Much Ado About a Latte by Kathleen Fuller: Review

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There are so many different genres that I read, and on purpose. I need a mixture of stories to keep me engaged and interested. Today I am sharing thoughts on a clean romance, set in a perfect town, with a second chance romance blooming.

Read below for my review on this upcoming release.

Much Ado About a Latte by Kathleen Fuller
Series: A Maple Falls Romance
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Thomas Nelson (January 4, 2022)
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0785238126

OVERVIEW:
A coffee war is brewing in Maple Falls, where Anita and Tanner are serving up plenty of sparks to keep the town buzzing.

Anita Bedford needs to face reality. It’s time to decaffeinate the dream that she and Tanner will ever be more than friends. Growing up in small-town Maple Falls, she’s had a crush on Tanner for years. But he’ll only ever see her as good, old, dependable Anita. Now she’s finally ready to make her own goals a reality. In fact, that deserted building next door to Sunshine Diner looks like a promising location to open her own café . . .

Tanner Castillo may know how to operate a diner, but he doesn’t know beans about love. After pouring his life savings into buying the Sunshine Diner, he needs to keep his mind on making a success of it and supporting his widowed mother, not on kissing Anita Bedford. First order of business: improve his customers’ coffee experience. Next, he should probably find out who bought the building next door . . .

It’s a bitter cup to swallow when ambition turns longtime friends and coworkers Anita and Tanner into rivals. Now that they own competing businesses, how could they ever compete for each other’s hearts? Or will the two of them come to see what’s obvious to the whole, quirky town of Maple Falls: potential for a full-roast romance, with an extra splash of dream?

Welcome to Maple Falls, where everyone knows your name, your coffee order, and your relationship status.

Much Ado About a Latte by Kathleen Fuller Review

I love the premise of this book! We have all had the crush we could not get over. Underlying all of our hopes for years. That yearning and burning in your heart, it can just be too much.

That is the premise of this touching read. However, it did leave me with so many questions!!

This story was a bit sad to me in many ways. The crushing feelings of not measuring up. The feeling of not being enough for someone. The lack of confidence in yourself. Then throw in the fact that people do not talk to people. Misunderstandings abound and you have to wonder if they can ever figure it out.

Fuller created characters are so likeable and she gives us plenty of lightness and humor to balance the frustrations between these two. They are definitely a tough nut to crack! Once they figure it out, I was sad to find that we hardly get any time with them as a couple. The HEA is really fast and I just needed more.

Overall, a sweet story, but I need more love and less angst in this one!

3.5 STARS!

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