Jo V. (jovan) reviewed on + 301 more book reviews
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It's no wonder romance gets a bad rap. The standards just aren't as high as most other fiction. I enjoyed this story until page 264, when the heroine, the widow of a race car driver, breaks off her engagement with another race car driver after he has an on-track accident, because she can't face the idea of being widowed again and because of the fear her children felt when he had his accident. These are legitimate fears, particularly the ones involving her children. So how does the author resolve this? By having the heroine's father-in-law give her a pep talk about loving the hero while she can.
Really?
Until romance editors raise their expectations and stop letting romance authors cheat when they've written themselves into a corner, the genre will continue to get no respect. If you want to be an author, you need to do the hard work of writing an honest ending.
The sad part is that I was enjoying this book immensely until I hit this cop out. Now I just feel cheated.
It's no wonder romance gets a bad rap. The standards just aren't as high as most other fiction. I enjoyed this story until page 264, when the heroine, the widow of a race car driver, breaks off her engagement with another race car driver after he has an on-track accident, because she can't face the idea of being widowed again and because of the fear her children felt when he had his accident. These are legitimate fears, particularly the ones involving her children. So how does the author resolve this? By having the heroine's father-in-law give her a pep talk about loving the hero while she can.
Really?
Until romance editors raise their expectations and stop letting romance authors cheat when they've written themselves into a corner, the genre will continue to get no respect. If you want to be an author, you need to do the hard work of writing an honest ending.
The sad part is that I was enjoying this book immensely until I hit this cop out. Now I just feel cheated.
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