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3.7 AVERAGE
3.7 AVERAGE
DNF BECAUSE IT WAS SO BAD! SOMETIMES IT FELT LIKE TORTURE READING THIS
I DIDN'T LIKED IT AT ALL
I DIDN'T LIKED IT AT ALL
I almost put this book down because the hero was so awkward that it was making me uncomfortable. The fact that I felt his anxiety so keenly is probably a testament to the author's skill. Once I got past my discomfort and adjusted to the fact that this was a romance written completely from the male's point of view, I enjoyed the story. I really felt the tension of the big event toward the end, and I found myself wishing that there was another story in that animation world.
A lovely 5 stars. This book was fun but had depth. Nathan is a nerdy animator, not bothered about his look, clothing. He cares about two things though, his work (cartoons) and Brooke, his inspiration from afar for his comic super heroine B-girl. Brooke didn't know he existed but comes to value Nathan in many ways. I loved reading this, it built slowly but steadily and I was fully invested in these two characters. I absolutely loved the art work, what a bonus!
This was a cute refreshing romantic comedy.
The whole story is shown from the hero's point of view. A quiet, nerdy, very considerate hero.
It is a very underdog romance of a man who doesn't know how to talk to women and doesn't know how wonderful, and good looking, he is; and a woman who is insecure of herself after believing she comfortably had everything.
All the characters were well developed. I think Nathan's dad was my favorite (he reminded me of Sherlock's dad from the BBC television series)
Though there is some minor editing errors I think this is a great read for a weekend. (I read this in the car during a weekend get away.)
The whole story is shown from the hero's point of view. A quiet, nerdy, very considerate hero.
It is a very underdog romance of a man who doesn't know how to talk to women and doesn't know how wonderful, and good looking, he is; and a woman who is insecure of herself after believing she comfortably had everything.
All the characters were well developed. I think Nathan's dad was my favorite (he reminded me of Sherlock's dad from the BBC television series)
Though there is some minor editing errors I think this is a great read for a weekend. (I read this in the car during a weekend get away.)
I'm going to start by saying I do think two stars is kind of generous - the whole time I was reading this I just kept thinking that it read like bog-standard fan-fiction - kind of clichéd, unrealistic dialogue and situations - it wasn't that good.
There are redeeming features, Brooke is realistic - she has hang ups about her body (not helped with Arnolds comments), the end part of the book is intriguing with the whole law suit thing - I wish this had happened earlier as it really picked up what was otherwise a kind of dull romance. But there were so many things I just cringed at - the dialogue in places was just totally unbelievable, as was the way some of the people acted. I also cannot believe that Brooke as a young professional would think it at all appropriate to undertake an intimate act in the work place - fantasise about it if you want but it is unprofessional, un-hygenic and just downright gross.
The little drawings that were in the book were cute, they weren't needed but did help to emphasise some parts of the story - there was, however, perhaps a bit too much name/show dropping of famous animators.
If this was a first effort it was certainly better than anything I could produce, and definitely had an original storyline, but unfortunately I didn't find the characters particularly likeable so found it to be a bit of a slog.
There are redeeming features, Brooke is realistic - she has hang ups about her body (not helped with Arnolds comments), the end part of the book is intriguing with the whole law suit thing - I wish this had happened earlier as it really picked up what was otherwise a kind of dull romance. But there were so many things I just cringed at - the dialogue in places was just totally unbelievable, as was the way some of the people acted. I also cannot believe that Brooke as a young professional would think it at all appropriate to undertake an intimate act in the work place - fantasise about it if you want but it is unprofessional, un-hygenic and just downright gross.
The little drawings that were in the book were cute, they weren't needed but did help to emphasise some parts of the story - there was, however, perhaps a bit too much name/show dropping of famous animators.
If this was a first effort it was certainly better than anything I could produce, and definitely had an original storyline, but unfortunately I didn't find the characters particularly likeable so found it to be a bit of a slog.