Review: Great Dane!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 16, 2012
As a rule, I try to avoid romance novels. First of all, they're just not my bag. Give me action, blood and guts, sci-fi ... hell, give me a restaurant menu, and I'll probably enjoy it more than a romance novel.Second, most romance novels aren't written for me. That's fine. I'm not the target audience and I don't feel slighted in the least. Well ... perhaps a little ... but that's neither here nor there. I'm sure if more men purchased romance novels, there'd be a whole slew of books written for them. Until then, nothing's going to change.Most of all, though, I avoid romance novels for one big reason: the little voice in my head that insists I could teach that male character a thing or two about romance in the `real' world. But since it isn't a fair competition--he's in the book and I'm not--I'm going to take my ball and go home.LOLThe truth is, I picked up this novella for one reason: I love Rachel Firasek. No, I don't mean "love" love (we're both married to other people, so that would be kinda awkward ... although it's probably been the storyline for many a romance novel, huh?) I mean love love (which is not to be confused with love "love" or even "love love" and don't get me started on italics).Anyway, Rachel is several hundred kinds of awesome and I've been dying to read her stuff--but there's one problem: all that frakkin' romance. It literally makes my skin crawl. No joke. I just typed the word and I'm itchy and twitchy and scratching like a meth addict. (Apologies to meth addicts everywhere for the humor at their expense.)I believe in the power of stretch goals, so, when "Creating Fate" was released, I said "f**k it" and bought the damn thing. Seriously, I actually said "f**k it" out loud, as if I was speaking to someone else, although I was the only person in the room.That was not a unique occurrence, so think what you will of me. The point is that I faced my fears and came out on top!Imagine what's next!So, I've managed to get several hundred words into this review without talking about the book. Pretty amazing.I really liked the book. I didn't need to know about the size of Dane's package, but boy would I love to try out the whole "You need this sex" line on a grieving woman! That's my kinda romance ... although I have to believe it would end much differently in my world than it did in Rachel's.It lends new meaning to the term Great Dane. Haha!Seriously, in "Creating Fate," Rachel shows why she's such a successful writer with such amazing fans. She whips mythology, action, romance, and humor into a killer of a story. I'm still not a romance fan, but I am a Rachel Firasek fan.