Genre: Adult Contemporary Romance
Rating (Out of 5): ~3.5 (can, maybe, up it to four)
Publisher: Penguin (Berkley Sensation)
Spoilers?: Somewhat Minor (gave away the, um, ending, which wasn't a surprise)
Goodreads Synopsis:
Sociologist Emma
Riley?s new research project depends on a sexy bartender who wants
nothing to do with her project?and certainly nothing to do with Emma.
Too bad she?s way too smart to ever take no for an answer.
Available on Amazon.
Review:
This is probably
going to be a pretty short review, because I don’t have too much to say about
this book. It was a really cute, sweet story, and I enjoyed it.
Getting into the
book was easy; I liked the romance between Emma and Jake, and how it
progressed. The ending for them was very sweet, if a bit cliché and predictable, but I can get
over that. The epilogue was… I mean, it was sweet, but it kind of bothers me
that for a lot of these types of stories, it’s not a happy ending unless the
two characters get married. In this story, there was actually some time for the
characters to get to know each other, time actually went by, but still not
enough for me to be happy about them getting married so quickly. It’s just… I
don’t think that there has to be marriage in order for there to be a happily
ever after.
But whatever, I
still liked the story.
As I said, I
enjoyed the scenes between Emma and Jake, and there was even some nice sex, but
not very much and that’s fine. I also liked the scenes between Emma and her
family; I found those to be really entertaining, which was nice. My least favorite
storyline was probably the one involving Jake, and that was only at the
beginning, since it got better. Emma was sweet and, at times, fierce, and Jake was funny as well as sweet. Her family was fun and a bit pushy, and their small town was eccentric; I liked meeting all the different characters.
The story flowed
rather well; it wasn’t a super-fast read, but it didn’t take very long, and
overall I enjoyed it quite a bit. It was sweet and fun, a very light read.
When I got this
book, I didn’t know that it was part of a series, but that doesn’t seem to
matter too much, given that each book stars a different character. I do plan on
reading more books by Linz, though.
Also, sidenote: I don't think the title, or the cover, portrays the novel very well. I mean, it made me think that the main character would have two different guys to choose from, but that wasn't the case. There was only ever one guy, really. I can't even think of another contender existing, so if there was, they were obviously very minor. I'm thinking the title maybe has to do with how the two fight and then she has to rethink if she wants to be with him, but I still don't think it fits very well. They could have thought of something better, even have gone with something even more cliche like 'Take a Chance On Me' (since this phrase was actually used in the make-up scene) or something.
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