By Sarah Morgan
Genre Adult, Romance
Format Audiobook
Rating ⭐️⭐️
Synopsis
Determined to conquer a lifetime of shyness, Harriet Knight challenges herself to do one thing a day in December that scares her, including celebrating Christmas without her family. But when dog walker Harriet meets her newest client, exuberant spaniel Madi, she adds an extra challenge to her list--dealing with Madi's temporary dog sitter, gruff doctor Ethan Black, and their very unexpected chemistry. (From Goodreads)
First Sentence
This wasn't how a date was supposed to end.
This one was recommended to me and it sounded rather cute so I decided to give it a read.
And, well, it reminded me why I avoid romances. Now don't get me wrong, I like a good romance in a book but a ROMANCE book??? Not so much. And this book was the perfect example of WHY I don't like romance books.
They start out really cute. Girl meets boy, sparks fly, silly yet seemingly insurmountable issue pops up and then, well, it becomes one big, fat, cheesy, cliche.
There's just nothing new here. It's the same old story with the cute, naive girl and the handsome brooding guy.
And even the steamy scenes were lukewarm at best. Sigh. I was just unimpressed. This isn't my genre though, so don't take my review too seriously. Other people love Morgan's books.
What I hate in romance books is when the couple 'breaks up' over something stupid that could be resolved in 30 seconds if they'd just have a conversation about it. Drives me crazy! :)
ReplyDeleteThat drives me nuts too! This one didn’t have that aspect but it was still annoying.
DeleteThis was on the library's Best of 2017 list. I am going to read it in December.
ReplyDeleteYeah. I think that’s where I heard about it. I really want to hear your thoughts. It’s a bit racy though.
DeleteRomances aren't my favorite either. I think it's because there's just never enough going on for me and so many times the author has to try too hard to make up reasons for the couple NOT to get together that it just becomes tedious and silly.
ReplyDeleteSorry this one didn't work for you. I've heard good things about the author.
Yeah, that very well could be it.
DeleteYeah, I'm just not a romance reader either. Sorry it didn't stand out for you.
ReplyDeleteYeah, it was meh.
DeleteIt does look cute, and sounds like a movie title too. Bummer this was totally unremarkable. I for the life of me don't know why they keep using such rehashed plots!
ReplyDeleteAgreed. It would probably be a much better movie.
DeleteUgh that sounds like I would have the same reaction. I'm okay when some romances stray into cheesy IF it works with the storyline, but 99% of the time it's just too much.
ReplyDeleteYeah, it was a little ridiculous.
DeleteI don't mind a romance book but I just don't buy insta-love. Period.
ReplyDeleteYeah, it’s pretty annoying.
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