The First Love Cookie Club by Lori Wilde
My rating: 2 of 5 stars
Another feel-good romance novel, this one was interesting. I’d never heard of kismet cookies before so that was a first for me. The idea behind the magic kismet cookies was really cute and then bring in Sarah and Travis’ love story, made it even sweeter. Travis’ daughter was the icing on top of the mountain of sugar that made up this novel. There’s a lot of nervousness, anxiousness and uncertainty on Sarah’s side coupled with Travis’s never-ending love and determination for his daughter fighting her illness, I really rooted for the couple.
The novel revolves mostly around Sarah, Travis and his daughter all becoming closer as they spend more time with each other but ultimately the trio do get their happy ending and I was glad for that. Travis’ daughter, Jazzy (Jasmine) is the main catalyst in bringing together the couple and I’m not sure if Lori Wilde intended it to be that way, but without Jazzy you don’t really have a story. Jazzy was the spice, or in this case, the sugar icing that made everything gel together. The rift between Sarah and Travis isn’t actually that interesting until Jazzy comes in to bring the two together. It’s very endearing but there isn’t much more to the story other than Jazzy’s attempts to push her dad and Sarah together.
The story is very simple and straightforward. I didn’t think there was a lot of humour or witty banter in this story as much as I expected from other reviews, but I guess my humour runs toward the dry side. Overall the story is sweet and easy to get through.
2/5 stars.