Fin­ished Vision in White by Nora Roberts. This is the first book in her new Wed­ding Quar­tet con­tem­po­rary romance series about four friends who plan weddings.

In this one, pho­tog­ra­pher Mack­en­sie Elliot isn’t look­ing for love, but finds her­self attracted to Eng­lish teacher Carter Maguire, whose sis­ter has hired Mac and her friends to plan her wed­ding. The geeky Carter had a crush on Mac in high school and isn’t about to let her go now that she’s back in his life. But Mac has a lot of issues, includ­ing a needy, con­trol­ling mother that makes it dif­fi­cult for her to open up to Carter …

Every­one on all the romance blogs always talks about how great Roberts’ romances are. I’d never read one of her straight-up romances, so I decided to try her and see what all the fuss was about.

I really wanted to like Vision in White, and there was sev­eral things about it that I did like, espe­cially Carter. It’s always nice to see a reg­u­lar, kind of geeky guy as the hero. But I have to say that I didn’t care much for Mac, espe­cially the way she let her mother walk all over her, like demand­ing thou­sands of dol­lars just so she could go to a spa. And I just couldn’t get into Roberts’ voice or all the sud­den point-of-view changes that she made. (I know that Roberts is known for her skill in shift­ing POVs, but it just didn’t work for me in this book).

I’ve read and enjoyed some of Roberts’ J.D. Robb books, but Vision in White just didn’t click with me. Thumbs down.

Up next: Dark Desires After Dusk by Kres­ley Cole.

Books in my TBR pile: About 14.