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Is This Love? by Sue Moorcroft (view source)
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|title=Is This Love?
|author=Sue Moorcroft
|publisher=Choc Lit
|date=November 2013
|website=http://www.suemoorcroft.com/
|summary=Thought-provoking women's fiction, with themes of love, trust and friendship.
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Sue Moorcroft is not a typical ‘chick lit’ writer, despite the pink and purple cover of this novel, and the fact that her publisher is ‘Choc Lit’. Certainly there’s a romantic element to the book, but there’s a great deal more besides. Love, in the title, does not simply refer to romance and adult relationships, but also includes strong family ties.
Or so I thought, until events developed in unexpected ways, and minor mysteries unfolded. I started wondering just who could be trusted, and who was going to get hurt.
So the book became quite difficult to put down, and there were some surprises before the somewhat predictable (but entirely satisfactory) conclusion. But - sigh - I have to remove a star from my rating for a couple of all-too-explicit bedroom scenes, which - unfortunately - seem to be compulsory with this kind of publisherexpected these days. Yes, I realise that modern fictional couples are going to get each other into bed after just a few dates, but I really don’t want any detail about what they get up to. When I like a book, I want to be able to recommend it to all my friends, including those with conservative tastes and young teenagers; alas, I can’t do so when there are ‘adult’ scenes.
Still, other than that, I thought this a very enjoyable light read that was thought-provoking, and also quite memorable. Highly recommended if you’re keen on women’s fiction of this kind.
Many thanks to the publisher for sending this book to The Bookbag.
If you like this kind of book, I would highly recommend others by the same author, such as [[Uphill All the Way by Sue Moorcroft|Uphill All the Way]], [[Dream a Little Dream by Sue Moorcroft|Dream a Little Dream]] or [[Starting Over by Sue Moorcroft|Starting Over]]. For Christmas, why not try her [[The Little Village Christmas by Sue Moorcroft|The Little Village Christmas]].
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|name= Mark West
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|comment= Hi
Hope this finds you well.
I've just read your review of Sue Moorcroft's "Is This Love?" and, since she's a writing pal of mine and I've read the book, I thought it was well thought out and interesting. I was intrigued, though, to see that you docked a star because of the 'bedroom scene'. Personally, as someone who tends to read across genres, I didn't find it at all explicit (raunchy, yes) and thought it a little bit misleading - whilst I understand your point about friends with conservative tastes or young teenagers, it was hardly erotica.
Anyway, just my opinion but I thought you might appreciate some feedback.
Best wishes
Mark
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