Review: Sweet novella with some sizzling scenes
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 11, 2011
A very sweet friends/enemies-to-lovers story with some very hot love scenes. It's hard for me to enjoy a (romance) novella because I invariably feel that there's not enough time for the relationship and characters to properly develop. Dane did a great job despite the short length though, and I think one of the things that helped was they are the only two in the story throughout. At one point they go to a diner and run into a friend of hers, but he's there for only about 2 pages.Kelsie and John were really cute together and had wonderful chemistry. Kelsie was an unusual romance heroine and I loved her; she's a rebel type on the outside, but only in the sense of her appearance; from the beginning she's sweet and funny, with some nice spitfire to her when it comes to McBride. She reminded me of Caden Grayson inHearts In Darkness, but the female version. And in some ways, John is like Makenna (that book's heroine) in that they're both the staid suit-types, contrasting with their tattooed counterparts.NOVELLA RECOMMENDATIONS:Based on plot or character similarities:*Hearts In Darknessby Laura Kaye (4.5 stars)*Intimate Friendsby Claire Matthews (4.5 stars)