Ronica Black

Not bad for a full-length erotic novel. Erotica seems to be a genre that doesn't lend itself well to long works; you'll notice almost all of it takes the format of collections of short stories. This one does a fairly good job of keeping the reader's interest over the course of the full length. While there were some instances of kludgy writing ("she opened the door with great force" was one that stuck out to me), it had enough going for it to keep me reading. My favorite part might've been the boxing gym. Are there really places where hot lesbians go at it in the ring and then have sweaty, aggressive sex in the locker room afterwards? I hope so. ;)… (altro)

Olivia and Eve. Olivia is just divorced, and trying to get herself in shape. She tries to go up a mountain before she even tries to take a walk. It doesn't go well and Eve rescues her (a couple of times). They also have a charge between them, although both push it aside for a bit.

Eve starts helping Olivia get in shape, and, they also start falling in love. Although, they both have big issues to get over first (well, in my estimation Olivia's were much bigger). So, as is the question with a lot of these books where one of the characters is questioning. Can the characters get over their issues and let themselves fall fully in love?

I had only two problems with this book. The first was that it was a little off balance in regards to the two characters. It wasn't as bad as some of the books I've read (hence the 3 stars), but, here and there, there was a bit of false equivalency. That what one character did was just as bad as what the other one did, when it wasn't.

The second was the fitness part. It's a great fitness story, and, perhaps it's the story for a lot of people. But, as I said, it's a good story, real life, not so much for everyone. You can decide to do it, do it well, do it 'right', and do it for a good deal longer than was presented in this story and none of the magic that happens here does in real life. (Also, technically if I recall reading it somewhere, the only thing six packs mean is that ya gotta drink more water).

I will also say that I was happy that it only came to the edge of the vegan pushing cliff, and didn't jump over. We are omnivores, not herbivores, and it came this.... || close to getting preachy before it pulled back.

Overall it was an okay book. The characters were interesting (mostly). The language in the book was really cool too, not so much flowery, but, also, definitely not utilitarian.

I was given this ARC by Netgalley on behalf of Bold Strokes Books.… (altro)

Brynn is getting out of prison. Unfortunately, her sister is the one who picks her up. In a stolen car and high as a kite. The sisters' day gets even worse when they get caught up in a high-speed chase and then a shoot out. A shoot out where Brynn saves Kat and her partner's lives (they're police officers). But then she feels she has to run because of the stolen car and guns that her sister had in her possession.

When Kat (the female police officer Brynn saves) is sorta mobile she goes after Brynn to bring her in, and at great cost to herself and after that they slowly getting closer. But, Brynn has a lot on her plate, including a family that is very insular and against cops and a brother that needs her quite a lot.

At a lot of points in the story, it felt to me as if it was a sorta outline or half finished manuscript. I wanted to know so much more about so, so many parts of the story, both Brynn's and Kat's parts. And we never got that sort of more in depth story telling, it all seemed a little surface level.

Still, I did like the characters, both the ones that I was supposed to like and those I wasn't. They were cool to read about and that why I so desperately wanted to know more.

I got this galley through Netgalley on behalf of Bold Strokes Books.… (altro)