This book was read by a summer book club I joined. What I learned from hearing other persons who read "Settling the Score" was that there seems to be a wide variance in views of plot and characters, depending on the reader's age, category preferences and personal experiences. I found myself fully engaged in the storyline, and though it reads very much like the fiction it is, I enjoyed knowing it was fiction while reading it. Does that make sense? In other words, I did not get hung up on dialogue or vocabulary or settings, etc. I simply read if for fun, and got exactly what I hoped to receive from it--enjoyment. For that reason, I am upping my rating to 4, instead of the usual 3 for a good book. Yes, it was fun!J.V. Petretta, author "An Impossible Dream Story" I'm not what you'd call a romance reader, so the fact that I finished this book is high praise. Overall, I'd say it reads a bit more like a romantic comedy than a romance novel and I do enjoy romantic comedies. I know there are a lot of similarities between the genres - as you would expect with two genres both attributed to Jane Austen - but, if you are a fan over either you know the difference. One thing I really appreciated: both of the heroes are rather inexperienced for gay men - one only having had a single lover - something that seems to happen a lot in m/m. Eden put in a section in which one of the heroes thinks about how atypical this is for gay men in general. I thought that was terrific. You can have characters who step out of the norm but the norm still exists so it's wise to acknowledge it.
What do You think about Settling The Score (2011)?
Highly recommend this FANTASTIC book!!!!
—hihihi21
Was better then i thought ~ very fluffy.
—AndreaSophy
