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clairereviews's review
4.0
This book was quite well written with just the right amount of both crime-fighting and romance. Not by any means a traditional romance story, this will they-won't they tale is one of Grace and David and their twenty-something age gap. The story is really fast paced, lots of exciting crime fighting happening along the way, murders and the small matter of the two main characters trying to fight and deny their feelings for each other. I found it hard to put down, especially once the crime elements went up a notch and the romance started on it's on/off journey. Good stuff, I'll be looking out for more stuff by Stephanie Queen.
jennadb's review
4.0
The Throwbacks has just the right amount of old fashioned romance and mystery. It is a fast paced story that is quirky and definitely not your normal romance story. Along the way there is crime and murders and stubborn woman who can’t stay behind the scenes when the one you love is put in the face of danger. Grace may be young but she is an old soul. David is a love ‘em and leave ‘em type of guy, but somehow they work. Now if Grace can just show him that that is true.
rashada's review
1.0
I wanted to like this book, but I thought it was pretty awful.
Grace was a ditzy lady who I didn't care about or even want to care about. I liked David a bit, but still really didn't care all that much about him.
I finished the book because I have a hard time not finishing when I've started, but I was relieved it was over.
Grace was a ditzy lady who I didn't care about or even want to care about. I liked David a bit, but still really didn't care all that much about him.
I finished the book because I have a hard time not finishing when I've started, but I was relieved it was over.
avoraciousreader68's review
3.0
Grace Rogers is a 30-year-old decorator. Grace is an orphan who longs for a husband, home and children. Meeting nearly 50-year-old David Young currently exiled from Scotland Yard while he’s being investigated, Grace immediately falls for him even though he’s not what she had in mind to fulfill her dreams. When she gets involved in his current case and he hires her to decorate his townhouse the two are thrown together more often than not. Can these two make a relationship work? Or does age really make a difference.
This story won’t be for everyone. It’s quirky and fun with some silliness that makes it a light-hearted read. And it was quite an enjoyable read until near the end when Grace does something so incredibly stupid that I could only sit back and stare. No longer fun and quirky she morphed into Lucy Ricardo, too stupid to live. I loathe Lucy Ricardo. Not only does Grace do this thing that is so moronic as to blow the mind, but she isn’t even reprimanded. She’s patted on the head and told, yes it was dangerous, but since she was so darn cute doing it it’ll be overlooked. No, no it won’t. Not by me. Others may find what she did cute also, but for me it ruined a book that was, up until that point, amusing. I lost all respect for the characters after that and I’m disappointed.
*Books source ~ Many thanks to the author for providing a review copy. Please see disclaimer page on my blog.
This story won’t be for everyone. It’s quirky and fun with some silliness that makes it a light-hearted read. And it was quite an enjoyable read until near the end when Grace does something so incredibly stupid that I could only sit back and stare. No longer fun and quirky she morphed into Lucy Ricardo, too stupid to live. I loathe Lucy Ricardo. Not only does Grace do this thing that is so moronic as to blow the mind, but she isn’t even reprimanded. She’s patted on the head and told, yes it was dangerous, but since she was so darn cute doing it it’ll be overlooked. No, no it won’t. Not by me. Others may find what she did cute also, but for me it ruined a book that was, up until that point, amusing. I lost all respect for the characters after that and I’m disappointed.
*Books source ~ Many thanks to the author for providing a review copy. Please see disclaimer page on my blog.
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