I liked this book at first. Like the concept of it. Then slowly it started to decline after chapter 6. First, there are a few sentences missing a word or two in them (Chapter 10,"What would like to drink?"). An editor would have picked those up so I am placing this book as a self published one. I was seeing a three star for it, but as I reached the half point, it was becoming ridicules and I couldn't go on any more. It lost a point and my respect.
The lead female wasn't a virgin zombie, so it did have that going for it, but like all these contemporary stories, the lead falls into the "Irritatingly annoying" category. The relationship doesn’t develop because everything seems to go at a fast and over packed. Both guys are musicians, were in the war, look like gods, save the world from alien invaders, serve 1 term as the president of the United States, developed super human powers, and negotiated the peace treaties between the federation of planets, and all while still finding the time to practice with the band and go play at a sex club. Okay, maybe a few of them didn't happen in this book, but it feels like if the writer had more time, she might have added even more "STUFF" in there.
Is it even possible for anyone to have that many things going on at one time? I get multitasking but to this degree? I just can't fathom a musician (not to mention two of them in the same band) would have this kind of time on their hands.
This story was too "Stuffy.” Most of it seemed unnecessary. Than there become too many coincidental things to make this anything more than plan cheesy (rolling my eyes). These happenstances are just over inserted, making it more stuffed with stuff.
I actually only read the first sex scene with Matt (only one in the first half of the book), but it seemed rush. Jewel and Matt had diner and (insert sex scene). There was no real discussion of any real kind. No talking. No flirting. No... Just nothing but him saying, "I thought about this all day and well I just decided that I am not going to hold back who I am so if you're not into any of it, just say so when we get to that. Your safe word is red" (paraphrasing here). Of course the Vanilla girl is all for it and says yes, a bit too fast, and not but a paragraph later she has already had four orgasms and wearing nipple clamps. The writer seemed a bit too anxious to write it, leaving the moments up to then short and disconnected. Ever heard of "Four Play"?
I finally shut off caring about this story after a convenient attack on Jewel and she is given a week off work. She gets irritatingly snarky with everyone. I am trying to rack my brain in trying to recall if she was ever even stabbed. I know she was hit in the face, but the reactions from her boss and everyone around her, you'd think she was sexually assaulted or lost a limb. Personally, I wish some of my bosses were that giving to allow me a week off so I could stay at a hotel, nursing a bruised cheek. I don't ever think recovery from surgery even got me that much time off.
Anyway, there are a few stories out there that are self published and are written well (Fallen Crest High). But for all the others, they all mutate into the same thing. They give a great plot synopsis for a story but the content and characters leave a bad taste in your mouth.