📖 Savor It

✍🏻 Tarah DeWitt

☑️ Contemporary Romance

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ | 3.75

Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️

“𝙄 𝙙𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙩 𝙞𝙨, 𝙎𝙖𝙜𝙚, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙖𝙪𝙜𝙝…𝙄 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙖𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙢𝙖𝙮𝙗𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙛𝙞𝙗𝙧𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙢𝙚.”

This was an overall sweet book!

Overview: 

•Small Town Romance

•Single Guardian MMC

•Grumpy/Sunshine

•Pacific Northwest Setting

•Adorable Animals 

•Dual POV

𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗙𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗴𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝘄𝗻’𝘀 𝗴𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗴𝗶𝗿𝗹 𝗦𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗼𝗿, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘂𝗽 𝗮 𝗺𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽.

First of all: I’ve read all of Tarah DeWitt’s books, and nothing has quite lived up to my obsessive love with Funny Feelings. 

Sage is equally vivacious and independent. She lives and loves with her whole being, but sometimes internalized doubts about herself get in her own way.

“𝘼𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙛𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙙, 𝙄 𝙙𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙧𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛 𝙨𝙚𝙚𝙢 𝙨𝙢𝙖𝙡𝙡. 𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙄’𝙢 𝙨𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙮 𝙄 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚, 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙬𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙜... 𝙄 𝙙𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙚𝙛𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛, 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝, 𝙎𝙖𝙜𝙚.”

Fisher, a recently-fired renowned chef, was such an interesting character! I loved how he grappled with his evolving definition of success and how he continually tried to be the best guardian to his niece Indy. 

𝙅𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙝 𝙖 𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙢 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨𝙣’𝙩 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙣 𝙞𝙩’𝙡𝙡 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙮 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧... 𝙄𝙩 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙤 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙞𝙩, 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙜𝙤 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙩 𝙣𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙨.

Between Sage’s orphan status and Fisher’s late sister, grief was ever present. I thoroughly loved the journal of notes that Sage carried around.

𝙊𝙣𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙄 𝙖𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙩𝙤 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙨𝙖𝙮𝙨, “𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙩𝙤𝙤 𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙, 𝙩𝙧𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚, 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙤𝙧 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙬𝙖𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙣.” ... 𝙄𝙩’𝙨 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙨𝙞𝙢𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙚𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙡𝙮 𝙗𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙢𝙚 𝙖 𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥𝙨 𝙢𝙚 𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨.

Being a guardian/parent can be incredibly difficult, especially when it comes to big life lessons. So I loved how Fisher struggled with how to advise Indy at the end of the story.

“𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙛 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙞𝙨? 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙚𝙭𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜? 𝙏𝙤 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙗𝙮 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙣𝙤 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙚𝙡𝙨𝙚’𝙨. 𝙏𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙮 𝙗𝙮 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚.”

From an outside POV, I should adore this book. So it was a little disappointing that I couldn’t connect with the characters as much as I hoped. I think I wanted more relationship development and depth? 

Plus, the pacing was a little off for me. 

I can see why others LOVE this book because it truly is a really sweet story about savoring every moment, especially in such an idyllic setting. 

Also -  I will read the next book about Wren and Ellis because they were honestly one of the most intriguing parts of this book for me. 

Overall, I would still recommend this book as a lighthearted and spicy story! 

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