This is a short light read which has fairly interesting development
of the relationship and good chemistry between the MCs but is bogged down by
too much verbiage spent of food descriptions and the junior lifeguard
programme.
Sarah Wagner is a maths
teacher and Amy Bergen is a lifeguard. However, Amy also owns a luxury car
dealership which she wants to get rid of. Having moved to Southern California
from Iowa, Sarah was swept off her feet by one Robin, a successful real estate
agent. Sarah acknowledges that she took a lot of shit from Robin because she
was bedazzled with the latter’s wealth. A romantic, Sarah wants to find someone
to be with – but the only person who interests her is Amy, who clams up so
tight and so often that a relationship with her seems impossible. So, Sarah
suggests and fling and that is what they get into.
Sarah’s recognition and acknowledgement of the reason she
stayed with Amy and took her shit for longer than warranted quickly pushes her
out of a bracket of superficiality that she’d otherwise have slipped into. In
fact, it is quite difficult not to fall deeply in like with Sarah for
everything she is. Amy on the other hand, though not bad, is quite irritating
with her secretiveness of things that aren’t even secrets. Also, when the two
finally move from fling to dating, Amy’s feeling seem rather sane and muted,
bringing down the intensity that Sarah’s passion brings into the relationship by
quite a few notches.
This is a good read for an idle afternoon or while
travelling.
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