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gemmalaszlo's review
3.0
I'll admit it, romance anthologies are a weakness of mine. They give me a chance to sample several authors at once, and provide a quick romance fix. However, I also realize that the severe page restriction can sometimes mean that an otherwise good premise doesn't get a chance to be developed as well as it should be.
At first, I really enjoyed Jane Sullivan's BACKSEAT BRIDEGROOM. I loved watching how the hero and heroine hit it off by having similar personalities and life-views, not just hormones. However, I felt the author spoiled it when she had the characters hop into bed the first night they meet. I don't care how thick the attraction is, instant sex is an instant turn-off for me.
Isabel's Sharpe's LIFE IS A BEACH was by far my favorite story in this collection. I really enjoy stories of reunited love, and this one was well done. I really liked that the reasons for the couple's breakup were real relationship issues, not just some stupid big misunderstand too often used in romance. And while the issues were important ones, they weren't insurmountable obstacles, and the author did a really good job working through them in so little space. And while the sexual tension was sizzling, there was more to the attraction between the hero and heroine than just the physical, which is just how I like it. I will be on the lookout for more books by this author.
I was unable to get through Julie Kistler's FAIR GAME? First off, I found the writing style really difficult to follow. It just didn't flow well for me, so that I found I had to keep rereading pages to understand what was happening. Plus, I found the whole concept of a woman making a move on her sister's date rather distasteful.
Romance anthologies are almost always a mixed bag, but the one good story made this collection worth my time.
At first, I really enjoyed Jane Sullivan's BACKSEAT BRIDEGROOM. I loved watching how the hero and heroine hit it off by having similar personalities and life-views, not just hormones. However, I felt the author spoiled it when she had the characters hop into bed the first night they meet. I don't care how thick the attraction is, instant sex is an instant turn-off for me.
Isabel's Sharpe's LIFE IS A BEACH was by far my favorite story in this collection. I really enjoy stories of reunited love, and this one was well done. I really liked that the reasons for the couple's breakup were real relationship issues, not just some stupid big misunderstand too often used in romance. And while the issues were important ones, they weren't insurmountable obstacles, and the author did a really good job working through them in so little space. And while the sexual tension was sizzling, there was more to the attraction between the hero and heroine than just the physical, which is just how I like it. I will be on the lookout for more books by this author.
I was unable to get through Julie Kistler's FAIR GAME? First off, I found the writing style really difficult to follow. It just didn't flow well for me, so that I found I had to keep rereading pages to understand what was happening. Plus, I found the whole concept of a woman making a move on her sister's date rather distasteful.
Romance anthologies are almost always a mixed bag, but the one good story made this collection worth my time.
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