A Man of Character by Margaret LockeMy rating: 2 of 5 stars
Book 1 of the Magic of Love trilogy
Read: 26 Nov 2018
Synopsis (written by me): Catherine has never taken time out for romance because her failing bookstore is her life. Then suddenly she is being asked out left and right by men who bear an eerie resemblance to characters from stories she wrote as a teenager. Suddenly she is forced to confront what her current idea of Mr. Right is.
I felt that this story dragged a bit. There was a lot about why Catherine wasn't looking for romance and how she was still pretty much grieving over the loss of her father. Romance is my primary genre, so I am accustomed to knowing who the heroine is going to end up with from page five. It is what happens between the beginning and the end that makes a romance worth reading and this one didn't feel like it had much. It took a while to get to the point where our heroine Catherine finally realized that she had a magical gift. The book was all setup with very little payoff.
The other two books in the trilogy appear to deal with time travel more than this one did. Since Locke's writing is decent, I would be willing to give one of those books a try. I just hope that the pacing is a bit faster.
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