Review: Weird, just weird
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 09 17, 2013
This story is difficult for me to review.  I gave up on reading it twice before I determined to finish it and see if there was anything redeeming in it.  There is not enough actual romance between Emily and, well, anyone, for me to call it a romance.  There was not sufficient mystery and suspense for me to put it in either of those genres.  While I found the story funny here and there I did not find it hysterically so as other reviewers did so I can't classify it as humor.  Eventually I saw a portrait of a grieving woman coming to terms with her losses and rebuilding her life, but not done so well that I would characterize the story as chick lit.  Ms. Cairns' bio states that she writes her heroines imperfect and her heroes questionable, and she most certainly achieved that goal with Emily and Ian.  Truthfully the only character in the story I found to be likeable was the dog.  Emily's behavior taken in the context of the entire story seems plausible since people do strange things when grieving, but Ian just became weirder to downright creepy by the end.  Even the title is a bit misleading; the focus of the story is Emily's unyielding lust for Ian, not her adventures in online dating.  Again, I just found it to be weird.Amazon asks: What would you have wanted to know before you purchased the product?My response: Potential readers should know that this story contains crude language, pejorative terms, sexting, homosexual themes and masturbation.  Skip it if these things offend you.