I love first person romances. Just love them. Hope you do write on it.

@Janine: I have gotten behind in my Hart reviewing, having read both Deeper and Stranger since starting this blog (I read Tempted and Broken before). I think I will review P&P though. It is such an odd book.

I keep meaning to think hard about the 1st person / 3rd person thing and post on it – never seem to get round to it.

@Carolyn Crane: I was totally channeling your magpie ways with this post.

@Janine: I hate the premise, but your review convinced me to buy it. so far so good.

@Laura Vivanco: I did add “erotic romance” in the first line of the post, anticipating that for someone who doesn’t read it, they may not work (they may not work for someone who does read erotic romance, of course, too)

As for the “perfect” thing, I agree with you, but I think context is key. I know this is a menage book, and it is an erotic novel with strong romantic themes. So to me, the “perfect” line reads as a foretelling of a problem.

If the same line was uttered at the very end of a traditional romance, the I would believe it.

we know that people never say “my life is perfect” unless it isn’t

Really? I probably wouldn’t say it aloud, because I would have a superstitious feeling that that was probably tempting fate, but doesn’t anyone occasionally feel that “all is for the best in the best of all possible worlds”? [That can still be a somewhat cynical thought, depending on one's assessment of the limitations on what's "possible."] If I heard someone saying that their life was perfect I might wonder if they were having one of those flashes of joy that can make one feel (albeit temporarily) that “all’s right with the world.” Of course things aren’t perfect, but just sometimes one can have a sense that, in one’s own small sphere, they are, even if only very temporarily.