Review: the good half was awesome...
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 3, 2012
This book was half good, but the good half was awesome.This book is about a college student and his best friend's mother (an erotic romance writer), who fall for each other and all the sexy bits that come with it.The first half of the book concentrated on the seduction and the set-up. All in all it was ok. There were a lot of convenient things that happened  to make the whole set-up possible. They just happened to like the same things... They just happen to meet each other in a certain place... They just happen to etc... For this type of story, I would normally let it go, especially if the basic story was interesting. the problem was that the basic story had it's own issues.A lot of the time the first part of the book couldn't seem to decide who's story to follow. Sometimes the supporting cast became the main characters for a whole chapter, for whatever reason. That, and compounded with the occasional excerpt from the fictional book that the female lead was writing, made the pacing of the book kind of weird. She would talk about her fictional characters "doing" things to each other for 4-5 long paragraphs. There was also a bunch of imaginary encounters. The characters and "supporting characters" pictured in their heads how they want to "DO" things to each other.Even the title of this book "INAPPROPRIATE THOUGHTS" (Victoria Wilde #1) has the name Victoria Wilde in it, but she isn't even the main character. To me she was the weakest part of this book, partly because she took you away from the main story.The second part of the book was much better. If I had only half the book, this half, I would have been completely satisfied. The characters finally stop doing the "mating dance" and start mating. You finally get to see things actually happen to the mains, which is what I want from books like this. I want them to do things that I can't or wouldn't dare to. I don't want characters imagining long sequences of hot things happening to them, all the while really being miserable and alone. I get that enough in my own life! (...just pretend I didn't say that last bit. Thanks.)I also realize that the whole reason for the book was to see both the mating dance and the mating, but because the first part was awkward I just wanted it to be over. It's the consequences of the dance, both good and bad, where the story actually got interesting for me. This book does a good job following though. It does end in a bit of a sudden stop and a "...to be continued" but it did it in a way that made me want to see the next book instead of feeling cheated.3 stars. The breakdown is this: 2 stars for the first half and 4 stars for the great second half.