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Band:Stephanie Rowe Album:Date Me, Baby, One More Time Record Company:Warner Books Writer: Sherri Carras Click Album Cover To Buy Now

I’m actually a little embarrassed to publicly review this book. After my previous forays into the world of reviews, this one is so…light. It’s light on character motivation, light on plot, but also lighthearted. I call this type of book a ‘palate cleanser’. After more in-depth, meatier tomes, a book like this is just sweet enough to clear it all away, and prepare me for the next solid novel.

Justine Bennett is the heroine of this book, a gal unlucky enough to be protecting the Holy Grail (now in the guise of an espresso maker named Mona). It’s a thankless job, and lonely in terms of the opposite sex (it’s been over two hundred years since she’s had that kind of gratification).

Enter her love interest, Derek La Valle. He’s rich, handsome, and cursed. All of the men in his family die the moment they turn thirty one years, forty six weeks, four days, six hours, three minutes, and five seconds old. We learn this as he tries to save his no-account cousin, but fails. Derek and his brother are due to turn the critical age in less than a week, so Derek is pretty motivated to break the curse.

Now we reach the crux of the problem. Derek must behead The Guardian in order to break the curse. The Guardian is Justine, who must behead any threat to the safety of Mona. Complicating matters for Justine is she’s already on probation, and any misstep on her part will land her in Hell.

Of course, Derek and Justine are drawn to each other at first sight. This is, no matter how much the publisher of this book would have you believe, nothing more than a formulaic romance with no real twists or turns. In fact, there are several ‘false ends’ in this book that make me roll my eyes, because the author clearly thought, ‘Oh, shit! I’m supposed to make this story last at least 300 pages! Well, here, let me throw in another obstacle last minute. There we go! We’re back on track!”

This is not the best written story I’ve ever read, by any means. But I still thoroughly enjoyed it, as only a guilty pleasure can be enjoyed. I got tons of laughs out of it, most of them intended by the author. There is a wonderful little side story involving Justine’s mother, and the man intently courting her, Satan. Satan is a pussy-whipped little bitch, but still evil. The way the author portrays Satan here is very unique, and also laugh out loud funny in several places. There is also a secondary character, Justine’s roommate, Teresa, that is worth the poorly drawn out plot. I won’t give anything away by telling you Teresa is a Muse turned dragon, who is now confined to quarters with Justine, and addicted to cyber-sex. C’mon! If that doesn’t make you want to pick up the book out of morbid curiosity, what will?

Mediocre writing aside, this is still worth the cover price of $6.50. If you can get it on sale, say, through the Amazon link, even better. I guarantee you will get a nice long afternoon’s entertainment out of it, and you’ll be all the readier to read your next, more robust, tale.

Band:Stephanie Rowe Album:Date Me, Baby, One More Time Record Company:Warner Books Writer: Sherri Carras Click Album Cover To Buy Now

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