Review: It's just gorgeous, Dude
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 2, 2013
I just finished reading It's Love, Dude, in one sitting this evening, and I loved it so much I had to sit down straight away to share why. First, can I confess, I won the book in a competition. It's the first book I've read by this author and I'll be reading more.I loved that this didn't have that angsty (sometimes contrived) edge of 'will they get together, or won't they. When bloody will they?' This frustrates the heck out of me (although I know it's a part of the genre), and I see it in so many romances.I love when an author shows the H&H; have the attraction and the chemistry (which Molly and Zane have in spades), and just let them go for it. Sure they have their ups and downs, mostly due to Zane's fame as a celebrity surfer and his globe-trotting surfer lifestyle, and Molly's small-town sense of not being up to his league.But I also love how Molly goes from shy, sit-at-home passive heroine to risk-everything tigress (while still keeping in character),when she gets on a plane to surprise Zane at his hotel room where he's competing in a Gold Coast surf comp.In most romances, Molly's arrival at the hotel is the moment where 'heroine' happens to find 'hero' kissing his sister's cheek or something... anything to engineer a conflict (or should I say, dude, misunderstanding).So huge congratulations Ms Schwartz for making lovely Molly bigger than that, and for making Zane a genuine surfer hero. The sex between these two is sizzling and I loved this. Loved it.Well done!