Blithe Images
I'm not really sure I can say that I loved this one by Nora. I'm a big fan and normally love her books, but this early work by her wasn't for me. I didn't get the connection between Hillary and Brett. I thought he was a chauvinist and kind of a jerk. I felt he definitely lead Hillary on in the beginning and gave her very mixed signals. Hillary just seemed weak to me. She was supposed to be a confident, successful woman, yet she let Brett walk all over her. Instead of confronting him about his maybe ex-girlfriend who constantly seemed to be around, she chose to wallow in self pity and be depressed. That just seemed contradictory to me. I couldn't understand how a few steamy kisses turned into love for her. The HEA wasn't believable to me. One thing that it did have going for it was that despite the references to typewriters and smoking, this one didn't feel totally dated to me. I think that it would still be relevant to today. Blithe Images is also one of the cleanest romances by Ms. Roberts that I have read. There was really no sex in it, other than some kisses and a few gropes. I listened to the audio version and the narrator did a good job.
