Reviewed by Jess
TITLE: Her Remedy
AUTHOR: Rose Marini
PUBLISHER: Self-published
LENGTH: 147 pages
RELEASE DATE: March 14, 2019
BLURB:
The intelligent and relentlessly driven Allison Williams swears that nothing will get in the way of achieving her dream: becoming an Emergency Medicine physician. However, from the first day of her medical residency, nothing goes according to plan. First is the unexpected arrival of Emma Simmons, Allison’s chemistry tutor from college and first unrequited love.
Emma, a third year ER resident, is shocked when Allison shows up at her hospital. And more than a little confused, considering they hadn’t spoken since Allison disappeared from her life three years ago. Still, it’s easy to sink into the thrill of Allison’s company once again—assuming she can keep old doubts and questions at bay.
Fear, pride, and an addiction-fueled crime spree threaten to keep them apart a second time. Will the embers of attraction ignite into flames, or will the two be left brokenhearted once again?
REVIEW:
This novella is my first read by author Rose Marini, and I can already tell she has a knack for writing that gorgeous romance that makes your teeth ache with the best kind of sweetness. I wish the story was a little more even to match how good the characters are.
This is a short read, and the plot is relatively simple. Allison is beginning her residency at an emergency room when she finds out Emma, her first and only real (and unrequited) love is a third-year intern at the same hospital. The two have instant chemistry once more, but Allison knows Emma isn’t in the same place when it comes to accepting their sexuality. Religion and exes get in the way as these two find each other once more.
The moments of perfection and pure rightness between Allison and Emma made me smile while reading. They’re just meant to be—they both know it, even if that conclusion isn’t obvious at first. Seeing them reconnect and get back together is achingly romantic. In this case, distance does make the heart grow fonder, even if we didn’t really know them before they separated.
Some details could’ve been introduced in a smoother manner. There’s a lot of clunky exposition-through-dialogue in this story, enough for me to skim over a large portion, only to have those little details come back later in the story. The pacing is altogether a bit rushed, making it an odd read. I never got quite settled with Allison and Emma before the drama started to unfold. I don’t think the alternating third-person-omniscient point of view worked in their favor, either—it was hard to keep track of which woman’s head we were currently in.
The latter half of the book definitely brought more of that drama, but I actually preferred the softer, day-to-day sweetness of falling in love with someone all over again. These parts remind me a lot of Shannon M. Harris’ lesbian fiction—there’s so much love and warmth on every page that it is often possible to overlook some storytelling flaws in favor of a perfect romance.
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