Paperback, 352 pages
Published Oct. 11, 2022 by St. Martin's Griffin.
Book was built around the sex scenes, which were successfully done. Very much a candy, wish fulfillment type of book.
It was odd that the central conflict of the second half of the novel was resolved more or less off-page.
I'd go 3.5 stars for this one. I definitely enjoyed it and it was a nice introduction to Wislner's work. I read [b:Something to Talk About|52915426|Something to Talk About|Meryl Wilsner|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1589963301l/52915426.SX50.jpg|70730596] and [b:Cleat Cute|65214313|Cleat Cute|Meryl Wilsner|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1673554566l/65214313.SY75.jpg|95348950] (both ebook and audio for CC thanks to NetGalley) and enjoyed each more than the previous one. All have good characters, smoking sex scenes, and interesting storylines. She's become one of my go-to authors when I need a nice romance to escape to.
I'd go 3.5 stars for this one. I definitely enjoyed it and it was a nice introduction to Wislner's work. I read [b:Something to Talk About|52915426|Something to Talk About|Meryl Wilsner|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1589963301l/52915426.SX50.jpg|70730596] and [b:Cleat Cute|65214313|Cleat Cute|Meryl Wilsner|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1673554566l/65214313.SY75.jpg|95348950] (both ebook and audio for CC thanks to NetGalley) and enjoyed each more than the previous one. All have good characters, smoking sex scenes, and interesting storylines. She's become one of my go-to authors when I need a nice romance to escape to.
I read it and I enjoyed it but I also judged it hard. Power play can be a fun dynamic but actually fucking your daughter’s best friend while they’re in your house and without telling your kid is just wrong. But you might feel differently if you don’t have young adult kids.
I read it and I enjoyed it but I also judged it hard. Power play can be a fun dynamic but actually fucking your daughter’s best friend while they’re in your house and without telling your kid is just wrong. But you might feel differently if you don’t have young adult kids.
I admit, I really did not expect to 5⭐️ this book. There was no way, I thought, that an age-gap casual-consequences best-friend's-mom combo was going to be anything other than popcorn. Warm, buttery popcorn, maybe, but popcorn nonetheless.
And yet, it's absolutely worth the 5⭐️.
Both women are interesting, and thoughtful, and imperfect, and relatable. Both women know what they want, or at least, they're pretty sure they know. I loved how, though they are aware that being public would complicate things, neither feels particularly strong shame about anything. Neither gets wrapped up in the "oh, but this is bad" for more than fleeting moments at a time before the "no, I'm an adult and can make adult decisions" voice kicks in. I loved that even the friends kept reinforcing that the relationship wasn't shameful, just complicated.
I also am ridiculously surprised and pleased that Meryl Wilsner was somehow able …
I admit, I really did not expect to 5⭐️ this book. There was no way, I thought, that an age-gap casual-consequences best-friend's-mom combo was going to be anything other than popcorn. Warm, buttery popcorn, maybe, but popcorn nonetheless.
And yet, it's absolutely worth the 5⭐️.
Both women are interesting, and thoughtful, and imperfect, and relatable. Both women know what they want, or at least, they're pretty sure they know. I loved how, though they are aware that being public would complicate things, neither feels particularly strong shame about anything. Neither gets wrapped up in the "oh, but this is bad" for more than fleeting moments at a time before the "no, I'm an adult and can make adult decisions" voice kicks in. I loved that even the friends kept reinforcing that the relationship wasn't shameful, just complicated.
I also am ridiculously surprised and pleased that Meryl Wilsner was somehow able to seamlessly merge both insta-lust and the slowest and sweetest of slow-burn. I am usually not a fan of the former, but it was so well done here.
Sex: <spoiler>8.5 R/NC-17-rated scenes (really, y'all, there is a lot of sex in this book, and it pretty much never gets repetitive)</spoiler>
Tags: #AgeGap #BestFriendsParent #CasualConsequences #DismissiveFearfulPair #DualPOV #ExpirationDate #HiddenRelationship #InstaLust #RomCom #SlowBurn #Therapy #ThirdPersonPOV
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