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brigii's review against another edition
Again, it was a long time ago and I don't remember enough things about this book to rate.
mbpartlow's review against another edition
4.0
Sooo...romance is not a genre I read widely in. There are a few particular authors I like, but I don't read almost any romance the way I will almost any urban fantasy.
But Susan Elizabeth Phillips is at the top of the list of authors I love to read. Her characters are charming and quirky. Her heroines are almost always plucky and adventurous, and none of them are waiting around for a Prince Charming to rescue them. They fall into love while getting on with the business of their lives.
And how can you not love a book that opens with a woman stomping down the road in a headless beaver costume?
It may be that the loose ends are tied up a little too neatly, and it may be that every character finds someone to love. But who doesn't love a happy ending once in a while? I don't want a steady diet of them, but when I need my fix, Phillips always delivers.
But Susan Elizabeth Phillips is at the top of the list of authors I love to read. Her characters are charming and quirky. Her heroines are almost always plucky and adventurous, and none of them are waiting around for a Prince Charming to rescue them. They fall into love while getting on with the business of their lives.
And how can you not love a book that opens with a woman stomping down the road in a headless beaver costume?
It may be that the loose ends are tied up a little too neatly, and it may be that every character finds someone to love. But who doesn't love a happy ending once in a while? I don't want a steady diet of them, but when I need my fix, Phillips always delivers.
downtown_kb's review
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
“You can't do extraordinary things in the world if you're spending time criticizing others because they don't look or behave the way you think they should.”
Dean finds Blue stranded on the side of the road and offers to give her a ride. A ride turns into her staying with him for a while.
This of course is another example of SEPs great character development. This has a lot of found family and repairing of past relationships. There is top-notch banter between the fmc and mmc and a lot of just slice of life day to day happenings as several worlds collide and get a bit messy. It was very entertaining and sweet at times. I was not a big fan of the last act split drama because it seemed unnecessarily mean but apparently it worked out. If you don't like your men with an extra dose of machismo (which he is an american footballer so it fits) you probably won't like this guy. But I really loved Blue and her spine.
Written in 2007 I believe, there are some dated jokes but nothing malicious. Anna Fields does great with the audio.
Dean finds Blue stranded on the side of the road and offers to give her a ride. A ride turns into her staying with him for a while.
This of course is another example of SEPs great character development. This has a lot of found family and repairing of past relationships. There is top-notch banter between the fmc and mmc and a lot of just slice of life day to day happenings as several worlds collide and get a bit messy. It was very entertaining and sweet at times. I was not a big fan of the last act split drama because it seemed unnecessarily mean but apparently it worked out. If you don't like your men with an extra dose of machismo (which he is an american footballer so it fits) you probably won't like this guy. But I really loved Blue and her spine.
Written in 2007 I believe, there are some dated jokes but nothing malicious. Anna Fields does great with the audio.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content and Abandonment
vniemi317's review against another edition
4.0
Pretty predictable romantic comedy, but great characters
jackiehorne's review against another edition
4.0
My favorite SEP book so far, with its quirky untraditional heroine, its football quarterback hero who takes aesthetic pleasure in beautiful clothes, its secondary second-chance romance, and its lack of annoyingly macho male athletes. Hard to believe that the same author wrote this and MATCH ME IF YOU CAN...
420blazeit's review against another edition
5.0
STOPPP leave me alone. this book was so good. i love blue and i love dean and the intro was 10/10, had me hooked immediately!!! i love SEP and mcs who arent doormats <3
minxreads's review against another edition
Skim read. Couldn’t get into it, found it boring. Didn’t find myself giving any shit about any of these characters or their story.
Side note: fade to black and then, one non descriptive seggs scene
Side note: fade to black and then, one non descriptive seggs scene
nsfinch's review against another edition
emotional
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
The story alone was probably a 4 for me, but I took it down a star for the aggressive heteronormativity and fat-shaming. And there really were a lot of plots to juggle; I wanted it to wrap up by the end.