Review: It Was Okay, but not  Memorable For Me
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 3, 2013
Northern moonlightThe writer possesses a poetic vocabulary and a flair for vivid description, but it just seemed like too much in the genre of romantic fiction. "The city began to illuminate and vibrate with palpable energy...", "positively unable to shake her image from the boiling cauldron of his imagination", "she perceived a dizzying profusion of colors, bright and blinding and whole-heatedly reciprocated the kiss."  I found the excessive description distracting, perhaps more suited to a tour guide, art book or culinary review than a light-hearted romance.Sabrina is a successful, single career woman, employed by a well-known travel magazine to take stirring photos of exotic spots in the States and abroad.  The abundance of natural beauty drew her to settle in rural Vermont, where she had a chance encounter with Gio, a macho, emotionally closed 2nd generation Italian whose whole life revolves around his career as a firefighter.The two feel a strong attraction, although they have constant friction due to her independent nature versus his need for stability, her desire to hear declarations of love from a man who has suffered a great loss and as a result is commitment phobic and reluctant to share his feelings. The two are so different, but each time they part ways, are drawn back together.I felt that a supposedly secure, worldly woman such as Sabrina was much too easily offended at the slightest action, while Gio was constantly ready to throw in the towel if anything didn't go his way. For me, their struggle got a bit tedious. If I could, I'd rate the book three and a half stars, but since I can't, I'll go with three.