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Schokolade für dich (2013)

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3.61 of 5 Votes: 3
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3862785092 (ISBN13: 9783862785094)
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English
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Mira Taschenbuch

Schokolade Für Dich (2013) - Plot & Excerpts

This wasn't a bad book, but I feel tricked. I found this in the romance rack at my local library, but it isn't really romance. My belief is that a romance novel is one where the central story, the reason for reading, is the developing relationship between the hero and heroine (or hero/hero or heroine/heroine). Period. There might be other, simultaneously occurring stories, but the main focus is two people falling in love. There may or may not be sex scenes and there may be other couples who are also falling in love.This story had a romance, but it definitely wasn't the central theme. Rather, this was chick-lit with a strong romantic element. The central story was the quest to save the central family's chocolate factory. Throw in a cast of thousands, a vague paranormal influence, and half a dozen loose threads and you've got "Better than Chocolate." And really, that would have been fine, if that's what I was looking for. Instead, I felt let down because my expectations weren't meant. I knew something was up when I read 70-odd pages and we'd only had one scene with the hero. *SIGH*I'd like to give it a 3.5. I didn't hate it, although there were a few items that bothered me. The most troubling issue was the relationship between Samantha the Heroine and Blake the Hero. Blake is the local bank manager, one who can't extend the loan that spells doom for the chocolate company. The heroine, even in her most lucid moments, continues to HATE him for it. She repeatedly refers to him as her arch-nemesis. Not matter how many times they have the same conversation (and really, every conversation seems to be exactly the same, unless she's drunk in which case she says the same things but tries to stand on tables while doing so). Blake: I can't extend the loan. I'm just the manager. I am unable to do anything.Samantha: I hold you personally responsible for this. I HATE you. (Except when I secretly find you attractive.)Blake: Well, I'm sorry you hate me but you shouldn't because it's not my fault.Samantha: I HATE you. I'm going to loose my temper and stalk away. And that's it. Until the end when he apparently buys her love and affection by taking out a loan for himself, she just stubbornly hates him for not being in a position to extend the loan. And he puts up with it. He won't even tell her that he's helped her out in fundraising. Nope. Just let's her fume away without trying to clear his own name. If there is one thing I hate, it's drama generated simply by the fact that one person refuses to communicate and the other refuses to adjust their thinking until they are smacked over the head with hard evidence. With such high quality communication skills, I fear for the long term viability of their relationship. "Samantha chiuse gli occhi per assaporare quell'indimenticabile momento. Nemmeno il cioccolatino più buono del mondo avrebbe mai potuto competere con i baci dolci e sensuali di Blake."Sicuramente era meglio il cioccolato di questo libro! XD Più che il festival del cioccolato sembrava infatti il festival dell'autocommiserazione e il tentativo dell'autrice di movimentare la storia alternando i POV poteva funzionare solo se ne avesse inserito almeno uno allegro o comunque abbastanza lieto da alleggerire l'atmosfera (come forse avrebbe potuto fare solo la sorella minore Bailey, che invece viene quasi relegata al margine)! Da una parte abbiamo la vedova addolorata, la madre delle sorelle, che ciabatta in pigiama con le foto del matrimonio da una parte e i fazzoletti dall'altra per quasi tutto il libro. Poi c'è la sorella di mezzo, Cecily, che ha appena chiuso la sua agenzia matrimoniale e ora è disillusa, disoccupata ed eternamente attratta dai cattivi ragazzi, nonostante il principe azzurro bussi alla sua porta (io al posto suo fuggirei XD). Ultima, ma non meno importante, il colpo di grazia, Samantha, la maggiore, donna d'affari cinica, dall'indole del trattore (o ti sposti o ti schiaccio), depressa per l'imminente fallimento e simpatica come uno yogurt scaduto XD E non dimentichiamo ovviamente LUI, il direttore di banca Blake, ex star del liceo, che passa tutto il romanzo ad auto-flagellarsi per non poter aiutare la sexy Samantha (per poi agire dietro le quinte...ma ricordiamoci che il poverino alla fine fa solo il suo lavoro e rischia il posto) che dal canto suo non fa che denigrarlo ed evitarlo in egual misura (inutile dire la "storia d'amore" che ne viene fuori...). L'innamoramento finale di Samantha (?) sembra condizionato parecchio dalla "generosità" di Blake e da al tutto un sapore un po' squallido in realtà, considerando che nei pochissimi incontri avuti fino ad allora lo ha trattato a calci in faccia XD Sono quasi contenta che i successivi romanzi della serie non siano arrivati da noi, nonostante ammetto una fuggevole curiosità sulle future coppie che potevano formarsi (ma mi sa che l'autrice voleva accoppiare oltre che le sorelle anche madre e amiche quindi immagino che sarebbe uscita una valle di lacrime XD)

What do You think about Schokolade Für Dich (2013)?

Likeable characters, good read, if predictable ending. lots of funny stuff.
—cy100

A light piece of fluff reading, which is absolutely essential sometimes.
—Fionnuala

I gave it a shot. Not my cuppa tea. DNF.
—Nick

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