Review: Shattered Pieces (Heathens Ink #4) by K.M. Neuhold

“I was sure my heart had withered away years ago, but then you smiled at me, and I felt it beat again.” ~Gage
Years ago, I fell in love with my best friend’s little brother. Then, he took his own life, leaving me shattered and unable to piece my heart back together. I’ve been a zombie for nine long years. Until a crazy, gorgeous man walked into Heathens Ink and injected color back into my world of gray. No matter how hard I try to resist Beck, he just won’t give up on me. I would need steel willpower to withstand his gorgeous long legs in those high heels and his drawer full of lacy lingerie. But is this just a kinky hook up or does it have the possibility for more?



“We’re both broken, but our jagged edges fit together well” ~ Beck
When you’re half of a whole you never contemplate what life would be like without your matching piece. Since my twin sister, Brianna, died last year, nothing I do seems to quiet my soul. I know there has to be some way for me to feel happy and whole again. And, when I look into the pained eyes of the tattoo artist at Heathens Ink, I feel like I have a purpose. I can’t explain it, but I feel like I have to find a way to put him back together.


**Shattered Pieces is the fourth book in the Heathens Ink series, each book in the series CAN be read as a standalone.

If you’re keeping track, this is the second book in this series I've read and I have to say, a lot of the issues I had in the previous book are vastly improved in this story. The character POV didn't flip as abruptly this time, which is extremely pleasing.

This author writes characters well, and the chemistry and development in this story did not disappoint. I loved Beck as a character, and I loved how he interacted with Gage. My only complaint is I would have enjoyed learning a bit more about him as a Lawyer. I think it would have given him that extra layer.

Gage is a sweetheart, but totally wrapped up in his grief. He needed someone like Beck to do a sneak attack and get through his walls. It was nice to see him slowly unfurl into someone with a personality. While some of his internal dialogue was repetitive, it was good to see him challenge his thoughts and views each time.

These characters connected well. Their chemistry in the bedroom was hot. I'm pleased that each scene was different and exciting. I've grown bored of erotica recently, but this was enticing and engaging.

I enjoyed the plot, and there was no added drama for angst sake. This was an easy read, and I didn't put the book down except to sleep (and work).

I'm looking forward to the next book, and hope that the momentum continues.

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Audiobook Review: Femme by Marshall Thornton

Queeny cocktail waiter, Lionel, wakes up to find himself in bed with Dog, a straight-acting softball player and the two embark on a rocky road to romance. A journey that requires coming out of the closet, going into the closet, a pair of red high heels, many pairs of red high heels, a failed intervention, a couple of aborted dates, and homemade pom-poms. Mostly, Lionel and Dog learn what it means to be a man.

Listening Length: 6 hrs 23 min
Narrator: Joel Leslie

This review can probably be summed up in three sentences.

Freaking fantastic audio.

Lionel’s voice is superb.

Dog is a douche.

So feel free to go out and buy the audio based on those suppeerrrbbb sentences. However I will go into a tad more detail.

If you’ve read the book you’ll really enjoy this audio. Lionel and Carlotta’s voice were wonderful and queeny. It was a bit to get used to, as was Dog’s slow timbre but they molded into the characters effortlessly that nothing else would’ve worked in the end.

As for this story, if you haven’t read it and were thinking of trying it out, I’d definitely recommend it. This story is a wonderful story about being who you truly are and figuring out exactly what that means. This is absolutely a romance, but more of a self-discovery story than anything.

Now for the kicker, Dog is a douche, but possibly a realistic one. Dog is not your knight in shining armour main character. He’s scared and cowardly to a point where he hurts Lionel multiple times. He made me fairly angry at times but I find it hard to judge him to harshly, especially because he’s compared to someone as brave as Lionel. Realistically a lot of us are terrified when coming out to family and probably did or didn’t do things we regretted later on. Dog is just like that and he does absolutely make it up to Lionel!

Read this wonderfully uplifting story and if you’re looking for your next audio check this one out!!! Well worth the extra money.

Review: Prick of the Thistle (Heartwood #1) by Qeturah Edeli

Despite Lord Duncan Friseal's surly disposition, William finds the heir to the wealthy highland thanedom of Faoltaigh irresistible. After Lord Friseal saves William from a fate worse than death, William grows obsessed with his penetrating fuck-or-kill gaze and aches to discover what lies beneath his great kilt. Lord Friseal appears ignorant of William’s affections, but no matter; William has dealt with his fair share of capricious men and it will be only a matter of time before Lord Friseal succumbs and gives him what he craves.

Lord Friseal realizes too late how dangerously attracted to William he is. He cannot resist the temptation of a man who knows exactly what he wants and where he wants it. Constrained by his station, clan, and religion, Lord Friseal must decide if his passion for a sensuous but traumatized Englishman is worth risking his family’s future and the fate of his immortal soul. Circumstances continue to thwart his swelling sentimentality as William proves to be emotionally distant for all his sexual appetite, and Lord Friseal’s intrusive houseguest, Moira MacKenzie, draws ever closer to the truth.

Set in 1500's Scotland, debut novel Prick of the Thistle aims to deliver a QUILTBAG inclusive cast of characters. Lord Duncan Friesal is a redheaded widower who is lonely and still quietly grieves his wife, though five years has passed. He finds William, the part Gypcian epileptic traveling thespian half dead n his land. Is he a spy, this darker skinned androgynous man? Instead of leaving the slight man out in the harsh weather to die, he takes him into his castle.

Thus begins a long process, of William being kept as a house guest when his Duncan's family determines the "beautiful" William is English and shouldn't be trusted until verified. William sees the hulking ginger and all he thinks about is riding that "cock" if the Lord would just fall for his charms. Other men have, and he sees Duncan a fun way to pass time until he can return to his troupe of performers.

I don't think there is anyone more who wanted this to be a slam dunk more than me.

A Scottish ginger lord who wears kilts and slays beasts with his bow and arrow? Or an MC who is a minority with a disability and gets a starring role? Books like this don't come around too often. And there was a lot of detail with the setting that went into it. But this book had too many words to get a point across. It made it a chore to read. A kilt fail. (Two words I never thought to put together ever)

Where are the missteps? All over. I can't pinpoint the start.

The book could have kept the length if the story was written effectively. And sadly, I couldn't help but compare it to other QUILTBAG historical I've read in the past that were better written and tackled inclusiveness with ease.

If you're a stickler for accurate dialogue to match the setting in your historical, you will disappointed as the words read very modern. (I don't mind it much if the story is rocking)


The writing read like a textbook a lot of times. If you make it past the first chapter, you can get a sense of the writing style. It's not for everyone, as it takes a while to get to the point, explains a lot of nothing that adds an underwhelming impact to the story. It doesn't improve as the dual POV novel progresses. Instead of focusing on the main characters to get a better sense of where their heads are at (the head hopping and wishy-washy way they declare their actions didn't make me want more.) There are a cast of characters that ruin the flow of the book's potential. Examples like learning about poisonous berries (that are not used in the story or plot) or the setting (how a hall looks or a field) or subjects like physics, trigonometry and philosophy.

Guess what my 3 least favorite school subjects are? Physics, philosophy and trigonometry.

It was like a 3 for 1 special on my one way trip to Snoozeville. (This is a me thing and not counted in my rating)

So in between all of the writing, the main characters go from strangers to house guests to one being cock-hungry and the other trying to befriend the other "beautiful" and almost 'womanly' Brit. Once it gets past the slow going first half, it jumps awkwardly into a first time sex scene that read even more awkward that the dialogue. Duncan is exploring his bisexuality? I question because the story ends with a soft cliffhanger and I barely grasped what was going on. Duncan has never been attracted to a man but William's attractiveness helps him unleash his secret feelings. *side eyes*

The fact that William is cock hungry and doesn't deviate too far from that characteristic or seems to grow in overabundant written words, came off as lackluster. I don't mind cock crazed characters either, but he was written so passively that the confident thoughts and no action made the read uneven for me.

The writing style however, is too saturated on the smaller things. And if you take it away - you truly don't get a steady sense of either main character. Yes, this is a first book in a series that seems to plan to follow the "couple"in future books. It's not really romantic and ends HFN-ish. No romance, no established couple, no sense of positive growth. The foundation is lacking. The last third read rushed to drama with a shrew of a forced fiance and a handsy lesbian who knows keeping her sexuality a secret is dire for her well being but somehow she's blabbing to everyone. And there's an attempted rape but it starts oddly as this character did a 180 from how he was written for the other 90% from the book. It read like unnecessary drama.

I'm not buying it.

And though I can see the effort put into the text and there were a few good moments, I can't recommend this. Unless you like going through every thought, tree, berry, subject and not really knowing much of the characters at the end. I highly suggest reading a sample before attempting Prick of the Thistle.

Maybe as this author continues writing, the style will get stronger. Maybe I would need to read the next story to get a better grasp of the plot arc. But after reading this textbook-like story and finishing with a huge WTF feeling, count me out.

Review: Unconditionally by Nell Iris

Flamboyant book café owner Luca Moretti and geeky doctor Gus Hansen have been together for six years when the Supreme Court ruling makes same-sex marriage legal in all states. On June 26, 2015, Gus gets down on one knee and Luca screams yes.

On their wedding day, shortly before the ceremony, Luca’s mother explodes in anger, calling him a freak. The reason? He’s wearing a white veil, sprinkled with crystals.

Their relationship has been strained for a long time, and her words trigger traumatic memories. Instead of walking down the aisle, Luca runs.

Away from his mother. Away from Gus.

Gus counts down the minutes when Luca’s mother comes knocking. He realizes something’s wrong, but when he goes to talk to Luca, his husband-to-be is nowhere to be found.

Can Gus find Luca in time and manage to convince him to come back and get married?

Hmmmm....

I didn't dislike this story, the three-heart rating is because it isn't everything I wanted it to be. I think I was hoping for something grittier, more emotionally challenging than the sweet romance with a bit of a bump I got.

 And there I go wanting to make a disclosure (is that the right word? My brain is on the blink today) about the whole rating and opinions thing. I rate from my heart - it is truly a personal thing and not necessarily a reflection on the author. I read for enjoyment and that is an extremely personal preference. A book can be perfectly written editorial-wise, and it not grabbing me is no reflection on the author or their writing,more a reflection on me and my preferences.

 I think this book will appeal to lots of people. Hell, if I'd been in a different kind of mood when I read it, it might have garnered a different rating from me. NONE OF THAT IS WITHIN THE AUTHOR'S CONTROL. I was wanting something grittier so for me this didn't measure up, I know it is a good book though, I know a lot of people will five-heart it. I know several readers probably want to slap me round the face with a wet kipper right about now - so I would say, read another review for this book (and stay away from the fish-mongers).

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Review: A Kind of Romance (A Kind of Stories #2) by Lane Hayes

Zeke Gulden is a ruthless Wall Street exec. His hard-edged, no-nonsense attitude has served him well in the cutthroat business world, but less so in his personal life. When he finds out his ex-boyfriend cheated on him with a coworker, Zeke can’t let go—not until he finds a way to get even. However, his meddlesome father has other ideas. The new hire at the family-owned bagel store is somewhat colorful, but his dad is sure he’s the perfect man for Zeke.

Benny Ruggieri is a fiercely proud New Yorker who dreams of making it big as a costume designer in the theater. In the meantime, he’s working two part-time jobs in the food biz. When his new boss sets him up with his successful son, Benny has zero expectations. If nothing else, he figures he can entertain himself by making the uptight businessman squirm. Instead, the two become unlikely friends with an inexplicable attraction they can’t ignore. Benny might be the one to help Zeke set aside his quest for revenge, if he’s willing to let go and forgive what he can’t forget… and give in to an unexpected kind of romance.

“You give yourself away every time you look at him, anyway.”
“How do I look at him, smartass?”
“Like you don’t want to look away.”

I adored this! Probably not as much as the first one because Zeke was not as loveable as Rand, but it was still so incredibly wonderful!!

Zeke’s father is working his meddling magic and trying to marry Zeke off to Benny, a costume designer who works for George (Zeke’s father). When Benny realises George won’t relent until he’s gone on a date with Zeke, he suggests a ‘fake date’ to appease the old man. Zeke and Benny are like night and day, sweet and sour, uptight and flamboyant. One thing they do have in common… both are not interested in the other. That is, of course, until they discover conversation is easy, they have fun together and an attraction is starting to sizzle between them.

I’m going to start with Benny because he is so easy to love. He is flamboyant, but not in a fake-way, but because it's who he is and what he wants to be. He's had a few hardships in life and lives in a big Italian family who always looks at him like he's a bit of a joke, but he's proud of who he is and I love that! Everyone who reads this book will fall in love with Benny.

Zeke is much harder to love and it took a while to warm up to him, especially because this story is only from his POV, so we’re stuck in his idiotic head for the whole time. He’s that type of homophobic that see’s men like Benny as too gay and has issues with him on principle. Man, that pisses me off! He has lots of stupid moments at the beginning of this book and I wanted to throttle him more than once.

I noted my goofy grin in my reflection of my office window and immediately scowled. After this weekend, it would be wise to put some distance between us. As much as I liked Benny, I didn’t want either of us to get the wrong idea.

Instead of enjoying the time he spent had with Benny, Zeke was preoccupied with revenge against his ex for dumping him. Zeke hates to lose and the idea that someone walked away from him and not the other way around grates at him. It felt petty, and many of Zeke’s friends (including Benny) had issues with it. Despite all of this I came to love him. I think the turning point was him pretending to be drunk which enabled him to finally have fun and feel free.

… acting inebriated seemed like a better option than trying to explain why I was here. A sober me didn’t do shit like this. But a drunk me definitely might.
“Maybe I’m just intoxicated by you,” I quipped in an over-the-top lascivious tone.

Much like the first book, the sex scenes were off the charts sexy! The passion and desire reads like a third character when Hayes writes it, and it's a true pleasure to read ;-)

“Damn, that’s hot,” I whispered.
Benny licked my ear and nodded . “Yeah. Fuck me on my knees. I want to watch you in the mirror. I want to see you—”
“Shh. Don’t talk.” I bit my bottom lip when my vision went hazy and then carefully pulled out.

Their fallout was perfect. It wasn't about some stupid misunderstanding or a massive fight about silly unimportant things. It was to do with honest-to-god problems in their relationship that needed to be dealt with before they could move forward together.

The ending was…

…..beautiful, something true romances are made of *insert dreamy sigh here*.

This can absolutely be read as a standalone and I'd highly recommend it to any lover of MM. If you've read the first one, you'll love this one too!! Can't wait for Carter's story.

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Review: Bully For You (audiobook) by Catt Ford

What could be hunkier than a cowboy? Not much, according to Martin Du Bois. He convinces two friends that a visit to the rodeo is every gay man’s wet dream, and so the three of them gaily (and I do mean gaily) set off to watch cowboy asses in action.

A visit to a bar after the event gets Martin closer to the action than he ever thought possible, and he meets Jesse Cumberland, the man who caught his eye in the ring and made his rhinestones sparkle. Instant attraction leads to a one-night stand that gets under Martin’s insouciant skin and causes him to rethink his determination not to get involved emotionally. When Jesse invites Martin to his ranch, the visit is almost derailed by Martin’s realization that they lead very different lives. As a flaming city queer, he sees no way to fit with the solid, athletic Jesse. It’s up to Jesse to see if he can change Martin’s mind.

Listening Length: 2 hrs 11 mins
Narrator: Cory Lord

I actually really enjoy this trope, the effeminate man matched with the typically masculine one. This was something that the novel did very well, however I just had too many issues with other aspects of it to be able to give this a better rating.

Marti is a bonafide city-slicker twink who enjoys his glamour and make-up. He and his friends attend a rodeo to check out all the cowboy ass, and this is where Marti meets Jesse. Jesse is a bull-rider who is gay and proud of it, but doesn’t advertise it amongst his work colleagues for fear of being judged unfairly when competing. Marti and Jesse hook-up a couple of times and develop some deeper feelings for each other.

Let’s start with the story. I really enjoyed the beginning, where Marti and Jesse meet, and their interactions. It was funny and light, and I enjoyed how they both felt an attraction and went with it, no fighting it or each other. Unfortunately that’s where the good points end. While there was a lot of sex, it was all fade to black, other than their first time together. There is nothing more annoying than that!

Then there was the ending, which really wasn’t an ending at all. Yes there were very tentative declarations of love, but I’m still not sure how these two would make it work, and I don’t think they knew either.

The narration wasn’t bad, but my goodness I could never keep track of who was who when Marti and his friends were talking. At times Jesse was even hard to distinguish from Marti. I enjoyed this story mostly because it was only two hours long, but I wouldn’t have been able listen to either Marti’s voice or this story if it was any longer.

The effeminate/masculine trope was done well and many people will enjoy this story, but I personally had too many annoying issues with it to be able to recommend it.

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Review: Champagne Kisses by Lynda Aicher

The Christmas Eve wedding Evan Cleary pulled together in four weeks is crashing down around him and taking his fledgling event planning business with it. With an empty altar and over a hundred guests arriving soon, he turns to the resistant, gorgeous brother of the runaway groom for help.

When Richard Patterson’s flamboyant brother storms out hours before he’s scheduled to marry his equally dramatic partner, Richard is left dealing with the fallout. The last thing he wants is more drama, yet he can’t deny his attraction to the effeminate event planner trying to salvage the wedding.

Evan thinks his crush on Richard is a lost cause, but one steaming kiss later, he learns different. What starts as a night of hot sex turns into a connection neither expected. But Evan knows their relationship is hopeless unless the ultra-conservative Richard can embrace every part of him—both in private and in public.

Ho, ho, ho hum.

This barely made it to three hearts for me. Barely. It's not kinky. It's vanilla with an extra shot of vanilla bean sprinkled with sweet Christmas jizz and champagne kisses. Nothing wrong with it but I thought I was getting something along the lines of D/s. Not regular slap and tickle. I actually fell asleep during the long sex scene. I'm yawning now just thinking about it.

Let me back up before I get to my gripes. Because technically, the story follows a recipe that is standard in romance. It's tried and true:

Person A and B don't like each other for whatever reason. But secretly (or not as secretly) they lust after one another. Person A is an alpha and is outwardly a jerk but the author gives reason(s) why the reader needs to like them, so Person B can accept Person A's penis inside without much fuss. And the reader can get on with their daily life because penis hugs are the stuff of magic.

Bingo, bango, bajango! You can flip it up or down, spice it, sweeten, whatever, the method has been tested and it sells.

This recipe aka Champagne Kisses is vanilla champagne Christmas spunk flavored.

Evan happens to be Person B in the scenario. He is a flamboyant openly homosexual man who is doing great things for himself with his event planning business. Except the Christmas Eve wedding he planned has gone off the rails, due to a mega cat fight between the grooms.

Duh-dun-dun!! Enter person A, one of the cat fighting groom's brother, Richard. Richard is a conservative businessman who doesn't do "femmes" or public displays. So the cat-fight meltdown is a scene from his personal hell. Richard wasn't much of a character to me. I guess if you're not looking for much depth, he's alright. I didn't see the appeal. Erm...he was nice to his mother and brother. His kisses take forever and he can fuck. *shrug* But remember...I was bored. I'd rate him a 2-2.5 out of 5. Nothing to write home about but Evan seemed into it.

And I'm not familiar with this author's style though it reads reminiscent of MF erotica I've read in the past. (In fact, I think I'd have like this better if it was hetero erotica more because maybe Richard wouldn't make those jerkwad comments to Evan.) But Richard...redeemed himself in the Jizzmas spirit, yadda, yadda, yadda sex in a mirror, he feels alpha protective for the smaller 'weaker' man.

Let's get the other third of the story shall we? Because the story basically covers just the night. The relationship building prior to the fateful night happens off page, the reader gets hints from Evan and Richard's account interspersed between the pretty words. The words were a degree or two below purple. So maybe violet or lilac? Sometimes it dragged the scene down for me, to be honest, and it wasn't like there was much there to start with.

But I thought based on the publisher that maybe the truck might be driven through Pound Town. At least the fuckhot part of town. *shakes head* Or maybe a little kink might be found, something hot? But it was tame for me. And I don't mind vanilla either but it didn't bring anything new, exciting or memorable to the table.

The pretty words came to ruin any semblance of erotic for me when "channel" came to play.

"Channel" to describe ass.

"Channel": still being used in 2015.

Unless we're talking television...why? A dreaded "c" word of mine. I have three of them that make me cringe when reading romance: channel, canal and chute.

I thought maybe it'd get better...but then another dreaded c made an appearance: canal.

In the year two thousand and fifteen...still!

I could hear the slow sinking of the Jizzmas ship once canal came to join channel in anal descriptors. I'm not going to discuss why channel and canal during sex isn't hot because unless it's some part of role play where maybe there's a pantless gondolier or boat driver involved...I just can't.


Maybe you can, but me?

No.

So it ends in a HEA and champagne kisses and a sweet epilogue. It wasn't bad. But it wasn't anything to put on my Jizzmas list. I thought there was going to be something worth a blip maybe during that extended sex scene when the champagne bottle came out in the bedroom but nope, just standard sexy times play.


I liked the epilogue? *tilts head* Yeah, great use of one. So, I bumped up my rating to a three.

Hey, despite being Santa jizz and not being really impressed with the relationship, the recipe worked.(Okay...I'm still leery of Richard. I don't think redeemed himself enough. But that's me.)

Might work best for fans of the recipe and vanilla with a side of vanilla bean Santa semen sugar.

Can my Christmas pussy frown turn upside down?

The hunt continues... (I'm not searching too hard)

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Review: Best-Laid Plans by Willa Okati

Teddy and Jefferson get along like a house on fire. Literally. Jefferson’s a serious-natured soccer star, and Teddy was born to party till the wheels come off. Oh, they might have jerked it a few times thinking about each other, but they’ll burn this mother to the ground before they ever get along. The only thing they have in common are their friends--Jefferson’s buddy Emmett, and Teddy’s BFF Noelani. Emmett’s just blown all his savings on a house near campus, and he needs tenants to help make the monthly payments. That’s where Teddy and Jefferson come in. Hey, anything’s better than the dorms.

So far so good. Until Noelani’s former fiancé Beau--also Emmett’s former best friend--rolls back into town. Panicked over the return of their old feelings for the rough-riding badass, Noelani and Emmett decide the only sensible ‘save’ is to get married. Of course. Teddy and Jefferson both know that’s a bad idea, and that those two are going to need their friends more than ever. That means only one thing: no choice but to raise the white flag and join forces.

Pros: free rein for sexual hijinks in the name of ‘getting along’. Cons: Easier said than done.

Despite it all, Teddy and Jefferson are also discovering that they have more fun fighting with each other than they would kissing anyone else. Maybe--maybe--they're falling in love. But when Beau reveals the real reason for his return and everything turns topsy-turvy for everyone involved, is their new alliance strong enough to save the day?

This book suffers from trywaytooharditis.

It was too kitschy, too trendy, too many unnecessary words, puns and plot twists. Too much. Meh.

If I could get away with an entire review of just about 50 "meh" and "eh", this would be the book for it. I'll aim to review longer than the blurb. *fingers crossed*  But I'd rather get to the point (of which this book really didn't seem to have) other than showing how on scene it could be.

This book tried too hard to impress, tried too hard to be witty...it was closer to lame. Instead of trying to deliver distinguishable characters, other than a few stereotypes (ex. hot tempered red haired man, dramatic effeminate man, the 'butch' macho jock, etc.), their personalities were all kind of the same. It's hard to read a novel of basically the same character with different names.

Frenemies Teddy and Jefferson are college students who don't like each other because Teddy tends to get offended for every damn thing and Jefferson has a tendency to speak without thinking. The thing is Teddy was written to be a big mouth drama queen, but if he just shut up once in a while and stop being quick to be mad (I really can't with people like that, always looking for something to be pissed- it's exhausting) he wasn't that bad. Well, if he lost the quips too. In fact all the characters.  I grimaced all throughout the read and breathed a sigh of relief when I finally saw "The End". 

Jefferson and Teddy would get upset, play fight, avoid each other (quite foolishly) for a long period of time, then have a wank off competition. And then call a truce in the sake of their best friends and their relationship and then start up again for...why? Weak plot device that gets weaker when the ex-fiance shows up in town. The new adults show how adult they really aren't by playing in the big people sandbox and Teddy and Jefferson fall into insta-love during the process. The sex scenes,when they happened in between the quips and long puns was lukewarm because so many words of wasted page time. 

This book was two-thirds too long; a stretched-out-should've been novella where the secondary characters remained that...in the background. Noelani and Emmett and Beau get just as much page time as the main characters, maybe more I can't tell in between Noelani and Teddy huffing, hiding, climbing or running away in the heat of the moment. The pranks in the middle of the book served no purpose but I laughed at the Saran Wrap on the toilet seat prank. 

This is my first Willa Okati, so I don't know if this is standard fare. If it is, I can consider it my last. Because it's too reminiscent to a writing style that doesn't work for me - the cheesy, campy factor. It took me forever to finish this book, it dragged. Once I finally got to the end, I couldn't believe, I read all of that just for that ending. It was really convoluted for a lot of really nothing. It could have easily been told in 20K tops *shrugs* Not memorable in the least. 

P.S. The redhead jokes weren't cool. 

P.P.S. Meh. Eh. Meh.

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