Review: National Lampoon Meets Fifty Shades of Grey
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 03 27, 2014
This is one of those books where even when you download the sample, you can still be led astray.  Shannon Stacey is capable of writing funny dialogue and the book gets off to a good start.  Unfortunately for all, this roadtrip runs out of gas very quickly.I`m not sure I have ever a novel with two such pathetic adult lead characters.  Ethan has moved to a new town because his MOTHER got a job there.  Unlike his mother, Ethan has no job.  We learn that his furniture restoration business was ruined by his ex-wife who fled with all the money.  Somehow this grown man was unable to take any sort of legal action and felt fortunate to still have a car.  What?  It gets worse as he is booked on a senior`s trip to Disney World along with his mother.Jill is a children`s librarian who seems to have big dreams that she does nothing to work toward.  Her family mocks her by saying, "When the going gets tough, Jill gets going."  Based on her track record this seems pretty accurate.The connection between the two characters seems more juvenile than believable.  Our hero can`t even say the word condom without blushing yet morphs into wanting anal sex in the last few pages.  Had the book stayed in the P.G. world, maybe the innocence would have made sense, but the change in Ethan`s behavior just doesn`t work.  Similarly, in a brilliant Dr. Phil type deduction, Ethan blames Jill`s lack of gumption on her family who have destroyed her self-esteem by telling her the truth.It appears that the two of them will limp along bankrolled by Ethan`s mom, who luckily meets a new man more interesting than her son.Toss in a police chief with narcolepsy and you have a story that makes you want to yell GAK!