Review: Funny, steamy, and chock-full of shopping
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 29, 2013
In spite of its springy title, this book is the ultimate in summery women's literature. It's sometimes lighthearted, sometimes pretty heavy, often quite steamy... and enormously celebratory of shopping.The author follows a group of six upper-middle class, professional women and men and charts their romantic escapades (with one another, at least in this installment), one couple per season per book. In spring, we get Sara and Jack, who meet, have instant sparks and lots of hot sex (whowee!), and who experience their fair share of concerns, barriers, and misunderstandings, as people do in romances.The novel is well-written and interesting, although I have to admit I kept confusing these six characters' aggressively all-American names (e.g., Sara, Nick, Jenny, Jack). Also, to be perfectly honest, I'm not much of a fan of the women's literature requisites of obsessive shopping, girly sleepovers, and women referring to themselves as "girls" while calling the men "men." Not my thang, but that doesn't stop this from being a well-written and sweet women's lit read. I definitely recommend, especially for peeps who dig Bridget Jones-esque shenanigans.