I check out the blurb and looked at the reviews/ My rant is that this book was published 10/11/17 - just 6 days ago, and it already has 128 reviews; and 95% of those are 5 star with the remaining 5% being 4 stars. So I can't believe the reviews. To me it seems they must be by the authors fan girls. Thank goodness for this forum where I can trust the reviews. . This is the reason almost all of my book purchases were from the Amazon threads. I really think Amazon made a bad mistake.
Yeah, Ben and the nanny-how original! I hope his young son does not cheat like him too. Jennifer G. seemed a no-nonsense woman while he was having chicks on the side. He probably blamed the alcohol- not himself? His bro Casey, when interviewed on NPR, said their Dad was an alcoholic, who returned to school for more education and eventually became a substance abuse counselor.
Ben admitted that years ago he fondled the young actress on camera. Sorry I'm blanking on her name.
Is this the place where we can complain/rant and trash the plot holes authors come up with?
Please say yes because I really want to complain about a book that I started this morning ....
Absolutely, zubee. Rant away. Spoiler tags would be good if your post contains spoilers. You can do that by typing in [ spoiler]All the info containing the spoils[ / spoiler]. Remove the extra spaces I used inside the brackets.
Rant time. I read two books the last couple of days (link is not working for some reason) The first was Most of All You by Mia Sheridan and the second was Cross My Heart by S.N. Garza.
Maybe it was because I read them one after the other but they were uncomfortably similar. If anyone else reads these maybe they can see what I mean or slap me awake! I found the story lines to be pretty freaking close and it had me shaking my head and double checking that I hadn't started the other book again. I can't even give good examples because they have blended into the same story in my head and I can't remember which is which! I know that both heroines grow up poor and abused by family members, both meet the H when they are young and hero worship him, both become the BEST strippers EVAH!, both are looked down on by everyone because stripper = slut, I think one is a virgin stripper and the other had sex once for a "few seconds", both eventually leave the H to "find themselves", both eventually come back apparently found with better jobs and prospects, both face opposition from everyone about being with the H's because again, stripper = slut. Both H's names start with G, both have bad things in their pasts, both leave the heroine with no explanation and no contact for years, both have pined away for the h with few relationships, both do the mine, mine, mine thing when they find the heroine again, both get left, obviously, both sit and wait for h to come back. It just all blended together and even now I can't remember which one had what happen to them. If these are not the same author, maybe somebody ought to take a closer look.
Well, I started to read Lisa Gerkey's Fighting the Friction ...
I read about 1/3 of the book and found I couldn't go ahead
It's based on one of my pet peeves; traumatized h keeps on getting advice from a friend who was in the same situation as hers that she needs to engage in a D/s relationship; needs to submit ... apparently H and his friends have been helping abused women cope and move on .... by using .... D/s relationships, helping them submit in order to move on .... so many authors use this plot
I know all trauma victims deal with their issues in their own way and how a victim copes with their issues is their own journey that they undertake with someone in whom they have built trust ...
In this book, all the people h met kept urging her to try D/s and pushed her to the H. Even the H felt the same; H's sister met the h and her reaction was so over the top; she jumped and was so extra happy. She knows h has been through major trauma, she knows H and h have just started interacting (basically he is looking for her sister - she hires him) but the way she behaves, it's like she was looking for her brother's life partner all along
H repeatedly wants to take her around the 'sex' club he owns; she keeps on telling everyone that she needs them to back off; all his friends want to hug her and basically tell her all about what a great guy H is ... they feel that H should just be there with her and not give her any space because apparently she has had 18 months worth of space - again the amount of time a victim takes cannot be measured in months and days or years ... he/she moves on when they recover
H was a great guy and h knows it ... my point is the author portrays all characters as super pushy ... everyone wanted h to trust H ... I felt she needed to know him without his friends interfering, build a relationship and then the issue of submission approached/considered instead of being presented as a solution right from the beginning ...
Yeah, Ben and the nanny-how original! I hope his young son does not cheat like him too. Jennifer G. seemed a no-nonsense woman while he was having chicks on the side. He probably blamed the alcohol- not himself? His bro Casey, when interviewed on NPR, said their Dad was an alcoholic, who returned to school for more education and eventually became a substance abuse counselor.
Ben admitted that years ago he fondled the young actress on camera. Sorry I'm blanking on her name.
I went to YouTube to watch it a couple of days ago. He wasn't trying to hide it at all. What on earth made him think that was acceptable?
zubee - I get frustrated when the h's supposed friends push her to do whatever it is that she doesn't want to do. I also can't imagine that a D/s relationship is the answer to all trauma especially when the h doesn't even know the H. Seems like there would need to be a lot of trust for that type of relationship even without the trauma. I try to avoid BDSM books though so I have no clue. There is just something about the acknowledgment of being submissive along with the labels "master", "sir", "slave" and "pet" along with the D enjoying causing pain that makes me really uncomfortable. I know the is a lot more to it but it bothers me for some reason.
I read a book (can't remember the name) where the h was left either at the alter or right before the wedding. It was some crazy short time frame like two months and her best friend is all over her to go out and have a one night stand. She just got her heart broken by someone she had been in a long term relationship with. It wasn't like it was years. Don't get me wrong, if she wanted a ONS more power to her but she didn't and that friend just kept on her. BFF eventually hired an escort for the h without telling her. The same escort that the bff used. Poor h thought the H was attracted to her and the meeting was genuine. Terrible BFF. Frustrating as heck.
So true ... I always say .. one doesn't need enemies if one has bff's like that ... I esp. hate the nagging part ... and major ick factor about the bff and h having the same escort ...eeww!
I actually googled and read a blog experience a lady had shared ... an abuse victim who found happiness in D/s ... but the way she described her relationship ... she was abused as a teen and she met this man in her 20's ... according to her, they became friends, then lovers without D/s before she found out he was into the lifestyle ... so she talked with him and took baby steps with him ... it worked for her but she freely admits that the formula working for her does not mean it works for everyone else .... to her it was not about D/s but more that she could trust him and let go of her issues ...
I also tend to stay away from BDSM books - not because I have any issues with the subject but more because authors are using it as a plot device rather than an having an actual plot where BDSM is incorporated ... I actually didn't have any idea this book dealt with D/s ... I guess more fool me!
Oh and I went and googled 'Ben Affleck and the nanny' to read about him ....
Did he actually admit to being with the nanny while he was married? The article I read was pretty biased; portraying the nanny as an attention seeking woman who is busy milking the publicity for all she can ...
Well, if he cheated, it doesn't matter if the nanny is an attention grabbing lady; bottom line, he cheated and got caught ...
zubee While I do read BDSM on a regular basis, that one would have made me rant, as well. I have made no secret that I despise the meddling mom/bff/sibling trope.
I still have not read anything else by Marie Force because the mom in the first book I read from her pissed me off so bad. Everytime I think I will try another book I remember that character, and I can't do it. Eventually maybe enough years will pass that I'll forget about it and read something else.