Atria Books Sweet Thing: A Novel

I found myself to be quite addicted to this novel.I haven't read a New Adult in a while.I remember this book being recommended and I have had it for over a year so was good I finally got it read.I found myself at times to be getting involved with the main character's decisions. She had so many opportunities and I was like "Just say/do it!" But in the end Mia redeemed herself.If you like romances, music, strong friendships and family's, as well as cute animals then you'll like this.All in al this book was a Sweet Thing ;)

1st review I have ever written, just because I enjoyed it so muchWell worth a read, escapism and feel good all rolled into one

Just to be clear, two stars are for the seller, not for the book. Because book isn't new. Rating books is for other apps like Good reads...

A beautiful and heartbreaking tale of love, loss, forgiveness, hope and the journey of life.There’s something about the way Renée writes, like she’s speaking directly into my soul. I don’t know why, but I always feel her books so much more deeply than I normally do with others. They crawl under my skin, live in my chest, flow through my veins. I don’t know how else to explain it.First of all, shame on me for waiting this long to read Sweet Thing. For being such a Renée fangirl, I waited an embarrassingly long time to make my way around to this one. My card should be revoked. It’s been signed on my bookshelf for 6 months though because I knew I would inevitably love it when I got around to it. That has to count for something, right?I cannot put into words how much I truly loved this book. It was infuriating, heartbreaking, fun, and sweet. I cried on several occasions, which is something I rarely do. Timeout. Why am I such a Renée fangirl when she’s always making me cry?! There hasn’t been a book of hers yet that hasn’t made me cry. Evil, lovely witch.I both hated and loved Mia equally. She made me so angry! I wanted to strangle her many times. But I loved and appreciated the journey she had to go on to find healing and purpose. I know that she did many of the things she did because she wasn’t ready…for anything. To move on, to heal, to grow up, to trust. So even though I respect what she went through and I understand it, I still kind of want to hurt her. But I love her! Argh!Will on the other hand? Oh, my sweet sweet Wilbur. How do you describe perfection? I loved absolutely everything about him and my heart ached for him. I felt everything for him. He’s such a kind soul, with a huge talent, a bigger heart, and a smile that will make you weak in the knees. All he would have to do is direct one “Baby” my way and I would be his.Sweet Thing is a beautiful tale of love, loss, forgiveness, and healing. I cannot recommend it highly enough. If you’re one of the loonies like I was who has not read this book, correct that problem immediately. If you take my advice on any book, let this be the one.

I have been wanting to read Sweet Thing since I first saw it, which was back in 2013. I honestly can't say why I have put the book off other then the fact that I'm weird. That's the only explanation I can come up with. But regardless if I read it then or now, I would've loved this book all the same.Renee Carlino's writing is beautiful and so insightful. Some of the lines had me pause and think. Especially in the prologue. The words struck thoughts I hadn't expected, and I loved it. Music was a huge focus on this book, but not in a typical rockstar way.Sweet Thing was an unique love story about a girl Mia who moves to New York after her father passed away to work at his cafe and take care of his legacy. While Mia wasn't solely raised by her father, she has a mother and a stepfather who mostly raised her, she and her dad had a special bond. But he was a musician. Someone that she thought left her mom and her alone.Safe to say that Mia didn't want to live her life as a musician, she's afraid to live her dream as one because of the lack of security. She doesn't want to be finically unstable and a starving artist. She's afraid to feed her dreams and instead leads a life that might not be the happiest.Which is why she doesn't want anything to do with Will. Sweet, neurotic, totally sexy Will. He's a musician and basically everything Mia is afraid to let herself have. So she deprives herself of being with him. She's scared and uncertain about everything in her life and Will becomes the perfect outlet for her to push all those fears onto. It makes it easier to avoid the undeniable feelings she's suppressing for him.That was the one thing about the book that annoyed me, how difficult Mia was being toward Will and how she treated him in the beginning. I mean, it was obvious they both liked each other! But I guess I get being scared about the future and what it means to give your heart to someone that you're terrified to lose.While Mia did annoy me at times, I wanted to cuddle the f*ck out of Will. I wanted to hug him and kiss him and love him and never ever let him go. I absolutely loved his character was so on his side when sh*t hit the fan, cause let's face it: with the complicated dynamics of the budding relationship between the two it was bound to happen.Overall, this was a great book about growing up, finding yourself, learning from your mistakes, and basically learning about life and self discovery. Will and Mia were the cutest couple when Mia didn't over think them, they had me swooning and laughing and crying.Renee Carlino captured me with her writing and held me with her characters. I wanted more of everything, a true testament to story telling! Can't wait to dive into another one of her books!