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I'm giving this a 3 but I feel 2.5 is the real rating I'd like to give Sugar Daddy. I've read nearly all of Lisa Kleypas's historical novels and was hoping for a sexy, contemporary change of pace. This is not what I expected at all. This is the story of Liberty Jones and it takes you through her adolescence to adulthood before she even meets Gage's father and then Gage. And then there's Hardy Cates, the boy she loved who had to go off in the world to make his way and wouldn't commit to her. Hardy comes back into her life and things get momentarily complicated. This is a well-written book but I kept waiting for Liberty to grow up and for the story to get to the great romance (and great sex) and instead the backstory took up half the book. I was even skimming pages and I'm not a page skimmer. I was a little bored. And the sex scenes - I felt they were a bit tepid. I might add that if you're expecting the passion and humor and the warmth from say, the Hathaway series, you won't find it here. The characters are nice, especially Miss Marva and Churchill but the book should have been longer, I think. I'm afraid to buy the next book in the series because I'm looking for the big romance, not a long backstory. If you understand what I'm saying, you may want to check the library for this title instead of purchasing it straight away. I have noticed more than one historical romance author who attempts to transition into contemporary stories and doesn't get it exactly right or perhaps, is venturing into a different style altogether. Anyway, this is not one I'll be rereading.


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Sugar Daddy Lisa Kleypas 9780312351625 Books Reviews

I have read this book many times and I just re-read it again because I love the story and these characters. I can't believe I didn't actually write a review for this book before. This is the story of Liberty Jones. Her father died when she was a young girl. Her mother, her mother's boyfriend Tripp, and Liberty move to a trailer park in Welcome, Texas. Liberty is half Mexican and her mother is blond haired and blue eyed so she most people don't realize that she's her daughter. In the trailer park, she meets The Cates family especially Hardy Cates. He's gorgeous and has a great body but he has ambitions of getting out of Welcome and making something of his life and he won't let anybody including Liberty stand in his way. Diane, Liberty's mother, gets pregnant and Liberty is more like the mother than Diane is. Diane and another boyfriend die in a car accident and that leaves Liberty and Carrington orphans. She wants to make a great life for them and then she gets financial aid to go to beauty school and they move to Houston. There she meets Churchill Travis and he changes their lives. He has children, 3 sons and 1 daughter - Gage, Jack, Joe, and Haden.

Liberty is a wonderful woman that has been dealt a pretty tough hand but she does everything she can to make her life and her sister's life better. She works hard and she does what she can to make their lives better. She definitely doesn't take the easy way out. She's smart, a good person, and she's there for people when they need her.

Hardy had a tough childhood and has done what he can to not end up like his father. He's very ambitious and has done really well for himself. He definitely cared about Liberty when they were growing up but he wasn't going to let anyone stand in his way. He probably still in a way cares about Liberty but his ambitions seem to be more important to him than other people or their feelings.

Gage is closed off and very standoffish when he doesn't know people. But when you get to know him you realize he is a really great man. The people he loves and cares about are important to him and he is very protective. He is charming, very smart, and he knows the people he lets into his life. He cares extremely for Liberty and will do anything to keep her but he wants her happiness above his own.

Definitely worth reading so are the other books in the Travis series.
I liked the book, then I didn't like the book, then I liked it, then disliked it, then at the last three pages liked it again. The entire process of reading this novel was a major emotional roller coaster ride, if not assault, to my insides. I get into books that intensely, as many passionate readers do. No, I could not put it down. I had to read through the heroine's experience, find out out how she would fare in her new life experiences and family, new relationships. What would happen to her? I was getting tugged along to find out what would happen between her and her past love...and when he shows up, it's an absolute slap to the face. He behaves so out of character that it is jarring. Yes, he has changed. Time has changed him. Ambition has changed him. But, this much? Enough to make him behave despicably? And Liberty, falling into his arms when she is out with someone else...I felt somehow, disappointed that she would do that to Gage. For some reason, I thought she would have more class than that. I know that it was a unique moment for her. But, still. I felt her character getting weaker as the book progressed, and more objectified. She had been such an independent woman, and now she was allowing herself to fall back on some basic principles? I'm being way too tough on her, I get it. But, she gives away crucial company information to Hardy...is she really that foolish? I thought she was sharp. She should know when somebody is hustling her. I felt like I didn't want to read this book as it progressed, but that I absolutely HAD to read this book. Which means the author is doing her job, right? Then why did I feel so little joy and so much ANXIETY! The writing was so good, and the character triangle at the end felt like a betrayal. If they had had Hardy show up before Gage and Liberty had started anything up, it would have felt better. No, it wouldn't have been a dramatic triangle for the ages, the surprising twist she had made it out to be. But, it could have been a better one. One where I respected the character more and had not felt so bad for all three of them! I felt jolted. I read books for enlightenment or escape. Suspense if fine, but not this much apprehension. That's why I'm giving it a three. The happy ending was too short, too. They should have allowed more happiness and humor in the book. That would have been nice.
The problem with trying to create "complex" characters is that both heroes seemed like they were going to be the one for Liberty. It wasn't clear cut, and that bothered me because even though Hardy does some unethical stuff, he still is very likable. Considering the amount of emotion and raw heartache the author built up for these two characters to find each other once again, the reconciliation left a lot wanting. There was no closure. No satisfaction. No that good feeling you get when reading the end of a satisfyingly long novel.
I'm giving this a 3 but I feel 2.5 is the real rating I'd like to give Sugar Daddy. I've read nearly all of Lisa Kleypas's historical novels and was hoping for a sexy, contemporary change of pace. This is not what I expected at all. This is the story of Liberty Jones and it takes you through her adolescence to adulthood before she even meets Gage's father and then Gage. And then there's Hardy Cates, the boy she loved who had to go off in the world to make his way and wouldn't commit to her. Hardy comes back into her life and things get momentarily complicated. This is a well-written book but I kept waiting for Liberty to grow up and for the story to get to the great romance (and great sex) and instead the backstory took up half the book. I was even skimming pages and I'm not a page skimmer. I was a little bored. And the sex scenes - I felt they were a bit tepid. I might add that if you're expecting the passion and humor and the warmth from say, the Hathaway series, you won't find it here. The characters are nice, especially Miss Marva and Churchill but the book should have been longer, I think. I'm afraid to buy the next book in the series because I'm looking for the big romance, not a long backstory. If you understand what I'm saying, you may want to check the library for this title instead of purchasing it straight away. I have noticed more than one historical romance author who attempts to transition into contemporary stories and doesn't get it exactly right or perhaps, is venturing into a different style altogether. Anyway, this is not one I'll be rereading.