MrsJoseph *grouchy*'s Reviews > Flourish: The Story of Anne Fontaine

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2.5 stars rounded down to 2 stars!



To quote my friend Colleen, "I must confess myself... disappointed."

I am supposed to be reading an anthology full of Romance novel firsts: the beginnings of 14 different Romance series. So I am not sure what the fuck to call Flourish. As you can tell by the title/heading, Flourish is NOT the first in a series - it's something like the 6th story in this damn series. I had NOT A FUCKING CLUE the import of anything that happened in this stupid story.

Also - just to add insult to injury - this is NOT a Romance. Not a Romance. This has not a hint of Romance in it - so why is it in a Romance anthology?? I seriously would like to know.

Flourish is the story of Anne Fontaine. Anne has had some family issues and is searching for her half-sister, Adrienne, in order to re-connect after a hurtful parting. In search of Adrienne, Anne meets Nicolas. Nicolas is suspicious of Anne because a lot of fortune hunters were trying to contact Adrienne. In order to "force" Anne to admit she was not Adrienne's sister but instead another fortune hunter, Nicolas pretends to be someone other than Adrienne's brother. Nicolas also hits on Anne (and if I'm not mistaken puts his hand up her skirt). THANK GOD they didn't swap spit cause I would have thrown up in my mouth. Anne is Adrienne's half-sister so she is Nicolas's half sister, too (grossness abounds).

Nicolas takes Anne to meet their aunt and thus ends the story.

Yep. That's it. Anne meets her family. There is no ROMANCE here and I was expecting a Romance. No wonder Red Hot Beginnings was pulled - so far the offerings have sucked major ass. I have not wanted to move forward with any of the stories I've read in this anthology thus far.