The Blogger and The Hunk by Jane Matisse – Review by Angela Hayes

4 Stars

The Blogger and the Hunk is a good opposites attract story by Jane Matisse. This is a standalone contemporary romance that is told from the duel point of view of the two main characters. It has a steady pace and a smooth flow which made the story quite easy to read. When I saw the title of the book and read the blurb, I was really excited to begin the story and find out what would happen. I did like the story, but not as much as I had initially thought that I would. Although the story is well written, with an interesting storyline and good characters- there was just something about it that didn’t gel with me, or allow me to fully immerse myself into the storyline or invest in the characters as much as I would normally love to do. I think a lot of it comes down to my initial feelings towards Jack and his attitude towards Penny at the beginning of the story when he was ‘sizing her up’. I know that attitude changed, but that feeling stayed with me the whole way through and irked me a lot.

The story is cute, with a little sprinkling of drama to keep things interesting. I did love the fact that there is a ‘Blog Post’ at the beginning of every chapter- it did help to set the tone and mood for each chapter, and the overall book.

I have read “Belleza and the Beast”, Ms. Matisse’s other book- and absolutely loved it- unfortunately this one didn’t have the same impact on me. But, I really am looking forward to seeing what she does next.

Thank you, Ms. Matisse!