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A review by rebeccacider
Heroes Are My Weakness by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
3.0
Light romance fiction is not generally my thing, but I'm trying to read outside my usual genres.
The story is well told (despite some predictable plot twists) and there's some great writing (by which I probably mean that the lady sure can write a sex scene). It was easy to root for Annie, and her relationship with four-year-old Livia, a mute child who's experienced a trauma, was very genuine and sweet.
However, this book did not do it for me as a romance or as a gothic novel pastiche. I was totally uncompelled by Annie and Theo's relationship. Phillips tried to give Theo psychological realism AND have him don the role of the gothic antihero AND make us like him, and it didn't all add up for me. Some might enjoy the Jane Eyre and Rebecca shoutouts, but they didn't really inform the story that much.
Definitely not my thing, but I would certainly recommend Phillips to readers who enjoy romantic fiction with a light tone, good writing, and a lot of interest and depth beyond the romance arc.
The story is well told (despite some predictable plot twists) and there's some great writing (by which I probably mean that the lady sure can write a sex scene). It was easy to root for Annie, and her relationship with four-year-old Livia, a mute child who's experienced a trauma, was very genuine and sweet.
However, this book did not do it for me as a romance or as a gothic novel pastiche. I was totally uncompelled by Annie and Theo's relationship. Phillips tried to give Theo psychological realism AND have him don the role of the gothic antihero AND make us like him, and it didn't all add up for me. Some might enjoy the Jane Eyre and Rebecca shoutouts, but they didn't really inform the story that much.
Definitely not my thing, but I would certainly recommend Phillips to readers who enjoy romantic fiction with a light tone, good writing, and a lot of interest and depth beyond the romance arc.