The Look Of Love by Sarah Jio – 268 pages
Book Blurb:
Born during a Christmas blizzard, Jane Williams receives a rare gift: the ability to see true love. Jane has emerged from an ailing childhood a lonely, hopeless romantic when, on her twenty-ninth birthday, a mysterious greeting card arrives, specifying that Jane must identify the six types of love before the full moon following her thirtieth birthday, or face grave consequences. When Jane falls for a science writer who doesn’t believe in love, she fears that her fate is sealed. Inspired by the classic song, The Look of Love is utterly enchanting.
My Review: 3 stars
I’m all for a book about love; I mean who doesn’t love love? Yet this book didn’t hit the standard I’m used to from Sarah Jio’s previous books. This story was filled with multiple characters and multiple versions of love, yet the main premise of seeing love fell flat for me. I couldn’t grasp that the removal of a possible debilitating brain tumor versus the ability to see love was even questioned. In my opinion, there were too many characters to be properly developed and the multitude of plot lines needed to be fleshed out more. I also would have liked more knowledge about the six types of love, as Jane, the protagonist was discovering them. I did like the prologue and was hoping that story line would be more prominent in the book. The cover art was beautiful as well.
Overall, it was disappointing for me, but for some looking for a sappy, easy romance, this book will do the trick.
Quotes I liked:
Our hearts speak to us all the time, but it takes practice to learn to listen.”
-“True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about but few have seen.”
Shop on Amazon Here!
