A review by trin
Sailor's Delight by Rose Lerner

2.0

This is about three of my favorite things -- gays, Jews, and boats! -- so I thought it would be a home run for me. Sadly, it was more like... a sputtery bunt. (I'll abandon this overtaxed baseball metaphor now; it doesn't go with the boats.) It's not bad; it just turns out it's not for me at all. Lerner's style is incredibly serious, and this simply wasn't a very fun read. Nor, frankly, did I feel much chemistry or longing between the leads, who spend most of the book working out issues to do with the sailor's finances -- and the possible breaking of his longtime engagement to a woman from his home town. (See what I mean about not fun?) There's a lot of substance here, but none of it is what I come to the romance genre for.