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Forever Dead #1
Reawakening
Forever Dead Series, Book One
June has spent the last two years of her life trying to avoid death at the hands of murderous psychopaths and ravening zombies. So when Jamie turns up on the scene, careless, still whole and promising her safety on a little paradise island, she isn’t quite sure she can trust him. Especially when he tells her that it’s just him, and his equally big, burly, handsome friend Blake.
But Jamie and Blake are even better than her wildest dreams—sweet and funny and charming. And worst of all: sexy as hell. Though they're trying to be gentlemanly with her, all she can think about is how much she wants to get tangled up in them, and forget the nightmare the world has become. She's waiting for her reawakening—back to life and happiness and love.
And they seem like just the right sort of men to wake her—body and soul.
June has spent the last two years of her life trying to avoid death at the hands of murderous psychopaths and ravening zombies. So when Jamie turns up on the scene, careless, still whole and promising her safety on a little paradise island, she isn’t quite sure she can trust him. Especially when he tells her that it’s just him, and his equally big, burly, handsome friend Blake.
But Jamie and Blake are even better than her wildest dreams—sweet and funny and charming. And worst of all: sexy as hell. Though they're trying to be gentlemanly with her, all she can think about is how much she wants to get tangled up in them, and forget the nightmare the world has become. She's waiting for her reawakening—back to life and happiness and love.
And they seem like just the right sort of men to wake her—body and soul.
22 pages, ebook
First published May 25, 2011
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Charlotte Stein
116 books2,124 followersCharlotte Stein is the RT and DABWAHA nominated author of over fifty short stories, novellas and novels. When not writing deeply emotional and intensely sexy books, she can be found eating jelly turtles, watching terrible sitcoms and occasionally lusting after hunks. For more on Charlotte, visit: www.charlottestein.net
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June 2, 2011
This was the first book that I was really nervous about reading and reviewing. An ARC was given to me by the author, as well as an opportunity to have her do a guest blog on my website. (No pressure!) After I agreed to it, I was scared. What if I ended up hating the book? I had never read anything by Charlotte Stein (although I do have two of her books in my TBR pile). I had never read any books about zombies. This had all the makings of situation that could go horribly, horribly wrong. Would I lie about the book and just say I liked it, even if I didn't? It was with all of these trepid thoughts that I began to read Reawakening.
Turns out, my fears proved to be completely unfounded because I loved the book! (Whew!)
A zombie apocalypse has taken over and there are very few humans left. June has been fighting them off for the past two years when she is rescued by Jamie and taken to a remote island. The only other inhabitant of this little island is Blake. Two hot guys and one chick. The only humans left (that they know of). I'll admit, this book was much different than some of the books I've read lately. You know, the ones where the characters are having hot monkey sex by page 3. Yea. THOSE books. It took me about 25 pages of constantly thinking "is this when they all have sex?" to realize that this isn't one of THOSE books. Oh yea, there's sex.....hot sex.....but not until much later on. Once I chilled out on the sex front, I was able to delve into the world where flesh-eating zombies roamed free.
The beginning of the book plays out in a way that I can only describe as unsettling. Like, I was constantly on edge, as if someone was hovering behind me with their fingernails poised over a chalkboard.....and I never knew when they were going to screech their nails down on it. It wasn't tense as in "OMG, I'm so scared" kind of way, it was just....unsettling. I was always a little confused, and I would go back a page or two and read a little bit, thinking maybe I had missed something. Then I finally realized - DUH! I'm supposed to be unsettled....zombies have taken over the fucking planet. How ELSE am I supposed to feel? For all those tense moments, you're right there with the heroine, June, wondering if a zombie is lurking around the next corner waiting to eat her face off.
After Jamie gets June to the island, things are a little tense and awkward for all of those involved. June is constantly thinking that Jamie and Blake will turn into zombies at any moment. She barely speaks to them and they basically just walk on eggshells around her.....trying not to spook her anymore than they know she already is. (If anyone qualifies for a major case of PTSD, it's a chick who's been fighting zombies 24/7 for the past 2 years.)
Eventually, June loosens us around them a little and they all sort of become friends. They share meals, play endless games of Scrabble, but the tiptoeing around each other continues. (Sexual tension, much?) And then June has a sex dream about them which awakens all of these sexual feelings that she has shelved for the past 2+ years. The sex dreams continue, although she doesn’t tell the boys about them. She thinks they aren’t attracted to her and then she finds out they think she is a lesbian. But eventually, it happens. She makes out with Jamie, and that’s as far as it gets. For now. And at some point, she makes out with Blake as well. It isn’t until they fly back to the mainland in search of supplies that things go from heavy petting to hot monkey sex. While searching for supplies (like food and fuel), Jane’s dumb ass decides to venture out in search of condoms, gets spotted by a zombie, and has to fight it off. She kills it and that’s when the guys realize that this bitch can take care of herself - though they’re not happy with her running off on her own. This whole escapade prompts June and Jamie to have a little talk, wherein they discuss the fact she has sex on the brain - hence the need for condoms - and the fact that Jamie and Blake also have sex on the brain, but they don’t want to freak her out by saying “Hey, yea, I know it’s the zombie apocalypse and all, but do you wanna have a threeway?” Ok, so no one ever says that, exactly, but that’s the subtext. How June could have ever thought they didn’t want her is beyond me. I mean, if there’s ever a sure way to get laid, it’s to make sure you are the ONLY KNOWN FEMALE LEFT ON THE PLANET.
Eventually, they all get to the hot monkey threeway sex part. And it is H.O.T. And Jamie even pops out the “I love you” during one of the threeways. (Good timing, dude!) And because these three dumbass kids can’t communicate with each other worth a damn, feelings get mixed up, there’s the whole Jamie / Blake “she loves you more - no she loves YOU more” stuff. I swear, even during a fucking zombie apocalypse, guys are still so damn thick-headed stubborn and stupid.
The thing is, June has fallen for both guys - in completely different ways and it takes almost losing one of them to a zombie that made it to the island for them to all realize that their threeway love circle could actually work.
I glazed over a lot - obviously, cause I don’t want to give it all away.....but this book just worked for me on so many levels. Like I said at the beginning, I was completely unsettled by the writing. I didn’t enjoy that at first; I didn’t understand it. I’m not used to reading romance/erotica that sort of gives me the heebie-geebies in a way that has nothing to do with anything sexual. As I continued through the book, I realized that the unsettling was a very deliberate effort to do just that.....unsettle me. It was saying - Don’t get too comfortable.....this ain’t your average erotica tale.
There’s also a great deal of humor in this book. I pulled out a ton of quotes to list in my review and I decided that I really didn’t want to pull them out of context for those that are going to read the book. But I will give you my favorite quote from the book: “Porn always made this look so easy. The guy had a cock the size of a ham hock? No problem! Just shove it right up that chick’s ass—hell, she could probably take it in her nostril if you push hard enough.”
And finally.....the scariest thing in the book? Learning that Miley Cyrus songs survived the zombie apocalypse. For fuck’s sake. ;)
*ARC provided by the author
Turns out, my fears proved to be completely unfounded because I loved the book! (Whew!)
A zombie apocalypse has taken over and there are very few humans left. June has been fighting them off for the past two years when she is rescued by Jamie and taken to a remote island. The only other inhabitant of this little island is Blake. Two hot guys and one chick. The only humans left (that they know of). I'll admit, this book was much different than some of the books I've read lately. You know, the ones where the characters are having hot monkey sex by page 3. Yea. THOSE books. It took me about 25 pages of constantly thinking "is this when they all have sex?" to realize that this isn't one of THOSE books. Oh yea, there's sex.....hot sex.....but not until much later on. Once I chilled out on the sex front, I was able to delve into the world where flesh-eating zombies roamed free.
The beginning of the book plays out in a way that I can only describe as unsettling. Like, I was constantly on edge, as if someone was hovering behind me with their fingernails poised over a chalkboard.....and I never knew when they were going to screech their nails down on it. It wasn't tense as in "OMG, I'm so scared" kind of way, it was just....unsettling. I was always a little confused, and I would go back a page or two and read a little bit, thinking maybe I had missed something. Then I finally realized - DUH! I'm supposed to be unsettled....zombies have taken over the fucking planet. How ELSE am I supposed to feel? For all those tense moments, you're right there with the heroine, June, wondering if a zombie is lurking around the next corner waiting to eat her face off.
After Jamie gets June to the island, things are a little tense and awkward for all of those involved. June is constantly thinking that Jamie and Blake will turn into zombies at any moment. She barely speaks to them and they basically just walk on eggshells around her.....trying not to spook her anymore than they know she already is. (If anyone qualifies for a major case of PTSD, it's a chick who's been fighting zombies 24/7 for the past 2 years.)
Eventually, June loosens us around them a little and they all sort of become friends. They share meals, play endless games of Scrabble, but the tiptoeing around each other continues. (Sexual tension, much?) And then June has a sex dream about them which awakens all of these sexual feelings that she has shelved for the past 2+ years. The sex dreams continue, although she doesn’t tell the boys about them. She thinks they aren’t attracted to her and then she finds out they think she is a lesbian. But eventually, it happens. She makes out with Jamie, and that’s as far as it gets. For now. And at some point, she makes out with Blake as well. It isn’t until they fly back to the mainland in search of supplies that things go from heavy petting to hot monkey sex. While searching for supplies (like food and fuel), Jane’s dumb ass decides to venture out in search of condoms, gets spotted by a zombie, and has to fight it off. She kills it and that’s when the guys realize that this bitch can take care of herself - though they’re not happy with her running off on her own. This whole escapade prompts June and Jamie to have a little talk, wherein they discuss the fact she has sex on the brain - hence the need for condoms - and the fact that Jamie and Blake also have sex on the brain, but they don’t want to freak her out by saying “Hey, yea, I know it’s the zombie apocalypse and all, but do you wanna have a threeway?” Ok, so no one ever says that, exactly, but that’s the subtext. How June could have ever thought they didn’t want her is beyond me. I mean, if there’s ever a sure way to get laid, it’s to make sure you are the ONLY KNOWN FEMALE LEFT ON THE PLANET.
Eventually, they all get to the hot monkey threeway sex part. And it is H.O.T. And Jamie even pops out the “I love you” during one of the threeways. (Good timing, dude!) And because these three dumbass kids can’t communicate with each other worth a damn, feelings get mixed up, there’s the whole Jamie / Blake “she loves you more - no she loves YOU more” stuff. I swear, even during a fucking zombie apocalypse, guys are still so damn thick-headed stubborn and stupid.
The thing is, June has fallen for both guys - in completely different ways and it takes almost losing one of them to a zombie that made it to the island for them to all realize that their threeway love circle could actually work.
I glazed over a lot - obviously, cause I don’t want to give it all away.....but this book just worked for me on so many levels. Like I said at the beginning, I was completely unsettled by the writing. I didn’t enjoy that at first; I didn’t understand it. I’m not used to reading romance/erotica that sort of gives me the heebie-geebies in a way that has nothing to do with anything sexual. As I continued through the book, I realized that the unsettling was a very deliberate effort to do just that.....unsettle me. It was saying - Don’t get too comfortable.....this ain’t your average erotica tale.
There’s also a great deal of humor in this book. I pulled out a ton of quotes to list in my review and I decided that I really didn’t want to pull them out of context for those that are going to read the book. But I will give you my favorite quote from the book: “Porn always made this look so easy. The guy had a cock the size of a ham hock? No problem! Just shove it right up that chick’s ass—hell, she could probably take it in her nostril if you push hard enough.”
And finally.....the scariest thing in the book? Learning that Miley Cyrus songs survived the zombie apocalypse. For fuck’s sake. ;)
*ARC provided by the author
March 16, 2015
1.5 stars.
Forgive my snarkiness to come.
If I didn't have this stupid, weird compulsion to finish something once I've started it, I would have dropped this book after 50 pages--no, even at 30 pages. (And that is still very generous considering the quality of writing)
The first thing that got to me--seriously got to me--was the weird voice of the narrative. Here are some examples, but imagine the entire book being like this:
"He wanted to look at her ass? Yeah, that was cool. He wanted to say horny things like Jesus, baby, I just want to rub my c**k all over you? Yeah, that was cool, too.
In fact it was so cool that she briefly had a minor embolism."
Yeah, "cool".
"But then, she’d kind of forgotten how totally awesome Jamie was. He was so awesome that when she [...]"
In fact, lets immortalize this quote with an interpretive dance. Every 3 beats we yell, "Awesome!" just for vocal effects. It will really get the point across.
The next thing that got to me was the vague and awkward writing. We get this annoying stream of consciousness. The MC gets rescued from the apocalypse and pretty soon a sex scene comes up, and only AFTERWARDS it is mentioned that a couple of months had passed by then. Umm? What, you couldn't have told me that earlier? I was reading this all confused: She goes from traumatic to fully emotionally functioning right away?
The next bit was the lack of dialogue tags with proper nouns. Who said what?! Tell me. I spent my time flipping back and forth trying to figure out if I missed something, maybe I was told who was speaking earlier. But...nooooo. I didn't miss anything. Not one effing word.
Clarity, Miss Stein, clarity. It's a really precious commodity in negating confusion.
As for the plot.... If you piece together the first 15-20 pages and the last 30, (out of 200!) you'll get your plot there. Nothing happens in the middle (and most of) the book except the MC's sex fantasies, sexual frustrations, and sexy times--and yeah, the sexual frustrations of all three characters. This is one disappointing plot.
The description is poor too. (I mean the kind of description you get when there is nothing sexual happening) I honestly didn't feel like I was at any of the scenes. What was the weather like? Texture? Smells? (and the only smells mentioned were the mens' scents, nothing else) Materials? You get the idea. The description of setting was seriously poor.
*sigh* My reviews aren't usually this rude, but the only redeeming quality I found was that the characters were okay (and by that I mean they barely passed--though I wished the MC died instead of Kaylee. Kaylee seems like she would have made a less annoying, more interesting character to listen to for 200 pages. By that point, I didn't care anymore. I just wanted to finish the book and be done with it.
I'm striking Charlotte Stein off my reading list. This book didn't impress me with the quality of writing I've seen here.
Forgive my snarkiness to come.
If I didn't have this stupid, weird compulsion to finish something once I've started it, I would have dropped this book after 50 pages--no, even at 30 pages. (And that is still very generous considering the quality of writing)
The first thing that got to me--seriously got to me--was the weird voice of the narrative. Here are some examples, but imagine the entire book being like this:
"He wanted to look at her ass? Yeah, that was cool. He wanted to say horny things like Jesus, baby, I just want to rub my c**k all over you? Yeah, that was cool, too.
In fact it was so cool that she briefly had a minor embolism."
Yeah, "cool".
"But then, she’d kind of forgotten how totally awesome Jamie was. He was so awesome that when she [...]"
In fact, lets immortalize this quote with an interpretive dance. Every 3 beats we yell, "Awesome!" just for vocal effects. It will really get the point across.
The next thing that got to me was the vague and awkward writing. We get this annoying stream of consciousness. The MC gets rescued from the apocalypse and pretty soon a sex scene comes up, and only AFTERWARDS it is mentioned that a couple of months had passed by then. Umm? What, you couldn't have told me that earlier? I was reading this all confused: She goes from traumatic to fully emotionally functioning right away?
The next bit was the lack of dialogue tags with proper nouns. Who said what?! Tell me. I spent my time flipping back and forth trying to figure out if I missed something, maybe I was told who was speaking earlier. But...nooooo. I didn't miss anything. Not one effing word.
Clarity, Miss Stein, clarity. It's a really precious commodity in negating confusion.
As for the plot.... If you piece together the first 15-20 pages and the last 30, (out of 200!) you'll get your plot there. Nothing happens in the middle (and most of) the book except the MC's sex fantasies, sexual frustrations, and sexy times--and yeah, the sexual frustrations of all three characters. This is one disappointing plot.
The description is poor too. (I mean the kind of description you get when there is nothing sexual happening) I honestly didn't feel like I was at any of the scenes. What was the weather like? Texture? Smells? (and the only smells mentioned were the mens' scents, nothing else) Materials? You get the idea. The description of setting was seriously poor.
*sigh* My reviews aren't usually this rude, but the only redeeming quality I found was that the characters were okay (and by that I mean they barely passed--though I wished the MC died instead of Kaylee. Kaylee seems like she would have made a less annoying, more interesting character to listen to for 200 pages. By that point, I didn't care anymore. I just wanted to finish the book and be done with it.
I'm striking Charlotte Stein off my reading list. This book didn't impress me with the quality of writing I've seen here.
May 13, 2012
I really enjoyed this! I keep seeing Charlotte Stein's name everywhere lately and so I was browsing through her backlist when I noticed this was about a zombie apocalypse. SOLD.
I bought and loved. Read it in one sitting. The heroine has a massive case of PTSD but it made so much sense. I wish there were more zombie apocalypse romances. I guess I need to write one, right? Right.
I bought and loved. Read it in one sitting. The heroine has a massive case of PTSD but it made so much sense. I wish there were more zombie apocalypse romances. I guess I need to write one, right? Right.
January 28, 2012
I have never laughed so hard during a zombie apocalypse. June's inner PTSD ramblings were just so sadly funny, and I loved the deliberate progression from weird dreams to her relationship with Blake and Jamie. But- and this is why I don't like menage- though the characters said it otherwise, and it was written otherwise, it really seemed like Jamie was the true love, not Blake. And that's fine, why can't it be fine?
And this is not related only to this book, just the theme of permanent menage in general, its not sexy to me to have to be so freaking equal with everything - reminds me too much of being a mom and playing fair with my children. Kind of irritating, really.
Jamie got more development as a character, in fact, more than even June. Blake was a cipher and amiable underwear model. It just bugged me especially that every scene with Jamie (whether trying to talk out feelings, declare love, or have hot sex) was always interrupted! I felt sort of cheated, and frankly bad for Jamie, who clearly needed some one-on-one time.
A long ramble, and more negative than I expected for a book that I really enjoyed, but I guess it shows how invested I am in Stein's characters. They seem so real. I love her writing - it really strangely encapsulates the human experience - the joy, pain, love, lust, awkwardness, etc.
And this is not related only to this book, just the theme of permanent menage in general, its not sexy to me to have to be so freaking equal with everything - reminds me too much of being a mom and playing fair with my children. Kind of irritating, really.
Jamie got more development as a character, in fact, more than even June. Blake was a cipher and amiable underwear model. It just bugged me especially that every scene with Jamie (whether trying to talk out feelings, declare love, or have hot sex) was always interrupted! I felt sort of cheated, and frankly bad for Jamie, who clearly needed some one-on-one time.
A long ramble, and more negative than I expected for a book that I really enjoyed, but I guess it shows how invested I am in Stein's characters. They seem so real. I love her writing - it really strangely encapsulates the human experience - the joy, pain, love, lust, awkwardness, etc.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
November 9, 2011
Charlotte Stein writes really, really good erotic romance. I knew that from other stories I've read from her, so I wasn't shocked when this one turned out to be as hot and tasty as her other work. What I didn't expect was that Stein also writes really good zombie apocalypse.
Not that I'm an expert at all things zombie, neither on the screen or in print, but I found everything zombie related in this story very believable.
These people suffer from serious PTSD, and it shows in everything. Not only their actions and behavior, but also their thought-patterns and relationships. These people have lived through horrible things, are 3 of the last healthy people on earth and it shows in everything.
I loved how incredibly slowly June starts to trust them, both in the small and big things. I loved that by the time that first level of trust is there, and the horniness hits them hard, nobody acts on it because they figure the other party isn't interested and respect that. No immediate trips to raunchy sexland here.
I loved that June's fantasies were depicted so detailed, but also as fantasies and thus a little dislodged from reality.
And for the most part I liked how the whole menage thing played out. It all happens kinda by accident, and a lot of the conflict comes from the three of them dealing with it (or for the most part, not deal with it well). Even during the zombie apocalypse, triad relationships aren't really the norm, and I thought it was very believable neither one of the heroes was thinking something like that might work.
Unfortunately, after all the angst and emotions, I expected a bigger, longer and uncut happy ending. Now it felt like the conflict lasted until the last page, and even though everything was resolved, I didn't feel enough happiness to really believe that they would live through it. As usual, I want an epilogue where there isn't one (and probably wouldn't want one if there had been one).
Still, Charlotte Stein definitely stays my erotica indulgence author, because boy does she write hot 'n steamy well, and she's pretty great at character development as well.
Recommended for those who don't mind multiple men, some emotional background and an unusual setting with their erotic romance.
Not that I'm an expert at all things zombie, neither on the screen or in print, but I found everything zombie related in this story very believable.
These people suffer from serious PTSD, and it shows in everything. Not only their actions and behavior, but also their thought-patterns and relationships. These people have lived through horrible things, are 3 of the last healthy people on earth and it shows in everything.
I loved how incredibly slowly June starts to trust them, both in the small and big things. I loved that by the time that first level of trust is there, and the horniness hits them hard, nobody acts on it because they figure the other party isn't interested and respect that. No immediate trips to raunchy sexland here.
I loved that June's fantasies were depicted so detailed, but also as fantasies and thus a little dislodged from reality.
And for the most part I liked how the whole menage thing played out. It all happens kinda by accident, and a lot of the conflict comes from the three of them dealing with it (or for the most part, not deal with it well). Even during the zombie apocalypse, triad relationships aren't really the norm, and I thought it was very believable neither one of the heroes was thinking something like that might work.
Unfortunately, after all the angst and emotions, I expected a bigger, longer and uncut happy ending. Now it felt like the conflict lasted until the last page, and even though everything was resolved, I didn't feel enough happiness to really believe that they would live through it. As usual, I want an epilogue where there isn't one (and probably wouldn't want one if there had been one).
Still, Charlotte Stein definitely stays my erotica indulgence author, because boy does she write hot 'n steamy well, and she's pretty great at character development as well.
Recommended for those who don't mind multiple men, some emotional background and an unusual setting with their erotic romance.
November 15, 2011
A fantastic book! I can't stop thinking about it! This book starts off with a bang almost as if you are missing a part of the beginning and then it comes together great.
June is rescued by Jamie after two year of running away from zombies which have somehow taken over. This is not the classic living dead book, they're alive just rotting. They can get killed by bleeding out but nothing stops them when they're after you, even having their arms ripped off. Jamie sees June and her friend and tries to rescue them both but only June and Jamie make it. He takes her to an island that he and Blake have settled on. She's freaked once she gets there, she can't sleep, she can't let her defenses down, she thinks they'll turn or turn out to be the freaks that have survived and live out their sick fantasies. After about a week, she slowly comes out of her shell and they get to know each other.
This was such a gripping book! I stayed up way too late on a work night because I couldn't stop reading it. I loved this author's book "Past Pleasures" but was just so-so with her other book "Closer". Now I'll definitely put her on my to-buy list of authors.
June is rescued by Jamie after two year of running away from zombies which have somehow taken over. This is not the classic living dead book, they're alive just rotting. They can get killed by bleeding out but nothing stops them when they're after you, even having their arms ripped off. Jamie sees June and her friend and tries to rescue them both but only June and Jamie make it. He takes her to an island that he and Blake have settled on. She's freaked once she gets there, she can't sleep, she can't let her defenses down, she thinks they'll turn or turn out to be the freaks that have survived and live out their sick fantasies. After about a week, she slowly comes out of her shell and they get to know each other.
This was such a gripping book! I stayed up way too late on a work night because I couldn't stop reading it. I loved this author's book "Past Pleasures" but was just so-so with her other book "Closer". Now I'll definitely put her on my to-buy list of authors.
September 14, 2013
This is my second read by Charlotte Stein (my first was Doubled) and I think after this one, I've come to the conclusion that this author's writing style is not my cuppa. I thought that I didn't care for Doubled because it was so short, but now I think it's the writing style. The plot was extremely interesting and the sex was really hot. But for me, it was hard to keep track of past vs. present, who was speaking and who wasn't, what was actually happening and what was just happening in June's mind, who was doing what and to whom, not to mention that dystopian-style books for the most part with no hope or sparkle for the future are very depressing to me. I found myself having to reread sections two and three times to make sure that I understood what was going on. However, Jamie and Blake were HAWT HAWT...and full of emotions. This was a very unique and different menage story...three people who are literally the only people left on Earth (or are they?) who haven't ever had a MFM menage and haven't had sex in years? Yeah...that's sizzle-worthy for sure.
November 29, 2014
AWESOME ZOMBIE PORN!!!
And no, you godamn perverts, she is not doing zombies! The scene is set in a post apocalyptic world, where June get's rescued by Jamie, and taken to safety to live with him and his friend Blake.
Now what got me into this novel is just how absolutely awesome Jamie and Blake were. I was blown away by their caring, their understanding, their patience. The emotional turmoil was ever present, but not overwhelming.
I am becoming a fan of Charlotte Stein writing.
And no, you godamn perverts, she is not doing zombies! The scene is set in a post apocalyptic world, where June get's rescued by Jamie, and taken to safety to live with him and his friend Blake.
Now what got me into this novel is just how absolutely awesome Jamie and Blake were. I was blown away by their caring, their understanding, their patience. The emotional turmoil was ever present, but not overwhelming.
I am becoming a fan of Charlotte Stein writing.
September 23, 2014
Disclaimer: If zombies, threesomes or Jello salads make you squirm (and not in the good way), you may want to back out of this post immediately.
The book I'm discussing this week is probably one of the weirdest things I've ever read, romance or otherwise. It's by Charlotte Stein, whose work I have long enjoyed, but curiously never written about here. In general, Stein's work is on the wonky end of the romance spectrum. She often writes about self-effacing women and men with messy, complicated desires. It seems her books are mostly written from the first person perspective of the heroine, which normally drives me batty, but from her actually works for me, probably because her heroines are not given to long introspective monologues so much as they are quick jabs of humor, most often directed at themselves.
Reawakening is no different from Stein's other works really. Except that it's a ménage book. And it takes place during a zombie apocalypse. I'd read one other ménage by Stein, but at the end, it's clear that one of the characters was a temporary foil to the hero and not going to be a permanent parts of their lives. In this book, the two heroes and the heroine are, as far as we know, the last unzombified humans on earth. If they all happen to be attracted to each other and down with communal boinking, well, at least that's not the craziest thing that happens in the book. Not to say that a relationship with more than two people is crazy. It's not. It's just that in the ménage romances I'm most familiar with, the characters think they're crazy for wanting what they want and that's the extent of the romance plot. I was ecstatic to find something rather different happening here.
The great thing about this book is that even though the threesome live in relative safety on an island in the middle of a lake, they're surrounded by zombies, nearly everyone else is either dead or a zombie and they might die any time, which makes the whole problem of how to break all of this to their parents a non-issue. There are still communication gaps, but at least they're related to insecurities held by each character and not jealousy, which gets very worn once you've read more than one of this type of book.
The other facet of why I appreciated this book is that if you've watched or read any horror, the sexually active girl is almost guaranteed to get dead at some point, probably while wearing a bra and panties. Stein bats that idea around like a kitty with a woolen mouse filled with catnip. Of the three characters, June, Jaime and Blake, June has had the most personal experience defending herself against zombies. Over the course of the book, she conks one on the head with a door, another with a bottle of windshield washer fluid and shoots another zombie in the head without hesitating or flinching. She's a badass. The guys may be able to run faster and lift more and have more useful long-term survival skills like operating a generator, but June is the one you want by your side when the monsters come calling. That's not to say she's not suffering from PTSD--they all are to some degree--but she's managing pretty well with the new reality considering it never seemed like she was anything special before the zombies arrived. The title is also a play on her reawakening sexuality, which has been suppressed in a world where nakedness is dangerous and survival takes precedence over any need higher up Maslow's chain.
Between the slight scariness that kept me on edge the whole book (even during the sexytimes, when I still couldn't quite forget the threat of danger), the m/m/f loving and the self-deprecating voice of a formerly overweight heroine with confidence struggles, a lot of people might not pick this one up and that would be a mistake. While each of these things has annoyed me in the hands of lesser writers, Stein pulls the reader into this world where all the rules are gone and three people who love each other get to remake it in their image. It's uplifting, in the end, leaving the reader hopeful that through their kindness, competence and love for each other, they can find other survivors and build up a world that's maybe a little better than what existed before. I thought it was delightful.
For a recipe inspired by Reawakening, visit Cooking Up Romance: http://www.cooking-up-romance.com/201...
The book I'm discussing this week is probably one of the weirdest things I've ever read, romance or otherwise. It's by Charlotte Stein, whose work I have long enjoyed, but curiously never written about here. In general, Stein's work is on the wonky end of the romance spectrum. She often writes about self-effacing women and men with messy, complicated desires. It seems her books are mostly written from the first person perspective of the heroine, which normally drives me batty, but from her actually works for me, probably because her heroines are not given to long introspective monologues so much as they are quick jabs of humor, most often directed at themselves.
Reawakening is no different from Stein's other works really. Except that it's a ménage book. And it takes place during a zombie apocalypse. I'd read one other ménage by Stein, but at the end, it's clear that one of the characters was a temporary foil to the hero and not going to be a permanent parts of their lives. In this book, the two heroes and the heroine are, as far as we know, the last unzombified humans on earth. If they all happen to be attracted to each other and down with communal boinking, well, at least that's not the craziest thing that happens in the book. Not to say that a relationship with more than two people is crazy. It's not. It's just that in the ménage romances I'm most familiar with, the characters think they're crazy for wanting what they want and that's the extent of the romance plot. I was ecstatic to find something rather different happening here.
The great thing about this book is that even though the threesome live in relative safety on an island in the middle of a lake, they're surrounded by zombies, nearly everyone else is either dead or a zombie and they might die any time, which makes the whole problem of how to break all of this to their parents a non-issue. There are still communication gaps, but at least they're related to insecurities held by each character and not jealousy, which gets very worn once you've read more than one of this type of book.
The other facet of why I appreciated this book is that if you've watched or read any horror, the sexually active girl is almost guaranteed to get dead at some point, probably while wearing a bra and panties. Stein bats that idea around like a kitty with a woolen mouse filled with catnip. Of the three characters, June, Jaime and Blake, June has had the most personal experience defending herself against zombies. Over the course of the book, she conks one on the head with a door, another with a bottle of windshield washer fluid and shoots another zombie in the head without hesitating or flinching. She's a badass. The guys may be able to run faster and lift more and have more useful long-term survival skills like operating a generator, but June is the one you want by your side when the monsters come calling. That's not to say she's not suffering from PTSD--they all are to some degree--but she's managing pretty well with the new reality considering it never seemed like she was anything special before the zombies arrived. The title is also a play on her reawakening sexuality, which has been suppressed in a world where nakedness is dangerous and survival takes precedence over any need higher up Maslow's chain.
Between the slight scariness that kept me on edge the whole book (even during the sexytimes, when I still couldn't quite forget the threat of danger), the m/m/f loving and the self-deprecating voice of a formerly overweight heroine with confidence struggles, a lot of people might not pick this one up and that would be a mistake. While each of these things has annoyed me in the hands of lesser writers, Stein pulls the reader into this world where all the rules are gone and three people who love each other get to remake it in their image. It's uplifting, in the end, leaving the reader hopeful that through their kindness, competence and love for each other, they can find other survivors and build up a world that's maybe a little better than what existed before. I thought it was delightful.
For a recipe inspired by Reawakening, visit Cooking Up Romance: http://www.cooking-up-romance.com/201...
July 22, 2011
I loved this book. I mean, really LOVED this book. I'm hard pushed to think of a book I have enjoyed more in the last number of months, especially in the erotica genre, and doubly so for paranormal erotica.
The book is written in a very conversational tone, which I struggled with a little at first (being a fan of very “fluffy” language) but which made the reactions and feelings of the characters very accessible. I got very immersed in June's story and the post-apocalyptic setting of the book and often found myself reading until the wee hours of the morning, unable to put the flipping thing down. Charlotte Stein has a wicked sense of humour – the intensity of the predicament of the characters is often broken up by bouts of the ridiculous and I for one have never found being turned on and then laughing my ass off to be such a strange and enjoyable combination. Its a very joyous book, which seems odd given its setting but which works well.
What's especially beautiful about the story is that attraction and sex are not commonplace in a zombie apocalypse and all the characters seem slightly nervous about the whole thing. There's a real sense of wonder and surprise in June's response to her emotions, not to mention a much more hyped up response to her sexual urges than you'd get from other settings. I sometimes teared up feeling pleased for her and other times felt very jealous that I have become complacent about sex and do not feel the same rollercoaster thrill that June does about it. The balance between the really hot sex and the emotional reactions of two men working out how to share the woman they love is carefully done, and it all comes off as very believable. Which as far as I'm concerned is pretty awesome, considering there's a zombie apocalypse going on and the practicalities of threesomes have always seemed to me to be rather less fulfilling than the idea. All in all, it's very well executed.
So in summary: The story is brilliant, the guys are very hot, the girl is lovable and the sex is epic. If I could give this book six out of five stars, then I would do.
The book is written in a very conversational tone, which I struggled with a little at first (being a fan of very “fluffy” language) but which made the reactions and feelings of the characters very accessible. I got very immersed in June's story and the post-apocalyptic setting of the book and often found myself reading until the wee hours of the morning, unable to put the flipping thing down. Charlotte Stein has a wicked sense of humour – the intensity of the predicament of the characters is often broken up by bouts of the ridiculous and I for one have never found being turned on and then laughing my ass off to be such a strange and enjoyable combination. Its a very joyous book, which seems odd given its setting but which works well.
What's especially beautiful about the story is that attraction and sex are not commonplace in a zombie apocalypse and all the characters seem slightly nervous about the whole thing. There's a real sense of wonder and surprise in June's response to her emotions, not to mention a much more hyped up response to her sexual urges than you'd get from other settings. I sometimes teared up feeling pleased for her and other times felt very jealous that I have become complacent about sex and do not feel the same rollercoaster thrill that June does about it. The balance between the really hot sex and the emotional reactions of two men working out how to share the woman they love is carefully done, and it all comes off as very believable. Which as far as I'm concerned is pretty awesome, considering there's a zombie apocalypse going on and the practicalities of threesomes have always seemed to me to be rather less fulfilling than the idea. All in all, it's very well executed.
So in summary: The story is brilliant, the guys are very hot, the girl is lovable and the sex is epic. If I could give this book six out of five stars, then I would do.
July 25, 2015
I am a bit of a fan of post-apocalyptic romance. This one was thoughtful. The h has PTSD, and well who wouldn't after fighting off flesh eating zombies for 2 years. That said it can be a bit confusing because it is all from her POV and she is muddled and terrified. There are two H in this and both are coming to terms with who they are now that there has been a zombie apocalypse. There is a ménage but it's real and thoughtful, not just its the end of the world so lets get it on. There are insecurities, lust and love. Most of the action happens on the relative safety of an island so we don't get that horror element of running for your life. The apocalypse is messy but overall there is hope. My hope is that Charlotte Stein doesn't lose the bug to write more for this series.
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October 21, 2020This book had me hooked from start to finish. Charlotte can write terror, suspense, raw emotions, as well as unbelievably hot sex. The characters were so well written I thought about them after I finished the book. All three of them made me laugh, cry, FEEL things I was not prepared to feel while reading zombie apocalypse ménage.
The story deals very sensitively with PTSD, too. I thought the gradual attraction was believable and the trust was earned.
I have never participated in conversations about who I’d want on my zombie apocalypse team. I’m strictly Team Cyanide Pill, if the zombies show up. But dammit, if I had a Jamie, June, and Blake, I might change my mind.
The story deals very sensitively with PTSD, too. I thought the gradual attraction was believable and the trust was earned.
I have never participated in conversations about who I’d want on my zombie apocalypse team. I’m strictly Team Cyanide Pill, if the zombies show up. But dammit, if I had a Jamie, June, and Blake, I might change my mind.
September 9, 2021
**1.25** Reading this book was like putting on a friends prescription glasses and seeing the world completely blurry. It was one rambling stream of consciousness that was incredibly confusing.
Just when I’d think I had a handle on the writing style, the main character would wake up and it was all a dream! This happened a few times over the story. The mc suffered from extreme PTSD, being chasing by zombies for two years would do that to you. She was a very unreliable narrator and I really disliked reading this one.
I have loved every other Stein book I’ve read, so my advice is to skip this one and find another.
Just when I’d think I had a handle on the writing style, the main character would wake up and it was all a dream! This happened a few times over the story. The mc suffered from extreme PTSD, being chasing by zombies for two years would do that to you. She was a very unreliable narrator and I really disliked reading this one.
I have loved every other Stein book I’ve read, so my advice is to skip this one and find another.
January 29, 2012
4 stars
Erotic horror, you say? How does that happen? Well, let me enlighten you. The world has gone Zombie apocalypse crazy. There are a few theories on how it happened, but theories mean nothing when you're trying to survive. June is our heroine and she's no weakling. Two years of surviving will do that to a gal, I suppose. After being rescued by two gorgeous, but very different men she's taken to their safe-haven. At first she's emotionally numb, but gradually comes out of her shell and gets to know Jaime and Blake better. All three have some post traumatic problems, but honestly who wouldn't after the world has essentially ended? Think Dawn of the Dead/28 Days Later. Things progress and June starts seeing her guys as more than just friends (thanks to some highly erotic dreams). Feelings of survivor's guilt prolongs their eventual "coming together," but once it happens it is HOT.
One of the great things about this book is that, unlike a lot of menage stories, there are feelings of awkwardness and jealousy. Sometimes when I'm reading menage it's unbelievable how quickly it happens and how A-okay everyone feels about it. June, Blake, and Jamie are believable characters with believable flaws. It does have a HEA, but was a bit rushed. I would have loved an epilogue, but it leaves it open for a sequel, which I will devour within hours of it's release, I'm sure :)
Favorite quote
"Everything was awake and alive again--not dead and empty, like the world beyond--because they were here, together, on this island, with each other."
Disclaimer : Zombies = death and blood, so if you're not into that scene it's not for you. Also, this is a menage so expect some anal play.
Erotic horror, you say? How does that happen? Well, let me enlighten you. The world has gone Zombie apocalypse crazy. There are a few theories on how it happened, but theories mean nothing when you're trying to survive. June is our heroine and she's no weakling. Two years of surviving will do that to a gal, I suppose. After being rescued by two gorgeous, but very different men she's taken to their safe-haven. At first she's emotionally numb, but gradually comes out of her shell and gets to know Jaime and Blake better. All three have some post traumatic problems, but honestly who wouldn't after the world has essentially ended? Think Dawn of the Dead/28 Days Later. Things progress and June starts seeing her guys as more than just friends (thanks to some highly erotic dreams). Feelings of survivor's guilt prolongs their eventual "coming together," but once it happens it is HOT.
One of the great things about this book is that, unlike a lot of menage stories, there are feelings of awkwardness and jealousy. Sometimes when I'm reading menage it's unbelievable how quickly it happens and how A-okay everyone feels about it. June, Blake, and Jamie are believable characters with believable flaws. It does have a HEA, but was a bit rushed. I would have loved an epilogue, but it leaves it open for a sequel, which I will devour within hours of it's release, I'm sure :)
Favorite quote
"Everything was awake and alive again--not dead and empty, like the world beyond--because they were here, together, on this island, with each other."
Disclaimer : Zombies = death and blood, so if you're not into that scene it's not for you. Also, this is a menage so expect some anal play.
June 18, 2014
Zombie romance! My new favorite. This one was pretty well done. It picks up in the middle of the action as Jamie rescues June (my MIL's name so I had to get over a little ick factor, but I digress) from zombies after having to kill her best friend who got bit.
So they immediately get to a safe island. Zombies can't swim just FYI. Thus most of the story takes place as Jamie and June and Blake, who Jamie rescued earlier, learn to adjust to each other. This one wasn't really action packed survival and fights with zombies but rather about the PTSD that they all three dealt with. Also heavy on the bad dreams and the angst of how the three of them were going to arrange a permanent solution to the one girl two guys thing. All that PTSD and angst was very well done and I soaked it right up.
So I wish there was more in this series.
So they immediately get to a safe island. Zombies can't swim just FYI. Thus most of the story takes place as Jamie and June and Blake, who Jamie rescued earlier, learn to adjust to each other. This one wasn't really action packed survival and fights with zombies but rather about the PTSD that they all three dealt with. Also heavy on the bad dreams and the angst of how the three of them were going to arrange a permanent solution to the one girl two guys thing. All that PTSD and angst was very well done and I soaked it right up.
So I wish there was more in this series.
May 28, 2011
The story line had so much potential, so I was almost heartbroken when it didn't fully deliver.
One woman left to an island with two men because of a zombie-like apocolypse. This book included two of my favorite things - Zombies and an Erotic Romance.
It could've been so great, but the writing needs some reworking/editing - not due to grammar. The characters lost some of their appeal due to the way the writing would come across as uncomfortable.
Still giving three stars since the premise was enough to make me click download.
One woman left to an island with two men because of a zombie-like apocolypse. This book included two of my favorite things - Zombies and an Erotic Romance.
It could've been so great, but the writing needs some reworking/editing - not due to grammar. The characters lost some of their appeal due to the way the writing would come across as uncomfortable.
Still giving three stars since the premise was enough to make me click download.
March 23, 2018
I was ok with the crazy ramblings for the most part. It gave us a good insight into the head of someone who would have been living in survival mode in a zombie apocalypse for 2 years.
But when we had to deal with not one but 2 whiny, jealous, why doesn’t she love me, I want someone to love me, guys... it got old super quick.
So she tells one that she loves him before she tells the other one? Big deal. Why didn’t she tell the second one right away? He’ll if I know but he didn’t have to act like a big baby.
All of the angst could have been solved with. One. Simple. Conversation.
But when we had to deal with not one but 2 whiny, jealous, why doesn’t she love me, I want someone to love me, guys... it got old super quick.
So she tells one that she loves him before she tells the other one? Big deal. Why didn’t she tell the second one right away? He’ll if I know but he didn’t have to act like a big baby.
All of the angst could have been solved with. One. Simple. Conversation.
April 23, 2012
Let me preface: I don't like zombie stuff, at all. I really enjoyed this and it wasn't just the sexy parts, although they rocked. The story was really good. The characters were interesting. The circumstances crazy scary (remember I don't like zombies.)
October 18, 2015
Holy crap. Just... I don't even know what to say. This book is amazing and I wish it were like 300 pages longer. At first I was worried it would be cliché, but omg it's so well done, I'm completely speechless.
March 12, 2013
I had trouble with this book. The paragraphs rambled so much that I had trouble keeping up with what was going on. Finally I just didn't care.
April 22, 2015
Three-way love in the zombie apocalypse. Surprisingly sweet, without shying away from the various effects of trauma.
February 7, 2021
Re-Read
This one is hard to review, honestly. Charlotte Stein is a very hit or miss kinda author for me, which isn't surprising, considering her prose and storylines tend to be on the weird side. However, I do think this is one of her more accesible novels, and not a bad place to start if you wanna get into her.
To make matter easier, I will try to compose a list of the kind of things you can expect if you read this:
-A different take on the zombie apocalypse.
This isn't The Walking Dead, so don't expect a bunch of thrilling action scenes or bad human dudes chasing our protagonists. It's mostly a sort of exploration of what the zombie apocalypse could do to a person's psyche. There are only three characters and the bulk of the story takes place on a remote cabin that they only leave once.
I guess you could say there isn't much of a "plot" or even all that many descriptions (no idea what June even looks like or where the story takes place) it's more about the emotional journey and the mcs various frustrations.
-World building, and character backrounds aren't really important. You get a couple of snippets here and there about what happened to them out there, but very little. Hell, even though each character has a distinct personality, Stein barely scratches the surface when it comes to their past, what exactly made them how they are now, and how things will progress in the future.
I do think it's a bit of a shame, cause the world she has created is fairly interesting and I would've loved to see how things progressed after the somewhat bittersweet ending.
-Like I said, the prose is a bit strange and may take some getting used to, but I think she managed to pull off what she was going for. (Being in the head of a traumatized woman and how she would react and think after two years of fighting off zombies and dealing will loss).
-Tons of sexy times. This is predominantly an erotic menage, so it gets hot pretty quicky and often. It's not a very long novel, so expect plenty of sex.
Regardless, I quite enjoyed Reawakening. It's not a classic zombie story, but if you like character studies that focus on relationships, with the dystopian angle as the backround, you may like this one.
This one is hard to review, honestly. Charlotte Stein is a very hit or miss kinda author for me, which isn't surprising, considering her prose and storylines tend to be on the weird side. However, I do think this is one of her more accesible novels, and not a bad place to start if you wanna get into her.
To make matter easier, I will try to compose a list of the kind of things you can expect if you read this:
-A different take on the zombie apocalypse.
This isn't The Walking Dead, so don't expect a bunch of thrilling action scenes or bad human dudes chasing our protagonists. It's mostly a sort of exploration of what the zombie apocalypse could do to a person's psyche. There are only three characters and the bulk of the story takes place on a remote cabin that they only leave once.
I guess you could say there isn't much of a "plot" or even all that many descriptions (no idea what June even looks like or where the story takes place) it's more about the emotional journey and the mcs various frustrations.
-World building, and character backrounds aren't really important. You get a couple of snippets here and there about what happened to them out there, but very little. Hell, even though each character has a distinct personality, Stein barely scratches the surface when it comes to their past, what exactly made them how they are now, and how things will progress in the future.
I do think it's a bit of a shame, cause the world she has created is fairly interesting and I would've loved to see how things progressed after the somewhat bittersweet ending.
-Like I said, the prose is a bit strange and may take some getting used to, but I think she managed to pull off what she was going for. (Being in the head of a traumatized woman and how she would react and think after two years of fighting off zombies and dealing will loss).
-Tons of sexy times. This is predominantly an erotic menage, so it gets hot pretty quicky and often. It's not a very long novel, so expect plenty of sex.
Regardless, I quite enjoyed Reawakening. It's not a classic zombie story, but if you like character studies that focus on relationships, with the dystopian angle as the backround, you may like this one.
December 12, 2022
Charlotte Stein, queen of my anxious heroine-loving soul, you somehow made my least favourite monster (because they're boring, not scary) apocalypse a thing of fucking beauty.
And fucking beauty.
Who knew a throuple on a deserted island could be so fucking hot?
Oh... wait...
Yeah, if the zombie apocalypse comes, I want it to look like this:
Ps. Stein writes the best men, in all the shades of über-masculine but marshmallowy on the inside.
The best.
And fucking beauty.
Who knew a throuple on a deserted island could be so fucking hot?
Oh... wait...
Yeah, if the zombie apocalypse comes, I want it to look like this:
Ps. Stein writes the best men, in all the shades of über-masculine but marshmallowy on the inside.
The best.
August 14, 2022
In a post apocalyptic world ravaged by zombies Jamie and Blake have managed to make a safe haven on an island. They have tried to save countless people but no one has made it back to the island with them until June. June has spent the last two years struggling to survive not only the zombies but also the worst people humankind has to offer. She struggles to believe she is safe and even more so that there are two hot guys who want her. Meanwhile the men harbor their own fears that she might love one more than the other.
This book had hot sex of course but something that can be hard to find in erotica was that this book was funny! There were a lot of humorous parts between the sexy and the serious. This is the first Charlotte Stein book I have read but it for sure won't be the last!
This book had hot sex of course but something that can be hard to find in erotica was that this book was funny! There were a lot of humorous parts between the sexy and the serious. This is the first Charlotte Stein book I have read but it for sure won't be the last!
July 7, 2017
Often with MFM stories, I find myself a little conflicted as I do like a the possessive 'mine and only mine' kind of hero.
So it's rare that one of these menage books end up on my all time favourite shelf.
This is because few authors can write epic love with the kind of intensity that makes you hurt - as C Stein can.
This was amazing.
The world building was excellent and the connection between the main characters was truly electrifying. It was a slow build to a cataclysmic explosion of love and lust. Or was it lust and love?
Either way, it was so well done that I have read this book twice already and will be back for more in the future.
What happened to the next book in the series, BTW??
So it's rare that one of these menage books end up on my all time favourite shelf.
This is because few authors can write epic love with the kind of intensity that makes you hurt - as C Stein can.
This was amazing.
The world building was excellent and the connection between the main characters was truly electrifying. It was a slow build to a cataclysmic explosion of love and lust. Or was it lust and love?
Either way, it was so well done that I have read this book twice already and will be back for more in the future.
What happened to the next book in the series, BTW??
November 2, 2021
This was a pretty fun little romp, considering it takes place during the zombie apocalypse. On a zombie free island, our main character June, finds herself in an awkward relationship with the two friends who live there. Until they all decide to make it not awkward anymore. It’s a stressful world, and i, like June, had a hard time relaxing into the safety. She has lots of dreams and memories, so sometimes it’s hard to track what’s actually happening in the present, but it doesn’t detract from the story. Relationships are complicated, especially with three people, even during the apocalypse. Overall, the perfect read for Halloween.
May 21, 2021
The style of this book reminds me a lot of Sunshine by Robin McKinley. We get a lot of internal dialogue from the main character - and it is similar to Sunshine in that it's almost like actual thoughts. Instead of following a straight narrative path we are reading the main character's thoughts as they appear. It can be a little jarring at first to get into, but I really do appreciate this style choice.
Be forewarned, this is go Charlotte Stein so it's some steamy stuff not for the faint of heart.
Be forewarned, this is go Charlotte Stein so it's some steamy stuff not for the faint of heart.
December 8, 2016
There are a very few books that I give five stars. ' Reawakening'. I found it the most intriguing of all the author's books and how I discovered her in the first place. This book was beyond love, it was intimate in a whole new way exploring bittersweet and very real emotions and fears encapsulated by the pressure of being alone. So congrats.
I would love to know if there would be another book in the series or even a sequel that's a follow up to how the trio are doing would be better... Thanks
I would love to know if there would be another book in the series or even a sequel that's a follow up to how the trio are doing would be better... Thanks
February 26, 2018
I like C. Steins writing, and this is very characteristic of her. She writes emotionally charged stories that make you think, what if? It's not going to be everyone's cup of tea, but it's well written so you won't lose anything by reading and you may gain an appreciation of this author.
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