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Light The Fire (2013)

by J.L. Merrow(Favorite Author)

3.44 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1611524563 (ISBN13: 9781611524567)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

JMS Books

review 1: Several reviewers have already pointed out Merrow's recycling prowess. I'll forgive Merrow that, since I put up with Calmes, Kell, and Glenn, and we can't hardly have double standards, innit?What isn't acceptable is this book: Merrow displays NONE of her writing abilities here. This book is barely a draft, with everything simplified to - dare I say this - a Lynn Hagen level. And for those fortunate enough to not have read a Hagen book, this literally means that empires and erections rise and fall within the space of three sentences.I get that maybe she wanted to write a novella, but this is NOT how a novella is written - by cutting all the narrative out and leaving a Wikipedia article in its place. Take a feather out of Lanyon's book next time. Harsh, I know. But I say thi... mores only because I know Merrow can do so much better.
review 2: From an unknown to me author, this would have been a weak four. But since it's a Merrow and I pretty much have a shrine for her and her awesomeness, this is a disappointing 2.75 stars.Competent writing still, but there was none of the charm that was abundant in the author's other work. The MCs were forgettable and sounded pretty generic and I didn't connect at all to Kurt and his heartbreaking loss and subsequent moving on with Matt. It all just felt so detached and impersonal. I wanted to see some personality and at least a flicker of chemistry between the characters, but nada. Everything was just so uninspired. Maybe it's because this wasn't set in the UK - setting was San Francisco, I think - and I missed Merrow's awesomely British narrative. Maybe it's because I didn't even smile once while reading this and that's a first for me when it comes to this author.Oh, and one other thing. My brain usually provides a Kinks soundtrack when I'm reading a Merrow book, but nothing with this one. This actually bothered me more than anything else. less

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