{"id":14331,"date":"2020-04-07T00:00:54","date_gmt":"2020-04-06T22:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelesbianreview.com\/?p=14331"},"modified":"2023-06-14T15:05:33","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T13:05:33","slug":"perfect-timing-dena-blake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelesbianreview.com\/perfect-timing-dena-blake\/","title":{"rendered":"Perfect Timing by Dena Blake: Book Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Perfect<\/a>Perfect Timing by Dena Blake <\/b><\/span>is an age gap romance with a little second chance twist. This romance is all about taking a chance at love.<\/span><\/p>\n

Maggie Randall fled Baltimore four years ago after kissing her best friend\u2019s aunt, but four years in Boston hasn\u2019t dulled her feelings at all. <\/span><\/p>\n

Lynn Monroe finally has a life she is happy with after her divorced. She\u2019s not looking for any kind of relationship, definitely not one with her niece\u2019s best friend Maggie. <\/span><\/p>\n

Now Maggie is an intern at the hospital Lynn works at and now Lynn is divorced, she\u2019s ready to give things a try. Of course, she\u2019ll have to contend with Lynn\u2019s ex wife Beth who just happens to be the Head of Surgery at the same hospital. <\/span><\/p>\n

The Characters<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n

Maggie is driven to succeed. She\u2019s been focusing on becoming a doctor for years and she\u2019s almost there; she just needs to get through her internship and residency. Romance is not a complication she needs, but she has been in love with Lynn for years. We meet her on her very first day of her internship and I couldn\u2019t help but feel a little sorry for her after she got vomited on and spent her first day smelling like last week\u2019s lunch. Maggie\u2019s crush on Lynn is somewhere between adorable and pathetic, but she manages to pull it off.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lynn is so relatable for me. She has finally got things to a place where she\u2019s happy with them when Maggie shows back up and puts all of that in danger. She has what I would call and unhealthy obsession with pound cake but each to their own. I immediately wanted Lynn to have her happy ending, she deserved it. She had been through so much already, from the niece dumped on her doorstep to raise to the ex-wife who she spent years pleasing. It was clear Lynn needed something for herself.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Writing Style<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n

I love reading Blake\u2019s dialogue, it makes her characters jump off the page as if they\u2019re arguing right in front of you, and boy do these characters have plenty of opportunities for argument. I won\u2019t spoil your enjoyment by recounting them here, but there is plenty of tension and disagreement to keep the conversation going. <\/span><\/p>\n

From their first interaction there are plenty of obstacles getting in the way of this happily ever after, but it never feels repetitive. It has a little slower burn than I would usually enjoy, particularly given the story is building on an established relationship. However, that just made it that much more enjoyable when Maggie and Lynn finally jump in. <\/span><\/p>\n

The Pros<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n

I love a good medical setting and I love a good second chance story so there was a lot for me to love about this book. Opening up this book felt a little like watching Grey\u2019s Anatomy for the first time. This little group of misfit interns nervously settling into hospital life. Honestly, if you\u2019ve ever looked at season 1 of Grey\u2019s Anatomy and thought it would be better if there was a lesbian love story (I\u2019ve definitely thought that) then you\u2019ll enjoy this as much as I did. <\/span><\/p>\n

The Cons<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n

The biggest con for me was that there didn\u2019t feel like there was quite enough of the medical subplot for me to really sink my teeth into. As I said, I love books with a medical setting and part of the enjoyment is the nitty gritty hospital drama which Blake glossed over a little bit in favor of the romance. <\/span><\/p>\n

The Conclusion<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n

This is the kind of romance I could breeze through within a couple of days, it isn\u2019t too heavy on the drama and it\u2019s very easy to keep turning page after page just to see how they get out of their latest issue. <\/span><\/p>\n

If you\u2019re looking for some relatable characters you can root for, or you love a nice age gap romance then this is well worth a read. <\/span><\/p>\n

Excerpt from <\/b><\/span>Perfect Timing by Dena Blake<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n

Carrie answered after the second ring. \u201cHey, Auntie. What\u2019s up?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhat do you mean, what\u2019s up? How was your first day?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cExhausting.\u201d Carrie blew a sigh into the phone. \u201cI thought med school was hard, but this is so much worse.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI warned you. From what Pam told me, you\u2019re going to still get some scut work until you earn your place. She actually had to buys some poor intern\u2019s lunch today because someone threw up on her and she forgot to grab her badge from her coat when she changed.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOh my God. I\u2019ve already heard this story.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhat? Did that happen there too?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Carrie chuckled. \u201cNo. The intern was Maggie.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

A rush of heat ripped through Lynn. \u201cMaggie\u2019s here? In Baltimore?\u201d Lynn hadn\u2019t see her since Maggie left for Boston.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cYeah. I just got off the phone with her. Haven\u2019t you seen her yet?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cNo. Why didn\u2019t you tell me?\u201d If she\u2019d known, she would\u2019ve been on the alert and her stress level would already be topping out. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been so busy I forgot. I thought for sure she would\u2019ve contacted you by now, but she\u2019s probably been busier than me. I mean with moving and all.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cProbably so.\u201d Lynn was silent. She knew why Maggie hadn\u2019t contacted her and was torn between being relieved and sad about the whole situation. <\/span><\/p>\n

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