Review: Draggy, dumb and chapped
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 02 19, 2014
That completely sums up this romance novel.It has all the elements of a good story packaged in a nice sample but it's just downhill racer from there.This is my first Kate Donovan book but if THIS is how she writes her romances then it will definitely be my last.Let me explain the title:1. Draggy - This book drags like crazy. I kept coming to Amazon.com to double, triple,quadruple check that it was in fact 295 pages and not 695. It starts well but man somewhere along the middle it just starts dragging like a dropped anchor in the ocean to where you can skip and skip and still not reach the end. The story starts getting eye-rolling then just plain sleepy.2. Dumb - dumb as in dumb. The heroine is dumb, the hero is kind of dumb and truthfully their entire relationship and set up is in a word...DUMB in all caps.The hero's is basically Peyton Manning except attractive (great player but we all know facially the Manning boys aren't hotties. They're the good guys you want where you love their looks because they're just such great men not OMFG he's so hot types.) But yes, he's Peyton Manning. His barely seen, in the NFL yet younger and in his brother's shadow somewhat brother Jason is Eli and dear old famous dad is Archie. The Spurling boys and dad are real men. Nice, dependable and zero, absolutely NO scandals because Dad Spurling raised men not boys.But Aaron Spurling Sr.wants Johnny to settle down with a SAHM mom and pop out 2.5 kids in the next 2.5 years so he's twistedly manipulated into a blind date after the Super Bowl with his sister in law's friend who's a kindergarden teacher because she's a wholesome woman who would leave her career to be ready to concieve on the honeymoon. Johnny says he wants one last fling before trying out the blind date and settling down. He meets the heroine Erica, an ad exec who conviences the endorsement shy Johnny to be in a Super Bowl ad. Johnny and Erica hit it off becuase he's a gentleman but more because his tab B fits perfectly in her slot A.These two have nothing in common but sex. This book is pretty dumb storyline wise and lots of sex that's not even "hot" if that's your thing. The sex is so glossed over. They're kissing, stripping then literally the next sentence says "after we were both satiated" there's none of that "Ohhhhhh yeahs" and naming sex organs and such that 99.1% of horny female romance readers want  to read and like to read so don't let the cover fool you.They're whole relationship is nothing substantial, half assed sex scenes and them dancing around the fact that it will end after the Super Bowl so he can stupidly go on a blind date who he knows he'll marry to please his father.Dumb? Why yes I agree it is.3. Chapped. Like I said above if THIS is how Ms. Donovan writes I want no parts of her other books. Erica is one of the most chapped lipped heroines on the market. Her dry, crispy, crusted lips are a mess. ALL she does is lick and moisten them. All her and Johnny do is have sex anyway yet his saliva isn't moisturizing enough. It was a constant "Moistening her lips." or "Licking her lips." Period. As if that's a complete sentence worthy of punctuation. It's not "Jesus wept." it's her licking her freaking lips. Lady please!Overall: please please IGNORE that cover. There's nothing sexy about this book. The sex isn't hot. It's fade to black if anything so save your money and go get a coffee at Starbucks or something for that $3.99 and pass this one on by like scenery.