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Curio #5
Confession
This is the fourth title in the Curio Vignettes series, follow-up stories to the novel Curio.
Caroly has waited forever to fall in love. An American now living in Paris, she’s finally found what she craved all those lonely years—a passionate, sensitive man, more gorgeous than she’d ever dreamed, and just as beautiful on the inside.
The only issue? Well, that small matter of him being a prostitute.
Didier’s job is more than a calling. It’s a beloved craft, a chance to soothe broken hearts. It’s also a crutch—the perfect vocation for an agoraphobe, never forcing Didier to leave the safety of his flat. Yet the role he used to cherish has soured since he met Caroly, his admirers now feeling more like enablers. It’ll take a leap of faith to cast his fear aside in favor of a future, but when the alternative is to risk losing the woman he loves, he might discover he’s braver than he ever knew.
Caroly has waited forever to fall in love. An American now living in Paris, she’s finally found what she craved all those lonely years—a passionate, sensitive man, more gorgeous than she’d ever dreamed, and just as beautiful on the inside.
The only issue? Well, that small matter of him being a prostitute.
Didier’s job is more than a calling. It’s a beloved craft, a chance to soothe broken hearts. It’s also a crutch—the perfect vocation for an agoraphobe, never forcing Didier to leave the safety of his flat. Yet the role he used to cherish has soured since he met Caroly, his admirers now feeling more like enablers. It’ll take a leap of faith to cast his fear aside in favor of a future, but when the alternative is to risk losing the woman he loves, he might discover he’s braver than he ever knew.
51 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 21, 2012
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Cara McKenna
41 books2,239 followersSince she began writing in 2008, Cara McKenna has published nearly forty romances and erotic novels with a variety of publishers, sometimes under the pen names Meg Maguire and C.M. McKenna. Her stories have been acclaimed for their smart, modern voice and defiance of convention. She was a 2015 RITA Award finalist, a 2014 RT Reviewers’ Choice Award winner, a 2012 and 2011 RT Reviewers’ Choice Award nominee, and a 2010 Golden Heart Award finalist. She lives with her husband and baby son in the Pacific Northwest, though she’ll always be a Boston girl at heart.
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September 9, 2014
This was pretty much me reading the entire time!
Normally, I'm not into uber-romantic and poetic proclomations of love, but I'm pretty sure that Didier could tell me to "Fuck Off" and I'd swoon. I'm a little hesitant to start the next, and last novella......not becuase of where the story might go, but because I know that it will end. Sigh.....with a heavy heart I shall go forth and complete the journey.
Normally, I'm not into uber-romantic and poetic proclomations of love, but I'm pretty sure that Didier could tell me to "Fuck Off" and I'd swoon. I'm a little hesitant to start the next, and last novella......not becuase of where the story might go, but because I know that it will end. Sigh.....with a heavy heart I shall go forth and complete the journey.
August 6, 2016
4.5 "I love you, Didier" stars!
Can I just say I love this series? Anyone who remotely watches my feed will see I've devoured every book, several a day. It's difficult to write reviews on books that are 40-50 pages long but I feel each one deserves it's own little review!
This series is seriously addicting. Each and every installment is a continuation of the love story of French male prostitute Didier and his muse Caroly. Didier is a perfect male specimen on the outside, model and sexual God...but deep within he's got serious imperfections. A disability of sorts. It takes a quirky awkward once virgin to spin his tightly controlled world out of control.
This book is where the love story really ramps up. The past books have been tastefully erotic but this one the steam is replaced by lovemaking in its finest.
I'm seriously dreading the end of the road for the Curio series which is quickly approaching. McKenna's writing is a fantastic combination of poetically artistic, beautifully characterized H/h, comedy thrown in, and sultry hot. A perfect everything.
And I thank you,
Can I just say I love this series? Anyone who remotely watches my feed will see I've devoured every book, several a day. It's difficult to write reviews on books that are 40-50 pages long but I feel each one deserves it's own little review!
This series is seriously addicting. Each and every installment is a continuation of the love story of French male prostitute Didier and his muse Caroly. Didier is a perfect male specimen on the outside, model and sexual God...but deep within he's got serious imperfections. A disability of sorts. It takes a quirky awkward once virgin to spin his tightly controlled world out of control.
This book is where the love story really ramps up. The past books have been tastefully erotic but this one the steam is replaced by lovemaking in its finest.
I'm seriously dreading the end of the road for the Curio series which is quickly approaching. McKenna's writing is a fantastic combination of poetically artistic, beautifully characterized H/h, comedy thrown in, and sultry hot. A perfect everything.
And I thank you,
February 23, 2015
A rooftop, confessions, pigeons, rain, and other...
The most important part in this vignette is obvious from the title. After all that anxiety caused by the preparations for this important step for Didier, the time had come for him to make it, and confess the feelings that had been brewing inside him to Caroly. Only now we were back to Caroly's POV so we got more of her anxiety since she was kind of expecting a disaster. Instead she got a confession. I must say, with everything Didier did to make it special, I would've said I loved him, too.
That was the part with Caroly and Didier passing another milestone in their relationship, and nearing another. Next, of course, came the part where they take things to the bedroom, and play one of their little games, except this time they did something different. Not that I minded those games, but I prefer this. For their sake.
Overall, a really nice setup for the finale. Happy ever after is so close.
February 15, 2017
I knew (or rather, hoped) it would happen eventually and CONFESSION was the one to do it. I finally love Caroly.
I feel more naked than I ever have, letting him see every messy emotion contorting my face. I want to hide, but more than that, I want him to see. If this is love, it's sloppier than movies and love songs let on. It's wonderful, and I need him to see what a wreck it's made of me.
This whole snapshot was just perfect. Tender, frightening, beautiful, nerve wracking, eye opening.. for them. These two imperfect creatures that never would've met because of their circumstances but did. And all because of chance. Though, really, all because Caroly pushed herself to conquer a fear. To try and connect. And while this details the confession they've both been wanting to say to one another, it reinforces how much character growth these two have gone through in five months.
Every time I visit, I drag him out with me, down the street for a coffee, occasionally to dinner. It's the equivalent of taking someone who's deathly afraid of the ocean and pushing them overboard into a choppy sea, so I must be special for him to keeping letting me torture him so.
These novellas are free of secondary characters. Like, any and all. It's only Caroly & Didier. So we only get to see them in their own reflection and in the eyes of one another, and lets not forget these little installments are filled with sex intermingled with conversation, and yet it's amazing to see the changes and the steps they've taken. Caroly obviously has come farther at this point as far as moving past her previous reticence with love and intimacy but CONFESSION showed us that while Didier still has many -- literal -- steps to go, he's moving at the same pace. Forward. Upwards. At times resenting the need to be pushed but needing it more desperately than the instinct to resist or object. Needing her more than his comfort.
"When I first met you, you made monogamy sound silly. Some American delusion. Like a fairytale."
His grin is warm and sheepish. "We're all foolish enough to dismiss fairy stories, until we find ourselves face-to-face with a dragon. Forgive the man you met this spring for being so naive."
While the intimacy in REVERSAL pushed the bounds of what they had done together in the past, pushed Caroly's bounds, all of which was important, I think the sequence in this vignette may have been the best so far. That emotional weight, both of them free of the burdens of things left unsaid, made it all so much more special and.. well, hot.
There's only one more to go and I'll be pretty sad to say goodbye to these two. But I can't wait any longer. I can't delay.
I feel more naked than I ever have, letting him see every messy emotion contorting my face. I want to hide, but more than that, I want him to see. If this is love, it's sloppier than movies and love songs let on. It's wonderful, and I need him to see what a wreck it's made of me.
This whole snapshot was just perfect. Tender, frightening, beautiful, nerve wracking, eye opening.. for them. These two imperfect creatures that never would've met because of their circumstances but did. And all because of chance. Though, really, all because Caroly pushed herself to conquer a fear. To try and connect. And while this details the confession they've both been wanting to say to one another, it reinforces how much character growth these two have gone through in five months.
Every time I visit, I drag him out with me, down the street for a coffee, occasionally to dinner. It's the equivalent of taking someone who's deathly afraid of the ocean and pushing them overboard into a choppy sea, so I must be special for him to keeping letting me torture him so.
These novellas are free of secondary characters. Like, any and all. It's only Caroly & Didier. So we only get to see them in their own reflection and in the eyes of one another, and lets not forget these little installments are filled with sex intermingled with conversation, and yet it's amazing to see the changes and the steps they've taken. Caroly obviously has come farther at this point as far as moving past her previous reticence with love and intimacy but CONFESSION showed us that while Didier still has many -- literal -- steps to go, he's moving at the same pace. Forward. Upwards. At times resenting the need to be pushed but needing it more desperately than the instinct to resist or object. Needing her more than his comfort.
"When I first met you, you made monogamy sound silly. Some American delusion. Like a fairytale."
His grin is warm and sheepish. "We're all foolish enough to dismiss fairy stories, until we find ourselves face-to-face with a dragon. Forgive the man you met this spring for being so naive."
While the intimacy in REVERSAL pushed the bounds of what they had done together in the past, pushed Caroly's bounds, all of which was important, I think the sequence in this vignette may have been the best so far. That emotional weight, both of them free of the burdens of things left unsaid, made it all so much more special and.. well, hot.
There's only one more to go and I'll be pretty sad to say goodbye to these two. But I can't wait any longer. I can't delay.
June 26, 2025
3.5⭐️
Confession is where truths start to surface—and not just about Didier’s past, but about what this relationship actually means for both of them.
There’s tenderness here, but also tension. Didier’s mental health, particularly his agoraphobia, becomes more central, and Caroly begins to understand the full complexity of loving someone who is deeply wounded.
It’s a quiet installment, but an important one. I loved how Didier's inner demons resented Caroly, for pushing him. I think that felt incredibly authentic. The emotional stakes rise, not because of external threats, but because both characters are now faced with what it actually means to move forward. The writing continues to be restrained yet full of feeling. Few authors do so much with so few pages.
Confession is where truths start to surface—and not just about Didier’s past, but about what this relationship actually means for both of them.
There’s tenderness here, but also tension. Didier’s mental health, particularly his agoraphobia, becomes more central, and Caroly begins to understand the full complexity of loving someone who is deeply wounded.
It’s a quiet installment, but an important one. I loved how Didier's inner demons resented Caroly, for pushing him. I think that felt incredibly authentic. The emotional stakes rise, not because of external threats, but because both characters are now faced with what it actually means to move forward. The writing continues to be restrained yet full of feeling. Few authors do so much with so few pages.
January 12, 2013
For those of you following the Curio Vignettes- this is a must read. It's the money shot really. I'm hoping that Cara McKenna continues with these vignettes because I would love to see where things go from here for Didier and Caroly as they move forward.
April 25, 2022
La cuarta curio vignette de Didier y Caroly me aburrió.
Recordemos: París, tienen una relación Didier, el gabacho que se prostituye y le contrata Caroly, la yanqui curadora de un museo. Esta viñeta la narra ella, en primera persona, o sea, algo escasamente atractivo porque de verdad, ¡qué personaje tan poco interesante!
Él está raro, ella cree que va a cortar con ella. Pero no, es el momento de hablar y, ¡oh, sorpresa!, se quieren. Lo celebran con la correspondiente escena sexual, que para ello estamos en una serie erótica. Solo que esta vez es normalito, vainilloso, para demostrar que se han convertido en una pareja honrada y convencional.
Como el resto de la serie, no recomiendo leerla aislada sino por orden.
Reseña algo más amplia, en mi blog.
Recordemos: París, tienen una relación Didier, el gabacho que se prostituye y le contrata Caroly, la yanqui curadora de un museo. Esta viñeta la narra ella, en primera persona, o sea, algo escasamente atractivo porque de verdad, ¡qué personaje tan poco interesante!
Él está raro, ella cree que va a cortar con ella. Pero no, es el momento de hablar y, ¡oh, sorpresa!, se quieren. Lo celebran con la correspondiente escena sexual, que para ello estamos en una serie erótica. Solo que esta vez es normalito, vainilloso, para demostrar que se han convertido en una pareja honrada y convencional.
Como el resto de la serie, no recomiendo leerla aislada sino por orden.
Reseña algo más amplia, en mi blog.
November 30, 2012
Posted on Under the Covers
In CONFESSION, we are back to Caroly’s POV and although I much prefer Didier’s, I thought McKenna picked the most suitable POV for what happens in this book. Readers finally get what they have been anticipating – Didier professes his love for Caroly and it is perfection! The rising anticipation and Caroly’s uncertainty all makes for a wonderful experience and Didier’s words are simply to die for. Achingly sweet and vulnerable, Didier bares his entire heart and the fact that Caroly is stunned and giddy makes me smile every time. I love that neither of them feels worthy of one another or that they can’t understand what the other sees desirable because that to me means there’s still so much they can learn about each other and it’s only the beginning of a beautiful relationship.
As I read this story and all the vignettes previous to this, I felt like a voyeur, a stranger looking into someone’s most intimate and private moments. McKenna possesses a unique talent of inviting readers in and painting a hazy picture that reflects the romantic backdrop of Paris. The intimate setting, the lush surroundings and the bare emotions of these two individuals feel achingly sweet and private, yet I’m entranced, not able to look away. This entire series has a certain allure that is unique and inexplicable. Caroly and Didier’s relationship is the ultimate love story and it’s not even close to being done.
CONFESSION is searing love story that is both sweet and sexy. It is Romance in all its glory. With stellar writing, well-developed characters and a very, very strong romance, this is not a series to be missed!
*Review Copy provided by publisher
In CONFESSION, we are back to Caroly’s POV and although I much prefer Didier’s, I thought McKenna picked the most suitable POV for what happens in this book. Readers finally get what they have been anticipating – Didier professes his love for Caroly and it is perfection! The rising anticipation and Caroly’s uncertainty all makes for a wonderful experience and Didier’s words are simply to die for. Achingly sweet and vulnerable, Didier bares his entire heart and the fact that Caroly is stunned and giddy makes me smile every time. I love that neither of them feels worthy of one another or that they can’t understand what the other sees desirable because that to me means there’s still so much they can learn about each other and it’s only the beginning of a beautiful relationship.
As I read this story and all the vignettes previous to this, I felt like a voyeur, a stranger looking into someone’s most intimate and private moments. McKenna possesses a unique talent of inviting readers in and painting a hazy picture that reflects the romantic backdrop of Paris. The intimate setting, the lush surroundings and the bare emotions of these two individuals feel achingly sweet and private, yet I’m entranced, not able to look away. This entire series has a certain allure that is unique and inexplicable. Caroly and Didier’s relationship is the ultimate love story and it’s not even close to being done.
CONFESSION is searing love story that is both sweet and sexy. It is Romance in all its glory. With stellar writing, well-developed characters and a very, very strong romance, this is not a series to be missed!
*Review Copy provided by publisher
November 23, 2012
Love this series. I was glad Didier was finally able to tell his feelings to Caroly. I know it gets a little repetitive but they are in love and they love to hear it. I just hate we have to see this story in snippets because this would of been one great book. I think there is one more in the series and not sure how it will end. But I think we need to see about what his job would be and if they move in together. I think Didier should take over the jewelry store when the guy retires. We need this series to end on a good note otherwise fans wont be happy.
November 22, 2012
The declaration was lovely. But then it got really repetitive. There was no tension. Nothing to be fixed. I feel like McKenna has this talent of using sex to heal and repair souls, but nothing was in need of repair in this story. Well, except Caroly's continued and redundant objectification of Didier. But she flat out asked Didier if her awe of his good looks bothered him, he said no, and McKenna kept typing how good looking Caroly thought he was. All future vignettes should be from Didier's perspective. He's the one that's still growing here; not Caroly. She's flawed, but fully formed.
July 20, 2014
This is the fourth title in the Curio Vignettes series, follow-up stories to the novel Curio.
These little stories are like book crack.
Another great short from Cara Mckenna of the journey of Didier & Caroly as their relationship continues to transform from prostitute & client, to lovers and now to something much more than either of them expected.
These little stories are like book crack.
Another great short from Cara Mckenna of the journey of Didier & Caroly as their relationship continues to transform from prostitute & client, to lovers and now to something much more than either of them expected.
November 30, 2012
Even though this book has the emotional payoff, it just didn't have the same magic for me as the previous novellas.
December 29, 2012
i love this series....
November 10, 2013
Again more of this beautiful erotic tale.
I've really enjoyed the whole series.
I've really enjoyed the whole series.
October 6, 2013
Confession is a short story and I thought it was okay. It was different from After Hours.
April 29, 2014
To be reviewed...
May 15, 2016
2.5, not my favourite this one.
June 13, 2023
This series was made up of 6 novellas or novelettes (not sure which). I quit after #5. It just became redundant. I don't typically read erotica, so I'm intentionally not making a judgment of the storyline based on the amount of sex, since obviously that's the purpose of the genre. But the storyline itself became redundant. He's an agoraphobe. Every installment was him trying to leave the house, sometimes successfully, sometimes unsuccessfully, the both of them talking about it, and then talking about his exploits with other women, and then having sex. The talking was annoying. I might have been more willing to finish if I had found the whole series in one book. But starting the next installment for a repeat of the previous ones became daunting.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 10, 2019
This one gives me hope for Caroly and Didier's story
May 8, 2023
This one was very repetitive from things covered in the earlier books and could have been combined with the last one. I wasn't interested in this one but finished it because it was short.
August 20, 2023
My least favorite. Too corny.
August 29, 2023
Loved how this story wrapped up and where are characters are, perfect for them!
March 24, 2025
Read March 2025
3 stars = good, but I'm still not comfortable with Didier's job or Caroly's acceptance of it and willingness to share him.
In Caroly's POV.
It's been five months since she started visiting Didier.
Caroly goes to Didier's flat. He meets her at the bottom of the stairwell, showing that he's making progress with his agoraphobia. She reflects on how she's the only one who makes him leave his flat. Didier isn't acting like his normal self, which worries Caroly.
Didier takes her up to the roof, to talk to her about something. Caroly thinks he may be breaking up with her. He says he took her to a place where he's terrified, so she'll know that he means it.
Didier says, "A few months ago, I hadn't left this building in three years. I hadn't taken my laundry out or collected my own groceries, sat and had a coffee in a cafe. Or smelled the grass or felt the sunshine. I hadn't passed an evening with a woman—just her and I with no money exchanged—since before my exile. I haven't felt I had much to offer, besides my talents, in all that time."
"You've made me feel things again. Made me want to feel things again. Difficult things, not easy ones like lust. The things I work so hard to numb, like fear and helplessness and...and attachment. I don't know why you think I'm so worth fighting for. But I'm grateful you do. And I'm grateful for whatever it is about me that keeps you coming here, dragging me out that door every morning we wake together."
"I'm going to tell you something. I wish I could claim I've never said it to anyone else. I have, but if I'd known that it felt like this, I would have saved it. I'd have known better."
"I love you. I'm in love with you"
An elated Caroly tells Didier that she loves him as well. They kiss passionately. Didier asks Caroly if he can consider her his girlfriend, which she enthusiastically says yes to.
Didier gives Caroly a silver charm bracelet. He walked to the store several blocks away, proving his love for her and desire to impress her. Back in his flat, Didier tells Caroly that he hopes someday that they can live together. He'd have to find a new job first, which may take some time. Caroly tells him that she doesn't mind sharing his flat with him, nor the bed that he's shared with many women. 🤢 Despite an earlier episode where Caroly expressed some jealousy over Didier's clients, she's back to not being bothered at all.
It ends with the MCs being happily in love, and making love in the shower first, before moving to the bed. It's just the two of them being themselves, no role-playing or kinkery. Caroly loves Didier's pretty packaging, but she loves his vulnerable, imperfect self as well. Someday she wants his fidelity.
Caroly's Last Thoughts:
This, I think, this has only just flickered into life. And this will burn through the night, perhaps through the autumn and winter. Let the storms come and try to upset this flame. I'll cup my hands around it against the wind and rain. Because I waited too long for this to ever let it go.
3 stars = good, but I'm still not comfortable with Didier's job or Caroly's acceptance of it and willingness to share him.
In Caroly's POV.
It's been five months since she started visiting Didier.
Caroly goes to Didier's flat. He meets her at the bottom of the stairwell, showing that he's making progress with his agoraphobia. She reflects on how she's the only one who makes him leave his flat. Didier isn't acting like his normal self, which worries Caroly.
Didier takes her up to the roof, to talk to her about something. Caroly thinks he may be breaking up with her. He says he took her to a place where he's terrified, so she'll know that he means it.
Didier says, "A few months ago, I hadn't left this building in three years. I hadn't taken my laundry out or collected my own groceries, sat and had a coffee in a cafe. Or smelled the grass or felt the sunshine. I hadn't passed an evening with a woman—just her and I with no money exchanged—since before my exile. I haven't felt I had much to offer, besides my talents, in all that time."
"You've made me feel things again. Made me want to feel things again. Difficult things, not easy ones like lust. The things I work so hard to numb, like fear and helplessness and...and attachment. I don't know why you think I'm so worth fighting for. But I'm grateful you do. And I'm grateful for whatever it is about me that keeps you coming here, dragging me out that door every morning we wake together."
"I'm going to tell you something. I wish I could claim I've never said it to anyone else. I have, but if I'd known that it felt like this, I would have saved it. I'd have known better."
"I love you. I'm in love with you"
An elated Caroly tells Didier that she loves him as well. They kiss passionately. Didier asks Caroly if he can consider her his girlfriend, which she enthusiastically says yes to.
Didier gives Caroly a silver charm bracelet. He walked to the store several blocks away, proving his love for her and desire to impress her. Back in his flat, Didier tells Caroly that he hopes someday that they can live together. He'd have to find a new job first, which may take some time. Caroly tells him that she doesn't mind sharing his flat with him, nor the bed that he's shared with many women. 🤢 Despite an earlier episode where Caroly expressed some jealousy over Didier's clients, she's back to not being bothered at all.
It ends with the MCs being happily in love, and making love in the shower first, before moving to the bed. It's just the two of them being themselves, no role-playing or kinkery. Caroly loves Didier's pretty packaging, but she loves his vulnerable, imperfect self as well. Someday she wants his fidelity.
Caroly's Last Thoughts:
This, I think, this has only just flickered into life. And this will burn through the night, perhaps through the autumn and winter. Let the storms come and try to upset this flame. I'll cup my hands around it against the wind and rain. Because I waited too long for this to ever let it go.
November 28, 2012
So if you haven't been following this series, this vignette probably won't make much sense to you but it definitely could easily be a standalone short story as well but to get the full experience of this story, I'd recommend reading the series from the beginning but as such, I'll review this story on its own.
This is the one fans have been waiting for!!! This vignette is the epic one where (as the title says) Didier confesses his feeling for Caroly, out loud, to her and OMG was it wonderful!! Cara McKenna has been leading the characters and readers to this moment from the beginning and in the last story, Reversal, Didier had definite ideas on how he wanted the scene to go when he confesses his love for Caroly. What I think I loved most, was that Cara McKenna actually delivered on the romantic promise. A lot of times, life doesn't go how we envision a moment to go and that has been a recurring theme throughout the vignettes but finally, finally Didier's dream came true and as a reader, I think it was the absolute most romantic thing I have read in a very, very long time! Sometimes it's the small things that count. A lot of times in books, only the epic "will you marry me?" moment gets the big hurrah, but in the Curio series, just getting these two characters to admit out loud that they love each other is just as big a moment and Cara McKenna has done a masterful job bringing both the readers and the characters to such a moment. Love, love, loved it!
This is the one fans have been waiting for!!! This vignette is the epic one where (as the title says) Didier confesses his feeling for Caroly, out loud, to her and OMG was it wonderful!! Cara McKenna has been leading the characters and readers to this moment from the beginning and in the last story, Reversal, Didier had definite ideas on how he wanted the scene to go when he confesses his love for Caroly. What I think I loved most, was that Cara McKenna actually delivered on the romantic promise. A lot of times, life doesn't go how we envision a moment to go and that has been a recurring theme throughout the vignettes but finally, finally Didier's dream came true and as a reader, I think it was the absolute most romantic thing I have read in a very, very long time! Sometimes it's the small things that count. A lot of times in books, only the epic "will you marry me?" moment gets the big hurrah, but in the Curio series, just getting these two characters to admit out loud that they love each other is just as big a moment and Cara McKenna has done a masterful job bringing both the readers and the characters to such a moment. Love, love, loved it!
July 2, 2015
At long last!!! A confession! That's not a real spoiler considering the built up of the previous installments and the name of the novella. So here we are in the one before last novella in the Curio Vignettes (mini) series and as usual I'm really happy to finish another sweet part!
This one was mostly their love confession to one another and them dreaming together of their future together, as a real couple. I'm not much for sticky love but I felt their confession of love was simply beautiful, real and charming in it's imperfection.
After hearing Didier in the previous installment we are listening again to Caroly's POV. I must say that in a way I prefer reading his POV, there is something a bit, well, shallow (as she confess herself) and insecure in the fact he really in fact wants to be solely with her.
But her insecurities have no place in the real world since Didier loves her dearly and can't wait to find another occupation so she can be his true companion in life. He also can't wait to have her all to himself, living with her and not just seeing her on the weekends. Caroly naturally shares his wants but she also fears that it won't be easy to accomplish.
This installment finishes in a very happy note (as the previous ones did as well) and a promise to Caroly for a special kind of treat when he finds other means of income.
It might be getting late, but I can't see myself going off to sleep without finishing the last one in the (mini) series!
This one was mostly their love confession to one another and them dreaming together of their future together, as a real couple. I'm not much for sticky love but I felt their confession of love was simply beautiful, real and charming in it's imperfection.
After hearing Didier in the previous installment we are listening again to Caroly's POV. I must say that in a way I prefer reading his POV, there is something a bit, well, shallow (as she confess herself) and insecure in the fact he really in fact wants to be solely with her.
But her insecurities have no place in the real world since Didier loves her dearly and can't wait to find another occupation so she can be his true companion in life. He also can't wait to have her all to himself, living with her and not just seeing her on the weekends. Caroly naturally shares his wants but she also fears that it won't be easy to accomplish.
This installment finishes in a very happy note (as the previous ones did as well) and a promise to Caroly for a special kind of treat when he finds other means of income.
It might be getting late, but I can't see myself going off to sleep without finishing the last one in the (mini) series!
November 25, 2012
Rating 3.5
This was the BIG moment but it felt like a bit of a letdown. Mostly because it was told from Caroly's pov. I really like Caroly and how much she's changed over the series but there is very little conflict when it comes to her. The series has really become all about Didier's struggles.
The moment he confesses his love is sweet and there are few beautiful, revealing scenes but for the most part we know Caroly isn't going anywhere no matter what. She may want Didier all to herself at some point but she's also content to let him continue with his profession. In fact despite his declaration, he isn't giving it up just yet. There isn't any tension or conflict, even in her own head. Just a mild feeling of jealousy.
I guess that's fair and true to her nature since she entered into this knowing the score. I would just think she would feel something...it feels like we're at a dead end with her character development. I always want to get back to Didier now.
It's Didier who feels an urgency to figuratively put a "ring on it", thinking Caroly will outgrow him and move on.
So this was a good installment and I'm always happy to read about them again but Confession didn't' pack the emotional punch I was hoping for.
This was the BIG moment but it felt like a bit of a letdown. Mostly because it was told from Caroly's pov. I really like Caroly and how much she's changed over the series but there is very little conflict when it comes to her. The series has really become all about Didier's struggles.
The moment he confesses his love is sweet and there are few beautiful, revealing scenes but for the most part we know Caroly isn't going anywhere no matter what. She may want Didier all to herself at some point but she's also content to let him continue with his profession. In fact despite his declaration, he isn't giving it up just yet. There isn't any tension or conflict, even in her own head. Just a mild feeling of jealousy.
I guess that's fair and true to her nature since she entered into this knowing the score. I would just think she would feel something...it feels like we're at a dead end with her character development. I always want to get back to Didier now.
It's Didier who feels an urgency to figuratively put a "ring on it", thinking Caroly will outgrow him and move on.
So this was a good installment and I'm always happy to read about them again but Confession didn't' pack the emotional punch I was hoping for.
January 8, 2013
Didier and Caroly break my heart. But at the same time, they make my heart so happy! Ms McKenna is tricky like that. In one paragraph she'll make you so sad on the characters' behalf, you'll want to cry, only to turn it all around in the next paragraph and make your heart soar.
Finally - finally - Didier and Caroly have confessed how they feel about one another, and finally they're planning a future together. I love how attached to each other they are, and I hate that Didier is still keeping up with his 'profession'. When Caroly is 'okay' with his 'work', I think she's in denial. I think it's killing her on the inside, but she's ignoring that feeling. I really hope next book gives them the happy ending they both deserve.
Speaking of endings. I'm really dreading reading that one. Or rather, I'm dreading having to finish reading the next book. Once I'm done with that, there'll be no more. No more Didier. No more Caroly. I'm dying to find out where they end up, and at the same time I don't want to know. Not yet.
Will I read the final vignette right away? Or will I wait, put it off? I don't know. I'm both itching to read it, and to wait.
Finally - finally - Didier and Caroly have confessed how they feel about one another, and finally they're planning a future together. I love how attached to each other they are, and I hate that Didier is still keeping up with his 'profession'. When Caroly is 'okay' with his 'work', I think she's in denial. I think it's killing her on the inside, but she's ignoring that feeling. I really hope next book gives them the happy ending they both deserve.
Speaking of endings. I'm really dreading reading that one. Or rather, I'm dreading having to finish reading the next book. Once I'm done with that, there'll be no more. No more Didier. No more Caroly. I'm dying to find out where they end up, and at the same time I don't want to know. Not yet.
Will I read the final vignette right away? Or will I wait, put it off? I don't know. I'm both itching to read it, and to wait.
March 31, 2013
Of all the vignettes, this was perhaps the most poignant, and the one that I held closest to my heart. After 4 previous books where Caroly and Didier looked as though they might make it as a couple, suddenly things change:
"I need to talk to you about something." His voice is heavy - heavy with dread, not lust - jumpy gaze watching the wine in his glass.
My heart twists with fear. My feet are heavy, like huge rocks pinning me to the bottom of a river, cold water rushing by, wrenching my limbs and filling my mouth.
"Okay," my lips say, detached from my brain.
Didier swallows, and I know now it's over.
We're over.
Cara McKenna, I love how you hold my attention and I adore your writing. I am your newest fan :-)
"I need to talk to you about something." His voice is heavy - heavy with dread, not lust - jumpy gaze watching the wine in his glass.
My heart twists with fear. My feet are heavy, like huge rocks pinning me to the bottom of a river, cold water rushing by, wrenching my limbs and filling my mouth.
"Okay," my lips say, detached from my brain.
Didier swallows, and I know now it's over.
We're over.
Cara McKenna, I love how you hold my attention and I adore your writing. I am your newest fan :-)
November 17, 2013
Oh, this was good. As seen through Caroly's eyes her relationship with Didier is just that an official one. She is his GIRLFRIEND! Well we still have that pesky little problem of the job he has but no worries. He's thinking of looking for other work....someday, soon, she hopes.. I know that this is all hearts and flowers and I love it really, but come on... Didier, you got to lose the other women. Caroly has stated that she is not jealous of the other women but we all know that she doesn't like it. No, not at all... Now back to the sweetness of this story, sigh......You know that Didier wants to be a better man and he is a fine one at that, sure he has issues but he is worth it, right? Well I'm still pulling for him, and I always picture David Gandy.......yeah, sigh......
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