The Stats
📖 BOOK REVIEW⠀📚
BOOK: Whisked Away
AUTHOR: Melanie Summers @mj_summers_author
Publisher: Indigo Group
Stars: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Published: April 7, 2019
The Review
✨ The Title/Cover Draw:
- I have read this before when it first came out. But since then, Melanie Summers has sent me the entire series so I could read it to catch up. So I decided to re-read this one! I really enjoyed the first book, The Honeymooners.
💜 What I liked:
- There is a reason Melanie Summers is one of my favorite authors. She writes the characters as fun and different than other books I have read. I loved the nerdy “Game of Thrones”-esque comparison. During my re-read, I discovered again how much I loved not only the location but the family group represented here. This reminded me that this was the book where I fell in love with this series and author.
😱 What I didn’t like:
- I am wracking my brains trying to figure out when they rode on a scooter like the illustration on the cover. Someone please comment and tell me where I forgot it. Also sometimes Pierce is a little whiny and it gets annoying.
💁♀️ The Characters:
- Emma just graduated from culinary academy and is going to work on the private island that is the brainchild of her brother Harrison. She is not happy with the situation or Pierce, the grumpy writer occupying the island. But there is much fun here!
🚦 The Ending:
- Wonderful ending! It’s filled with lots of hope and also introduces book #3 which follows Pierce’s brother as he arrives on the island.
💭 Consider if you like:
- Romantic comedies full of fun situations.
I voluntarily read and reviewed a copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
📘 Summary:
At twenty-seven years old, Emma Banks has big plans for her life. After graduating from the prestigious Culinary Institute of America, she’s ready to take her place as head chef at one of her family’s resort restaurants. But upon arrival at Paradise Bay, she’s shuffled off to the resort’s new private island getaway, where she’ll be stuck catering to the rich and shameless. Her first assignment is to serve Pierce Davenport, an infuriatingly arrogant writer with a palate that’s about as adventurous as a plain boiled potato.
Pierce Davenport is living every author’s dream—his critically-acclaimed Clash of Crowns books have been turned into one of the world’s most-watched television series. The only problem is, he has no idea how to end the epic fantasy tale. After two long years, his fans are turning on him, his publisher is panicking, and the network executives have announced they’re hiring a team of scriptwriters to finish (a.k.a. ruin) his legacy for him.
In dire need of solitude, he escapes to the Island of Eden for two distraction-free months so he can pull off the impossible—write an entire novel from start to finish. All he wants is peace and quiet, but when disaster strikes, he’s forced to rely on irritating-but-beautiful Emma to deliver more than just three meals a day.
Putting Pierce and Emma together is like combining orange juice and toothpaste. Will their differences be their ruin or will they be the secret ingredient to each other’s success?