Size Matters by Alison Bliss Review
4 Smooches
Synopsis
The rules of (fake) engagement . . .
Leah Martin has spent her life trying to avoid temptation. But she’s sick of low-fat snacks, counting calories, and her hyper-critical mom. Fortunately, her popular new bakery keeps her good and distracted. But there aren’t enough éclairs in the world to distract Leah from the hotness that is Sam Cooper – or the fact that he just told her mother that they’re engaged . . . which is a big, fat lie.
Sam sometime speaks before he thinks. So what started out as defending Leah’s date-ability to her judgmental mother soon turned into having a fiancee! Now the plan is to keep up the fake engagement, stay “just friends,” and make Leah’s family loathe him enough to just call the whole thing off . But Sam has an insatiable sweet tooth, not only for Leah’s decadent desserts but her decadent curves. Her full lips. Her bright green eyes. Yep, things aren’t going quite according to plan. Now Sam has to convince Leah that he’s for real . . . before their little lie turns into one big, sweet disaster.
Review
‘God, I need to be inside this woman. And with that revelation, his entire existence shattered.’
Size Matters is a delightfully fun story that had me giggling and smiling the entire time I read it. Sam and Leah were just a complete breath of fresh air and while a little communication might have solved many a problem (but really what romance book is this not true for) watching them struggle to get it all right was fun and exciting. Sam was swoony and sexy and curvy baker Leah was a heroine we can all see ourselves in. Plus she had me hooked at FAKE ENGAGEMENT! Anyone else a sucker for that?
Alison Bliss has such smooth and natural comedic timing that the banter and one liners seem to only add to the love story and not distract from it. While stories written in third person are not typically my favorite, I have never had a problem with Alison’s books. Her writing is so fluid and clean that I just get lost in the book.
“Maybe you should tell me what it is you expect me to do.” “I expect you to not tell people we’re engaged when we aren’t.” “Too late.”
Size Matters was a great way to spend a lazy afternoon on the couch and I am beyond excited to get my hands on a copy of On The Plus Side. If the bits of Val that we got in this book are any indication to how great her book will be I am counting the days till I can read it.
~miranda
