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Initial Reaction:



As the title suggests, this book is so stinking sweet!!! Sugar on Top by Marina Adair is book two in her Sugar, Georgia series and follows Glory Mann and Cal McGraw as they navigate the waters of their small hometown. While this is a series, each book is a standalone featuring new main characters that may have been introduced in past books but you do not have to read those to appreciate this one. (Does that make sense?)

Glory is this cute, hometown girl with a troubled past. Caught making out with the football coach in high school, her past as the "town whore" - even though she's really a good girl - follows her like a shadow. She's fun, determined, loyal, and everything you might expect of a Southern Belle.

Cal is....oh my!!! Cal is the eldest of the McGraw brothers who feature prominently in this series. He is devoted to his family. His parents having died while he was in college, leaving his two younger brothers to fend for themselves, Cal dropped everything to come home and raise them. (((swoon))) So you get the picture right? Handsome construction worker, family guy, oh and he's a single dad raising a teenage daughter....gotta love him right?! And he's the epitome of a Southern gentleman :D What more could a girl ask for?!

Obviously the book surrounds Cal and Glory as they are thrown together due to a few bad choices and now they are responsible for the town's Peach Pageant. It makes for a hilarious story as they try to navigate the town waters, the rumor mill, and of course their growing affection for each other. It honestly is a sweet, light-hearted romance and a very quick read!

My only complaint, and maybe this is because I'm southern, was the cliches. I mean really?! Southerners are known for their hospitality and yes for the rumor mill, but it went a little far I thought in this book. Not to mention the awful, HORRIBLE accent/slang the characters throw around. Yes I say some of those words but not in every sentence or in every conversation. It was a bit annoying and so the book lost a star in my rating because of it.

Overall the story of Glory and Cal is as sweet as the title suggests. If you enjoy new adult, contemporary romance this is the book for you!