Review: Small world and they fell in love in a nano-second
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 05 2, 2013
This book has a ton of potential and crosses off a couple of the items I look for in a romance: a well educated heroine, Martine, who is equal to her male counterpart, Chris; and a plot that's deep enough to make me feel like I'm not just vicariously looking through a bedroom window as I read. There were two issues for me, though. This book brings new meaning to "it's a small world" in the way that some of the characters intersect over a decade. Despite being set in Montana which is not the most populous state, those connections were a little unrealistic to me. And I have to agree with another reviewer that unprotected sex on the day you meet someone is not something I want in the hero and heroine. I get that people can fall in love in the blink of an eye, but unprotected sex in this day and age? With someone you've known less than 24-hours? Not smart and not what I'd expect from two savvy individuals. Martie and Chris are in the business of saving lives, so it doesn't make sense that they'd be so careless with their own. It wouldn't have taken anything away from the plot if they had used protection. Those two items (small world syndrome and unprotected sex on day one) are pretty big for me and the reason that I give this book only three stars.There are definite positives to the book, though. On the upside the premise is good, the physicality was all that and a bag of chips, and I enjoyed getting to know the characters. Some of them were flawed; some were wise (Chris' Grandpa); the (gorgeous) main characters were engaging and I could feel that they genuinely cared for each other; and I'm a sucker for camaraderie in the fire house. Definitely not a bad read and if you're better at suspending reality than I am, you might find it to be a 4- or 5-star book. A solid 3.5-stars from me.