Biblio Reviews

I didn't love Rose Lerner's  Sweet Disorder (2014) as much as Ellepkay  of CBR8 did, though her wonderful review is what sold me on reading it. Nonetheless, she is correct in identifying the nonstandard aspects of this romance as being its main appeal. Sweet Disorder is the story of Phoebe Sparks, a widow whose husband's voting rights get passed on to her new spouse, and Nick Dymond, an injured veteran and middle child of a politically active and ambitious family. Their paths cross when Nick's mom manipulates a depressed Nick to secure a political vote for his younger brother's campaign by marrying Phoebe off to a supporter of their political party. In the end, they both fall for each other which creates a bit of a problem for their family members. What I liked: Phoebe being a headstrong and adult heroine, though presented as foolishly too selfless Phoebe being a plumper heroine and that not being the driving force of the story Phoebe being a widow who was...