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A review by mrsbooknerd
Für Emma & ewig by Lori Foster
2.0
This wasn't the best Lori Foster that I have read, but I can't say that it was the worst romance novel either. The plot was your standard contemporary-romance, with a fairly likable cast of characters. However, I found it all too perfect and wonderful and 'cookie cutter'. I also wasn't in love with Casey which kind of put a damper on the romantic elements too.
The plot was simple enough, there weren't many major plot points to contend with, especially as after a certain point the pages just revolved around Emma and Casey's sex life. It was quite a short book with two romances and a 'main' plot so there wasn't much time to delve deep or flesh out all of the plots overly well.
The 'twist' in the main plot I saw coming from the get-go, but it added a little something to Emma's development as a character. Emma was generally quite likable and I wish that we had seen more of her growth in Chicago and some of that upheaval. Instead, it was all glossed over b her meeting a wonderful family who took her in, and it seemed that her life was then as smooth and perfect as those in Buckhorn.
I hated Casey as a leading hero. He very rarely thought of Emma in un-sexual terms and I started to get annoyed with reading about how pretty and sexual she was. I wanted to know about how emotionally strong she was, and how impressed he was with her other assets, such as the successful business that she owned.
Casey had a hard time - no pun intended - understanding that when Emma said 'No' she did not mean 'Yes' or 'Later'. It was like, a vampire can't enter your house unless you invite them, but once they've been invited once, they can come and go whenever. Emma had once offered Casey sex eight years ago, and now he was allowed to take it whenever he wanted. He was downright creepy in a few places and I just felt that he was pressuring Emma into a relationship more than romancing her.
I really disliked the fact that every supporting character simpered over either the Uncles or Casey. Women were bitchy, rude and snarky just because they wanted to mark their territory, turning on each other because they wanted a little 'something something'. Eurgh. So much for feminism.
I'm surprised women weren't peeing up the men of the family more frequently. Not a line that I thought I'd ever write in a book review.
In fact all of the supporting characters were just so wonderful and perfect; saving damsels in distress or forgiving and forgetting at a moment's notice. There needed to be more antagonism, more obstacles. I wanted to doubt whether it would be a happy ending.
Generally speaking it was a light afternoon read, but it needed some grit to make it genuinely interesting. Some areas could have been developed better to bring added depth to an otherwise cookie-cutter romance.
The plot was simple enough, there weren't many major plot points to contend with, especially as after a certain point the pages just revolved around Emma and Casey's sex life. It was quite a short book with two romances and a 'main' plot so there wasn't much time to delve deep or flesh out all of the plots overly well.
The 'twist' in the main plot I saw coming from the get-go, but it added a little something to Emma's development as a character. Emma was generally quite likable and I wish that we had seen more of her growth in Chicago and some of that upheaval. Instead, it was all glossed over b her meeting a wonderful family who took her in, and it seemed that her life was then as smooth and perfect as those in Buckhorn.
I hated Casey as a leading hero. He very rarely thought of Emma in un-sexual terms and I started to get annoyed with reading about how pretty and sexual she was. I wanted to know about how emotionally strong she was, and how impressed he was with her other assets, such as the successful business that she owned.
Casey had a hard time - no pun intended - understanding that when Emma said 'No' she did not mean 'Yes' or 'Later'. It was like, a vampire can't enter your house unless you invite them, but once they've been invited once, they can come and go whenever. Emma had once offered Casey sex eight years ago, and now he was allowed to take it whenever he wanted. He was downright creepy in a few places and I just felt that he was pressuring Emma into a relationship more than romancing her.
I really disliked the fact that every supporting character simpered over either the Uncles or Casey. Women were bitchy, rude and snarky just because they wanted to mark their territory, turning on each other because they wanted a little 'something something'. Eurgh. So much for feminism.
I'm surprised women weren't peeing up the men of the family more frequently. Not a line that I thought I'd ever write in a book review.
In fact all of the supporting characters were just so wonderful and perfect; saving damsels in distress or forgiving and forgetting at a moment's notice. There needed to be more antagonism, more obstacles. I wanted to doubt whether it would be a happy ending.
Generally speaking it was a light afternoon read, but it needed some grit to make it genuinely interesting. Some areas could have been developed better to bring added depth to an otherwise cookie-cutter romance.