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Getting Physical
Terri is a BBW who really does not enjoy going to the gym to exercise but she really loves the view of John's hard, pumping thighs.
John is always at the gym, working on his definition. He thinks he's lanky and scrawny and is convinced the sexy, curvy new girl will never look twice at him.
A twist of fate brings them together, but will they be able to get over their own insecurities and take advantage of the season of love? It is Valentine's day after all.
42 pages
First published March 19, 2007
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December 12, 2010
This storyline grated on my nerves a bit. The major theme of this was about confidence. I am all about romances that involve a misunderstanding, but both characters thinking they are not attractive enough for the other, even though one is a meat-head gym-aholic (who doesn't think he's attractive) well, I don't buy it.
I also felt like the author made a point of giving the less-conventionally-attractive character (the heavy woman) the power in this sexual relationship.
I didn't buy any of it. And the storyline wasn't very smooth and for good measure there was a ridiculous mugging attempt thrown in. I'd rather she slipped and fell on ice, injuring herself which is how he ends in her house, rather than a mugging-attempt. All the same things in the story could have been accomplished with an ice slip, in fact it would even play up her 'clumbsiness' characteristic.
Not a book I would reccomend.
I also felt like the author made a point of giving the less-conventionally-attractive character (the heavy woman) the power in this sexual relationship.
I didn't buy any of it. And the storyline wasn't very smooth and for good measure there was a ridiculous mugging attempt thrown in. I'd rather she slipped and fell on ice, injuring herself which is how he ends in her house, rather than a mugging-attempt. All the same things in the story could have been accomplished with an ice slip, in fact it would even play up her 'clumbsiness' characteristic.
Not a book I would reccomend.
October 28, 2011
Terri is gifted a gym membership by her domineering mother. A little curvy, and a lot insecure about it, she doesn’t relish the thought of going to show all her wobbly bits off amongst all the hard bodies. The first thing that she notices is a gorgeous hard-bodied man, who is too perfect to look at the likes of her.
John works out every-day. Convinced he is weedy and ugly, he strives to make himself a work of art. He notices Terri the first day she joins but, due to his terrible way with words, he doesn’t make the best first impression. Contenting himself to look from afar, he doesn’t bank on an incident which allows him to come to her rescue. Will their insecurities prevent them from realising that they share a mutual attraction?
This was a short read (at 41 pages) but it was easy enough to like. There were a few things that irritated me and this probably hampered my enjoyment of the story. I like both central characters, they were relatable and interesting. Both of them suffered from crippling insecurities and these formed the main barrier to them immediately jumping on each other at the gym; they didn’t think the other would find them attractive. When they finally get together, it leads to a satisfying ending to an erotica short. The smexy times were very hot to read and I’m happy that Terri got over her insecurities enough to take the lead in that department
One of major problems was the POV. I have a hard time with first person POV and this short was told from both the POV of the Hero and the Heroine. It wasn’t enough time for me to get into the characters and I struggled with it. This is my major complaint with the story; it was too short for me to fully appreciate the POV of two different people. The language used was often very slangy (which didn’t bother me at all, I’m from the UK) but this could also be a problem for US readers.
Overall an easy short read with some nice smexy times and two relatable leads. I struggled with the first POV, but that is a complete personal preference.
John works out every-day. Convinced he is weedy and ugly, he strives to make himself a work of art. He notices Terri the first day she joins but, due to his terrible way with words, he doesn’t make the best first impression. Contenting himself to look from afar, he doesn’t bank on an incident which allows him to come to her rescue. Will their insecurities prevent them from realising that they share a mutual attraction?
This was a short read (at 41 pages) but it was easy enough to like. There were a few things that irritated me and this probably hampered my enjoyment of the story. I like both central characters, they were relatable and interesting. Both of them suffered from crippling insecurities and these formed the main barrier to them immediately jumping on each other at the gym; they didn’t think the other would find them attractive. When they finally get together, it leads to a satisfying ending to an erotica short. The smexy times were very hot to read and I’m happy that Terri got over her insecurities enough to take the lead in that department
One of major problems was the POV. I have a hard time with first person POV and this short was told from both the POV of the Hero and the Heroine. It wasn’t enough time for me to get into the characters and I struggled with it. This is my major complaint with the story; it was too short for me to fully appreciate the POV of two different people. The language used was often very slangy (which didn’t bother me at all, I’m from the UK) but this could also be a problem for US readers.
Overall an easy short read with some nice smexy times and two relatable leads. I struggled with the first POV, but that is a complete personal preference.
November 4, 2014
Sweet (and hot) little story, but I could have lived without the skinny shaming.
Maybe I felt slighted on behalf of all real and realer than real women everywhere. We have breasts, thighs, and curves aplenty that should be worshiped for being so womanly, so perfectly feminine, but instead the world fawns over women who look more like men.
ALL women are real women. Things like this, even for a fat girl like myself, are infuriating. Stop splitting women into categories of real or not. Just. Stop.
Having curves does not make you more feminine. Having big breasts and a big ass do not make you more feminine, nor more of a woman.
Maybe I felt slighted on behalf of all real and realer than real women everywhere. We have breasts, thighs, and curves aplenty that should be worshiped for being so womanly, so perfectly feminine, but instead the world fawns over women who look more like men.
ALL women are real women. Things like this, even for a fat girl like myself, are infuriating. Stop splitting women into categories of real or not. Just. Stop.
Having curves does not make you more feminine. Having big breasts and a big ass do not make you more feminine, nor more of a woman.
September 16, 2015
What a fabulous short story! Terri is a curvy, regular woman - cue the cheers from every plumper than a stick insect female reader in the world. Her mother gets her a gym pass as a present, yes really, a present! There she meets, in her eyes, gym god John.
Now here is the part that made me smile even wider, John has his own hang ups and misconceptions of his body. Can the two overcome their respective anxieties and succumb to their desires?
I love the realness of the characters, they could be you or your partner or your friend. A hot, grin-inducing story with characters I want to read more of.
Copy kindly gifted by author for honest review.
Now here is the part that made me smile even wider, John has his own hang ups and misconceptions of his body. Can the two overcome their respective anxieties and succumb to their desires?
I love the realness of the characters, they could be you or your partner or your friend. A hot, grin-inducing story with characters I want to read more of.
Copy kindly gifted by author for honest review.
August 7, 2013
“I received this book as a review copy in return for an honest review”
Getting Physical Book 1 in the Getting Together Series by Victoria Blisse
I just love how Victoria has a broad imagination. Not every female in a story needs to be thin and perfect. She brings out the real women and puts them in an every day situation with their struggles in society. This was a great story and Victoria proves that everyone deserves to have love in their life.
Getting Physical Book 1 in the Getting Together Series by Victoria Blisse
I just love how Victoria has a broad imagination. Not every female in a story needs to be thin and perfect. She brings out the real women and puts them in an every day situation with their struggles in society. This was a great story and Victoria proves that everyone deserves to have love in their life.
March 26, 2012
I just couldn't buy the studly gym dude as an insecure virgin. Also not a huge fan of the dueling first-person narratives.
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