Review: Great story & characters... fun read!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 31, 2013
I love when books switch things up, taking a storyline used over again but making it its own. That is how I felt while reading Temporary Bliss by B.J. Harvey. We are use to reading about "man-ho's" who meet that special girl and they change their man-ho ways, but in Temporary Bliss it's a female this time who... well let's just say enjoys the company of men.Makenna, or Mac as she likes to be called was in an abusive relationship when she was 20, since leaving the toxic relationship behind she has vowed to never let a man run her life or fall in love again. She becomes, well.... a slut. She doesn't do relationships but loves sex. She has three men who are her "friends with benefits". Each man gives or what she needs but without the strings attached. Then one day she meets Daniel... he is the type of guy you marry. He has a great job and he looks into the future with Mac; he wants the wife, the kids all with her. The two begin a relationship but there is a long build-up for sex, which is a first for Mac. They get to know each other and feelings developed.The really unique thing about the book that somehow the author made work was as Mac was dating Daniel the author goes back and forth between the past & present and how Mac met each of her "friends with benefits" with detailed sex scenes. Even though I loved Daniel and Mac was currently dating him, you get scenes of Mac having sex with 3 other men (pre Daniel). I thought I would hate reading about the main character having sex with other men who were not the main love interest but somehow the author made it work and gave the story something special. It really helped explain who Makenna is.There is a nice twist toward the middle of the book that involves one of her friends with benefits and Daniel. I was hoping it would go somewhere else and lead to drama but it became something of a "no big deal". I was a bit disappointed with that.  The ending was wrapped up a little quickly for me and I would have liked some information about Beau; Mac's abusive ex-boyfriend who she ran away from four years ago to make reappearance. She left him and he never came looking for her? I just needed to know something, anything about him.I have read other B.J. Harvey books but this is by far my favorite of her works. I enjoyed the story and I really enjoyed Daniel, I prefer the good-boys and Daniel is perfect!I give Temporary Bliss (Bliss #1) 4 STARS