Unintentionally Hilarious
To begin with, I am not generally a romance novel reader. Frankly, I laughed my way through this book. I tried to figure out what the narrator's voice made me think of, and then once I figured it out (he sounds like Tina Belcher from Bob's Burgers) my laughter was doubled. I don't want to dump all over writers/performers. I am not the target market for this book (and I did enjoy it, in my own way!). I will say that I was disappointed that the book showcased such appalling decisions by its characters (such as having unprotected sex with a man who just got out of prison). The main character talked repeatedly about her sex: her sex tingled, her sex pulsed, her sex burned (um, remember that unprotected sex . . . ?). The main character often "fingers" the lead's hair which just sounds wrong. The main character is incredibly violent, but repeatedly asserts that the female lead "makes him" that way. The male lead talks repeatedly about hating rape and rapists, but then has sex with the main character while she is asleep. The main character is so stupid at points as to seem almost like she has an intellectual impairment. At one point she dresses up in booty shorts and a white t-shirt or something and goes out to wash her car on the street. When she attracts attention she's like "What? Men are looking at me?!". It's just weird. How she has lived this long is beyond me. Also, she has hair that is out of control--that makes her relateable!! Randomly in the middle of the book there is a chapter from a totally random character that is meant to set up a sequel--the fact that this chapter showcases a young woman held captive and about to be raped by a group of tough guys (something that is not resolved in this book--better buy that sequel!) indicates that maybe this author only wants to deal in rape-based romances which . . . hmm. This is like trying to write a review for Troll 2--I enjoyed myself, but for all the wrong reasons.