As Good as the First Time by K.M Jackson

Author:  K.M Jackson
Release Date: October 30,2018

Love once lost, but will it be found again?  That is the dilemma that Clayton and Olivia must decide after their young, teenage summer love comes to an abrupt end after Olivia comes to Sugar Lake for  the summer to find that Clayton has left without a good-bye.  Poor Olivia.  Oliva is a city girl with small town roots.  Her parents decided to move to New York after they were married which meant that Olivia and her siblings became city slickers, as some calls it.  Though Olivia was a city girl, she would visit Sugar Lake every summer to visit her family. Clayton was the golden boy who had a bright future, but a stupid decision caused him and Olivia to take separate paths. Twelve years later, Olivia volunteers to help her Aunt Joyce, who broke her hip, to run the family bakery in Sugar Lake, Georgia.  Being back in Sugar Lake means seeing Clayton Morris again and facing the man who broke her heart so many years ago.

Now I wanted to get in to the juicy stuff because this story was hilarious and I just adored Aunt Joyce.  The southern sayings and mannerisms were so on point.  This was a nice and clean romance and I appreciated how the author wrote her scenes with such charisma.  The family dynamic was great and it felt so realistic right down to the cousin rivalry. Once again, Aunt Joyce was hilarious.!!

I was sort of in the middle with this book because while I laughed, I also was looking for more dialogue.  The characters talked more to themselves than anyone else.  The chemistry between the character was there, but there was nothing special about it.  Their relationship did not give me zings or the warm feeling inside.  It was okay at best and I feel like I really did not get to know the characters the way I would have if there less monologue.  At the beginning, the story started off very vague and it almost lost me for a sec. Thankfully, the author pulled me back into the story. Another thing is the "meh" ending.  To me the two most important elements of a book is the beginning and the end.  The author failed to pull me in with both and if it wasn't for Aunt Joyce, this book would have a lower ranking.

Grab your book and have at it. One more thing…be prepared to laugh and fall in love with this family.

Rating: 3 Stars ⭐⭐⭐