Review: Short and Sweet!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 2, 2012
Friends with Benefits had great character development, an interesting, sexy storyline and a swoon-worthy male!Natalie has recently been burned by her latest boyfriend and retreats into a carton of ice cream and the Golden Girls.  She really is the girl next door; she's a jeans and t-shirt kind of girl when given the choice and loves a good shoegasm (loved that!) and is practical yet fun.  She isn't looking for any type of relationship because her last relationship was a complete belly flop but she isn't a one night stand type of girl either.  Aiden turns out to be Mr. In-Between; he becomes her friend with benefits!Aiden is yummy!  He reminded me a little bit of a Kristen Ashley male character because of his strong, domineering, bossy nature.  No, I did not fall off my chair because he was a romantic or said the sweetest things but he definitely got my heart racing a couple of times.I did have a couple of issues with this one that kept it from the 4-5 range.  First, I felt there were too many character descriptives in the beginning (height, clothing).  I like to get a sense for characters but with the length of this novel, I felt they were a bit too much.  There were also some editing issues that stalled my reading a couple of times.  Overall, I would have liked it to be a little longer.  I was really into it and enjoying Natalie and Aiden and then it was done.  I needed more of Aiden!