Letter late than ever

de Lauren Connolly - SmartyPants Romance (2023)

Résumé : Can a hot paramedic resuscitate this mail woman’s flatlining spirit of adventure?

Gwen Elsmere fell in love with Sebastian Kirkwood when she was sixteen, but a dead frog stole her chance to land the guy of her daydreams. Ten years later, when Gwen makes a desperate 9-1-1 call, Sebastian re-enters her life as the first paramedic on the scene. Unfortunately, she’s smeared in blood, and he’s engaged to another woman. The awkward rescue is far from the passionate reunion she’d secretly hoped for. Still, Gwen’s brief transformation from postal worker to neighborhood hero has her reevaluating her cautious nature.

If she can save a woman’s life, why can’t she change her own?

As Gwen challenges herself with adventures, big and small, she discovers an unlikely sidekick in her former crush. Sebastian reveals glimpses of the goofy teenager who first made her swoon, but there are shadows behind his eyes she wants to shine a light on. When Gwen discovers the sexy EMT is not as spoken for as everyone in Green Valley believes, she dares to hope for a second chance to risk her heart. But even as a chemist cat, drag queens, and glitter beards reward her new outgoing nature, secrets, pain, and fear threaten to snuff out her courageous spirit.

Gwen will have to decide if Sebastian and she are better late than never or better never together.


Note : 4/5 ♥♥♥♥

L'histoire de Gwen et Sebastian est vraiment adorable tout en ayant une profondeur un peu dramatique. Ils se sont connus au lycée, étaient les meilleurs amis du monde, mais un malheureux concours de circonstances a conduit à un acte manqué : Sebastian est allé au bal de promo avec une autre fille, ce fut la fin du monde pour Gwen...

Des années plus tard, Gwen et Sebastian se recroisent, leur lien d'amitié n'a jamais disparu, ni leur crush respectif d'ailleurs qui reprend vie. Cependant, un problème majeur se pose : Gwen (et tout Green Valley) pense que que Sebastian est fiancé, en réalité cela fait des mois qu'il a rompu mais la famille de la nana n'est pas au courant car ce n'est jamais le bon moment pour le dire. N'y tenant plus, Sebastian révèle le secret à Gwen, et tout deux démarre alors leur romance cachés (jamais une bonne idée...).

En plus du côté assez fun de la romance, qui n'est pas bien compliquée et pour laquelle les héros ne perdent pas leur temps, on découvre des personnages avec des blessures personnelle : Gwen, depuis la mort de sa grand-mère, n'arrive plus à accepter qu'il lui arrive des bonnes choses et que cela durera, elle s'imagine donc que son histoire avec Sebastian aura une date de fin et qu'il retournera de toute façon avec l'ex-fiancée ; Sebastian, lui souffre de crise d'angoisse dont les causes sont multiples, il pense par erreur que qu'il a besoin de Gwen pour aller mieux.

Avant de pouvoir être ensemble pleinement, ces deux-là ont des choses à régler avec eux-mêmes.

Si on ajoute à l'histoire un adorable chaton et des frères et sœurs totalement barrés, on se retrouve avec une romance pas trop mal, qu'on aurait pu lire d'une traite si le boulot ne venait pas s'incruster sur nos journées ^^.

Gwen and Sebastian's story is really adorable while having a bit of dramatic depth. They met in high school, were best friends, but an unfortunate set of circumstances led to a misstep : Sebastian went to prom with another girl, it was the end of the world for Gwen...

Years later, Gwen and Sebastian meet again, their bond of friendship has never disappeared, nor their respective crush for each other which comes back to life. However, a major problem arises : Gwen (and all of Green Valley) thinks that Sebastian is engaged, in reality it's been months since he broke up but the girl's family doesn't know because it's never the right time to tell them. Unable to stand it any longer, Sebastian reveals the secret to Gwen, and the two of them then start their hidden romance (that's never a good idea...).

In addition to the rather fun side of the romance, which is not very complicated and for which they do not waste their time, we discover characters with personal wounds : since the death of her grandmother, Gwen isn't able to accept that good things can happen to her and that they can last, so she imagines that her affair with Sebastian will have an end date and that he will go back to his ex-fiancée anyway ; Sebastian suffers from an anxiety attack whose causes are multiple, he mistakenly thinks that he needs Gwen to get better.

Before they can be together fully, these two have some things to sort out with themselves.

If we add to the story an adorable kitten and totally crazy brothers and sisters, we end up with a good romance, which we could have read in one sitting if our job did not get embedded in our days. ^^.


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