Sweet Talk - Cara Bastone

Title: Sweet Talk (Love Lines #2)
Author: Cara Bastone
Genre: Chick-lit
Rating: 4/5
# pages: Audiobook, ~6hrs
Date read: November, 2021

It’s officially booty o’clock, I’m alone again in my kitchen choking down a slice of terrible chocolate cake…and I’m pretty sure I just got drunk texted by the man I have a ginormous crush on.

I’ve been daydreaming about Eliot Hoffman’s dimples for two months, and even though I’m sure this was a mistake on his end, it doesn’t mean it’s not an opportunity on mine. It’s the middle of the night, and I just wanna talk to him. So I text him back.

And then somehow we keep talking…ALL NIGHT. We’re both insomniacs, so talking all night soon turns into talking EVERY night. And talking about nothing soon turns into talking about something. And here we go from in-depth analysis of reality TV to my relationship with my family to his amazing artwork. There’s no topic we don’t cover…

Except for who I really am. It’s the only question of his I won’t answer.

As my crush turns into an avalanche of Eliot, I think of him all the time now. But if he knew who I was, the entire house of cards we’ve built this relationship on would come toppling down. I want him to be mine, but we might never be more than just a sweet dream….


Not quite as good as "Call Me Maybe", but still really sweet. I loved JD's and Elliot's conversations, but though I get why, the secrecy keeping (even from the audience) was kinda frustrating. Once I guessed the secret (shortly before it was revealed) the secrecy made sense... but still.

But like with "Call Me Maybe", I appreciated that the main issue was quickly resolved, and that the people involved actually tried to communicate instead of just going "It'll never work anyway".

There's definitely room for more books in the series, so I hope Cara Bastone will continue her meet-cutes - they make for excellent reading!