Review: Not for me
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 07 31, 2011
We're all different and what does it for one person won't do it for another.  This one didn't do anything for me.  I try to finish everything I start reading, but I knew as soon as they hit the tour bus that this wasn't for me.The author did a commendable job illustrating their different personalities in this short story.  You can sense Sapphire's vulnerability and desperation and you can feel Jordie's confusion and then his need to be more than he has been in the past.  Jordie's use of slang sometimes seemed appropriate but other times just seemed distracting.Most women love a rake and a heroine with just the right qualities to bring him to his knees, myself included.  I, however, couldn't make myself like Jordie or see him as someone with a painful past who is protecting himself by not building relationships with his partners.  The narrative says that "he made sure the pleasure was all his because he had no interest in pleasing a woman"... I think we all understand emotional pain, how it lingers with us for life, and how it affects other aspects of our life.  I could not, though, like that he wanted to punish lovers with pain or that he would (based on what I interpreted from the narrative) intentionally withhold pleasure.  Not my cup of tea.On a secondary level, I couldn't get past her age.  This was the night before she turned 18 and, though I don't recall an age being given for Jordie, he was much older than her in life experience alone.  I couldn't get past his carelessness with her and other people in the beginning.On a side note, if I find grammatical or Kindle formatting issues in a book, I'll mention it in my review but I don't typically rate based on those things unless they severely impact readability.  The formatting in this book was just fine, but there were a couple of grammar mistakes, most notably the use of `accept" when it should have been "except" and the use of ".99 cents" (making it less than penny) in the author's note/advertising at the end of the book.  The book is not riddled with mistakes, but these jumped out at me.Overall, this one isn't for me.  I did like the author's style of writing, so I might check out her other books.