Review: Oh, I do so heart James and Lola
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 16, 2014
So, I read this series when it was all shiny and new, self-published by the author. Then I heard she had sold the book to Omnific Publishing and I was even more excited because it mean more James and Lola. I also found out this book would close of the gap between books one and two.*insert my eye twitch*Now, I love James. I do. Honestly, I think he was just seriously emotionally stunted for 80% of the series and just always thought he would have Lola all safe and sound tucked up next to him and she would never go off and be her own person. Well, he pushed enough to make that possible. I think that is the great part about the series. James made realistic mistakes and Lola had very real responses and that was to shut down all feeling for him and try to pretend she didn't care. They story takes you on a roller coaster that pretty much makes you want to poke your eyeballs out a few times because you are frustrated with James 99.9% of the time before the light bulb clicks on and he's like wait a minute LOLA!But I'm getting ahead of myself.In this installment we see James and Lola growing up. James a porn star and Lola is his bestie.In short, James and Lola are totally in love but both of them are to blame for denying it. I think James more than Lola, because Lola is willing. But James is too wrapped up in being a pornstar and being THE porn star and getting laid to block out the fact he's in love with Lola that she shuts it off because she can't cope with all the feels. (I can't either honey, I can't either!)Now, the new added scenes.I didn't need them.I'm honestly not saying them to be mean, because I LOVED Lola's new scenes. But James's new scenes made me cry and get really angry. I skipped them when I realized they would include Tara Morgan and that other porn chick. See, we were glossed over all this in book two. It was mentioned but now show. I had to see it and I wasn't prepared and I skipped through it on my nook really fast and pretended it didn't happen. Because I caught glimpses of his inner dialogue while he was doing it, and I started to cry. Yeah, yeah, yeah its fiction, shut up I'm invested. I had to instantly read book three of the original versions I had to make myself feel better because that brings everything together.See, Tara causes a problem in book four so there is a seething hate I have for this woman. Book four as the most FEELS and yeah. So, on the plus side, I still heart James and Lola. On the down side my FEELS are a shattered pool of broken promises until the rest of the series is released and I can feel better about the whole thing. Because for people that HAVEN'T read this series, that will, will have no clue what I know.The story is daring, edgy, and makes your feels vomit all over the room. I highly recommend this series if you didn't read it when it was originally self published.*I received a copy of this via Omnific Publishing in exchange for an honest review*