Review: Half and Half
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 17, 2013
Here I go again. 'Her Mouth Really Likes Me' was humorous and completely unrealistic. I cannot imagine that in the real world any girl would find herself falling for the stalker like charm of Ron. I would quicker get a restraining order and a couple of days behind bars than find him arousing in the slightest. His methods while well intentioned seemed more criminal than erotic to me and the comedy exasperated it. But this is fiction and that's where all the crazy, irrational and hardly likely thoughts get their voice.The story takes place in college where sexual tension and lust is at an all high. College is filled with hormone crazed flesh buzzing about like flies looking for place to unburden. Ron is your typical nerd (naturally a virgin) harboring racy thoughts about a girl who happens to be one of the most popular girls in school. He decides that she will be his first. Already the ceiling is set to an almost unattainable level. So this is where the book reels you in, because you want to know how in the world he will manage to bed her. They are opposites and exist in a crucial and superficial environment. This is all about lust and nothing to do with love which can only come later in life when experience molds you. You read on and the more you do you realize how unlikely his antics would work in the real world. This is the funny part and it lightens the book to the point where when you get to the erotic part you read with raised eyebrows rather than peaking arousal.The book was well written and I got a clear idea of who Ron and Adriana were. But my feelings about this installment were truly mixed. I did not know whether to like it or hate it completely. I remain on the fence about this one. It's a good read, well developed plot. My concern with this book though was its irrelevance. Ron took an old fashioned approach to make Adrianna fall for him. I would have preferred a more inventive approach. Here is where Susan had the opportunity to empower the nerd in a way that we haven't seen before and she missed it completely. She could have easily took Ron out of the stereotypical character and made him a more confident and compelling protagonist, It just seemed like when I was familiarizing myself with his character that he was too much of a 'wimp' with made Adriana's response to his charm insincere.I can see why a lot of people would read this book (nerds in particular) because of the idea that through a concerted effort a nerd can actually snag the object of his affection. Overall the book lacked the 'pow' effect that some of her other books deliver well.