Daniel is a weatherman in Denver, lives with his boyfriend Chase (whom he refers to as his husband) - they have been together for fifteen years. But DDaniel is a weatherman in Denver, lives with his boyfriend Chase (whom he refers to as his husband) - they have been together for fifteen years. But Daniel’s job is boring and unsatisfying, and his relationship is dying.
When Daniel loses his parents in a car crash, he goes back to his hometown Laramie, and tries to deal with his parents’ house. The house is full of clutter and it seems impossible to finish the job. Landon, a neighbor and a friend of his parents’ helps Daniel to deal with all the stuff in the house. Weeks pass, and Daniel and Landon are getting close to each other.
The story is actually about Daniel discovering and accepting that his long-term relationship with Chase is over and starting a new life with Landon.
A magic cookbook appears from nowhere, in which each meal has some kind of special effect. With the help of the cookbook Daniel is starting to see clearer his life and relationship.
The cookbook is the only “mystical” element in the story, and it is not explained. It’s just thrown into the plot as a device to get things into motion.
There is too much focus on Daniel and Chase’s relationship, and I also missed the excitement of Daniel and Landon getting together. First, I felt it too slow, but when Daniel (view spoiler)[finally breaks up with Chase, they move in together too quickly (hide spoiler)].
The story is told from Daniel’s viewpoint, in first person. It’s a very limited narrative, and he didn’t even manage to make me like him. Chase and Landon are one dimensional: Chase is boring and cold and kind of a loser, Landon is perfect and wonderful and amazing.
Unbalanced story, poor “fantasy” element, steamless erotic scenes, unlikeable characters. Palm reading and horoscopes are not my things either.
Nick and Josh are celebrating their 10th anniversary at Marbella. Josh expresses his desires to have sex with a woman because he feels he is missing oNick and Josh are celebrating their 10th anniversary at Marbella. Josh expresses his desires to have sex with a woman because he feels he is missing out. Nick says their relationship is strong enough and gives him permission, if the possibility occurs, to do it.
But first, to make their anniversary perfect, they have sex, and based on how they are verbalizing their satisfaction it must have been pretty good.
But I didn’t feel it.
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Laura is staying at the same hotel as Nick and Josh are, and she sees Josh at the beach next day. She is immediately attracted to this “perfect specimen of manhood”, but to her disappointment she notices his wedding ring. As if that would be the only obstacle to have a chance with him. Too bad, because “his smile is enough to cause her bikini briefs to spontaneously combust.”
But Josh buys her a drink and invites her to have dinner with him and his husband.
She accepts the invitation and the evening is wonderful. Both men are “devastatingly attractive” and Laura is apparently Josh’s dream come true (in less than a day).
“Laura, I’ve never been with a woman, never really, truly wanted to. Until now.”
After this, you get a sex scene with sex-education from Laura and porn-like dialogues. (view spoiler)[
“Oh, yes, oh, oh, so tight,” he said between kisses. “You’re so tight the whole way inside you. Right up to the top of your pussy your muscles are squeezing my cock like they’ll never let go.” “God, you’re so big, so damn hard.”
I have to admit, after finishing the story of Chase and Jamie (Rock Stars Do It series), I think I can appreciate much more 2.5 stars
Update 11/22/2013
I have to admit, after finishing the story of Chase and Jamie (Rock Stars Do It series), I think I can appreciate much more this story, because now I can see the difference between what Chase had with Anna and what he had with Jamie. The former can’t come anywhere near the latter.
I still don’t like the plot of this story, and strongly dislike Anna’s decision to come to Chase for this interlude, but as for the depiction of this kind of erotica – fiery chemistry but no real romance – Big Girls Do It Wilder has its raison d’étre.
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10/30/2013
Anna arrives to New York to meet Chase. After some “Chase-chatter”, they do it like bunnies. Wait. Not after, but during. They actually start it in the taxi from the airport.
I don’t like that Anna behaves like a cat in heat, and simply can’t control herself. Literally: anywhere, anytime. They share a fantastic natural chemistry, and are obviously having a good time.
The feeling of being desired, the knowledge that a man as hot as Chase thought I was beautiful… that was something I couldn’t ever get enough of.
It starts to get boring, actually. Endless sex games at home alter with quickies in public. The long erotic scenes, well, are excruciatingly boring and repetitive and really test your patience. I prefer the quickies: first, they are quick, second, they are extremely steamy and fun.
At times Anna is doing some thinking, but not much. They have no time to talk in the intervals between concerts, parties, recording, and having sex. Besides, Anna doesn’t want to talk because she needs to think it over first. [image]
Of course she feels that something is wrong...
Something twinged in my heart, a brief but sharp pang of some emotion I didn't recognize. I didn't like it, didn't want to categorize it, and I pushed it away.
Don’t get me wrong, I like erotic stories even with not much plot or events, but I do want some emotional background, and in general I love romance. I couldn’t find either of them here. And there were parts where my brows arched high, really high... (view spoiler)[ By the time we got back to Chase's place, I was too tired to do anything but fall asleep. Chase, bless his sweet heart, curled up behind me and let me sleep. My last thought, before succumbing to sleep, was that I'd have to reward him later. - What the hell is that? Does she seriously think that she is allowed to sleep only after she has made him totally satisfied? And if not, she should make it up for him??
Nothing mattered. Only him, only me, only us together. - At least, when they were naked, and groupies were nowhere in sight.
Walls and defenses and worries melted away, futures and pasts and choices had no meaning. - See? How easy it is! All you have to do is to stay naked, and the worries will never be back. (hide spoiler)]
Then one night suddenly poor, poor Chase finds himself in an alley in back of the bar, (view spoiler)[molested by two girls. (hide spoiler)] [image] Anna storms away, in tears. Chase runs after the cab with tear-blurred eyes. Seriously. It’s almost dramatic. Even the driver pities him. But not Anna. She flies back to Detroit, crying all the way.
An awful and predictable end (?) of a superficial and sexual-based relationship.
Otherwise, if the author’s aim was to make the reader disapprove Anna and Chase’s affair, she has done a good job. Except, I was already on Team Jeff.
Two stars for the quickies, plus a half star after reading Rock Stars Do It series....more
- great characterization: you get both the positive and the negative aspects of each charact2.5 stars
I have mixed feelings about this story.
Positives
- great characterization: you get both the positive and the negative aspects of each character that makes them believable. They are fallible and imperfect. - great plot and writing style; - nice – though predictable – ending.
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Negatives
- alternating third person viewpoint, except Amanda’s. Even the babysitter has her own POV, why not Amanda? - cheating – unnecessary. The plot would have been totally intact even without it. - some clichés and some over-sentimentalized and overdramatized moments.
Mediocre, but could be satisfying, if you are in the mood.
You'd never expect to meet hobbits, Marie-Antoinette and Far East human trafficking in a chick-lit.
This laugh-out-loud funny novel is about ConstanceYou'd never expect to meet hobbits, Marie-Antoinette and Far East human trafficking in a chick-lit.
This laugh-out-loud funny novel is about Constance who thinks her life happy and satisfying until out of the blue her husband announces he wants a divorce after a 14-year marriage. Lorenz is a man of action, so he puts his wife and their two children, Nelly and Julius, with all of their belongings and memories out of their home in no time. He “gallantly” gives his deceased parents’ house to them in the suburbs of Köln.
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It turns out that the house is barely liveable, and their maintenance is only just enough to survive.
Constance has to struggle with her mother-in-law’s tasteless mahogany furniture, her malicious neighbors who sue her for everything, her ex-husband who wants to dispossess her (and who obviously had started an affair months before their separation), her teenage daughter, Nelly, who has typical teenage problems, and all the embarrassing situations she gets into.
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She makes valuable friendships with the down-to-earth Mimi, who helps her renovate the house, and Anne who is practically a single mother with a negligent husband. There is a so-called Super Mom club in the neighborhood, but Connie realizes that she would never fit in with the seemingly helpful but in fact arrogant and snobbish group. With their hypocrisy and putting their own motherhood and children on a pedestal, they are highly irritating. So Connie founds the Mothers’ Mafia with her new friends: here you don’t have to be a perfect mom, only good enough.
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Die Mütter-Mafia is a light comedy with strongly caricatured characters, with refined situational and verbal humor, but also with serious issues such as the difficulties of single parents, how toxic gossip can be, and the danger of negligent parents.
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