Queen B’s Decree: Maggie Finds Her Muse sounded like a fun and easy romance with a fun setting. I could pretend to go on a vacation just by reading a book! Maggie has writer’s block and is down to the last minute to write the final book in her trilogy. When her agent offers her a place to stay in Paris to help find her muse, she jumps on a plane. While there she plans to visit her daughter and surprisingly, her ex-husband.
And the beginning of the book was what I had hoped for. The descriptions of Paris and the food made me feel like I was there…and made me hungry. She has an awkward meet-cute with Frenchman Max and it is soon after that she gets her spark to write again. But then my interest started to wane. Reading about an author’s writing process is kind of boring to me.
And then Maggie’s character just got worse. She’s supposed to be 48 but her actions are so immature. She makes some questionable decisions and manipulates Max. If her daughter Nicole hadn’t intervened, I truly don’t think Maggie would have owned up to her lies. And that just makes me dislike her. The only character that was worthwhile was the daughter Nicole.
At the end of the day, I didn’t feel invested in the characters or their relationship.
Book: Maggie Finds Her Muse by Dee Ernst
Series: standalone
Genre: Contemporary
Hotness: mild salsa
Plot Devices/Tropes: older hero/heroine