her after all.
Will Megan have to give up her vision in order to win the contest? And if she wins, will she have to say goodbye to the love of her life?
My Review:
This is probably the story I’ve been the most looking forward to since I started reading the series, and I am not disappointed. Megan has been the ever-cheerful presence in the background of all the previous books, so I wasn’t at all expecting the emotional depths we see. Maybe it’s the Watts family that I love so much because their stories have been the ones that have resonated with me the most. I think Brian was my favorite part of this story. He had the farthest to go (pun intended) in order to get his happy ever after, and I’m so glad I got to see it. I read a borrowed copy of this book.
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