Review: Loved it - but probably won't read the second book
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 8, 2014
Tash is a 28 year old woman that is full figured, hysterically funny, smart and living in the UK.She finds her boyfriend cheating and her, and finds herself moving to Canada with her even more hysterically funny, outrageously funny BFF, Tink.Immediately, Tash finds herself the center of a famous movie star's attention, Tudor.Tudor is immediately and irrevocably attracted to Tash, but he spends quite a bit of time telling himself, telling her and telling everyone else that he doesn't 'do ' relationships and that they are not.right.for.each.other.The book has a nice HEA for Tudor and Tash. There is a bit of drama towards the end, but it wraps up nicely.This book is not really a heavy romance. It's a funny, light romance with a small amount of drama thrown in.I LOVE humorous romance novels. This made me laugh out loud. It is funny. Tink and Tash's sarcastic bantering is non-stop, OTT and funny. She make fun of him being gay, and he makes fun of her being heavy. If you are sensitive about either of these things, this book may irritate you. She is not fat, but Tink can be brutal. But you know he loves her unconditionally, so it's just funny and endearing. Tink of so flamboyantly gay - but it is never annoying or overplayed. It's funny and makes you fall for his character. He is adorable, loyal, kind and funny.Tudor is probably the weakest character of them all. Even the silent boyfriend of Tink's seems to have more character than Tudor. Tudor is a large action hero actor. He is good looking. Has a big secret he is keeping from Tash which creates a rift from time to time. His need to push her away - at the same time lunging at her to ravish her is annoying and makes you wonder about his character. He seems more wishy-washy than a tortured soul. He seems more immature than a broken soul.Then Tash goes through her own, "I am not good enough for Tudor b/c I am not skinny like the models he used to date."That dragged on for a bit too long.So with those two character flaws, I didn't find myself as engrossed in their relationships and I was hoping to be. It was nice that they got their HEA, but I didn't care enough about them to want to read a second book about them.Tink, on the other hand, he deserves his own book!There is a big dramatic scene in the book, and the big reveal of why Tudor is pushing himself away from Tash for so long. It was built up so much, that the actual villain just didn't have enough depth to be that villainous. The actual deed of what the villain does is bad, but I think the author should have built it up more so that we are at the end of our seat, reading anxiously about how the hero defeats this horrible villain. It just didn't have the 'punch' that I thought it should.What did I like?- The humor. Reading this book for the one liners alone is worth it. Don't even worry about the romance.- Tink's character. Love how he throws himself out there - 'love me for who I am. if you don't, I don't care'- A few steamy scenes.  Not important, but still, I don't skip them. ;-)- HEA- No cliffhanger- can be read as a stand alone (hate these series books where you have to read more than one book to get closure)What didn't I like?- Tudor's character. Just didn't have a strong enough spine for how I like my heroes- Tash got a bit too insecure later in the book. Doubted her appeal to Tudor one too many times.-Not sure why Tudor immediately fell so hard for Tash. Didn't feel it.- Wish it ended at a different place. How does a super star make it work out with a 'regular' woman? Guess that is book 2?- Tudor also seemed to be a bystander to Tash and Tink's humor, wish he could throw down a few comments too - otherwise it looks like she totally has a dominant personality and he is just there as eye candy.I still gave this book 5 stars for the great dialogue.The romance was 2 1/2 stars.The plot was 2 1/2 stars.Still - if you want to laugh, read this book.