A review by heather_foster
Secrets of the Chocolate House by Paula Brackston

2.0

I started out excited to read this sequel, but was sorely disappointed.

The romance part of the story was infuriating and stupid. Why make us root for a love story that wouldn’t happen? Also, her aversion to lying to her mother is stupid. Flora freaking out on Xanthe for not telling her that Marcus was around was stupid. They act like a married couple rather than a grown ass woman and their mother. Their relationship is weird and unrealistic. And I don’t understand why Xanthe even entertained Marcus and actually met up with him the first time. Everything in this sequel sucked. I started to really dislike the MC and hearing her complain about lying. I won’t be reading the third in this series.