Review: A sweet taboo story
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 17, 2013
Since I've written a similarly-themed taboo book, I enjoy reading other books like it to see how different authors treat this subject matter. I was glad I did with this one. I started reading it around midnight tonight and just finished at 4 AM. I had every intention of reading until I fell asleep, but never did. It was just that engaging. There are hot scenes, funny dialogue, and a satisfying love story. There were times when I felt our story lines were very similar--too similar in fact (my book was published in 2011)--except Taboo focuses solely on the main relationship, whereas my book has secondary characters and story lines. Taboo is written in first person (which I love) and present tense (which I hate) and that still did not affect my enjoyment. Colleen Hoover's Hopeless is another first person present tense story that I enjoyed, so maybe it's time for me to stop saying I hate that style. I'll just say it's not my preferred style of writing, but with great story-telling, it really just doesn't matter. There's a great story here.Roxy's book was free on Kindle when I got it (thanks!) and worth reading for those who can leave judgment at the door and view this older woman/younger man tale as fictional entertainment.