The Unlikely Romance of Kate Bjorkman by Louise Plummer

I loved every character in this book, and that rarely happens. I really loved this portion of the book, because we get to learn a lot about Kate here.ģ. In these notes, she either talks about how she hates what she just wrote, how she needs to add or take away experiences she talked about, or her frustrations as an author trying to come up with the right words and presentation. Every so often, we get to a point in the book where we can read Kate’s revision notes. Her inner dialogue and her antics had me giggling with delight.Ģ. Of course, she has had a crush on her brother’s best friend, Richard, and spends the bulk of the book hopelessly pining after him.

It’s Christmastime, and her brother, sister-in-law, her brother’s best friend, and a girl named Fleur all come home from college to celebrate with the positively perfect Bjorkman family. Plus, she’s 6 feet tall and not the smoothest talker out there.

Kate’s a bit of an ugly duckling, with coke bottle glasses and boots with fruit on them and stubbly legs. We’ve got a story within a story, as we read both about Kate’s experiences as well as her writing process. Kate Bjorkman, aka Boo, is the author and narrator of this book, and she is hilarious. This book review was originally posted here on 12/3/12, but the book is absolutely adorable and so underrated that I had to share my review again! It’s everything I look for in a cozy Christmas read. This is the honest truth and I want truth even in romance. My life was one big conflict last Christmas. I also used stuff my English teacher taught me about writing. I wrote this romance novel about myself, using the Romance Writer’s Phrase Book. But what do you do if you’ve lived a real romance with a great-looking guy (Richard) and he loves you as much as you love him? I know what I did. They’re full of three-paragraph kisses describing people’s tongues and spittle. Genres: Contemporary Romance, Holiday - Christmas, Romance Published by Laurel Leaf on October 11, 2005 I'm betting you'll want the same.The Unlikely Romance of Kate Bjorkman by Louise Plummer My English teacher said there must be conflict in a story. I used The Romance Writer's Phrase Book since I'm not a natural in the romance department. But what do you do if you've lived a real romance with a great guy (Richard) and he loves you as much as you love him? Simple. They're full of three-paragraph kisses describing people's tongues and spittle. If you're turned off by romance novels, don't be. If you're reading this, I must have gotten published. Seventeen-year-old Kate hopes for romance when her older brother's friend Richard comes to stay at their house during Christmas vacation.

|a A brainy teen foils a beautiful, evil temptress and gets the man of her dreams. |a The unlikely romance of Kate Bjorkman /