6/26/2023 0 Comments Instant attraction by jill shalvis![]() ![]() ![]() This is a really common romance novel trope. ![]() The big issue for me was that the particular trope used in this book is the one where the woman (it's always the woman) keeps denying her totally obvious and mutual attraction for the hero with no reason other than to drag the book out. In this case it wasn't as bad as it could have been: mainly the dialog became a little less snappy and the tropes got a lot more obvious. The Two-Thirds Curse is where a book is really smooth reading for the first third-no continuity issues, a logical chain of actions and reactions, no draggy parts-but in the rest of the book? Not so much. What I'm starting to think of as the Two-Thirds Curse kicked in. For a good one hundred pages I thought I might actually enjoy this novel.īUT THEN. The dialog is modern and amusing, and it's fun to read the interactions of the characters-not only Katie and Cam, but the secondary characters as well. This book starts off really well, with a great meet-cute scene. *obvious connection made* They're attracted to each other, but can Cam overcome his Issues to settle down with Katie? Cam used to be an Olympic-level snowboarder, but after a terrible accident he went on a walkabout around the world for a year. Then Cameron, one of the more wild Wilder brothers, shows up. After surviving a terrible accident, Katie is determined to live "balls-out," which is more or less how she finds herself in the small mountain town of Wishful, working as a temporary accountant for Wilder Adventures. ![]()
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