SoBe - reviewed on 7/24/2009 + 147 more book reviews

Over all not God Awful, but not all that great either.

Fosters was typical of her writing, and had little to no angst...but it feels like there are some details missing. And the heroine forgives the Hero way to easliy esp considering how flimsy his excuse for lying was. Said excuse did more to make both the H and his twin look more like jerks then Heroes, though she did make me want to read the twin' story, wherever that turns up.

Deirdre Martins.. was low angst, and pointless plot devices that served the sole purpose of annoying me. I'd actually started her story months ago, and got bored with it, and forgot I'd ever started it... I did manage to finish it, but if you're new to DM's works, don't start with this novella! It will not make you a fan. She's better with whole length novels where's she's got the room to create whole stories.

Jacquie D'Alessandro's was the strongest of the 4 stories... Usually I don't like the hate at first site theme, but JD carries it well. Of the four authors in this anthology, she's the only one who's told a complete story in a limited amount of space.

McCall's was just bad. I'm hoping this is a case like DM's, where her whole novels are actually worth reading, as this short was not! It was supposed to be cutesy, but I just found it annoying. It felt like you were dropped right in the middle of an already ongoing story and were missing half the details! And the heroine comes off as inept and the Hero as a callous jerk. I pretty much sped read through it, just to get it over with!

I'd say if you're looking for a book to cleanse your palate, so to speak, this is a good choice, though it's not necessarily a good read. (on a side note ditto to the reviewer who mentioned that aside from Fosters, the title didn't really apply the other 3 stories)

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