Grade – D
Hotness Level – Blaze
Kink Level – No Kink
Genre – Contemporary, very short story
Series – Pecan Creek #0.5
Reviewed by Kate
Small town virgin librarian (is there any other kind?) Monet has a secret second job as a sex-advice columnist. When threatening letters start arriving in town, her father hires Elijah to be her bodyguard. Monet decides it’s time to learn something about sex and Elijah would be the perfect teacher.
This one is extremely short. Kindle has it listed a 78 pages but I read it in under an hour and it was over by the 47% mark. The rest was a sample of the next book in the series. It seems like a teaser to draw you into the full length book releasing next month, but it falls flat. There are no struggles or obstacles for the characters to overcome, no tension whatsoever. I’ve seen more tense episodes of the Brady Bunch. The ending is too quick, too easy, and too perfect (just like the Brady Bunch, come to think of it.)
D Reviews
Down To You by M. Leighton
Grade-D-
Hotness Level-Inferno
Kink Level-None
Series-The Bad Boys #1
Reviewed by Kay
This series came highly recommended to me. I was very excited to read start it. I was also a little intrigued since the blurb about it said it was a love triangle that really wasn’t one.
Olivia Townsend is a college student studying accounting with the hopes to help her dad with the family farm after graduation. She lives with her cousin, who she can’t stand and who is a total witch.
Nash Davenport is a law student and the boyfriend of Olivia’s cousin. He works with her cousin’s father also.
Cash Davenport is the owner of a successful nightclub and the black sheep.
This is the story of the relationships between these three characters. The twins aren’t real close to each other. Olivia is attracted to them both as they are to her. There is a secret that could put them all in danger.
This is not a good example of romance or romantic suspense either one. The romance was creepy and kind of gross. The heroine was slutty as were the twins. The secret was over the top to me as was the reason for the secret. I had a issue with the cheating, deceiving and a situation of questionable consent. This was an utter miss for me on all levels.
Leather, Lace and Rock-n-Roll by Mia Dymond
Grade-D
Hotness Level-Inferno
Kink Level-None
Series-SEALS, Inc. #1
Reviewed by Kay
The story starts out a rock concert for Jaydon Hawke’s band. Rachel, the heroine and Cameron, her best friend are trying to get backstage with only one pass. Cameron is trying to get Rachel to take a walk on the wild side and sleep with a rock star. Rachel is kind of shy and considers herself smart but not attractive.
Jaydon Hawke is a bonafide rock star. Oh yeah, and he’s also a a Navy SEAL. Rachel helps him with a stuck zipper and he’s hooked from there. He’s undercover trying to capture a terrorist and thinks Rachel is somehow involved.
Nothing about this story worked for me at all. I tried, I really did. It has two things I love to read about: Navy SEALS and rock stars. Still those things did not help. Let me list what I liked and disliked.
Like- Max. He was a good character.
Disliked- A rock star that’s a Navy SEAL? Come on. Cameron grated my nerves so bad I thought I was gonna scream. The men in the story were a little Beta for me. The sex scenes-not enough and not hot enough.
I gave the book a D rating because I admire authors and the sacrifices they and their families make so we as readers have something to read. Otherwise, my review rating would’ve been worse.
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