Love has its day in court.As graduation nears, Daphne Ellison can’t keep her eyes off the sigh-worthy guy in her moot court class. She’s been crushing on Tighe Hartnett since day one of law school, even though he reportedly has a serious girlfriend. What—that means he’s safe, right? Crushable, with no chance of distracting her from earning that prized law degree.Until today. Because Tighe’s … degree.
Until today. Because Tighe’s girlfriend is old news, and when he and Daphne are pitted against each other in mock court, sparks fly.
Moot Court is a novella in the Legally in Love series of top-selling romantic comedies by Jennifer Griffith. Full of swoony kisses, clean & wholesome romance, and hilarious incidents, Moot Court is just what the judge ordered.
Great for fans of Jennifer Peel, Rachelle Christensen, Victorine Lieske, and Cami Checketts. Also great for fans of the Hallmark romance movies.more
Daphne and Thige attend the 3 years of JJa Law course in the same class, but never speak each other, then…
lovely short story! simple things and moments make day and life better!
I have never really been into the whole lawyer and laws talk, which is why I didn’t think I would be that into Moot Court. However, I’m not someone who passes up on a free book (thank you Jennifer Griffith) so of course I gave it a shot. Good thing I did, because the book was not what I thought it was going to be and I am happy.
It was really only the first chapter that had all the lawyer terms and talk. The rest of the story was smooth sailing from there, and when there was all those terms and lawyer explanations it was made up for with the charming characters and progressing attraction. Their fast developing romance was sweet. That’s the best word I can think of. For being such a short story there weren’t much room for a more intense romance or a struggling development. Still, the author did a very good job with the length frame she had set. While I think one day is too short a time for their relationship to develop as fast as it did it never actually felt forced or unrealistic either. Their attraction for each other were immediate, but it wasn’t an insta-love since they took us readers through their first meeting with getting to know each other through well written dialogues and let us see the development to their feelings for each other. It sounds very unromantic now when I take it apart and explain why the romance worked so well, but trust me. It was sweet and charming, just as a good romance should be.
I am all for originality and Moot court sure had it. Since there are very specific events that makes it unique I won’t explain further of the risk of giving away spoilers. One thing that was often mentioned and that I can mention without spoiling is the All-American that Tighe was described as. He sure was different with everything we learned about him throughout the story, but that term I did not understand. First I thought it meant that he was American and this took place in another Country. Sort of like a foreigners allure to him. However after a while I learned they were in America. Did it then mean that Tighe was a typical American? Maybe it’s a common term that I don’t know about, but this really confused me and wasn’t explained at all. It even mislead me to believe they where somewhere else for half the story. It wasn’t such a big deal that it ruined the book for me of course, but it was mentioned enough that I didn’t really know what to believe.
Despite that little confusion, Moot Court was clear cut and to point, which was both good and bad. Good because it drew me right of into the plot without any unnecessary introductions or detours. Bad because I lost some depth. With how short the story was it wasn’t much room for a deeper plot or romance which in turn hurt the book a bit. Still, for being so short Jennifer Griffith still managed a lot, so I’m actually pretty impressed with what I got in terms of a short story. It is definitely worth 3,5 stars if it was possible to give it that.
I really liked the characters and storylines in the book. Who knew law students could be funny. Two 3rd year law students finally meet when thrown together to do a mock trial in their law class.