Reviewed by True

TITLE: Dipped in Sunshine

SERIES: Surfing the Waves #2

AUTHOR: Fearne Hill

PUBLISHER: Self-Published

LENGTH: 270 pages

RELEASE DATE: April 29, 2022

BLURB:

“You think you can do the jiggy with my baby brother, without wooing him for approximately three years first? Hah! I hope you weren’t too attached to your toenails.”

Fifty is a simple man. He doesn’t know much, but he knows this: to stay well clear of Otto Eggebraaten. The nineteen-year-old is cute, blond, and trouble. His overprotective big brother, Eggy, hounds Otto’s every move.

Outwardly, Fifty’s life is good. He surfs, teaches other folks to surf, drinks beer, and hangs with his friends. But with his thirtieth birthday on the horizon, he’s hoarding a secret he’s too ashamed to confide in anyone, even his best friend, Eggy. When Otto accidentally discovers it, Fifty finds his ordered, and lonely existence unravelling in a way he never expected.

Dipped In Sunshine is an age gap, best friend’s brother romance, featuring a cinnamon roll demisexual surfer and a determined blond fluffball. It can be read as a standalone.

REVIEW:

Nineteen years old Otto Eggebraaten ran from Norway and his overprotective brothers, to his big brother Eggy in the Canary Islands. Ha! If he only knew, his big brother is even worse.

Fifty/Christian is twenty-nine, he and Eggy are best friends for years and years. Surfing classes and running their shop are what they do for a living and loved the most.
Eggy has the love of his life Clem (please read Brushed with Love to know their story), and now his brother Otto lives with them. Fifty feels lonely and yearns for a relationship.
Before he starts one there’s a problem that needs to be fixed.

Otto is growing on Fifty “Who needed weed to relax, when they could listen to one of Otto’s monologues?”

Somehow Otto ends up as Fifty’s self-appointed minder. Fifty learns he’s demisexual, he’s so endearingly vulnerable and adorable. Otto has the best bits of advice. Otto spends a lot of time with Christian. Overprotective Eggy is thrilled Christian keeps an eye on Otto and his health, just another big brother looking out for him. Omfg, if he only knew!!

“How could I admit keeping him safe and happy had become my number-one priority in life”

Otto is hilarious, the situations are at times so freaking comical, I couldn’t stop laughing, it was so much fun! He’s persuasive, endearingly intrusive, determined, focused, and in love.

What a precious story, a must-read, there’s so much story I can’t spoil about. I adored Otto, he was vibrant, quirky, and extremely lovable. I can say the same about Christian who made himself vulnerable and opened his heart and home to Otto.
The content and the way it was pictured and developed were just marvelously done! Bow to the author who entwined humor, seriousness, and issues seamlessly, and revealed their story with sweet humor, love, and sparkle.
There’s an age gap of ten years, the narrative made it seem bigger than it was in reality, it was a tiny bit annoying, maybe because it made me feel old ha!
I super enjoyed this story. The writing style is positive, kind, and sweet, with a good dose of humor, sensuality and sexiness. The story is wonderfully developed and the characters layered and extremely lovable.
From the very first book (seven books ago) I read from this author she ranked herself up in my top ten.

Yes, this is a winner!

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