Romance writer Khela Halliday is quite successful in her craft, winning top honors at a romance conference makes her feel even more like a fraud. The truth is, though, she writes romance novels she does not believe in love and has truly never been in love until she meets Carter Radcliffe, the 'super' in her building. Of course they have an attraction that she just does not want to admit to and he is all gung-ho for. I thought is was so funny every time he walked away from her, he had to go 'literally' fight someone to feel better. I was totally confused that her best friend thinks Khela is in love with Carter when after 3 years, she still does not know his name. Not only does she not know his name but she nevers asks him about himself until after they go to bed together. Umm...*headache*!! Ehh...Crystal Hubbard's writing is generally a step above the usual romance writer, but it still fails at random points in the book. Her premise, while initially interesting, starts to stretch believability when the main character constantly keeps crying over how she feels she is a romance writer fraud, despite winning prestigious awards and making beaucoup bucks with every one of her books hitting the bestseller charts. Since the main character is a writer, I automatically end up seeing her lifestyle (ritzy and lavish) as wish fulfillment (given what I've read about the writer lifestyle of 99% of all authors), and every issue the character argues about as a personal soapbox for the author. I don't particularly like being preached to.Additionally, the male lead is too good to be true. He is described as so amazingly handsome that shameless hussies throw themselves in his path at every turn, and he never has to pay for his meals because some chick is always there to treat him as soon as he walks into a restaurant. I'm pretty sure the author is envisioning the actor Lucas Black as the guy, since she dedicates the book to him and the character has the same accent and hometowns as the actor. But I recently saw the movie Legion, and while Lucas Black is kind of cute in a Christian Kane sort of way.....I would not throw myself at his feet. I wouldn't even bother trying to talk to him if I ending up in the same room as him. That might change if the author actually crafted a character who had a PERSONALITY worth drooling after (since obviously my tastes in appearance differ completely from the author's), but no. He's just another romance hero mannequin who says all the right things at exactly the right time (but he means nothing to you and I don't knoooow why...*ahem* >_>).Meh. Might finish, might not.
What do You think about Mr. Fix-It (2008)?
Khela was driving me crazy;very disappointing. I couldn't finish the book...
—Jonah
It was better than some of than I thought it would be. Very good!
—Tamzin
Trashy romance read. Wasn't expecting too much.
—Chicagogirl
