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phantomeyer's review against another edition
4.0
I don’t know how this book found its way onto my bookshelf as early as it did, perhaps a relative recognised Meg Cabot’s name and assumed this was another YA book. Suffice to say it retains a special place in my heart as my first ever romance novel. A tame introduction, but an introduction all the same.
_rebeccareads_'s review
3.0
Just going to say this for now: I can't stand how Meg Cabot writes sex scenes in some of her books. It's just so horrible to read and unnecessary. That aside, this book didn't really appeal to me.
penandpencil's review against another edition
1.0
I normally like Meg Cabot, but characters here were just a bit too one dimensional and shallow. Situations are totally unbelievable, like getting all hot and heavy in the Alaskan wilderness while waiting to be rescued int he freezing cold wilderness!
apfel_cake's review against another edition
3.0
Predictable, sweet, and somewhat cantankerous, Lou Calabrese is a good main character for this easy beach read. Her relationship with Jack is obvious from the start, but all in all, still hot when it comes around.
caseyjarryn's review against another edition
4.0
Probably a 3 star read really, but this one gets an extra star for nostalgia.
josiecmyers's review
1.0
this was not good and was lowkey a chore to finish. Also very clearly from the early 2000s with the way women were talked about. Kind of an ew for me.
falulatonks's review against another edition
4.0
How much fun was this??? Super charming, a new Meg Cabot fave. I don't have a lot of Meg Cabot faves, because after a certain point her style just grates on you, the throwaway "on account of"s and weird sentence breakdowns and "he said. but then he. so then i."s - I can't explain it, but I don't really need to, because this book stayed cleared of that!!!! The explosions were lots of fun, and the romance was a lot of fun, and while they decided they were endgame way too easily for me, I enjoyed the rest of the book too much to care. And honestly, the characters were all fun enough that I'm glad on that reason alone that they got together: Lou is particular was so much fun! Cabot tends to write heroines that feel like they've come out of the same mold, I think, but Lou was fierier, sillier, good on her feet; a girl with a dad who was a cop. It probably helped that we got parts of the book from Jack's POV - Cabot doesn't do hero-POV often, does she? - because that definitely balanced things out. I super enjoyed them both.
I have to say, though, that for a good part of this book I got super worried that Lou was drinking as much as she did, because didn't she hit her head against the seat of the helicopter before it crashed, and then hit her head against something else as they crashed, and then woke up with a really terrible headache? WHY DID SHE KEEP DRINKING? THE RUNNING PROBABLY DIDN'T HELP - an unavoidable issue, but still - I am pretty certain she should've had a concussion, or at least been cautious of having a concussion. christ that was distracting.
I have to say, though, that for a good part of this book I got super worried that Lou was drinking as much as she did, because didn't she hit her head against the seat of the helicopter before it crashed, and then hit her head against something else as they crashed, and then woke up with a really terrible headache? WHY DID SHE KEEP DRINKING? THE RUNNING PROBABLY DIDN'T HELP - an unavoidable issue, but still - I am pretty certain she should've had a concussion, or at least been cautious of having a concussion. christ that was distracting.
rizzothecat's review against another edition
3.0
Cute typical romance. love/hate. There are better ones out there.
butterfly2507's review against another edition
1.0
Ich konnte das Buch einfach nicht beenden. Lou ist so unerträglich, so neidisch, so kindisch. Ugh.
rinn4's review against another edition
3.0
I love most of Meg Cabot's adult books. This one was good, it had a very Jennifer Cruise feel to it actually. It wasn't as good as any of the books in her "Boy's Series" though.