Review: I've Read Better
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 10 4, 2013
This was more of a 2.5 star book, but since I can't rate half stars I rounded up to 3 because of the hotness of the Owen/Marcus scenes.Man I really thought I'd enjoy this book based on the synopsis, but it really did not work for me. Everything was so very rushed and I never felt like I connected with any of the characters. At one point we learned one tiny bit of information about Owen's past, but then there was nothing more than that. How did he and Marcus get together? What about Marcus' past aside from his painting? Where did Katie get her money? Who is she exactly?I often felt like the threesome moments were forced. It was far more believable when it was just Owen and Marcus together. Perhaps that was because of the fact that they had been in a relationship for so long or it was just because the author wrote them better than she did Katie. Sadly Katie felt like an afterthought or a third wheel and not just during the sex scenes. I would have liked more development. Also, there were quite a few moments that something the author wrote would take me out of the book. Some examples include talking about the vulnerability of seeing Marcus' armpit hair. Then there was the "faint, raunchy odor of Owen's groin"...ummm what? Oh and don't get me started on "semen pulsed from the love-eye in his tip".I hoped for more from this book. I've read MMF done really well and this, unfortunately, isn't it. I probably won't read any more from Portia Da Costa, but I do appreciate the opportunity to check out her work.Arc provided by the publisher via Netgalley