Review: Hot and humorous
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 20, 2013
I received an email advertising the book Unscrupulous by Avery Aster that was just released last week.  It said that the galley was available on NetGalley to bloggers who read and review erotica.  I requested it and received an email from the author authorizing my copy.Now, part of me wondered if I would have a hard time writing a bad review of the book if it turned out I needed to after corresponding personally with the author.  But I received a copy in exchange for an honest review and that is what I am providing.  I have to say I started out reading the book hoping that I would like it.  At first I was afraid that I wasn't going to, as it seemed to be very brash and in your face, and not too much of an erotic "romance".  But as I got farther into the book I came to appreciate this about the writing.  If you are looking for a nice romance with a little sex thrown in, this probably isn't the book for you - think Jackie Collins meets a porno movie.  The characters in the book are very over the top.  They say what they mean and they do whatever the hell they want.  You will come away from these books appreciating this about them.  This series focuses on a group of friends and each will be getting their own book.  Getting to know each of them is a hoot, and the secondary characters in the stories are also well-formulated and interesting.Unscrupulous focuses on Taddy Brill.  She is the head of Brill, Inc., a top-notch PR firm.  She and her friends Lex and Vive decide to get away from it all for a while and head over to a resort.  While in an exclusive club, she meets her "Big Daddy", who she thinks is named Garner.  After an unfortunate encounter with his ex-fiancee whom Taddy thinks he is still engaged to, she throws herself into her work and decides to give up on men for a while.  Until them meet again, Taddy and Warner both spend an unexpectedly large amount of time thinking about each other and Warner even tries to track Taddy down without knowing her name(as an aside, you will learn, as I did, what vajazzling is).  Taddy runs into Big Daddy again when she rushes to Europe to save her assistant who has gotten herself into some trouble.  They must work together to remake his hotel's reputation, and start to work on creating a relationship.  I was surprised by how long it took for this couple to actually have sex, but when they finally do, it is well worth the wait.  (Don't read this book is you are offended by explicit sex scenes, as there are quite a few.)  Overall, I found the book to be enjoyable, at times even laugh out loud humorous.  I plan to read the next books in this series.