Genre: Contemporary Romance, Seasoned Romance
My Review - 5 Stars
What a gem of a story! Teach Me is absolute perfection, a layered, nuanced seasoned romance and I could not get enough of it. This is the kind of book that makes you laugh out loud one moment and tearing up the next.
Martin and Rose are both in their early 40s, which fed my deep and abiding need for seasoned romance. They’re both divorced and I really admired how this aspect was treated. Rose is an ice queen to Martin’s cinnamon roll soul. They’re both great teachers and I really wish I’d had history teachers like them. I was invested from the moment they met and loved how they kept drawing closer and closer to each other, despite the barriers in place. This is some of the best character development bar none and I especially appreciated Rose’s arc.
I typically avoid single parents in my romance but Martin was a remarkable father and I loved his teenage daughter. Speaking of which, the side characters were the actual best. The other teachers, Rose’s former in-laws…they added so much depth to the story. Truly, I loved this book with my whole heart! Olivia Dade is a remarkable author and I’m looking forward to the next book in this series.
CW: classism (which is countered), past child abuse (physical and emotional), past death of a parent, grief, divorce, scheduled school lockdown drill, past infidelity, past workplace sexual harassment, childhood poverty, fatshaming (which is countered)
Synopsis
Their lesson plans didn't include love. But that's about to change...
When Martin Krause arrives at Rose Owens's high school, she's determined to remain chilly with her new colleague. Unfriendly? Maybe. Understandable? Yes, since a loathsome administrator gave Rose's beloved world history classes to Martin, knowing it would hurt her.
But keeping her distance from a man as warm and kind as Martin will prove challenging, even for a stubborn, guarded ice queen. Especially when she begins to see him for what he truly is: a man who's never been taught his own value. Martin could use a good teacher--and luckily, Rose is the best.
Rose has her own lessons--about trust, about vulnerability, about her past--to learn. And over the course of a single school year, the two of them will find out just how hot it can get when an ice queen melts.
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