Curve

by Carrie Brennan

Book by Brennan, Carrie

Genres: Lesbian, Fiction

228 pages, Paperback

First published November 30, 2004

Reviews

[Ayse · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute story, and I can just imagine the characters, being all awkward and adorable. The resolution of the conflict, and in fact the conflict itself, was a little too quick. I prefer the characters work for their happy ending a little bit more to justify the good work the author put into setting up the story. Also I am not sure in which universe it makes sense that the cop is begging to be protected by the lawyer, but it was nice to mix up the butch/femme thing. It is a very nice breaking of the heteronormative mold that some of these novels fall into -- where the butch acts like a more traditional man in a romance story and the femme-yer one acts like a more traditional woman. So this was refreshing, but so rare that I initially found it odd. This book doesn't have some of the polish of a more seasoned writer, but it was a believable romance and the backstory for both women was interesting and not cliche driven..I also liked that it was not just about the romance and the honeymoon, but about the evolution of a relationship. It made the speed of the initial romance easier to take.

[Sarah Thornton · Rating 2 out of 5]

Generic and feels like it started as a Xena AU.
Good bones but could have been better executed, and open-ended with some of the issues.

[Erica · Rating 3 out of 5]

While reading the book I constantly had the impression that the two central characters were in fact adolescents rather than grown women with baggage. If their competencies in their jobs were worked more into the story, it made have made them more adult characters. Very little attention was paid to Maggie's job as a cop; it seemed to be a convenience to put her in harm's way later in the plot, and perhaps to explain her relationship with her father. Disappointing.