The Nerd Prince

My most recent e-book read is Ellen Fisher's The Nerd Prince.



If I continue to print the e-books I buy, I will have to explore buying a comb-binding machine.

Cade Ryan is frustrated by the strange music coming from the apartment of one of his neighbors. Once he's had all he can take, he turns on music of his own to drown out the noise. For her part, Shell Anderson can't concentrate on practicing her cello with the loud music coming from the apartment below hers. She goes downstairs to confront the neighbor and meets Cade.

I enjoy nerd heros, and Cade is terrific. This may sound strange, but I liked the fact that he was taking his divorce so hard. Often in romance land, people break up or get divorced and move on with their lives quickly and easily. That's not the case with Cade, and I appreciated this realism.

I also liked the fact that Cade admires Shell's curves, even though she's not very curvy. It's nice to see a hero and heroine that aren't perfect.

However, I was disappointed that he is so easily transformed into a good-looking man with contact lenses, a shave, and nice clothes. Shell is attracted to him before the transformation--and their love scenes are well written and passionate--but I would have enjoyed Cade's appearance to remain a bit nerdy.

For the most part, I enjoyed The Nerd Prince (4 out of 5) and will definitely read another of Fisher's books. I just have to decide which one . . . and whether I will buy a comb-binding machine.