Review: Cute and sexy read
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 10, 2014
Very Brief Synopsis- Cat and Flynn lock horns early on, due to Cat providing Flynn's mom with some racy reading material. As their confrontation takes place at the coffee shop where Cat works, she ends up losing her job. Things happen for a reason, when one of the other residents of the nursing home where Cat and Flynn's moms are currently recovering offers Cat a dream of a job. As the manager of a sex call shop! Cat is reluctant to tell straightlaced Flynn about her new profession.What worked for me- The back and forth banter between Flynn and Cat was very funny. Once Flynn got over his "She is not the type of woman I date" hangup, he was all in. Flynn is stretched a little thin, driving back and forth from New York to Georgia to visit his sick mom, so he decides to relocate to Georgia while his mom recovers from a severe stroke that has left her without speech. Flynn loosens up considerably over the course of Talk This Way. He understood Cat and her motivations almost better than she understood herself. He is steady and calm, pretty much the exact opposite of Cat. She lightens Flynn up, and he grounds Cat in a way she doesn't even realize she wants.Cat is a free spirit. She is completely commitment-phobic, be it jobs or men. She understands her inability to stick is not a good thing, but can't quite let herself believe that anything good can last. She would rather be the one walking away than to be the one left behind. Cat has an enormous heart. She genuinely cares about people. Her feelings for Flynn, and the relationship the two develop, scare her to death.What didn't work as well - Just a few nitpicky things. The "aw, shucks" language got old. I'm from the South. We don't talk like that, really. There were a few scenes that ended kind of abruptly, then picked up at some indeterminate point in the future.Bottom line - Cute, sweet and sexy novella. A nice way to spend an hour or so. Time well spent.