5 StarsI'm blown away.Suddenly all other books look pale in comparison. Even those I've five-starred before.You know that saying about readers and different tastes? I wish it wasn't true. Because I want all of you to see its beauty. I want all of you to experience everything I felt while reading it. I want all of you to adore it as much as I do.I am not ready to move on to the next book. Am not ready.

Have you ever experienced reading and enjoying it, until the author says something, which is quite unforgiveable that it destroyed almost everything?Well, I did. Susan Elizabeth Phillips had done that mistake.One of the characters of the book described a pug, UGLY. I love pugs.How can this pug be ugly?Pugsley, my pet dog, God bless his soul, is really adorable. How could anyone call him ugly? And now, Pugsley is crying.But despite my seething anger, I continued on, chanting She called a pug ugly...

5 Stars! A book you can sink your teeth into. It consumed me. In no way did I think these characters could endear themselves to me, particularly Sugar Beth, but much to my surprise not only did I like them, I was rooting for a good outcome!No one, I mean no one, can write snarky witty dialogue like SEP can, and how she managed to make me like some of these characters is beyond my thinking at the moment. I don’t even know where to start with this one, but in the beginning, I just couldn’t see how...

No surprise here! I loved it when I read it and I loved it just a little more when I listened to it. ************************************************Keeping this one short and sweet! ❤Most of you already know that Susan Elizabeth Phillips is one my most favorite authors. I had gone on a binge not too long ago and read through quite a few of her books, falling in love with most all of them. I had saved a few for my inevitable need for a little of the magic she so easily delivers with her writing....

The girl everybody loves to hate has returned to the town she'd sworn to leave behind forever. As the rich, spoiled princess of Parrish, Mississippi, Sugar Beth Carey had broken hearts, ruined friendships, and destroyed reputations. But fifteen years have passed, and life has taught Sugar Beth its toughest lessons. Now she's come home—broke, desperate, and too proud to show itLiked this one a lot. Had read it years ago but had sort of forgotten what it was about. Sugar Beth was such a strong cha...

★★★½I've never been around to attend my high school reunions when they pop up, but sometimes I wish I could go just to see how far some of those wannabe socialites have fallen from their high horse. I know it's kind of mean, but let's just say my school years were not kind. In Ain't She Sweet, a whole town is granted this satisfaction. When the once powerful and cutthroat Sugar Carey comes home with her tail between her legs, all the roles are suddenly reversed. No one likes her anymore, no one

I thought I'd write a review on this book this time around but....

It is six o'clock in the morning. I have no reason to be up right now except for the fact that finishing this book gave me the worst night's sleep I've had in a long time. Man this book bothered me! (Please excuse the following rant, I really need to get this out of my system!!!)First off, I love SEP, and I have a habit of finishing her books in one sitting because of how good they are. This time I finished the book in one sitting because I was so frustrated I couldn't bear to go to bed with it

RE-RE-RE-RE-RE-----READ!!!FAV HEROINE EVER!!! TOP 1 HEROINE!FAV MAIN CHARACTERS EVER!!!!LOVE THIS BOOK!!!Multiple reread, 5 stars!!!Brilliant, beautiful story!! love this book! Just love it!!!It's my 3 or 4 re-read. I love this book! I adore MCs.Shitty parents don't deserve being parents!!!Reread in 2019.Excellent! Still one of my favourite books!

3 June 2018 reread: This is as good as I remembered. I acquired the audio via Overdrive to see if that made a difference. It did, but not for the better (which was a surprise as I generally enjoy a Southern accent and this has lots of those). I didn't like the emotional interpretation, particularly near the end when Sugar Beth is uncertain. The narrator added frantic and more despair than I think was warranted. Also, the narrator inflected some of the Grand Sophy quotes (each chapter starts with...

Review written June 16, 20163.8 Stars - An ironic, emotional and entertaining black sheep returner romance in great SEP style'Ain't She Sweet?', a standalone (non series) romance from 2004 written by one of my absolutely most admired and beloved m/f romance authors in this traditional "light & nice" contemporary genre. Always much joy and heart....So even this time. A nearly perfect SEP story, but for me, a few weaknesses in the audiobook edition. Thus, a lower rating ranking this tim...

I loved this book...except for the moments I hated it. This review is for the audiobook version. The narrator did a fantastic job on everything except for the hero's voice. It was awful. It sounded like some eighty year old British guy...no exaggeration. It was terrible So unsexy that it really ruined the romance aspect for me. Oddly enough, she did a fantastic job at all of the rest of the voices. Inflection and accents and everything were just spot on. Aside from narration, this book was one o...

Buddy read with Gavin (though it was not planned as such ^_^) 4.5 STARS So very, very funny! Strong and well-developed heroine and hero. Fully fleshed out secondary characters. Sarcastic to the bone and at the same time wildly romantic. The smoothest change of POVs I've read in a very long time. Sensual sex scenes. Southern. :)You can see that I enjoyed this a lot. It was a bit formulaic but I've always loved the enemies to lovers trope and here it was executed in a very believable and grea...

The contemporary romance genre is not one of my favorites, but if there was more books like Ain't She Sweet then it would be! This was a surprisingly fast paced and fun romance. I loved the witty dialogue, the sarcastic humor, and the complicated characters. Sugar Beth was a great character and totally unlike any other I've ever encountered. She was strong, tough, and cynical, but not afraid to admit that she had made some mistakes in her younger days! Her relationship with the eccentric English...

Another stunner! I will never expect less from SEP!

4.5 stars. Another great book by SEP. She has become one of my favorite writers and hasn’t ever let me down. Although most of her books have an element of hate-to-love, they are all unique and I never get bored. Ain’t She Sweet is the story of the shunned “It girl” making her way back to the small town where she grew up. Sugar Beth used to be the envy of all, but now she’s broke and down on her luck. She comes back to her hometown in Mississippi looking for a valuable painting she inherited from...

I once heard another author say they struggled for years to read this Susan Elizabeth Phillips book because they couldn’t imagine enjoying a book about a heroine named Sugar Beth. I know how they feel! Every time I picked it up I thought, mmm, maybe later...Oh my god. Really!!! This is one of those rare books that I spent the entire time thinking I WISH I’D WRITTEN THIS!!! This with a heroine who was the most popular girl in town, stepping on anyone who got in her path along the way, who now dow...

First: I listened to this as an audiobook, and I’m going to evaluate the book separately from the reading.The book is, for my money, probably going to be my favorite Susan Elizabeth Phillips. It’s funny and sweet, but it’s also quite thoughtful. It’s a twist on Cinderella and her stepsister — because you don’t know which one is which, and by the end, you’re still debating. In a good way. Can they both be Cinderella, with dashes of stepsister? Pretty much, because the main female characters (Sug

"She rolled her eyes, back in the game. “Are you telling me that little bit of guilt is all it takes to make you tuck your tail between your legs? And you call yourself a man.”He’d been reading too much Victorian erotica because he wanted to bend her over a chair and . . . do something quite nasty.""Did you scare her? I swear, Colin, if you said one thing to upset her . . .”He slapped a foil-covered casserole on the counter. “Why would I upset her when I was conserving my energy to upset you?”Sh...

I’m considering giving this 5 stars because I’ve spent 3 years looking for another woman like Sugar Beth. I’ve prolly read 1000 books since I read this one - but it’s still in my head. I think that’s worthy of 5 stars. ****original review July 2015****4.5 stars. I deducted half a star bc I didn't love the relationship btw Sugar Beth and Colin. They just didn't give me tingles. But every single other thing about this book did. I loved Sugar Beth's past and her present - her journey and where she

The Audible dropped some ratings ...

It's not that this book is perfect. There are a lot of things that I, personally, couldn't care less about. For example the whole story about Winnie's marriage. ( NOBODY GIVES A SHIIIIIIT )Or, I really couldn't see Colin's allure. He was pretentious as hell. I like that his conscience worked and that he felt bad for what he put Sugar Beth through, but I never really warmed up to him. That's the thing with SEP's heroes. I have still to find one who I'm going to actually like. It's her heroines wh...

This was such a sweet story. Sugar Beth was such a horrible person when she was younger. She was spoiled rotten, ruining relationships and ending up hurting everyone who ever cared about her. Sugar Beth made a game of terrorizing and making miserable her half sister Winnie all through school. SEP transforming Sugar Beth into such an amazingly strong, charismatic and lovable character despite her despicable history was a true gift. I loved everything about Sugar Beth. She was so upbeat and strong...

Delightful. Nice, fun story.I usually don't like books if I don't like the heroine. However, I was surprised at how much I enjoyed reading about this awful, bad, bad girl Sugar Beth. She did terrible things to others when she was young. She tortured Winnie with humiliation and dumped her boyfriend Ryan. She then ruined her own life with poor choices. But things changed later. She had a fighting, bickering relationship with Colin which was fun to see. Later in the book, there were a couple of sur...

Had a hard time getting into the story. I'm DNFing for now but I might return to it later.

Loved this! Hilarious banter with a great enemies to more type story.

This is my first SEP book and I had to admit it might just be my last. Where shall I begin? First of all I couldn't stand the heroine's name. It was infuriating. Once I got past that, I was disturbed at the fact that the people of this town were angry at her for childish reasons. There was her so called friends who held a huge grudge because she left town. I mean are you kidding? Let it go! She moved out of town...nobody said she was entitled to stay there forever. It was like they lost their Qu...

What a surprisingly delightful book this was. I loved the banter between Colin and Sugar Beth. It always put a smile on my face. Plus the narrator of the audiobook did a great job. Final rating 4.5 stars but rounded up to 5 :)

~3.5 stars~This was no where near my favorite Susan Elizabeth Phillips read but it still made for a pretty sweet romantic read. the heroine was a total bitch but I felt she redeemed herself.

Oh man, I really didn't like how this book ended. The premise is bitch queen from High school comes back to small town and has to deal with the consequences of her actions, and she does, and it's going pretty good. I liked her inner strength and grace, and how she's obviously matured but still had the same core. The focus is a lot on the Ideals of Southern Womanhood and how they can either provide strength or screw you up, depending, forgiveness, mother-daughter and sister relationships and why