Gulf Breeze

This is your average lesbian fiction romance. There are a couple of women of a not too old but not too young age (i.e. around their mid thirties, by me oh my they only look like they're twenty-five or twenty-eight or so). They meet, they don't understand what's happening, they both have pasts that have scarred them horribly and the story goes from there (And honestly I'm still waiting for the book that takes the bull by the horns and has a non-happy ending. We'll see).

Generally the part of these lesbian fiction romances that makes or breaks the story is where it's set and what's going on around the two Juliets and their love story. Here the setting is the Marshlands of the Texas coast (though I was confused at first since the two show more Rockports I'm familiar with are in Maine and Massachusetts). And the non-romance subplot is the restoration of the marshlands. They're both interesting topics and I especially liked the characterization of the birders who care about the marshlands in the book. They are quite a rare breed of people in real life too.

A solid book with solid writing that was a quick read, but nothing groundbreaking or radically different than most of the rest of the lesbian fiction genre. show less

I knew what I was getting into since I've read several of Hill's books. It's a standard lesbian romance novel. It's not great but it's not bad, either.

I thought Carly's continued response to her first relationship was too much but without it we wouldn't have much of a story.

Like a romantic movie, it's was a nice way to relax for a few hours and escape from the rest of the world.

The most interesting parts of the book were the witty repartees between the two leads. Though not on the level of Ann McMan's Jericho ladies, they're still quite entertaining nonetheless. The rest of the book is a rather typical lesfic romance book--a fast and easy read.