Review: loved it
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 30, 2013
I bought this after reading Pole Dance. While PD was a 3 star read for me, I was interested in Dex and Leila's story.Human Hieroglyphix was perfect. It hit on all the points I was looking for.Leila is a college professor who hears some pretty disparaging remarks about herself from her own students prior to class.The words are so hurtful that she goes home and takes a long look at herself and her life. Not just physically but internally and realizes she's just been rolling along with nothing outside of her education and job to show for living.I love that this isnt the typical plain jane to swan story. Leila's obsessive personality has her detailing all the changes she wants to consider from clothes, hair,restaurants she frequents to mannerisms and speech. Some of her reflections and internal dialogue are downright funny. Our hero Dex is part owner of a local tattoo parlor. He's the hot bad boy Leila observes in a bar one night.The ideal man that would never be interested in someone like her. Dex is no slouch though, he's an alpha hero and he owns a harley :)The interaction between the two is at times romantic and at others just downright cute. Dex does have one d-bag moment that actually ripped my heart in two for Leila.(no cheating)Just painful for someone like Leila who is still learning to like her new selfI think the author does a great job on Leila's journey of discovery. Her new group of friends aka her girls are hilarious and genuinely love helping Leila transform. The dialogue is snappy and the story flows.While the plot with the suspense isnt very suspenseful the overall story and read were well worth it.Small nitpicks would be a few typos that typically dont bother me but because I was engrossed they threw me from the story occasionally. Cant wait to read more