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And I loved thee...
Oct. 17th, 2008 09:41 pmOh man.
I just had to stop reading a romance novel for the first time in a while. I mean, I have read the trashiest, eye-rolling-est, most unbelievable stories ever... But this really takes some cake. Sometimes the writing just kills me.
It was a "Special $4.99!" price. Printed in January 2008. Oops. Should've been my first clue.
The hero is a Blackfoot Indian. Who refers to himself in third person. In English. Right.
A fabulous line: "Valerie resumed picking the flowers along the riverbank, which was shaded from the hot summer sun. They were of such vibrant colors! The yellow bells so yellow, the lavender crocus so lavender."
The level of my laughter, so laughing.
And after that said Valerie ogled him while he held her brother hostage, admiring him for "And oh, how handsome he was! So tall. So sparebuilt. So sinewy of limbs."
The last line I read, after guffawing, some 20 pages later...
"Valerie," he whispered to himself. "Just like her, there is magic in her name."
There was just a little bit of magic in closing the book at page 63. Who's to say, maybe the plot was fantabulous later? So wonderful. So amazing. So not reading.
...Good thing I bought three others. :D... :D... :D;;;;;
I just had to stop reading a romance novel for the first time in a while. I mean, I have read the trashiest, eye-rolling-est, most unbelievable stories ever... But this really takes some cake. Sometimes the writing just kills me.
It was a "Special $4.99!" price. Printed in January 2008. Oops. Should've been my first clue.
The hero is a Blackfoot Indian. Who refers to himself in third person. In English. Right.
A fabulous line: "Valerie resumed picking the flowers along the riverbank, which was shaded from the hot summer sun. They were of such vibrant colors! The yellow bells so yellow, the lavender crocus so lavender."
The level of my laughter, so laughing.
And after that said Valerie ogled him while he held her brother hostage, admiring him for "And oh, how handsome he was! So tall. So sparebuilt. So sinewy of limbs."
The last line I read, after guffawing, some 20 pages later...
"Valerie," he whispered to himself. "Just like her, there is magic in her name."
There was just a little bit of magic in closing the book at page 63. Who's to say, maybe the plot was fantabulous later? So wonderful. So amazing. So not reading.
...Good thing I bought three others. :D... :D... :D;;;;;
