Natural Selection - Bill Dare

Bill Dare's first novel considers itself to be above the simple romantic comedy, and approaches the tediously popular genre from a self-consciously, slightly-different angle. Bearing in mind this desperation to avoid the clichés, it can't be argued that the plot still proceeds along the basic line of boy meets girl / boy falls desperately in love with girl, who is uninterested and/or afraid of spoiling the friendship / boy and girl begin relationship, ahh, and throws the customary potential threat of an potential impossibly charismatic and handsome male rival, balanced out by the safely asexual, funny, clinically depressed mate. The main difference is made clear right at ...  Read the complete review