Title: Not a romance at all...
Product review: This book appears in the romance aisle and has the typical romance cover, but it really doesn't qualify as a romance, since very little actual plot or story time overall is used to deal with the attraction between the leads. It is, in reality, a melange of things: a social treatise, a psychological profile of the main characters (both of whom have Serious Issues), a retelling of historical beliefs and myths. Without the interesting writing style of the author, this book would be a complete mess; as it is, it ends up being odd, but interesting. If you are looking for romance, look elsewhere. If you want to spend a few hours contemplating the nature and purpose of religion, the difficulties of transcending differences in culture (and the resulting cruelty, advertent and inadvertent), and the commercialization of Christmas while occasionally delighting in an interesting turn of phrase, this is the book for you.
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