Reviews

Purely Novel Intent by Michele Lenard

mdb8199's review

4.0

I’m going to start off by saying I really enjoy dual POV. I like to know both sides and this one had it. Lisa is a romance author that has had great success but wants to branch out to a different genre. Chris is a successful business man that meets Lisa from his brothers business. I liked the slow burn this book had, mixed with a sweet romance.

I received this ARC through #netgalley and I am voluntarily reviewing this book

doseofromance's review

2.0

Unfortunately I was not a fan of this book. It had much more of a insta-/love-at-first-sight vibe than I was expecting. Sometimes this can work, but I felt like the hero was making up a version of the heroine instead of falling for her as a person instantly. The way Chris was introduced also didn't sit right with me. He doesn't seem very likable and, yes, a lot of the things that happen during the first meeting can be explained, but also... He created the very awkward and somewhat shady circumstances. I just couldn't really bring myself to like him after that. The way he speaks to his brother about Lisa also left me with a weird feeling. I liked Lisa a lot better, but unfortunately she wasn't enough to salvage the unlikable hero.

queeninsomniac's review

2.0

Overall, this book is full of basic cliches: the FMC is beautiful but doesn't know it, sexy librarian fantasy, forbidden romance (which I usually love).

Basic summary: FMC works for an education start up company and wants to write children's books but moonlights as a romance author to make money. FMC falls for her boss's brother, who is supposed to be off limits. Basic summary should make for a pleasant story; however, the writing felt forced. The story felt forced. Parts of the dialogue and plot give the impression that the author of the book is ashamed by what she writes, which really killed the entire book for me.

*** I got an ARC from NetGalley ***