Review: 4.5 fun stars - great concept, fun read
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 15, 2014
4.5 starsThis was such a fun book to dig in to. The idea that one of the characters was an author writing secretly under a pen name interested in a man she was using for inspiration piqued my interest immediately, and it didn’t disappoint at all.Blair, childrens’ librarian and one half of the writing duo known to the world as Scarlet Rose, is stuck in a rut on a book with a fast approaching deadline. Her best friend and writing partner, Raine, suggests that she ask out the hot dad who has been stopping in to the library lately.I loved Blair’s character. She is unapologetically herself, at all times. Sure, she covers up her tattoos and curbs the sarcasm and swearing in deference to her 84-year old grandmother, but in all other things, she owns her decisions and her emotions. It was so nice to read a female lead who didn’t need to be “fixed” or healed to figure herself out.And Declan was just yummy. A Brit, a single dad, and generally an all around good guy. He encouraged Blair to be herself and not try to hide those things about her that others might not like. And just when he looks like the perfect man, a bit of information drops that changes all that, and makes him perfectly human. I just plain loved him.Together they were easy, though on the surface they seem to be opposite. It was a case of a heroine who knew herself, and a hero who was attracted to that fact. As they got to know each other, they just worked and their differences proved to remain only on the surface.Drake was such a fun little guy. He was such a contrast to his father’s staidness that I couldn’t help but smile when he came in to a scene.There were a couple points where the story seemed to wander away from the main plot, but when it came back around, the roundabout way it got there worked for me and overall I loved the story. It was fun, and playful without a lot of angst or overdramatics.I was gifted a copy in exchange for an honest review.