Tuesday, July 27, 2004
Farm Fatale by Wendy Holden
Forget what I said about safe sex in these books. Condoms don't appear until the later books, the early books include sex with all sorts of practical strangers with no thought to birth control or sexual disease.
That said, Farm Fatale is a much better book. Where the books I previously reviewed were heavy on gossip and talentless people wasting time and energy keeping up with the Kidmans and Jaggers, Farm Fatale deals more with people and their real emotions and worries (even rock stars have real emotions!). Rosie, an illustrator, has talked her partner Mark into moving to the country. Ensconced in a charming cottage in Eight Mile Bottom she will do her work surrounded with beauty and peace while Mark will find plenty of material for his new column "Green-er Pastures". Real life is much harsher than their dreams.
Mark turns bitter and there is a handsome, lonely farmer down the road. Will Rosie transfer her affections to the farm?
Other people are moving to the country; there is a hermit rock star recovering from a devastating romance and a banker/actress couple trying to find their place as Lords of the Manor. Much hilarity, old girlfriends, and hideous house decorating take place.
I'm still not recommending them.
That said, Farm Fatale is a much better book. Where the books I previously reviewed were heavy on gossip and talentless people wasting time and energy keeping up with the Kidmans and Jaggers, Farm Fatale deals more with people and their real emotions and worries (even rock stars have real emotions!). Rosie, an illustrator, has talked her partner Mark into moving to the country. Ensconced in a charming cottage in Eight Mile Bottom she will do her work surrounded with beauty and peace while Mark will find plenty of material for his new column "Green-er Pastures". Real life is much harsher than their dreams.
Mark turns bitter and there is a handsome, lonely farmer down the road. Will Rosie transfer her affections to the farm?
Other people are moving to the country; there is a hermit rock star recovering from a devastating romance and a banker/actress couple trying to find their place as Lords of the Manor. Much hilarity, old girlfriends, and hideous house decorating take place.
I'm still not recommending them.
# posted by JJ @ 4:02 PM 
