I've been meaning to read this one earlier this year but I got soaked up with a lot of fantasy and sci-fi reads. The first book I've read by Renee Carlino entitled Nowhere But Here was released earlier this year and I totally loved it. Now Sweet Thing was actually her debut and it's just up there! It's crazy good and it's the kind of story that I'd die to see in a movie (I already have Anna Kendrick in my mind playing the lead role lol). 
 Sweet Thing centers on Mia Kelly landing in New York to start out a new life after the untimely death of her father leaves her with all of his assets and a cafe to run. Then he meets Will Ryan, a struggling musician who ends up renting a room at her father's house. From there, their friendship blossoms and any tinged of romance was easily killed off by Mia fearing her involvement with Will would result to the destruction of all her carefully planned goals. As usual, life would keep getting in the way and Mia needs to figure things out and rearrange her plans before truly losing her dreams and the love of her life - that is if she's not already too late. 
 The characters of Mia and Will here just have this unbelievably great chemistry leaving us readers rooting for them from start to finish. Mia seems like a real 25-year old woman who's still searching for her place in the real world. Will meanwhile is a heart-achingly beautiful guy that readers would totally fall in love with - I know I did. 
 *blush* Aside from being beautiful, he's also smart, funny and very talented. 'such a perfect book boyfriend. With these two entangled in a journey of finding themselves and finding their way through love - things couldn't get any better. 
 I said it before and I'm saying it now, Renee Carlino writes with passion and this book is a clear testament on how really good a writer she is. 
 Bravo!