Sidney Bristol

In book one of the Gone Geek series, robotics professor Stephen Kipper is having a sexual relationship with a woman he’s never officially met. They hooked up in an adult chat room and instantly clicked, but he wants more than just dirty talking online. Unfortunately, he has a noticeable birthmark on his face and neck, and most people think he’s a freak. Though he wants to meet Tamara, he’s afraid he’ll lose her after she finally sees his face.
Tamara Rho is a video gamer and surrounds herself with YouTube geeks and cosplayers. She’s had a lot of bad experiences with men and is resigned to dealing with sexual harassment. Though she wants to meet Stephen, she doesn’t want him to know about her crazy life. Once they finally meet, however, romance and love blooms.
I liked Stephen a lot. He’s a total OCD neat freak with emotional baggage. Women have used and hurt him in the past, so he’s hesitant about trusting Tamara. Luckily for him, however, she saw him for the good, decent man he really was, despite his birthmark.
I couldn’t connect with Tamara. She allowed men to take advantage of her and got angry with Stephen for standing up for her. She didn’t mind Stephen’s birthmark (which is great), but she brushed aside his insecurities and only worried about her own problems.
I liked Tamara’s friends for the most part, but I didn’t like the way they ganged up on Stephen for hurting Tamara’s feelings. He did nothing wrong, and Tamara needed to hear the truth.
The book is mostly well written, but the repetition and the characters starting a sentence and then abruptly stopping became tiresome. I enjoyed the story for the hot sex scenes, geek culture references, and for Stephen, but I wish I could’ve connected more with Tamara.
3 Stars
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Adult Contemporary Romance
I know this is listed as Erotica but, quite frankly, that part fell a bit flat. Every time the sexual tension started to ramp up a bit one or both main characters started to laugh or giggle. Oh, and Odalia 'Stomps' her feet in every sex scene. What the HECK?! Added to this problem is how jumpy the story is and the odd wording used. Even the erotic parts are jumpy and way off. All this makes it very hard to read and interrupts the flow.
You get just enough of Odalia and Jacques to want to get to know them more and to want to like them. You just don't get enough of them to actually connect to them in any way.
This one had a lot of potential, but the whole thing needs to be rewritten.
6 Notes & Highlights (6 out of 6 visible)
July 24, 2017 – Finished Reading
July 23, 2017 – Started Reading
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