Emma
and Sophie are nurses in the accident and emergency department of a hospital.
When they first meet gorgeous new doctor Gareth, Emma thinks he’s an arrogant
bumhead. However, as Gareth is a dedicated professional and more than a little bit adorable,
and as Emma is exactly the same, it’s not long before there’s some fumbling
going on in the closet. But Emma, like any sensible girl who’s had her heart
broken, has trust issues, and the sudden appearance of a beautiful girl from
Gareth’s past goes down about as well as it usually does in books.
Yes, the appearance of the beautiful girl from Gareth’s past sounds like a cliché, but don’t worry. It’s not.
ER
Fever is full of love and passion, and also lots of
romance. If you like your romance novels to have a little bit of excitement,
there’s a splash of mystery and intrigue in this book as well, when some worrying rumours surface at just the wrong moment.
The medical side also seems well done – I
don’t know if every procedure is correct, but the cardiac arrest sounds
convincing. Writer Wendy Pickett provides enough technical detail for anyone who’s interested in the
procedures, but if you’re not so bothered about that side, you can still enjoy
all the drama and fear of the emergency situations. It also doesn’t go into
detail about the really gross things, which is always nice.
I named the main character after my friend
Emma, and she really is a lovely character. She’s sweet and kind, and also
dedicated to her job. It did surprise me a bit that a nurse could a problem
with earwax, but this was one of the parts of the book that really made me identify
with Emma. She’s a human being with weaknesses…and aren’t we all?
Gareth is obviously very intelligent and
capable, which isn’t always something I find attractive, but when you’re
writing about a doctor, he’s really got to be bright enough to go to medical
school. But he’s also got to be vulnerable enough for the readers to care…and
he is. Being in love makes him adorably vulnerable, without actually turning
his brain to mush.
Emma's friend Sophie is great, very funny and she doesn’t
come over as a complete slut, which is always nice when I’m reading about a
character who’s named after me. It was a small disappointment that she
didn’t end up with some gorgeous personalised guy, but you can’t have
everything.
There are female characters called Louise,
Marge and Felicia, so you don’t want to use their names in personalisation. There’s
also a screaming kid called Jade, so it was lucky I didn’t call any of my
characters Jade, as I often do. Guy names to avoid are Marshall, Laird, Chico and
Trey, so you can't use that really old popstar Chico as your hero in this book. But the only Laird and Trey I can think of are both deer, so there's not too much danger there unless you're into bestiality.
Actually, the unusual names for non-personalised characters are one of the great strengths of BookByYou - it means you're much less likely to end up with two characters with the same name by mistake, and that can be really awkward, even if you're personalising a ClassicBookByYou which you've read about ten times.
Actually, the unusual names for non-personalised characters are one of the great strengths of BookByYou - it means you're much less likely to end up with two characters with the same name by mistake, and that can be really awkward, even if you're personalising a ClassicBookByYou which you've read about ten times.
