Even for a short romance novella - a one-off, "holiday bonbon" as a professional reviewer termed it, A WALLFLOWER CHRISTMAS is one of thee dullest; unoriginal; waste-of-time romance reads I encountered in the year 2009.
I have respect for Lisa Kleypas' writing, most of the time. She's a well established romance author and has written some good romances. I still turn back to my favorite Kleypas book, Dreaming of You, every time I need an escape. But A WALLFLOWER CHRISTMAS, in my opinion, reads like the work of a lazy author. Or, maybe it's not so much laziness as it could be, possibly, Kleypas's listening too closely to her publisher's whisper: Hey Lisa, you can make lots of money off the popularity of the Wallflowers series by writing a speciality novella using these characters!
I can't even begin to recite the plot of this trite, colorless story that had characters I just couldn't care about, and a spiritless plot (derivative of better ones I've already read) that left me feeling cheated - cheated of valuable reading time.
And totally off the subject (and I grant that this isn't Kleypas's fault) but what is up with the cover art? Three headless women, and all in the wrong clothing for the time period. Who missed the boat when it came to approving this cover?
I know I will take "unhelpful" knocks from devoted Kleypas followers for this admittedly bitter and semi-sarcastic review. But I feel strongly that this is a poor book, written solely to profit from the popularity of the Wallflowers series.
I have respect for Lisa Kleypas' writing, most of the time. She's a well established romance author and has written some good romances. I still turn back to my favorite Kleypas book, Dreaming of You, every time I need an escape. But A WALLFLOWER CHRISTMAS, in my opinion, reads like the work of a lazy author. Or, maybe it's not so much laziness as it could be, possibly, Kleypas's listening too closely to her publisher's whisper: Hey Lisa, you can make lots of money off the popularity of the Wallflowers series by writing a speciality novella using these characters!
I can't even begin to recite the plot of this trite, colorless story that had characters I just couldn't care about, and a spiritless plot (derivative of better ones I've already read) that left me feeling cheated - cheated of valuable reading time.
And totally off the subject (and I grant that this isn't Kleypas's fault) but what is up with the cover art? Three headless women, and all in the wrong clothing for the time period. Who missed the boat when it came to approving this cover?
I know I will take "unhelpful" knocks from devoted Kleypas followers for this admittedly bitter and semi-sarcastic review. But I feel strongly that this is a poor book, written solely to profit from the popularity of the Wallflowers series.
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