Review: longer than a novella
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 12, 2014
What do I love about Sarah Mayberry books?She writes real people, with real problems, and real relationships.It's why she's my go-to author, especially nowadays when every second book is cookie cutter NA. There are no petty dramas, big dark secrets from the past threatening to tear them apart, jealous ex-girlfriends or great misunderstandings to fuel the plot.Her Favorite Temptation is a touching love story between Leah, a cardiothoracic surgeon at a crossroads in life, and Will, a down-to-earth and perfectly swoony rockstar fighting the fight of his life.Leah is very socially-awkward but her wonderful personality shines through every single page. Will is not your typical rockstar. There are no women, booze and drugs and he's a really nice guy (and we all know how much I love nice guy heroes!)Now, what bothered me a bit about their relationship was Will's dishonesty, but I actually understood why he did and I can't say I wouldn't have done the same. Aside from that in the midst of all the emotional drama the characters are both a little too perfect, they really have no flaws. Which is okay, I guess. The focus is on Leah's horrible parents, her relationship with her sister, Will's medical condition and his loving family (no, really. I LOVED his family!) so that was enough imperfection in the story.HQN and the author say it's a novella but I can vouch that it's closer to a full book than it is a novella (I suppose by superromance standards--long, long, looooooong books--it is a novella... but it's not a lot shorter than your average self-published book these days) Definitely worth the $2.99. Everything happens over the span of a couple of weeks, which means the relationship moves a long a bit too quickly but I thought it was believable under the circumstances.Her writing suits me very well, so of course I thought it was great.There are a couple of graphic-y sex scenes for those who like to know that sort of thing.Now I'm onto reading Her Favorite Rival :D yay.