Review: BEST NIGHT EVER - A Surprising and Involving Short Story
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 6, 2013
BEST NIGHT EVER is one of those books where the story starts one way, but ends in a completely different manner. Its central protagonist is Jordie Michaels, a sexually ambivalent, coarse, bad boy pop star. Sapphire is a young woman who enters, and wins, the local radio station's "Best Night Ever" song contest, where she is granted some of Jordie's private time in his trailer. Will the sensitive Sapphire be able to hold her own with the foul-mouthed, demanding Jordie, or, will he be taught some lessons he will never forget?What ensues is an intimate, no holds barred exploration of these two main characters, which is both explicit, and eye-opening in nature. While a large focus of the story revolves around the sexual attraction between these characters, the story contains a sobering, and realistic, undercurrent where the reader is presented with background information about both Jordie and Sapphire, which makes their motivations clearer, and more understandable, to the reader. Not an 'easy' read in any way, but a satisfying one nonetheless, BEST NIGHT EVER is a story which alternately repels, shocks, charms and surprises the reader, and has two well-rounded characters who hold the reader's attention to the very end.