Review: **5 Deliciously Wicked Stars** ~ Ravishing-Riveting-Passionate Reed Porter ~ The New Man in Town
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 9, 2014
Romantic.  Unexpected.  Funny.  Jaw-droppingly sexy.  Heartbreak.  Love.  These are just a few of the words that came to mind after I finished reading this book.  This was my first read from Lisa Suzanne, and I am so thrilled that I chose this one to be my first experience with reading her work.  Side Effects is exactly as I stated above, an unexpected surprise of a book that I just couldn’t put down.  This is definitely one that has stood out in my mind - the characters, the writing style, I loved all of  it.  Keep an eye out Lisa Suzanne - you have a new stalker on your hands!From the very first chapter of this book Quinn Carpenter’s character had a hold of me.  She rocket-shipped right out of the pages and demanded that I be her new best friend, that I not put the book down until I finished it.  She is a no nonsense, no BS, what you see is what you get kinda girl and I LOVED her.  Her snarky, b**chy comments had me laughing, not just a regular laugh either - the laugh that makes you lose your breath, the laugh that makes your sides hurt and unintentional tears squeak out.  I had a perma-smile while reading this one, and very likely everyone I know thinks I’m some raging loony toon that smiles at her Kindle all day long and laughs out loud..Quinn is a woman that knows exactly what she wants and what her type of man is - she is not looking for love, she’s looking for the thrill, for a sexy bad boy that is a rockstar in bed.  And she definitely has that in her f**k buddy, the tattooed bad boy bartender, Tyler.  Or Talented Tyler as she likes to call him.  Tyler is so deliciously dangerous, and his physical connection with Quinn is off the charts on the sexy time meter.  The two of them are satisfied with their no strings attached relationship..Reed Porter.  The boy with the all-american good lucks and the manners of a saint.  A man that knows how to treat a lady and is confident enough to go after what he wants.  And after several run-ins with Quinn, he knows that she is the one he wants.  Their  encounters are funny as well as frustrating - you have to admire a man like Reed, coming back around to a woman that rejects his advances in the way that Quinn does takes balls and he definitely proves that he has them.  Quinn’s conversations with herself regarding Reed (Preppy Porter as she calls him) and all the reasons she can’t date him are nothing short of hilarious.  Some of my fave comments:“He’s a baseball cap forward kind of guy.  I went for a baseball cap backwards kind of guys.”“Who taps someone on the shoulder?”“Voraciously?  Who uses words like that?  Nerd Alert.”Reed pushes past all of Quinn’s defenses, I loved the way he called her out on her BS and made her see that what she really wanted under all of her tough exterior - was love, happiness, a stable relationship with someone that respected her.  He surprises her, and I think he even surprised himself with the way he responded to her.  Nothing was a bigger surprise to Quinn  when he releases his inner bad boy.  Reed Porter - his new nickname should have been Ravishing-Riveting-Passionate Reed Porter, holy mother of everything he is dynamite in the bedroom! The polar opposite of what Quinn (and okay, I was surprised too) expected.  Watching the two of them slowly open up to each other - and seeing Quinn’s personality change as she discovered parts of herself that she had closed off was amazing.  Who was this girl that suddenly stuttered and was nervous around men?  Who was this girl that stumbled and fell face first into a guy’s ass?  (Most hilarious scene I have EVER read by the way).  Their journey was captivating to take part in.As the two explore each other and whether or not they have  anything more than a physical connection - there is still the question of Talented Tyler.  I admit, I was torn through most of the book just as Quinn is on who the right guy for her is.  When Tyler starts to change his ways, that’s when things really get complicated….Side Effects Warning of Reading This Book:  will cause extreme fits of laughter,  will cause panties to melt clean off, will cause frustration and yelling out loud, will cause family/friends to believe you are a lunatic for yelling out loud, and MOST IMPORTANTLY:  will be one of the best damn books you read this year.xo Cassiadeliciouslywickedbooks.com