Reviewed by True
TITLE: Chef’s Nutter Half
SERIES: Vale Valley Season Five #12
AUTHOR: Isha Fáng
LENGTH: 152 pages
RELEASE DATE: December 30, 2020
BLURB:
You cannot run from love, it’ll always find you. Always.
Finnick moved to Vale Valley years ago in the hopes of forgetting the past that still haunts him. The town provides him the solitude he craves.
The knowledge of pain and loss makes him angry and resentful of life, hesitant to love agin. Doesn’t want to let anyone in his heart ever again.
But circumstances he can’t prevent, stick him and Oscar together.
Unfortunately, his longing for Oscar will challenge his cold heart in a way he never expected.
Oscar’s plan to host a thank you event for the residents of Vale Valley turns into a hissing match between him and peckish Finnick. The older gentleman is nothing more than a grouch and Oscar’s polar opposite, but he can’t deny the attraction he feels. Or the need to know more about him…
Can a grumpy old honey badger and squirrel shifter get along long enough to fall in love? Can Oscar open Finnick’s heart and teach him to love again? Find out what happens in this small town shifter romance.
REVIEW:
Finnick is a grumpy one, he hates drama and people, he wants to be left alone. He came into town years ago, to start a new life in the hope to forget his past, his devastating past. He owns The Chef’s Corner, a restaurant serving lunch, dinner, and events, at Vale Valley. He doesn’t want to interact with customers but has to at times.
When Finnick meets Oscar, an event planner, everything screams MINE! But nooo, he will not, ever, get involved with someone to be left alone afterward again, ever!
Finnick doesn’t talk, he snaps and demands, all the time. Especially at Oscar who he finds irritating. Oscar is getting all flustered and hot around Finnick, he doesn’t even like the arrogant prick.
Working together on an event means forced proximity, after a hot steamy night in the woods everything changes, Oscar could be pregnant. Finnick panics.
The story turned from bickering and battling into something different, more deeper and emotional. We get to know why Finnick left his home and turned to Vale Valley.
The last part of the story is something else and rather unexpected, I wasn’t prepared. I accepted it but that part was, for me, a bit excessive. The very very last part was again something completely different, it was endearing and awfully sweet!
I loved this story, a grumpy old honey badger and squirrel shifter, a perfect match. Image their offspring. I was satisfied how all turned out great. Their opposite personalities were fun to watch. The different phases of this story were nicely entwined.
Overall an entertainingly written narrative with a HEA, it was an enjoyable experience.
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