Haruki by Laine Watson

Haruki Series: The Haruki Arima Duet series
on October 17, 2019
Genres: Fiction / Romance / Contemporary
Pages: 335
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A cute kid, a sexy blast from my past and a nanny job I can't pass up.

Four years ago, my life was a mess. I never wanted to fall in love again, so I developed a "guys suck" attitude. It saved me.

Everything was fine until I met this unrealistically hot tutor with a knack for making me weak. He made me feel too much. So I ran, and never looked back.

Now, I'm back in school, trying not to flunk out again, and according to my mother, my life has no meaning.

I hate to admit this, but she's right. Undecided isn't only my major, it's the hashtag of my boring life.

Maybe that's why I agree to pick up Max when my mom's client calls begging for some help, but that's not why I agree to keep coming back.

Imagine my surprise when the sweet dad with the adorable son turns out to be the tutor I ran out on.

Haruki is book one in the Haruki Arima Duet series by Laine Watson. This story was okay. It started rather slowly. I absolutely hated the heroine Summer. She is so antagonistic that it is hard to like her. She’s been bullied by fellow students and so she chooses to react with bitterness and hate through the first few chapters. She comes across so witchy that it is difficult to press through. Fortunately, she does seem to mature some as the story progresses. I liked Haruki in the beginning of the story. “Right away, I feel embarrassed because I notice too many details about him, like the blackness of his messy hair, which falls just past the nape of his neck and rounds his face, hiding his eyebrows and some of his eyes. It waves a little and almost curls where the tips have a hint of brown. I gulp when he looks up at me…” The most endearing character is Haruki’s son Max. He is absolutely adorable and I was instantly drawn to his character. I grew weary of the repeated oral sex scenes. They just felt like a shallow alternative to deeper dialogue. Overall, this book was just tepid.