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A review by saber
Sea Swept by Nora Roberts
3.0
I was surprised how much I ended up enjoying this in the end. It's not something I would normally read.
I'm still relatively new to the romance and contemporary genres that I'm still figuring out what I like. I've always loved romance, but I preferred it when it accompanied a fantasy, mystery, or some kind of action/adventure novel. For the most part, romance as a primary genre bored me. The only ones I had read until less than 2 years ago were classics like [b:Pride and Prejudice|1885|Pride and Prejudice|Jane Austen|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1320399351s/1885.jpg|3060926].
For whatever reason I decided to give the genre a try and ended up reading the almost cheesy novels filled with witty banter and lots of sexy times. For the most part I have found these really entertaining. They are quick, easy reads that I have begun to really enjoy despite the often poor writing. My favorites quickly became the ones that had better writing, obviously, and a good subplot like mystery or paranormal. I still needed something to distract from plain romance. I even begun to read and enjoy historical-romances for the same reason; even though I was a bit embarrassed by it at first.
[b:Sea Swept|628139|Sea Swept (Chesapeake Bay Saga, #1)|Nora Roberts|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1423013952s/628139.jpg|3241491], however, was different than the types of romances listed above. It has elements of mystery and sexy times, but it's a bit more serious then the contemporary romances I have been reading. In fact, I felt as though the romance took a backseat to the relationship of Cam and his brothers and how they would raise Seth in this small town. And for the first 30% or so this bored me. I almost gave up until I reminded myself I liked Nora Roberts' In Death and Bride Quartet series. And I'm glad I continued. This genre (women's fiction?) still isn't my favorite, but if there are more books out there like this or the Bride Quartet series, I think I will grow to love the genre.
I'm still relatively new to the romance and contemporary genres that I'm still figuring out what I like. I've always loved romance, but I preferred it when it accompanied a fantasy, mystery, or some kind of action/adventure novel. For the most part, romance as a primary genre bored me. The only ones I had read until less than 2 years ago were classics like [b:Pride and Prejudice|1885|Pride and Prejudice|Jane Austen|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1320399351s/1885.jpg|3060926].
For whatever reason I decided to give the genre a try and ended up reading the almost cheesy novels filled with witty banter and lots of sexy times. For the most part I have found these really entertaining. They are quick, easy reads that I have begun to really enjoy despite the often poor writing. My favorites quickly became the ones that had better writing, obviously, and a good subplot like mystery or paranormal. I still needed something to distract from plain romance. I even begun to read and enjoy historical-romances for the same reason; even though I was a bit embarrassed by it at first.
[b:Sea Swept|628139|Sea Swept (Chesapeake Bay Saga, #1)|Nora Roberts|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1423013952s/628139.jpg|3241491], however, was different than the types of romances listed above. It has elements of mystery and sexy times, but it's a bit more serious then the contemporary romances I have been reading. In fact, I felt as though the romance took a backseat to the relationship of Cam and his brothers and how they would raise Seth in this small town. And for the first 30% or so this bored me. I almost gave up until I reminded myself I liked Nora Roberts' In Death and Bride Quartet series. And I'm glad I continued. This genre (women's fiction?) still isn't my favorite, but if there are more books out there like this or the Bride Quartet series, I think I will grow to love the genre.