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Playing It Safe (2014)

by Barbie Bohrman(Favorite Author)

3.83 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1477825460 (ISBN13: 9781477825464)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Montlake Romance

review 1: Sweet little romance book that I really needed after weeks of studying for a med school exam. But, seriously, it was so, almost, sickeningly sweet. Since I read it in one sitting, I saw some of the repetitive lines and some timeline inconsistencies (birthday party was Nov 10 but the black eye she got at that party was "ok" because it looked like Halloween makeup??). I've read unpublished novels with more oompf but that doesn't mean this wasn't still enjoyable!
review 2: Every once in a while, my wife and I like to recommend a book to each other that's outside our usual reading comfort zone. She tends to try and get me to read a novel from one of her favorite genres -- the world of romance.And while this one isn't quite the supernatural romance I'm sure she wa... mores hoping I'd read, I have to admit it was fairly satisfying. Julia Boyd is a bit jaded when it comes to love. Spurned by her college boyfriend, Julia has found a lot of frogs and no prince. But maybe her friend Alex could be that knight in shining armor who breaks down her sarcastic barriers and finally wins her heart. Barbie Bohrman does a nice job of giving Julia and Alex a slow burn, building up the sexual tension between the two. It also helps that for the first half of the novel, Julia has a nice cast of supporting characters to give her advice and to serve as a sounding board for her frustrations at her attraction to Alex (turns out Alex was once the object of interest for her best friend, who is now happy in a different romantic relationship). The flirting eventually leads to something more between she and Alex -- and it's once the two get together that I feel the novel lost something of its edge.I will admit I listened to this one as an audio book and that may not have helped things necessarily. Chapters of steamy romance may not not be best experienced in the audio book format. But it's kind of a trade-off since the reader gives the first-person narration of Julie such a flair up to that point. Another part of it could be that once Julia and Alex give in to their feelings, the supporting cast virtually vanishes into the background. And maybe that's meant to mirror how new couples can disappear into each other when they first get together, but I couldn't help but hope the supporting cast might get more page time in the novel's last half than they did. less

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