The Book Gourmet

Blurb writers should actually read the book they’re writing the blurb for, before doing anything remotely similar to writing a blurb...Because having finished this anthology, the problem isn’t with the mothers (as many would have you believe), but with their daughters.Each heroine in this book has her own issues with intimacy with the opposite sex and those issues are mostly their own fault. Their mothers just want them to be happy and if that means they have to resort to matchmaking—so be it.Ms. Novak’s What a Girl Wants was the strongest one of the bunch, and despite her high IQ and rather prim behavior, had the most pleasant heroine as well. Throw in a sexy ex-race-car driver, some lessons in flirting, kissing, and seduction, and you have yourself a funny, witty little story.Ms. Shalvis’s The Road Home wasn’t bad either, but the heroine was the most annoying of the bunch. There’re always two sides to every story, she just preferred to ignore the side that didn’t agree with her. Lucky for her, she had a hunky novelist vying for her attention, and she did get “smarter” toward the end.Ms. Kent’s Upstairs, Downstairs was the weakest link in this anthology, IMO. Besides the ridiculous premise of a thirty-something woman still clinging to the past (both distant and nearer) and “refusing” to let her own mother live her life five years after her father’s passing, there was the rather hole-y backstory to contend with. Also, despite the hunkiness that was David, I didn’t feel the attraction or love.