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One Classic Latin Lover, Please (2013)

by Marcia Lynn McClure(Favorite Author)

4.04 of 5 Votes: 2

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Distractions Ink

review 1: Awesome story! Tierney and her brother Alec both choose to leave their current lifestyle where money, power, social circles etc. are the norm. Alec goes first, and years later, sends his friend to convince Tierney to break off her engagement and come out to Leavenworth to room with him. The guy he sends is dressed as a classic Latin Lover...Tierney is instantly in love. Upon arriving in Leavenworth a year after that meeting, Tierney learns what it means to have true friends. She also learns that classic Latin lovers still exist in the 'real' world!
review 2: I have read most, if not all of Marcia Lynn McClure’s books. I consider myself a fan – I really don’t think anyone writes kissing scenes as well as she does. I’ve come to know her style and wha... moret to expect when I pick up one of her books. That said, I was unfortunately left unsatisfied with this short novel. It had all of the right elements – a sweet, innocent heroine; a gorgeous hunk of a man (with the required shirtless scene); along with all the quirky MLM things we know and love. So, it wasn’t that anything was “missing” per say, but what she added that I didn’t care for. First, the good stuff: It comes with “Chimney Sweep Charm” at the end of the e-book and the paperback. So, you get two novellas for the price. Once Classic Latin Lover, Please started off great. I loved Tierney’s obsession with “classic Latin lovers” and the fun and supportive relationship that she had with her brother Alec. The stressful relationship between her and her parents because of her mom’s societal expectations was a good way to add depth to Tierney’s character. Her fickle friends were stereotypical, but that was totally appropriate for family’s societal status.The bridal shower was amazing! Who wouldn’t want to have a brother like Alec, who sent his little sister a real, true to life, classic Latin lover? A brother who cared enough about his little sister to go to such extremes to prevent her from making the biggest mistake of her life? LOVE THAT!Unfortunately, once Tierney left California and headed to Washington to be with her brother Alec, plot holes showed up along with other distractions that left me with an over-all dissatisfaction with the book.Case in point: when Tierney attends Rome’s family Halloween party (which was AMAZING by the way), Heidi rushes in and makes a big deal about ANOTHER person walking into a plane propeller and Alec comments that it had happened the year before. Enough time is spent on the topic that, as a reader, I thought it was important and would somehow tie into the plot. Nope. It was really never mentioned again and was just a distraction to me, because I kept waiting to see how that would get tied in.Then there’s the whole to-do about Heidi and how Rome thinks that Alec has a crush on her when Tierney first arrives. In actuality he really likes Rome’s sister Celeste and Rome seems to know this and then schemes with Tierney to get Alec & Celeste together with no further mention of the supposed crush on Heidi. Probably my biggest complaint, however is that the bulk of it read like a psychological case study instead of a sweet romance. There was so much “psychobabble” going on that I thought I was reading a different author. Perhaps MLM was thinking she was adding depth to her characters and storyline, but it was just plain annoying to me. Like I said, I’ve read a lot of MLM’s books and I know what to expect from her – this was like an ugly step-sister or something. There are enough of her trademark elements (and those are sooo well done) that it masqueraded as a sweet MLM story, but underneath it was something else entirely. less

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