Still working my way through the TBR…
How To Score by Robin Wells
(2009, Contemporary) 9/5/10
Grade: 4
Museum curator Sammi Matthews has been so spooked since her last failed relationship, she’s actually started injuring her dates! Accidently. So she consulted a life coach. However, she doesn’t know her coach is actually Chase Jones, an FBI agent filling in for his brother. But when she and Chase meet in person, sparks begin to fly…
This was a fun contemporary. The author managed to keep me laughing without too much slapsick or silliness. (Not many authors could find a way for the hero to tell the heroine, “You’re the SCABHOG of my dreams” and have it be both funny and touching.) The first third of the book was terrific, a great combination of humor and emotion. However, the book seemed to run out of plot in the middle. The story just became predictable, as if there wasn’t enough story to fill the book. The misunderstanding between the hero and heroine just dragged on too long. (I’m always telling authors they don’t need a “suspense” plotline, but in this case, maybe a little more plot would have helped.) The secondary romance between the heroine’s boss and landlord was sweet and kept the book going. Overall, I really enjoyed the story, it just didn’t quite live up to the promise of the first few chapters. A good contemporary is hard to find, so I’ll definitely be looking for more books by this author.
Could the single title contemporary be making a small resurgence? I can’t call it a trend yet, but I’ve seen more of them in the past year. I keep hoping!
Karen Wheless
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