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The interwebs seem to agree that Jennifer Crusie writes above-average romance novels, so after reading several books that were very srs bsns, I decided to finally give one a try. This started out great: liked the snarky dialogue, liked the unusualness of an older woman/younger man pairing, thought the characters all seemed agreeable enough. The plot was really thin, however, and what little there was totally goes off the rails at the end—I’m not sure I get the logic of writing a romance novel wh
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Romance. Nina Askew's newly divorced and living on her own for the first time in fifteen years. All she needs now is a dog and the cute doctor in the apartment below hers, too bad he's way too young for her, or so she thinks.
This is a cute little romance, one of Crusie's first, and only about 200 pages, very much Crusie-lite, more focused on romance than plot. It's got lots of quality sexual tension -- they have a movie night! we know what that leads to! -- and she had me giggling out loud and ...more
This is a cute little romance, one of Crusie's first, and only about 200 pages, very much Crusie-lite, more focused on romance than plot. It's got lots of quality sexual tension -- they have a movie night! we know what that leads to! -- and she had me giggling out loud and ...more
These are just delightful books for a plane ride.
Very sweet and cute romance. I'm glad that Fred was on the cover; I might have never picked it up otherwise! Fun, quirky characters.
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Nov 22, 2012
Casey
marked it as to-read
May 01, 2021
Rachel Piper
marked it as maybe-read
