A hard slog of a book which probably could have been a lot shorter but seemed to waffle on. I only kept going as I quite liked Thea. Not light, not fluffy and very difficult to read. Didn't like the way it kept changing perspective either. Wouldn't recommend this book, sorry.

Initial am fost putin sceptica in ceea ce privea aceasta carte. Face parte din colectia Romance de la Polirom, din care am citit 2 carti care nu mi-au placut in mod special. Una din ele era de aceeasi autoare, deci un alt motiv pentru a incepe cu cateva indoieli. Insa inca de la primele pagini am fost placut surprinsa sa descopar ca defapt este o carte bunicica, deloc siropoasa, si care nu te induce in stari de plictiseala sau mai rau, intr-o stare de apatie, o lipsa de chef si o dorinta de a lasa-o neterminata pentru urmatoarele cateva luni (fapt ce mi se intampla adesea cu anumite carti). Desi sunt inca la inceput, am asteptari de la aceasta carte si sper sa fie la inaltimea lor. Ma astept sa gasesc umor si cateva idei interesante despre viata si dragoste.

O recomand celor care nu cauta un roman solicitant dar nici o carte de consum - categoria de lectura potrivita, nici prea grea de inteles dar nici derizorie.

I don't read much chick lit, but I bought this in a bind up for $2.00.

This read like your general book in this genre, but towards the end I realized that this story had suprised me in a very specific way.

There is a major twist involving the Saul/Thea characters (don't worry, I won't give any spoilers; nothing more than what's said in the synopsis). The twist isn't what surprised me, but the RESULT of the twist did. I was expecting things to get wrapped up in a much neater way, because, well, this is chick lit right?

This made me realize that I shouldn't be so judgmental when it comes to books, particularly of this genre. I'm not saying that I'm going to become a major chick lit fan, but I'll probably won't be so reticent to read more of it in the future.

‘Love rules’ is a British 2005 fiction romance following mainly the lives of Thea Luckmore. Thea is sensible and cautious and has always believed in old-fashioned romance. Her best friend Alice Haggerty is a ‘fun first, think later’ kind of girl. But just recently they’ve both been behaving out of character.

I was so pleasantly surprised by this book. I’ve got this book from a charity shop and books there are usually dropped off there because they are shit… most of them are but Freya North has been a good encouragement to keep trying to look in charity shops for cheaper books. The most enjoyable thing about this book was getting to know the characters. The even spread of character development has been very easy with the understanding of each issue and connections. I related to and understood each character very perfectly which made this book so much more enjoyable. The character I most related to was Thea. She is sensible and cautious but she does lead on about the ideal love romance. The setting that’s being described is pretty amazing, and very London-ish which is very close to home and I could really relate to the environment. The story has kept my attention throughout and never has lost my focus. I enjoyed every Britishness that was mentioned in the book and the writing style is quite simple.

At the beginning of the book, we are introduced to many characters and their names get mixed together sometimes I couldn’t keep up with who is connected to who. However, after a while, I got used to it and it was worth the confusion. Apart from the countless names being mentioned there was nothing bad with the book. Sometimes the way they speak does sound like they are from the eighteen hundreds but it’s not difficult to understand with context. The book earned 4 stars. It didn’t earn 5 stars because it was quite long necessarily. There were parts that the book didn’t need.

Trashy British novel. Sex, love, marriage, typical but good.

It has some nice catch phrases about love and desire that you will remember long after you read the book, but the story itself is boring, cliché and frankly very sexist.
It completely undermines feminism, as the female characters may appear strong and modern to a reader who isn't paying much attention. But this a sad depiction of women living in a clearly patriarchal rape culture type of society, where "men are men" becomes and acceptable excuse and guilt is relative according to the gender.
Just.... No.

story ok, characters ok....but not spectacular