Review: Light, fun fare
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 13, 2012
I grabbed this to read at an appointment where I faced a long wait time. The series is a goofy concept, but here the characters are vivid and the sparks electric enough. I think there's too much graphic sex for the novel, since apart from the sex, the approach is rather wholesome. And one of the recurring complications: "He's the best man I ever met, but because he's not like the boyfriends I've had in the past, we can't be together," is tiresome and illogical. There's also a convenient lack of communication between the two leads that was not only unbelievable but, well, seemed a completely artificial conflict to me.The setup for the Thanksgiving segment made no sense to me, timewise, and brought me out of the book. Hello, editor?But other than that, I enjoyed the characters and seeing them break out of their ruts. There are small but noticeable info dumps about firefighting and TV reporting, but I found that interesting. Grams was also a major plus of the book, though I wondered why the dog, who was highlighted on the cover and was the Hero's veritable shadow, wasn't emphasized.This would be a good read for a summer vacation.