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This blog post was sponsored by Divine Desserts Publishing LLC. If you like movies such as The Magic of Lemon Drops then you must read Raspberry Kisses by Cecelia Dowdy! D𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒖𝒎𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒖𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 Martin and Rhea 𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒈𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒂 𝒓𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒐𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒓𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒖𝒑𝒔, 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏𝒔, 𝒉𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒔.😢𝑰𝒕’𝒔 𝒈𝒐𝒏𝒏𝒂 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍 𝒖𝒑 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆—𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒔 𝒊𝒕! Grab your copy of Raspberry Kisses today! Tell all of your friends by sharing this link!

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Have you ever regretted your past decisions? If so, what decisions do you regret?

The Magic of Lemon Drops is based on the novel The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie. I thought the movie was cute and sweet. However, I thought the book was SO MUCH BETTER than the movie. Lolly and Rory are childhood sweethearts. Rory is now divorced and he returns to town and reconnects with Lolly. Lolly is trying to help her dad run their family diner. She has a younger sister (Daphne) – and Lolly is more like a mom to Daphne, since their mom was deceased.

Unsatisfied with her life, Lolly accepts four magical lemon drops from her eccentric aunt. When she sucks on a drop before bed – she chooses an alternative life – a life she could have had if she’d made a different choice. I’m referring to the lemon drop dreams as alternate reality during the rest of this blog post.

She regrets not marrying Rory – she’d not accepted his proposal. What would her life had been like if she’d married him? She regrets not opening her restaurant, Toast. What would have happened if she’d followed her dreams and had opened her own establishment? She wonders what her life would be like if her mom had not died? Well, she wishes to speak to her deceased mom – so she’s able to do so by using one of her magical lemon drops.

The book was better because you actually got to see the emotional depth between Lolly and Rory. They met as kids and developed a deep bond. You don’t see the backstory in the movie. I realize it’s hard to write a script that firmly aligns with the book. In the book, you see the viewpoints of all of the characters, as well as their internal thoughts. It’s hard for that to come across in the movie.

Also, in the book, Lolly is dissatisfied with her life, just like the movie. In the book, Lolly’s regrets not accepting Rory’s marriage proposal – but there’s nothing she can do about it because he’s married with a family. She doesn’t find out until about three quarters of the way into the story that Rory is divorced. In the movie, you find out right away that Rory is divorced.

There were scenes that didn’t make a lot of sense to me. One of those scenes was when Lolly was in the alternate reality with her mother. She spots Rory at a park. He doesn’t initially remember who she is! She’s almost like a stranger to him. Lolly has to remind him about her name! That was totally weird. Usually, if someone shared a deep connection in the past, would they not remember that person? Such weirdness didn’t happen in the novel.

I was also a bit taken aback when Lolly was in the alternate reality running Toast – the restaurant she’d always regretted not pursuing. Rory arrives at the restaurant with his hot date and he simply uses Lolly as a way to get a good table at her popular restaurant. Having such service is impressive to his date.

I guess the movie would’ve been better if they’d better portrayed the emotional angst between the couple. In the movie, I believe Lolly may have mentioned that she regretted turning down Rory’s marriage proposal. However, in the alternate universes, it appeared that Rory was not in love with Lolly at all – which was a bit off-putting.

Lolly does experience the alternate universe of being married to Rory. But in the book, it was portrayed so much better! You actually get to see her interacting with the kids she would’ve had with Rory. But, the alternate reality as Rory’s wife – is unsatisfying in the movie – since he’s given up his dream to be with her. In the novel, the alternate universe with Rory is satisfying, but, there is potential distress, with Rory giving up his dream. In the book, the only way for them to keep their engagement, would be for Rory to give up his dream of going to a certain university.

I thought the business idea, Lolly’s Pops, was lovely! However, when she started the business in the novel, it was more linked to her personal journey of finding herself. She doesn’t start her business until late in the book, but, in the movie, she was contemplating her business idea in the beginning.

Overall, the movie was a typical Hallmark movie. But, if you really want to experience the emotional drama between Rory and Lolly, then you must read The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie by Rachel Linden.

So, have you ever regretted your past decisions? If so, what decisions do you regret? If you were offered a lemon drop – to visit the alternate reality of your dreams – would you accept it?

This blog post was sponsored by Divine Desserts Publishing LLC. If you like movies such as The Magic of Lemon Drops then you must read Raspberry Kisses by Cecelia Dowdy! D𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒖𝒎𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒖𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 Martin and Rhea 𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒈𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒂 𝒓𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒐𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒓𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒖𝒑𝒔, 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏𝒔, 𝒉𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒔.😢𝑰𝒕’𝒔 𝒈𝒐𝒏𝒏𝒂 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍 𝒖𝒑 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆—𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒔 𝒊𝒕! Grab your copy of Raspberry Kisses today! Tell all of your friends by sharing this link!

Hallmarkies, come and join me at this event in April! I’ll be signing most/all of my novels in paperback! Bring a friend! The more the merrier!