| Title | : | Mourning Wood |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | |
| ISBN | : | - |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Kindle Edition |
| Number of Pages | : | 278 |
| Publication | : | Published March 2, 2021 |
Mourning Wood Reviews
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Heather in all her wicked sense of humour, gives us unique, rip roaring rom-coms with intense love stories all the time. I was hooked from the first page itself, where I got to Meet the pint sized, 6 year old heroine of mourning Wood. She's Priscilla Louise Daigle. Combat ready with her boots on, she's a mighty sasshole with loose lips Sans filter. Normally whatever she WILL think, rushes out of her mouth minutes before her brain gets to autocorrect.
"Paw Paw says I'm like a sponge for useless information"
A perpetual source of hilarious wisdom, her encyclopediac brain stuffed full of unusual trivia, she plays the narrator introducing us to the rest of the characters and judging them at the same time.
“This is Wyatt. He’s my momma’s boyfriend, and when they get married, he’s gonna be my stepdad.”
Wyatt Landry is the honed and toned construction worker working on repairs at the Chapel/funeral home, run by Miss Priss's sexy mom, Whitney Jean. They have history together and thanks to Priss, they will have a future too.
The whole story had me rolling on the floor laughing my Ass off. Smartest, wittiest banter with some outrageous situations that heather conjures in her over fertile brain, had me in splits!!
From flying squirrels to Glass dildos and a lost condom in between, endless laughter kept rolling in waves after waves.
“Add condom fisher-outer to your list of jobs.”
The hot sex was an added advantage between Yum Yum Gimme sum Wyatt and oomph worthy, sexy Whitney.
"Not every Prince Charming rides in on a white horse. If that’s what you’re waiting for, you’re likely to miss him altogether. Maybe he’s sitting next to you in church, or bagging your groceries at the Piggly Wiggly. And maybe you just might find him during a drunken hookup on Bourbon Street."
They are the traditional couple whose love story is the backbone of this story, but the dog trainer Priscilla is the show stealer. Always front and center, she commands attention and I just wanted to squish her in my arms. No wonder Wyatt fell in love with his future daughter at the drop of the hammer.
The Cherry on top was the end scene..Omg, I almost peed myself, hooting in laughter🤣🤣
Read it and Laugh out loud all with the girl who put FUN in a FUNeral😂😂😂
5 stars for Condom Fisher-outer
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Oh my lord can we say SWOON!!!! Wyatt will absolutely steal your heart!!! The adoration he feels for Whitney, his will to show just how much MORE they can be, and the live he has for her little girl is just so damn beautiful! Be prepared to laugh because little miss Prissy will have you cracking up. Mourning Wood is absolutely AMAZING🙌🏻 guaranteed to have you in all your feels.
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Mourning Wood was just what I needed. A fun romance with likable characters. Whitney and Wyatt hooked up two years ago and now he’s hired to build the chapel where she works as a mortician. The theme was a little morbid but the author took advantage of it and lightened the mood with jokes that suited the sensitive theme.
Whitney and Wyatt was fab together. Amazing chemistry. Whitney not wanting to date or wants to take it slow because of her six year old daughter Priscilla. Wyatt is relentless in his pursuit which was so adorable and sexy. He swept me off my feet. He has the construction guy look down to a t. Both Wyatt and Whitney’s parents were great side characters. So much fun.
The six year old Priscilla was cute too but I felt she was way mature for her age especially in the way she spoke. I’m aware she’s grown up in an environment where death is spoken about daily and maybe she’s in old soul in a young body but at times it just became too much.
Her friendship with Wyatt was so sweet. Especially when he was her “date” to a school dance.
Mourning Wood delivered the humor, romance and steam. Such a feel good read.
4 Home is Where the Heart Is Stars -
Get ready for the laughter and the tears. You are in for such a treat with this laugh out loud, romantic comedy. No one mixes the emotion and humor like Heather, in this feel good romance. This fun and unique storyline will capture your heart. And Wyatt...he is the definition of SWOON WORTHY!!!
Whitney is a sexy single mom who just happens to work at her family's owned and run funeral parlor. She has a precocious six year old who has no problem speaking her mind, often providing the comic relief. She is Savage as a girl. Whitney's sassy and guards her heart because she wants to protect her daughter and herself.
Whitney is in the midst of a remodeling job at the funeral home when her contractor leaves her high and dry. Wyatt comes to her rescue. He's a blast from the past. A one night at her best friend's wedding kind of past, where she indulged in some hot and sexy times. Wyatt is new in town, but this job is a great opportunity to establish himself in town. Wyatt is an open book. The man goes all in for what he wants and he is always good for a smile. He is both sexy and sweet in equal amounts. You will LOVE him.
Wyatt never forgot Whitney and he's ready for a repeat. Whitney is not about falling for her sexy as sin contractor, but Wyatt is going to go all out to woo the woman he can't stop thinking about. She is not going to make it easy.
Through the laughter and emotion, you'll fall in love with this feel good romance. No drama, just a whole lot of laughter and love. The author delivers poignant moments between Wyatt and Whitney's little girl, all the while he makes himself a permanent fixture in both their lives. You'll love this family and the backdrop of the funeral home is unique and fresh. The perfect balance of emotions that we have come to expect from the author. She finds humor in those things often found to be morbid and makes them normal through the eyes of a little girl and the mother who was raised in a funeral home. Enjoy the abundance of love and the most perfect HEA as Wyatt and Whitney become a family. -
This book is about a mortician and a construction worker, hence the witty title. It’s a light-hearted, funny read that felt like a long-extended prologue. There’s 0 drama, just all the feels and a sassy little kid with the personality of a grandma.
Since the h has a very peculiar job, it made for some situations that made me realize we achieved the epitome of human intelligence with this invention:
“Do you want to go take a look at the show room and pick out an urn to put your husband’s cremains in?”
“Actually,” she says, reaching into her satchel. “I had something custom made.”
Her cheeks redden.
“Girl, I have seen it all,” I assure her. “Lay it on me.”
That’s when she whips out an eight-inch circumcised dildo. It’s so lifelike—flesh toned, complete with veins.
She grins. “I found it on a handmade site, online…it’s actually made from a cast of William’s penis.”
I am sorry, WHAT!?
Girl, whatever makes you happy I guess 🥴 -
Spoilers ahead
Whitney is a single parent to a six year old daughter she had as a teen, she's also the funeral director at her parents' funeral home. When a contractor disappears with her down payment before work is completed on the chapel Whitney is in dire straights, but even with her desperation when her best friend suggests hiring Wyatt Whitney immediately shuts it down....no way does she want to work with the man she once had a quickie with....or have him around her sassy daughter. Unbeknownst to her that's exactly who ends up hired to do the job.
Wyatt has recently moved to town and is about to set up his business, with the tragic death of his entire family having left haunting memories the last place he wants to do a job s a funeral home.....but the benefits make it worth his while. Meeting Whitney again is just the cherry on his sundae. Forming a friendship with Whitney and her beautiful daughter causes Wyatt to realize he's found his forever.... Now he just has to convince Whitney to give him a chance.
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This was utterly adorable, in all honesty this is probably a 3 star read but it hit all my high points so I'm giving it a big bump.
1)H/h have a quickie against a dumpster 2 years previously at her best friend's wedding (no mention of others after that time but it seems likely they'd both been with others. Usually I like to know but in this case ignorance really is bliss)
2)The h had her daughter really young so she's afraid of having the H form a bond with the child then break her heart. It takes her a little while but he wears her down.
3)Wyatt was solid book boyfriend material, not as caveman Alpha as I usually like, but a guy who definitely saw he had a good thing and took his time getting the H there. I really liked him and his relationship with Prissy made me love him. I was grateful that this author didn't throw in a foolish separation because it pisses me off generally but especially in single parent books when the child is involved, since there's none of that here it bumped my rating even higher
4)Good secondary characters
5)The absolute highlight of this book however was Prissy! I've never met a more adorable child in a romance. Really well written with a delightful personality all of her own.
6)The pregnancy and delivery just made my day
If there was any negatives t was the humor for me, if I remember correctly that was the reason I never tried another of this author's books. I'm really not a fan of fart jokes or puke in my romance but that's a ME issue and I didn't let it detract from my enjoyment of this book
All in all a really cute, low angst read with an adorable6 year old and a weird ass family that absolutely worked well!
No cheating
H/h had sex 2 years previously but no details about others in between
Both sexually experienced
No OW/OM drama
Single parent -
This was sickly sweet, insta love with little to no chemistry and absolutely no tension at all.
Maybe alphaholes have just ruined me? Maybe I'm a heartless asshole? Who knows but this book just didn't work for me.
If we'd seen them together that first time where I'm assuming there was some flirting and sexual tension which ended up with the fucking in an alley against a dumpster it could have sold this relationship to me but we're just told about it.
Flash forward 2 years after this and Wyatt moves into town and they go from friends to "I love you" in a blink of an eye and from this point on I started to skim because you could have started a drinking game with the amount of times they said "I love you".
Nothing much really happens in this book, they just go and do couples stuff and say really OTT cheesy stuff to each other.
The sex was meh.
The shining light in this book was her daughter Prissy. She actually made me laugh.
This author is new to me and maybe I picked the wrong book because she's highly recommended but this one just didn't work for me. -
I loved this especially little Prissy.
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I sure hope you’re in the mood to laugh and fall in love. Heather M. Orgeron delivers an emotional romantic comedy that will have you cackling with punny jokes while your heart pounds from the feels. The single parent trope is definitely a favorite for me and this author can write hilarious kid dialogue unlike any other. Little Prissy is perfection. But there’s plenty of heat too. You guys aren't ready for Wyatt Landry and ALL of his swoon! He takes breaking Whitney’s walls down VERY seriously. Mourning Wood is a feel good story that is extremely well written, will make you smile and giggle, and melt into a giddy puddle. This is an unforgettable journey you won’t want to miss!
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I loved the setting and set up of the construction worker (wood) and the funeral director (mourning.) Yet, this is very dry and sticky. There’s some parts that try too hard to be funny, such as chapter 13 with the dildo cast from the dead guys penis and to be filled with his ashes. Ehh, I get it - funeral people see some weird, heartbreaking, funny shit - but it just didn’t strike me as funny.
So many people told me this was laugh out loud funny, and I’m just not seeing it. Morbid slathered in romance don’t do it for me, and I haven’t laughed a single time:(
The MMC is a dirty gentleman - sickeningly sweet with a dirty, flirty mouth. He’s okay, but not my brand of swoon because his voice often mimics his female author. I find his insta love absurd since he screwed the FMC against a dumpster two years prior, and he didn’t have any insta love, track her down, OCD over her or anything. Bam, he sees her two years later and is immediately head over ass for her? Nah, I don’t buy that.
The FMC is cardboard cutout of a sheltered single mom. Parents enable her to be the lax yet overprotective single mom. Otherwise, I didn’t get her character. She’s so worried about repeating mistakes but screws a guy (MMC) that she didn’t even know against a dumpster. She’s so concerned about the MMC losing his entire family as a child, but she pushes him into the whole backstage of the funeral home to pick up dead bodies and tour the bone grinder and furnaces while he’s there to do CONSTRUCTION work.
My lip is curling, not drooling.
Back to the dead guy’s replica dildo… this will give you an idea of the romance here. FMC slaps the dildo in MMC’s hand and tells him she needs his help to fill it with the dead guy’s “essence” aka ashes. MMC is helping in exchange for dates with her, but he ups the ante when he figures out what she needs help with. Standing holding the dildo, he bargains for a kiss, not just a date. Woeeeee is meeee, but that’s just not in the least bit sexy to me.
Moving on. There’s a 6yo hellion child. Sometimes, she’s funny, but quite often she crosses the line to needing someone to tell her that she’s a CHILD!
The writing is odd. Chapters just cut off like cliffhangers at the end, but the next chapter moves days to weeks ahead. Unfinished scenes are a big pet peeve. Wasn’t smooth at all. Emotionally, connection-wise, the author is also a teller, not a shower. By 30%, I’m so sick of the FMCs constant internal ramblings about how hot he is and makes her. Same with MMC and how beautiful she is.
No angst. No chemistry. No dynamics. It’s just oddities hitched together on a dud rocket.
DNF @38% not the story, characters, nor writing style for me. -
Oh my god, this was ADORABLE. Definitely not what I expected from the title and tagline, I'll tell you that. This hero gave me all of the warm and fuzzy feelings by being genuinely kind and loving, and he absolutely stole my heart whenever he was in the same room with the heroine's daughter. There are some downright sweet and swoony scenes, paired with plenty of quirky comedy and just enough heat to keep things interesting. And the meet cute? Who would've thought that lasting love could develop following a drunken quickie against a dumpster. That's the kind of unique love story we're dealing with here.
The story follows Wyatt and Whitney, two people who shared one drunken hookup a few years ago. As a single mom, Whitney finds it difficult to trust men, and that means relationships are off the table. So when Wyatt is hired to help with some renovations to the funeral home Whitney works at with her family, things get complicated quickly. While Whitney would like to think she's moved beyond the stage of her life when she was ruled by her hormones, Wyatt doesn't make it easy to stay away. And when he starts upping his game in an effort to win over both of his girls - Whitney and her precocious daughter - she doesn't stand a chance against him.
I've only read one other book by this author, and it was a solid 4-star read, so I thought I'd give her another try, but my expectations were set pretty low. This surprised me in the best of ways. It held my attention from the start, and turned out to be just the kind of light, low angst rom com I needed in my life. It's also a slow burn, which I didn't expect based on the tagline - and that was also a welcome surprise. It's a rom com that doesn't take itself too seriously, and is just a fun, lighthearted read that will keep you turning the pages. If you love a sweet, loving hero and melt at the sight of a man being so, so good with kids, then this is the one for you. I received an early copy and am voluntarily leaving a review of this quirky comedy. -
A couple of years ago Whitney had a one night stand with a cute guy called Wyatt. It was one of those rare moments where she could forget all about her day to day life and just have some fun. Being a single mum to a very inquisitive child and working in the family business has it’s stressful moments so indulging herself with Wyatt was just what she needed.
She hasn’t seen Wyatt since that night, this has been deliberate on Whitney’s side. Now she is in a situation where she needs the help of a qualified tradie and he really is the only option. Damn if this guy isn’t as hot as she remembered, if not more. Her daughter Prissy instantly takes a shine to him. Prissy has her own individuality going on and Wyatt seems to click with her straight away.
Wyatt has never forgotten Whitney and is very happy to be back in her life. He knew they had a connection that he is keen to explore now that she can’t hide from him. The pull is definitely there. He is going to have to be patient with her until she is ready to trust her heart with him. More importantly though, she doesn’t want to give Prissy any false hope. That girl is already planning out their future as a family and Wyatt as her new daddy, she does not mince words and is very forthcoming with any thoughts floating around in her head. Honestly, I was laughing out loud so many times!
Wyatt’s patience seems to be paying off and Whitney is beginning to see possibilities with him. She just needs to trust her heart and take that leap of faith for both her and Prissy.
‘Jump’, he pleads, curling his hands beneath my hair and around my nape. ‘And I promise to catch you.’
The title of this story piqued my interest initially and then the single parent trope sealed the deal. I loved Wyatt’s interactions with Prissy, in fact any time that girl opened her mouth I couldn’t stop smiling, the world needs more unfiltered thoughts :) Very low angst but a sweet romance. -
Warning: you may die from all the swooning. Which can be disturbing, because the romance is surrounded by death. Let me explain.
You won’t get too emotional about the various deaths in the story, because none of them concern the main characters–except past death, but you won’t get a lot of drama about it. Though, because empathy is a real thing, you may experience some sadness through Whitney–though she’s in constant contact with death, she still has deep feelings. And still, this morbid atmosphere is also the source of most of the laughs you’ll experience! Prissy, Whitney’s daughter, has such a nonchalant attitude that she’ll keep you entertained–I found her a bit annoying at times though.
As for the romance, it’s one without real drama. The story is about the slow building of Whitney and Wyatt’s relationship, from a simple annoyance to a very emotional happy ending. There’s no conflict here, just two people learning about each other. And you’ll looooove Wyatt. He’s almost perfect, with just enough sass to not make him a sissy–he’s a manly man in touch with his feelings.
I quite enjoyed this very original, extra swoony, a little bit sexy, romcom.
Quickie
- Series: standalone
- Hashtags: #romcom #second chance #single mom #funeral home
- Triggers: if you’re uncomfortable with anything related to death, don’t read this book
- Main couple: Whitney Daigle & Wyatt Landry
- Hotness: 4/5
- Romance: 5/5
- + Wyatt’s dedication to his newfound family was admirable
- – Wyatt and Whitney were a sure thing since the beginning, I like more uncertainty in my romance
EDIT: the narrators were almost perfectly cast. The female narrator did an amazing job, her voices for all characters were spot on. I felt the male narrator lacked a bit of the playfulness I associated with Wyatt, but he also did a great job. Both narrators translated the energy and humor of the story. -
Hands down... i love this book.. I needed some sweetish romance to balance all my dark books and hands down Wyatt is a book hubby!! He isn't to alpha but he has those alpha qualities!!! So if your looking for a sweet light read this is it.
Whitney and Wyatt had a ONS 2 years ago at a wedding near a dumpster yes folks A DUMPSTER talk about dirty and both went on with their lives. Until now Wyatt is back in his hometown building up his construction bussiness and his first job is Whitney and her family funeral home and when he sees her all those memories and I want her are right there! But Whitney right now isn't on board with what he's selling shes only letting him do this job because she messes up has nothing to do with him being handsome and sweet to her kid.. and her kid okay I never seen a 6 year old so obessed with death and knowledge as Priscilla.. she was not a normal 6 year old sometimes I don't believe the author wrote her as a child or a 6 year old..
Back to Wyatt and Whitney they were adorable together traded favors for dates slowish dating and banter him being apart of her daughter life and being so sweet.. I swear I was in love!!!
I wish we had alil more sexy times.. it was okay but I needed more steamy moments..
Low angst, no ow/om drama, no cheating, slight secondary character, sexy times, no virgins
Recommend-yes
Cover-⭐⭐⭐⭐
Heat level-🌶🌶.5
Slow-instaburn
Tiny push away from h
Seperation 2 years (idk if they were with others)
Single parent
Safe sex
Mentions of death (h does work as a mortician)
Hea
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Heather M. Orgeron brings the perfect blend of humor and heat in Mourning Wood! -
I wanted to like this story more, however, I felt like it was trying too hard. For as sexy as that one-night stand sounded, I expected Wyatt and Whitney to be sexier. And they eventually got there, but it took too much to happen. Did I need to know the details of every funeral plan that came through the Daigle doors? I get it, Whitney's daughter, Prissy, was unique. I GET IT!! But can we focus a bit more on the couple? Because their chemistry was there, but it got outshone by everything else happening in this story. I loved ALL of the characters (for real, Whit's parents were amazing) and I really liked how their interactions played out. I just wanted more time with the couple. I'm greedy, I guess.
OMG can I just say that school dance scene?!?!?! I freaking love Wyatt!! -
Mourning Wood was a fun read. I was a little surprised when I met the characters at a funeral home, but my bad, I didn't have read the blurb before to start the book and I absolutely didn't have understood the title...don't know why but the pieces to solve the puzzle were all there.
Once i got over the shock I've really enjoyed this novel. Heather M. Orgeron wrote another entertaining, lovely story with some of the most unforgettable and unique characters I've ever read.
Wyatt Landry came back to Louisiana to start his constracion company, he accepts a job to help one of his cousin's friend. Little he knows he has to renovate a funeral chapel who's owned by Whitney Daigle, the woman he has had sex with a couple of years before. Whitney is a Morticia, she lives and breathes into the family's funeral services, also trying to be a good single mum. She knew she shouldn't have trusted her meddling best friend help because now she has to try to stay away from the hottest guy she has met in years. Will Wyatt and Whitney survive to the awkward days they have to spend near to each other? Or will they abandon themselves to a repeat of that scorching hot night of few years before?
I adored these characters, main and supporting, they are all important to the successful outcome of this plot. My favourite is the little kid, Priscilla, because she can always make you laugh with her, at times inappropriate, dark humour but in the end the reader can also see her cute personality. Wyatt is such a good guy, he could do no wrong, swoon worthy material here. Whitney feels the weight to always be a responsible mum because she was judged more than once by the community, so she tries to keep the walls up around her heart but she can't do anything against Wyatt loving and sexy attacks.
I have followed this story as I was part of it and in the end I wished there was a longer epilogue because I didn't want to leave these characters.
Go get it as soon as possible.Copy kindly provided by the Publisher/Author.
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3 stars
Quick light read. Nothing more. -
Oh my word I truly fell in love with Wyatt, Whitney and our 6 year old half pint of sass and bluntness Prissy.
Whitney is a single mom working in the non glamourous world of mortuary. It is the family business and she works closely with her mom, dad and believe me when I say they are hands on all hands on deck with each aspect of the business. Now enter Wyatt Landry all 6 foot something swoon worthy contractor who Whitney may have had a one night stand with two years ago, but we will get back to that. When the business takes a hit when a scam contractor takes their money, friends step in and proposition the handy handsome Wyatt. Imagine everyone's surprise and embarrassment when these two back alley hookups come face to face in the family chapel. This was a delightfully funny, romantic, emotional read filled with refreshing witty banter and fabulous one liners from the lovely Prissy. She was a little breath of fresh air ! If you are looking for a feel good romance filled with witty banter, awkwardness and strange circumstances , you have found it! Loved it!
~~Michele McMullen ~~ -
4 Stars!
A little morbid, a tinge of sad, and a whole lot of funny!! In some respects I also got a little bit of an education, and have a new found respect for those who have the job of sending us on our final journey.
A unique, quirky, engaging story with very little angst. Loved Whitney and Wyatt, but Priss stole the show, along with my heart. Loved all the secondary characters and was really hoping that Kate and Beau had a story, but I can't seem to find one.
This is a new author for me, and I enjoyed her storytelling so much, I'll be looking to see what else she has to offer. -
4.5 stars. ⭐⭐⭐⭐
This story was so sweet and warm....plus absolutely hilarious to boot. Genuinely funny and not in a slapstick manner.
A truly delightful read that I really enjoyed with a precocious six year old girl that definitely wasn't "Prissy" by any means.
My first book by Heather Orgeron and I am not sure if she mainly writes rom-coms ...but I will be looking out for more by her in the future.
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If you love single mom romances, please go read this! Sure it was a little cheesy at times, but it was still so freaking cute. I’m pretty hard to please when it comes to considering a romance “funny”, but I actually laughed a lot with this book and found a lot of things funny.
I wasn’t expecting it to make me emotional, but it actually did. My fave part about single mom books is seeing the H bond with the h’s kid, and you 100% get that here. Prissy wasn’t an afterthought that was always conveniently left with a babysitter while the h and H go off and do their own thing and forget about the kid. There were such cute bonding moments between all of them that I just loved it🥹 and what sealed the deal, is NO THIRD ACT BREAKUP👏👏👏🎉🎊🍾🥳🍻🎉🥳🎊🍾🎉🥳🎊🍻🍾🥳🎉🍾🍻🍾🍻🎊🥳🍻🍾🥳
I was disappointed it ended at 91% on my kindle, but that’s just bc I’m greedy and wanted more. I do not regret staying up until 4AM to finish this even though I have work at 8 🫠 -
Mourning Wood is a sweet, light-hearted, and easy small-town second chance romance read. I really liked Heather’s style of writing and the flow of the plot.
Whitney is left out on a limb when her construction team renovating the church attached to her family’s funeral care business abandons them. So, when her best friend Kate suggests her husband’s construction worker cousin Wyatt, who has just moved to town, she is keen, until she realises he’s the guy she had a one-night stand with two years previously at Kate’s bachelorette party. Whitney hasn’t got time for a relationship or anything romantic, focussing on her work and her six-year-old daughter Prissy, so when Wyatt turns up for his first day, despite their chemistry, she keeps him at arm’s length. But Wyatt is determined to prove to Whitney that he can be what she needs, and in doing so not only wins over Whitney but Prissy too. But when a life changing event occurs, will Wyatt be there for Whitney like men before haven’t?
I read this book so fast, the story is so easy going and very low on drama, which may be why I didn’t love it like I wanted to. I need some sort of conflict in my romances, not to the point where it’s unnecessary but something which proves their love for one another is real, and it all just seemed too easy in Mourning Wood. I did like the characters, Wyatt was swoony, and Whitney was sassy, and the whole mortician occupation is one I had no clue about, so I felt like I had learnt something by the end of the book. Prissy was hilarious, but she acted a lot older than 6, so it never felt believable because her vocabulary was very advanced.
Overall, this was such a fun, light-hearted romance, with humour, steam and a little girl who has her mum’s boyfriend wrapped around her finger fast!
*I received a copy of this book and voluntarily left my honest review.* -
4.5 stars
When I first read the blurb of this book i was like sign me up, this was so different. First time reading from this author. Even though the main storyline does take place in a funeral home it still managed to be sexy, funny, adorable. If you can get passed it being about death you should totally give this a shot Wyatt and Whitney's chemistry was off the roof loved seeing the interactions with the little girl Priscilla she was 6 years old going on 30 so sassy and smart. This had blast from the past vibes but i wouldn't call it second chance trope per say.
If you like Handyman vibes
Single moms
Kiddo interactions.
Cinnamon roll heros with a naughty streak.
And something different pick this up.
I'll be posting a edit of this book on my Bookstagram and booktwitter at the same handle texas_bookworm.
ARC provided in exchange for a review by "give me books Promotion" -
5+ stars
This book has to be my favourite read for a long time! The plot, characters and comedy were absolutely spellbinding. I was so busy reading that I didn’t want it to end and I kept tapping away at my kindle to read more. The setting is so original and the personalities so full of fun and heart-swelling love that I just revelled in every beautiful word.
Whitney is such a wonderful character, she’s so real and funny without even meaning to be. She is so focused on doing a good job and raising her fantastic daughter, Prissy, that she seems a bit stuck up but she is just protecting herself and her heart. No need; Wyatt is all kinds of right for her.
Wyatt is my ideal man from the first moment he appeared on the page. The way he deals with Whitney’s heart and insecurities just melted me. I cried so many happy tears.
Every single character in this story is strong, sassy and hilarious. This is going to be a hard book to beat and I am looking forward to having a leisurely reread very soon. -
Una comedia romántica, llena de sarcasmo, humor negro y algunas bromas inapropiadas sobre la muerte.
〰️ Nunca había leído un libro donde la protagonista trabajará en una funeraria y mucho menos una que fuera maquilladora de muertos. Eso estuvo interesante (🤣) La niña de seis años que no parecía para nada una niña-de-seis-años, Prissy Jajaja ella fue mi favorita, se lleva todo el crédito en esta historia, su personalidad, sus comentarios 🤣 -
3 quirky and humorous stars
It felt a little long and the 6 year old was just a little too precocious. -
What’s with the ridiculous titles? And tell me why I kept reading “morning wood”? 🤣🤦🏻♀️
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This was alright, a little too bland and wholesome tho, not very memorable. Prissy was the best tho, I love little grownup kids in stories
