The Practice Proposal by Tracy March
The book is a bit of “Chicago Stars” Series combined with “Bet
Me” for me. I like the simplicity of falling in love in the series and how
natural the leads feel with each other. Yet, the feelings are rather too much
too soon for me, and after a while, it seems too melodrama to read: The girl,
Lisa, nearly gets everything in life easily, being a rich and privileged girl
she is, and that’s why I feel quite a bit annoyed when she makes her life
suffer with her grief, and perhaps, her down-playing attitude. She’s too
naively good to live in a dog-eat-dog world then!
The hero, Cole, too, appears too simple-thinking for my
liking. While Chicago Stars Series make a number of heroes, such as Kevin and
Dean, a bit more astute, Cole himself is a bit too shallow for me.
The most beautiful part for me, perhaps, is when Cole realised
he falls for Lisa because she knows the before-him, the poor boy with nothing,
and still liked him well enough.
Give it C+. It’s a bit too melodrama for my liking, and even
I am in the mood for it, I still feel it lacking after a while.
