Title: Electric Blue Love
Author: Rebecca Jenshak
Rating Out of 5: 4.5 (Amazing, but not quite perfect)
My Bookshelves: Contemporary, Contemporary romance
Pace: Medium
Format: eBook, Novel
Year: 2018
I honestly thought that the age gap in this romance was going to be one of the sticking points for the whole relationship. I was seriously surprised when it wasn’t. In fact, other than the fact that the age gap left one half of the couple in college, whilst the other is well established in the business world, there wouldn’t have been anything of note about the whole age gap romance thing. I love that most of the conflict to this couple is the past and present colliding, and both Court and Bianca being forced to figure out how to negotiate their lives with all of the challenges that they both face.
Electric Blue Love is a little bit more serious than the other Jenshak books that I’ve read. And I kind of liked that departure from the lighter books I’ve read by her so far. It’s still a new adult romance, one that is based at that turning point in life. The one where you figure out who you are going to be in life. But, between Court and Bianca’s family, there are a number of more adult concerns occurring throughout the story. I really enjoyed Court and Bianca’s ability to finally overcome their challenges, and find a new happily ever after.
I don’t have a whole lot of mentor / mentee type romances on my shelves. And I love how Court and Bianca are able to build their relationship not so much on a friendship, but a friendship of sorts. It’s also refreshing that although Bianca is originally using Court as a relationship guru of sorts, she very quickly realises her own feelings and acts on them. It meant that the angst was so much more based on the external influences, than both Court and Bianca just not admitting what they mean to one another. It also acted as a nice reminder as to why Bianca works so well in an age gap romance – she’s mature and not prone to the hysterics and nonsense others can sometimes be drawn to.
As much as I love the fact that Bianca and Court were less whiney and angsty about their feelings, it did freak me out a little when they got together halfway through the story. It just meant that for the second part, I was anticipating the worst to happen. I mean, this story was going to have them torn apart in one way, shape or form. And it did almost make me cry when they do face their hurdles. But, it also meant that I absolutely demolished this book – I raced to find them together, and then I raced to see how Jenshak was going to tear them apart.
As a counterpoint to Court, Todd is a bloody idiot. I mean, a lot of his actions and decisions are just damn painful and cringey. Although, he does manage to have some redeeming qualities throughout. Regardless, I really don’t see how Bianca managed to fall for the fool in the first place… I like him as the mild villain in this though. Whilst the stakes are high, and there are plenty of emotions, Todd manages to be a low cost challenge to the relationship.
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