This is only my second review this year, and it is already November. Depression is a Hell of a hindrance to both reading and writing. I’m bound and determined to get back into the swing of it, though, and sign up for CBR18 next year. Pretty much all I read is romances and true crime, so prepare for an onslaught in those genres. The other week I went to my excellent local library and brought home a stack of rom-coms. This was the first one I read.
Emily Porter is an Art Restoration expert who works at a prestigious museum in Chicago. Recently divorced, and believing that there are no good men out there, she is given the job of restoring a medieval statue of an English Knight. He is in remarkably good shape, and she swears sometimes that it feels like he is talking to her. But she’s just really lonely, right? Then Rose, the museum’s witchy woo-woo social media director, says Emily should just kiss him. Guess what? Statue-no-more. Now Emily is confronted with the reality of introducing Sir Griffin de Beauford to modern-day Chicago, while also being accused of stealing the highly valuable statue that he used to be. Also, this dude is HORNY, and he is convinced that Emily is his soulmate. He also doesn’t have an ID, a birth certificate, or modern clothes. He needs a job, and vaccinations, and Emily needs to get the FBI off her back. Also, her dickhead of an ex-husband wants to take her dog! The girl has PROBLEMS.
This book has viewpoints that alternate between each chapter, so it is interesting to get to see what the statue is thinking, but it may have been more suspenseful if it had been kept a mystery whether he was real or not for a little longer. Although I suppose the cover art spoils that mystery. They say you can’t judge a book by its cover, but I picked this one up because it was cute as Hell, and I really enjoyed it, so there! Was this book ridiculous? Absolutely. Did I enjoy the crap out of it? Hell yes! It was adorkable, reminding me of one of my favorite Rom-Coms, Kate and Leopold. I love a good fish-out-of-water/time travel story, especially when it’s the male character who is the fish. It was definitely better than both Mannequin and Mannequin 2: On the Move, which I have a special place for in my weird little heart. The spicy scenes were good and spicy as well. This knight FUCKS.
4/5 Stars.
4/5 Chili Peppers