Nun the Wiser: A Grumpy Sunshine Romantic Comedy by Smartypants RomanceMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
I was provided an ARC of this book via the author and Smartypants romance, all opinion are my own.
This is the 2nd book in the Bad Habit Book Club Series, however it can be read as a standalone in a companion series with interrelated characters. If you have read book 1 you will remember Matilda, but if you are starting here, Matilda is a member of a book club which is really a support group for 3 former nuns and an ex-priest. Matilda has some baggage when it comes to relationships from her childhood, but she always takes on the role of protective big sister. Now that the book club girls are finding their own way outside of the convent, she is afraid the will slip away like the other important people in her life have. Enter Kimo Kapono, a sweet, laid back, it will all work out Hawaiian who is in town working with Matilda's law firm to get custody of his niece and nephew.
Kimo and Matilda have chemistry from the first time they meet, and through happenstance they happen to be in the wrong place at the wrong time when kidnappers take them to get at Kimo.
This allows them to spend some quality time together. Matilda doesn't really do serious relationships, because people always end up letting her down. Kimo isn't interesting in a fling. Kimo secretly has money but he is everyone's best friend and hasn't let his sudden wealth go to his head. This puts Matilda and Kimo at an impasse as they are both highly attracted to one another and can't stay away from each other. He continues to soften her hardened exterior with his humor and love of life and his family. She implores him to take things a bit more seriously with her love of rules and fairness especially when it comes to his safety and the safety of his loved ones.
I really loved getting to know Matilda and Kimo. They were the perfect compliment to one another. She really needed someone to be there for her, while she was taking on the world and taking care of everyone else. Kimo's laid back attitude was such a nice compliment to her more rigid, I can take on the world attitude. She hasn't had much experience with relationships where someone doesn't want something from her, and she has alot to learn when it comes to letting people in. Kimo is patient On the other hand, Matilda was the one lending a sensible ear to Kimo in times of his custody case and when it came to taking his own safety seriously. I loved the support Helen and Nina, our former nuns and book club members give to Matilda to only to cement that the family she has chosen is there for her no matter what.
I can't wait to see what happens with our book club in the next installment!
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