Well, between work, reading, and football, life has been busy – yet somehow I seem to have little to show for it. Except a pile of finished books. Honestly, I am such a book hog. It’s amazing how quickly time passes these days. First days seem to fly by, then weeks, and before I know it, Christmas is almost here. So dressed in my holiday best, here are some very short reviews on a few of the books I’ve plowed through.
- Title: The Ideal Man
- Author: Julie Garwood
- Type: Romantic Suspense
- Genre: Lightweight romance with some suspense and weird family
- Sub-genre: Brilliant woman doctor with stalker meets hunky FBI agent and chasing a killer arms dealer
- My Grade: C- (2.8*)
- Rating: PG-13
- Length and price: Novel – about 90,000+ $7-17 (used to new)
- Where Available: Available at most bookstores, online, and used
- FTC Disclosure: rec’d through an online book swap site
Julie Garwood made her writing bones with Regency romance novels with unusual, plucky heroines. The settings have changed with the clothes and technology, but the plots remain the same. Competent, intelligent woman meets big, protective man who wants to save her ….. and basically just wants her. Light on plot, Garwood, as always, uses characters rather than research to drive her stories. The results are pretty predictable, basically, you read one Garwood book, you’ve read them all. (more…)
