Date Published: January 2009
ISBN: 978-0-425-22648-3
Contemporary Romance
Mass Market Paperback
Reviewed by Sarah
Brilliant, sweet Emma Riley struggles to validate her life choices and to accept that she is not always in control…especially when it comes to adrenaline-fueled Jake Slayter. To make matters more complicated she’s got to deal with her competitive sisters and heavy-handed mother during the wedding preparations for both of her sisters.
Jake Slayter is fighting demons of guilt for the death of his friend while fighting his immediate attraction to Emma who needs his help to complete a research project that will push her career ahead. He’s got an important project of his own and she’s a distraction he didn’t count on!
Smart Girls Think Twice is an exciting story. I read it in a very enjoyable afternoon. Emma is comforting in her status as “any woman” and the strength with which she undertakes whatever comes her way. Jake has a hell-raising attitude that is as adorable as it is frustrating. His appeal also stems from the fact that he’s had a rough past. I know I wouldn’t mind being his shoulder to cry on!
As for Emma’s immediate family and her relationship with them, I couldn’t stop from giggling at Emma’s sisters and their need to compete with each other, or her dramatic mother’s heavy handed interfering. Meeting other citizens of Rock Creek was a hoot, too, in most instances. They each had an excellent introduction, if not an excellent reason for being in the story.
It wasn’t completely golden, though. There is too much going on with various plotlines and sub-plotlines. Some of the characters felt as if they were un-necessary to this story. They were just another thread used to push along a story that would’ve done just as well without them. At points the main characters’ thoughts and attitudes were repetitious.
I would definitely recommend Smart Girls Think Twice to any woman questioning her path in life, or falling in love with her opposite. The book stays close to the realm of “very possible” and the characters are, for the most part, a little kooky and a lot of loveable. Though there is a series of adventures for the citizens of Rock Creek, I hadn’t read any of the other ones yet, and it didn’t appear that I had missed anything vitally important to this sweet and sassy stand-alone romance.
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