Review: HERO SCHMERO  -- STOP THE INSANITY
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 05 29, 2013
The only good thing to say is that no trees were destroyed during the publishing of this novel.  A good book can make you suspend your disbelief, but you shouldn`t have to toss out your I.Q. as well.Given the number of product placement references to Coke Diet Zero, I am wondering if this really isn`t just an ad idea that got out of hand.Imagine Paul Bunyan as a fireman and you have our hero David.  He is cursed with such a large penis that he is afraid he will hurt any woman he has sex with.  (This sounds funny as I write it, don`t be misled.  It is not.)  Poor David knows that he is a danger to the female population because he is stalked by the one woman he had sex with who tells him the damage he caused at inappropriate moments.  Luckily, we find out that there is proof she is lying because when she was supposed to be in the hospital all those years ago, we find out that she bought a TCBY on her credit card!  EUREKA!Jenna, of course, views herself as totally unworthy and yet manages to attempt to enter a "Shades of Gray" zone that ends in the destruction of a hotel headboard which appears to have been made of chipboard.  Please don`t get lulled into thinking this was humorous.The dialogue is unbelievability stilted and stiff.ex.  "Despite my obsession, my career has been stunted due to an unfairness, which, coincidentally, also helped to discolor the unhealthy way I perceive men and relationships."ex. "For some reason, he believed that her loving of David would cost him Austin, AND THE WORLD, what this man has to offer."ex.  The unknown villain in the book has managed to live in the shadows by finding a woman who was dying.  "She was blind and couldn`t see to well.  (s opposed to the blind people who  can see VERY well)  She thought I was her husband."If you manage to get to the end of the book, make sure to listen to the song "Big John" which is poignant.  The ending of this story, not so much.  If you buy this book after reading this, it`s on you!I get that reading tastes differ, but a book this ridiculous just doesn`t deserve 4 or 5 stars.  People, try Kristen Ashley, Lisa Marie Rice, Jeaniene Frost.... there are lots of great romantic books to read.