Review: My type of neighbourhood
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 1, 2012
Ok, I've started this review about ten times, trying to sound professional and eloquent. It's not working. So here I gush.Every time I read one of Sommer's books, I am struck by the familiarity of the characters she creates. I mean, it seems all her characters are the same, and yet, she never repeats herself in entirety.See, now I know how that sounds, but as a writer, you want to establish a "brand" if you will. I can probably pick up any of Sommer's books, without knowing she's the author, and identify her. Her style is uniquely her own. And to me,that's the mark of a brilliant writer.In Boys Next Door, she's not only created another strong female lead searching for where she belongs, but a thoroughly entertaining and intriguing secondary cast of characters - a remarkably strong supporting group who keep Farrell in line, and on course as she finally finds herself, and exactly what it is she's meant to do in life.But it's not just the characters that are strong. She's woven us a fairy tale, within a love story, within a journey of internal revelations that reveal themselves in mysterious ways.When Farrell moves into the house her father purchased for her, in the tiny sleepy town of Tower Terrace, she's at a crossroads. And what doesn't help is her three neighbours across the street - Deke, Coop, and Stephen. All so different from each other, all sexy as hell, and all of them want Farrell. And she, well, she wants them all too.And amongst all the angst, jealousy and - ahem - there lies a secondary story of forbidden love and passion, and the melancholy sadness that comes with the knowledge that society is prejudiced towards that which is does not, and cannot, understand.As with every Sommer Marsden book, there is self-discovery, there is a ton of emotion, and as always - incredibly hot, kinky, mind blowing sex.This one kept me up reading long after my bedtime. And kept me awake long after I'd put it down.