Review: Dull as dishwater
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 04 17, 2013
If the idea of reading a story about a woman deciding to take a vacation and then methodically preparing for that vacation sounds fascinating to you, then download away!Priscilla is an overworked ad executive.  Readers will ride along, hanging on for dear life, as she gets a pep talk from her "girlfriend"-spouting, gay-because-the-heroine-needs-a-friend co-worker.  Readers will thrill to the action as she takes a walk and decides to buy and eat two donuts.  You won't be able to keep from biting your nails as she picks up a vacation magazine and thinks, "Maybe I will vacation in Australia."  When her "overly effiminate" hairdresser trims her split ends, you may have to set down the book to catch your breath.  By the time she finishes buying all the stuff she needs for her vacation, you'll pray the rollercoaster is almost over.And it is.  Just as she gets on the plane, the story ends.Outback Lovemay be the amazing book that all the five-star reviewers say that it is, but nothing in this tale was very encouraging.  I also wasn't a fan of Heyer's over-reliance on gay men as props for her heroine, especially when it's combined with judgments like "overly effiminate."