Review: Never Too Old for Romance - warning, explicit sexual scenes.
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 12 7, 2013
This was not a book for me.  I'm surprised that the author, with her education and counseling experience would write such an unrealistic portrayal  of a 65 year old woman.  Perfect body? Really??  At age 65, most women will have at least ONE surgical scar, C-section, hysterectomy, gallbladder, perhaps a lumpectomy or mastectomy or knee replacement....but this woman had a "perfect body"!  Guess she didn't have the middle age pooch around the waist either.I won't even bother with the juvenile steamy sex scenes. What bothered me most was the way they both, after 50 years, and she not hardly remembering him, jump into the sack the first chance they get.  What??  Oh, I forgot.  She had a "perfect body" and felt "unloved".  Safe sex was not even mentioned.  At their age, there would be no worry about a baby, but come on!  Neither one had any idea who the other had had as sex partners over the years.  Ever heard of STD's, AIDS and other nasty little critters?  Not realistic at all.  Their love affair was not Romance, even with flowers  It was Lust Gone Wild.The characters were one dimensional.  The only thing they had in common was their sexual appetites and an unhappy marriage...oops, forgot about unlimited finances too!  I wasted one evening reading, while skimming over the explicit rolls in the hay, finding it harder and harder (no pun intended) to understand what the point was.  Adultery and sneaking around may seem like fun, but these things have consequences in REAL life.  Divorce is not a walk in the park smelling flowers.  People are hurt, some severely, often for a lifetime.  Children, grandchildren, friends, extended family.....all are affected by divorce.  This was not addressed and could have been worked into the story to flesh it out a bit bringing the family dynamic into the story. In my opinion, the story was unrealistic fiction....or fantasy.  I couldn't make any connection to the main characters and didn't like them at all.  I am 68 and felt my intelligence was insulted by the premise of this book....totally unreal.  Maybe when the author reaches my age, she will understand where I'm coming from.  There was no minus star, so it got a grudging one star.  Still shaking my head that I read it....felt as if I needed a shower afterward. :-P