Review: Whew....is it hot in here?
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 24, 2013
I am an avid reader of erotica, and I LOVED this story.I was hesitant going into it.  There are a few themes I don't always like in erotica.One, the overweight heroine. I mean, I'm a chunky kid - and I love to imagine myself in these stories (after losing a few pounds, maybe.)  But I don't like reading a book in first person in which the heroine seems to go on nonstop about her weight.  It's like having a best friend or roommate who won't stop obsessing - and good, or bad, it simply isn't need to be strung out.  This story kept the overweight heroine theme to a minimum.  Her curvy figure is really only mentioned in context - and it isn't something that she is thinking or worrying about.  It seamlessly fits into the storyline without being obstrusive.Two, and I mean absolutely no offense in this as I honor and support our troops, but I often do not find stories centered around men in the military to be enjoying.  Maybe it's because I have severe separation anxiety and the whole subject of soldiers being shipped off is hard on me.  But, this book didn't have that.  And perhaps that's why I completely didn't mind the two military men in the story.The story really sucked me in from the beginning.  There was great characterization for a short story, and Christa Wick does a fantastic job of sucking the reader in.  It's one of those stories that I thanked the heavens that she didn't just jump into the sex.  All the teasing and the hinting and the little touches and flirting and foreplay.....whew.  Gets a girl going, you know?  Which I suppose is why I read this stuff - because I apparently don't have any of it at home.  And I don't want to just read about the sex - I want to read about each little touch and whisper and the emotions behind each.  I feel like this story had all that.  It had be sucked in and loving it!  I flew through it and wished there was more!