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flowersofquiethappiness's review
4.0
This one made me laugh. And I liked that both characters enjoyed fan fiction. That was a fun addition! This was cute and funny. Definitely recommend.
estheria's review
4.0
This book moralized more than the other two books in the series -- or more awkwardly as the first book has the most conservative characters. And like the other books, there is some stilted writing here and there. And like other romance novels, parts of this book are simplistic. But I still enjoyed the characters -- these two are my favorite of the series.
kayedacus's review
5.0
So, this was my first time reading this book since I finished writing/editing it back in 2011. I wrote this in a whirlwind, completing the majority of the manuscript in under a month, so there were a lot of details I didn't remember clearly. In a lot of ways, it was like re-reading a childhood favorite that I hadn't read in 20-30 years: I knew the story and could remember most of what happened, but then there were scenes and pieces of scenes that took me by surprise because I'd completely forgotten about them.
I re-read this in less than 24 hours. Couldn't fall asleep last night, so around midnight, I picked up my Kindle and decided to revisit this story, since I'd been thinking about it for a while after re-reading some of the "characters take over my blog" posts I did when I was finishing this up.
I'd forgotten just how much fun Flannery and Jamie were. For me, anyway. I had so much fun developing and writing their characters and the development of their relationship---and especially the way they interacted with each other. I may have other couples whose romance may be more swoon-worthy, but Flannery and Jamie remain my most fun couple.
And unlike my experience in trying to re-read my own Stand-In Groom, I didn't really find myself cringing and wishing I could completely revise and partially rewrite it. There were a couple of typos I noticed and some definite formatting issues in the Kindle version that weren't there in the print version, but not even enough of those to make it cringeworthy.
While the book I'm supposed to be writing right now is a follow-up to my other contemporary series (The Brides of Bonneterre), re-reading the first book in that series wasn't helping me in wanting to feel like I wanted to write again. But Flannery and Jamie reminded me just how much fun I used to have writing, so hopefully this will be the kick in the pants I need to get down to the fun business of writing Jenn Guidry's story.
I re-read this in less than 24 hours. Couldn't fall asleep last night, so around midnight, I picked up my Kindle and decided to revisit this story, since I'd been thinking about it for a while after re-reading some of the "characters take over my blog" posts I did when I was finishing this up.
I'd forgotten just how much fun Flannery and Jamie were. For me, anyway. I had so much fun developing and writing their characters and the development of their relationship---and especially the way they interacted with each other. I may have other couples whose romance may be more swoon-worthy, but Flannery and Jamie remain my most fun couple.
And unlike my experience in trying to re-read my own Stand-In Groom, I didn't really find myself cringing and wishing I could completely revise and partially rewrite it. There were a couple of typos I noticed and some definite formatting issues in the Kindle version that weren't there in the print version, but not even enough of those to make it cringeworthy.
While the book I'm supposed to be writing right now is a follow-up to my other contemporary series (The Brides of Bonneterre), re-reading the first book in that series wasn't helping me in wanting to feel like I wanted to write again. But Flannery and Jamie reminded me just how much fun I used to have writing, so hopefully this will be the kick in the pants I need to get down to the fun business of writing Jenn Guidry's story.
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