AN AMAZON TOP 60 BESTSELLER It’s crazy how fast the buzz comes back after you’ve been sober for so long.Whiskey stood there, on my doorstep, just like he had one year before. Except this time, there was no rain, no anger, no wedding invitation — it was just us.It was just him — the old friend, the easy smile, the twisted solace wrapped in a glittering bottle.It was just me — the alcoholic, … bottle.
It was just me — the alcoholic, pretending like I didn’t want to taste him, realizing too quickly that months of being clean didn’t make me crave him any less.
But we can’t start here.
No, to tell this story right, we need to go back.
Back to the beginning.
Back to the very first drop.
This is my love letter to Whiskey. I only hope he reads it.
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Un-put-down-able. Quality angst. Authentic characters. Relatable situations. And… oh yeah… LOVE. One of my all-time favorites.
Really well written with an unflinching portrayal of imperfect characters trying their best who often come up short. Love the chemistry with Jamie and B.
Kandi Steiner OMG, A Love Letter to Whiskey literally gutted me in the best way possible.
From the very first page of this story I was drawn in. A Love Letter to Whiskey is not an easy read at all and I fully warn you NOT to read this one in public, there’s way too many emotions. This book is stressful – OMG- It’s so stressful and angst-y, by far the most intense Kandi book I’ve read to date.
I felt EVERYTHING B was feeling, as if I was B herself. The rawness, the sexiness and all the hurt and pain these two went through, I felt it all – and STILL FEELING it days later.
To say I was addicted to B and Jamie’s story is an UNDERSTATEMENT. I couldn’t stop reading, even during the tough times. I was literally BAWLING and I’m not a nail biter usually but I bit off all my nails and it still wasn’t enough.
This love story was complicated and devastating. It was intense to say the lease. Both B and Jamie had soo much love for each but the absolute worst timing.
Jamie is described as Whiskey – and after reading this story, I’ll never be able to look at a bottle of Whiskey – or Scotch the same, EVER!!! Jamie is addicting, and you’ll certain get drunk off of his smoothness.
B is a tough woman. She was relate-able and even though some of her decisions frustrated me, I completely understood where she was coming from and loved her all the same.
this is my favorite book of all time.
I know this is a great statement but the more I think about it the more I know I am correct. I cannot explain the emotions that I had while rereading this book, what this author achieved with this love letter has no words, because that’s the way it is, this is a love letter addressed to a man who loved a woman without conditions.
the love I feel for Jamie and B is incalculable, I live, feel, breathe and understand these characters from head to toe, come on I could be talking about this book all my life, for me this book has no competition. These two people are soul mates and no matter the time, love will always overcome everything.
The best book I have ever read. I feel like almost every woman has a Whiskey.
This is my second time reading ALLTW, and my thoughts have not changed: an absolutely addictive novel. Steiner has incredible talent to mix a perfect romance novel filled with angst, hope,and sexy characters.
The journey Brecks, aka B, takes us on, seeing her get drunk on whiskey, reading the vivid descriptions, truly made me feel buzzed just reading the story. As someone who is a big whiskey drinker, I could feel the slow, delicious burn this novel created between Jamie and B’s characters. The possessive feel that I got from Jamie had me quivering for more of him.
This book brought out all the feels in me. Just like the first time reading it, I cried for them during their painful moments, I laughed with them for their fun moments, I was angry at them during their stupid moments. And, I absolutely loved them wholly through all their moments. This entire novel, nee, love letter, was soul deep, raw, and fantastically chiseled. Epic, 5 star worthy novel!
*I read this novel via Kindle Unlimited. All opinions, negative or postive, are my own. *
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This book is the definition of emotional roller coaster ride. The angst that Kandi Steiner is able to pack into one story is insane. From the moment Jamie and Brecks met their timing was off. Their story is filled with love and pain which spans many years.
I loved Brecks as a heroine and loved the conversational way the book read. I’m normally disappointed in a single POV book. This book however was perfect with the first person female view.
*spoilerish* My only complaint if you can even call it that was the jump from B’s sign off of her letter and the epilogue. We were in the thick of it, so invested and I needed the deets of the two reuniting. I needed more closure .
Beautiful story, amazing characters, great dialogue – a book not to be missed!
Holy crap I wanted to throw my tablet across the room. WTF?! Talk about roller coaster of emotions, and I hate emotions! I loved it, I hated it. I wanted to bitch slap B and Jamie, I wanted to hug them. My heart hurt for both of them, then it was happy. It was too much at one point, I started screaming at the fake people!
I need a freaking drink after reading this book and I don’t even drink! But damn was this book awesome! I guess you’ll either love it or hate it. I totally did at one point but the writing sucked me in and it was like a train wreck. …I couldn’t look away! I need to decompress after this one. Freaking book hangover. Ack!
I love the way this book was written!! It is a compelling, complicated, intense and angsty read! I picked it up and didn’t put it down until I finished it! This book is about the not so perfect side of loving someone…loving them even when you shouldn’t anymore, when you don’t want to love them anymore but you just can’t stop, like a true addiction! This is the first book I’ve read by this author but it’s only the beginning.
B and Jaime are friends but they have both always felt more but the time has never been right. Great characters and storyline Highly recommended. Excellent book. This book was a roller coaster ride with all the feels
INTENSE & EMOTIONALLY CAPTIVATING!!
I’m not sure a single word can express how I feel right now!
I literally JUST closed my kindle and don’t know quite know what to say
…let me try.
First, I LOVED every single bit of this book…even the parts that emotionally broke me and I found myself silently (ok..maybe sometimes loudly) SCREAMING at the characters.
Yes I loved even those parts!
Basically, I love Jamie & B to the ends of this earth and back a million times over!
I love romance novels! LOVE LOVE LOVE them!
For me, they don’t have to be perfect little white picket fence plots with everything falling into place with no bumps or bruises.
Love has a beautiful side and it has an ugly side!
I want ALL OF IT!!!
I want my books to MAKE ME FEEL…EVERYTHING!!!
I WANT…nooo, I NEED TO FEEL THE BURN OF THAT LOVE that is so strong that absolutely NOTHING AND NO ONE can touch it the same way!
Give me every single emotion that comes from finding THAT person…YOUR person….YOUR ONE TRUE LOVE!!! The good and the bad!
..AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT KANDI STEINER DID WITH A LOVE LETTER TO WHISKEY!!
She gave me that sweet delicious burn that I need so badly when I read a romance.
There is nothing that could have prepared me for this book, A Love Letter to Whiskey will rip your heart agonizingly slow while putting it back together just as slow.
“You have to be mine after that,” he breathed. He was still inside me and the intensity was too much to think, but I forced my way through the haze. “I can’t.” “Fuck that,” he argued. “You can. You are.”
B and Jamie were always meant to be together, but time was never on their side. It wasn’t only time it was life; it was heartache, it was EVERYTHING! Most of this book I was wanting to slap one of them but mostly B. This book was written in such a unique way that you cannot help but love it. Then that ending, OMG!!
Full of angst, loss, heartbreak, and even so much love Steiner told a story unlike anything I have ever read before. A Love Letter to Whiskey will stay with me forever and will most likely leave me with a book hangover unlike anything has in ages.
5 amazing stars and the biggest book hangover with A Love Letter To Whiskey! I absolutely loved this story and B and Jamie, but it was such an emotional read and journey for me! So many gut-wrenching tears, some road blocks for these two and missed opportunities, it was always about timing for B and Jamie! This read was addicting and having you not wanting you to put down right from the very start to the very end, so worth the read!
This book!!!! It was so painfully beautiful and hard to read at times. One minute, I was falling in love with Jaime and the next I was wanting to throw the book out the window. It was filled with so much emotional pain because Jaime and B could not be totally truthful with each other. “Timing” was the real villain in this story and I hated her.
I felt the couple’s passion and pain. I have never loved someone who I felt my soul was linked to like Jaime’s and B’s, but somehow I felt I was living B’s life reading this book. I couldn’t go to sleep an hour after I finish this book because my heart, soul, and brain were exhausted when I finally finished this book at 2:00 in the morning.
Saying all that, I still loved the journey so much. It goes to show that not all love stories work out the way they are portrayed in fairytales. Sometimes, the girl doesn’t get the guy, but this is written so beautifully. It will affect you long after you’re finished.
Also, the narration was perfection. She brought every character to life so amazing. She was very easy to listen to.
Story – 5+ Stars
I fell in love with the angst and eloquent writing style of A Love Letter to Whiskey a few years back. It was actually my first purchased signed paperback which signified how much I love the book.
All the longing, regrets, missed opportunities and bad timings still pull at my heartstrings and shattered my heart into a million pieces. I could feel all the emotions that her characters were dealing with. Fate was cruel to B and Jamie. Their attraction and connection were always there but something was always in the way to interfere. No matter how much time and distance they put between each other, they were inevitable.
Audio – 3 Stars
I’ve re-read the book a few times and listening to the audiobook was a completely different experience. Lauren Sweet was great when she was narrating the story. Her voice was easy to listen to, but when the dialogues comes in, her voice got too unnatural and high pitched which I didn’t really care for. I felt that this book is better read than listen to.
“I saw him first, but it didn’t matter. Because he saw her.”
This book has been sitting on my TBR for quite some time. I finally got around to reading it, and let me tell you, I have a love-hate relationship with this book. What I liked about the book: Kandi Steiner’s writing. This is my first Kandi Steiner book, and it won’t be my last. I have never read a book where the author’s writing style is so fluid, and every sentence flowed so smoothly together. Because of the fantastic writing style, the characters were real, and you could practically feel every emotion as if it were your own. Because of this, I gave this book four stars. What I didn’t like about the book: everything else. I was getting frustrated with this book and the way Jamie and Beck behaved. Jamie annoyed me a lot since I feel like he chooses other women over Beck, and then would say lovey-dovey things to her later that didn’t balance out with his actions. I wish this couple could have gotten their act together already and just acted like adults instead of teenagers (granted, they were teens at the beginning of the book). This book is not for everyone. So, I would proceed with Caution: if you don’t like cheating, or plots where the main focus is the love story I would avoid this book. But honestly, Kandi Steiner’s writing is so outstanding that I feel like even if you don’t like the plot or how the characters behave, the writing style will hook you in. Either way, I will be giving her other books a try.
This is one of Kandi Steiner’s best novels (out of the ones I’ve read/listened to anyway). A Love Letter to Whiskey was emotional and complex. Steiner gives us a roller coaster of emotions. I found myself angry and riddled with angst. Steiner did a superb job of playing with my emotions. Keep tissues handy… keep your reading and/or listening device into a padded case as well. Heed my warning there, in case you feel the urge to toss things like I did.
So, A Love Letter to Whiskey is an emotionally charged novel that plays on the emotions heavily. I’m not sold on the narrator Lauren Sweet. She didn’t hit on the emotions like I felt like was necessary. She has a pleasant enough voice and I have no doubt that she could pull off audios that aren’t quite high emotion. I could see her excelling at RomComs in particular
This story was amazing! I first read it when it was published back in 2016, and listening to it on audio four years later made me fall in love with Jamie and B all over again. All the angst, all the missed opportunities… it was like experiencing the story all over again for the first time thanks to Lauren Sweet’s sweet performance. A Love Letter To Whiskey is a raw and magnificent love story, but definitely not one that is all sunshine and rainbows. Back and forth for 11 years — 11 years! — B and Jamie just can’t get the timing right. The way B compared everything about their friendship and relationship to whiskey, alcohol and addiction was so on the mark. Kandi Steiner wrote a brilliant story that Lauren Sweet perfectly portrayed. I knew what was coming, but I was up until the wee hours of the morning listening anyway because I’m an addict when it comes to B and Jamie!
I never thought I would enjoy this book as much as I did — I mean, I was prepared for an enjoyable read since every single review I’ve read of this book had only good things to say, but oh. my. God. What an amazing book.
I jumped into A Love Letter to Whiskey without even reading the blurb, so I was totally unprepared when my heart started clenching (and never stopped until I reached the very end of the book) and when the tears started falling.
Kandi Steiner ‘s writing and her amazing characters managed to awaken so many different emotions I hadn’t felt in a long time while reading a romance novel: excitement, nervousness and especially sadness and frustration —thank you for the last two, Brecks. Yep I’m mad at you so I’m calling you by your full name. *talks to a fictional character*
Jumping into this novel, I only new one thing for certain: it would be an emotional rollercoaster. I’d gathered that much from other reviews on goodreads or even youtube. I just hadn’t seen it myself, but now that I’ve finished this book I can say without a hint of doubt that ’emotional rollercoaster’ is the understatement of the century. This new adult steamy book is so angsty it’s gonna make you want to throw it against a wall and yell until you’re out of breath while you’re alone in a room, like a freaking lunatic!!
All those Whiskey metaphors kinda made me feel like a whiskey expert by the time I finished this book and I don’t even like whiskey all that much lol!! I have a feeling that will change though — I already feel like I’ve misjudged it and I’m ready to give it a second chance right this moment!!
I’m pretty sure Whiskey will be haunting my dreams for a long time. And I don’t mean the drink.
One of my all-time favorites!!! This book took me on a roller coaster and I would definitely get on the ride again. Whiskey is now my new favorite “”. Great job Kandi Steiner.