Review: True Bliss is packed full of hilarity and a sweet romance.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 25, 2013
Reading BJ Harvey’s book True Bliss makes me happy that I’m no longer in the dating pool. The quality of the blind dates out there is scary..and hilarious. This book is a look inside Kate McGuinness’s world as she tries to find her way to true love and not realizing she may already have found him.Kate McGuiness, the heroine in this book, is Makenna (Mac) Lewis’s best friend. Kate is the shoulder Mac cried on while going through all her angst in Temporary Bliss. After successfully helping her friend find true love, Kate wants her share of happiness. Try as she might, she cannot seem to find a good guy out there. Her last relationship was a complete disaster and her subsequent dates after are duds. It doesn’t help that her mother constantly harps on her about finding a man to take care of her. Zander Roberts is the epitome of hot. You have to be if you’re a male stripper. Unfortunately for all the future bachelorette parties out there, Zander is growing tired of this profession. He wants a career that he can be proud of. He also has the major hots for Kate! But of course that pesky “she’s too good for me and we can’t be together” syndrome strikes. Can these two get over their issues and realize that they are so totally right for each other?This book is jammed packed full of hilarity, which is refreshing. BJ Harvey has a great talent for coming up with funny nicknames. In Temporary Bliss, she nicknamed all her hot characters. In True Bliss, Kate gifts Zander with the name “God of Gorgeousness”. She should have put an A in front of that funny name and she can shorten it to AGOG. Kate is pretty much agog when she is in his presence, so it fits the situation. Some of Zander’s stripping scenes made me laugh while I read. Zander has to dodge many older women in his profession. This line cracked me up!“This woman isn’t just a cougar, she’s bordering on being a hyena, willing to take prey at any cost.”No wonder he’s looking for a new gig. A couple of other quotes from Kate made me laugh.“Can you come here for a minute.” “Sure, but you better be decent. I don’t need to see Daniel’s weapon of mass impregnation.”“I would have called him a clam jammer, too. You’re a bunch of box blockers, the lot of you.”Clam jammer will be worked into my vocabulary from now on!The sex is sizzling in this book. Kate and Zander’s chemistry together is off the charts! I like that they don’t jump right into the sack. Their attraction builds, making the final outcome even hotter.True Bliss is a hilariously sexy read. BJ Harvey’s writing is cleaver, engaging, and addicting. The angst isn’t over the top and implausible. True Bliss has just the right mix of dramatic and sweet. I give True Bliss 4.5 out of 5 stars!Written by Dee McGee - Booze, Bookz, and Bad Boyz