Review: Charming and frothy
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 23, 2014
This is a sweet romance that will leave you smiling. On a dark and stormy night, Ryder rescues Toria, who crashed her car while fleeing an unwanted engagement. It just so happens that Ryder is also unhappy with his own engagement. Both of them are due to marry on the same day in a few weeks. Both of them have issues with their parents. Both have potential spouses whom no one in their right mind would want. Toria is portrayed as strangely ditzy, almost mentally deficient, yet she's supposedly a fabulous math teacher. That's a jarring disconnect. However, the rest of the characters, though one-dimensional, are amusing and the story moves along in an untroubled way. As is so often the case in low-level romances, there is little real communication. Toria doesn't stand up to her mother or fiancé, Ryder doesn't stand up to his father or fiancée, and it takes some secondary characters to get both of them out of their self-inflicted ruts. But it's a clean and enjoyable read with a very predictable flow and a guaranteed happy ending.