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French Kissing: Season One
French Kissing: Season One (Episodes 1-6)
Paris… City of lights, City of love
French Kissing follows a group of Parisian women as they navigate the stormy waters of love and life.
Claire and Juliette have been best friends for twenty years. Together they own a successful PR agency, but their journey to success has come at a price. Juliette and her partner Nadia have drifted apart after ten years together while Claire hasn’t been on a real date for as long as she can remember. Meanwhile, their happily single employee Steph is getting a bit too close to a new, high-profile client.
Warning: This title contains sensual language, ladies making love and possibly more feelings than you can process.
Paris… City of lights, City of love
French Kissing follows a group of Parisian women as they navigate the stormy waters of love and life.
Claire and Juliette have been best friends for twenty years. Together they own a successful PR agency, but their journey to success has come at a price. Juliette and her partner Nadia have drifted apart after ten years together while Claire hasn’t been on a real date for as long as she can remember. Meanwhile, their happily single employee Steph is getting a bit too close to a new, high-profile client.
Warning: This title contains sensual language, ladies making love and possibly more feelings than you can process.
510 pages, Paperback
First published June 12, 2014
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About the author
Harper Bliss
138 books2,360 followersHarper Bliss is a best-selling lesbian romance author. Among her most-loved books are the highly dramatic French Kissing and the often thought-provoking Pink Bean series. She is the co-founder of My LesFic, a weekly newsletter offering discount deals on lesbian fiction.
Harper lived in Hong Kong for 7 years, travelled the world for a bit, and has now settled in Brussels (Belgium) with her wife and photogenic cat, Dolly Purrton.
Together with her wife, she hosts a weekly podcast called Harper Bliss & Her Mrs.
Harper lived in Hong Kong for 7 years, travelled the world for a bit, and has now settled in Brussels (Belgium) with her wife and photogenic cat, Dolly Purrton.
Together with her wife, she hosts a weekly podcast called Harper Bliss & Her Mrs.
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March 28, 2018
WHO LOVES LESBIAN DRAMA?
*raises my own hand and marks the results as 100% without looking for others' opinions*
Wow. That was a lot. If anyone else vibes well with French Kissing Ep 1 (free on Kindle), then do yourself a favor and buy the whole series. It contains all three seasons for $8.99, which is cheaper than many single books. Over 800 pages, y'all! And there's a lot of sex! Woohoo!
How can I break this story down? I feel like I ingested a tv series (shout out to the L Word references I made while reading), yet it's a different type of awesome because it's in book form! I'm the queen of all visuals! I guess I'll break it down by the three main couples in order from 'loved' to 'tolerated'.
I'm trying to stay general, but there may be some spoilers ahead!
#1: Dominique and Steph. This couple is everything. On many occasions, they prematurely ring the death chimes of their relationship, only to stay together depite their copious amount of differences. In age, political outlook, handling of troubles, class, status, sexual history...the list goes on. However, their chemistry keeps me swinging my Pro-StephDom (lol) pom-poms. Their trysts are clandestine and sexy, sexy, sexy. I've realized that storylines where a normally toppy person consents to bottom are a pleasure. These two bring out interesting qualities in the other.
This is also the FIRST!!!!EVER!!!!! book I've read where a lesbian didn't get all hot and ready and willing for strap-on/dildo penetration immediately. We exist, you know! Some ladies need to be warmed up to the idea or they may not even prefer a cock at all. Food for thought, other writers. Build up to it.
At times, Steph would make The L Word Shane-type comments about needing the long-term couple (Juliette and Nadia a la Bette and Tina) to stay together to believe in humanity. For those moments, while they make sense, I breeze over because I don't want a show I loved to interfere with the narrative. But really, Steph and Dominique= a more femme, more open-to-monogamy Shane and a smarter, hotter Cherie Jaffe--aka a successful/BETTER version of the TV pair.
Yes, they're my favorites.
2: Juliette and Nadia, the Bette and Tina of French Kissing. They've been partners for a decade and long-bulding tension almost destroyed them. I must admit that for the first couple of chapters, their struggles just stressed me out. Then, I found myself rooting for them. Now, I enjoy their chapters thoroughly and Harper Bliss takes the cake for really detailing the fall and rise of their love. Well-crafted, albeit frustrating, which was appropriate.
Also, Nadia sounds uber hot. After Dominique, she's my crush in this story.
3: Claire and Margot. Here comes the tolerable. I won't hide that I consider Margot SOOOOOO BORINGGGGG. UGGGGGHHHHH. Even her maybe-maybe not with Inez had me hoping she'd give in. And don't get me started on Margot bringing in ex drama, one of my least favorite forms of drama. Thanks a lot, Go-Go.
Claire, who's actually interesting, would've been cuter with that online date chick Sarah; I really liked her. She probably would have tied Claire up, too.
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I'm still smitten on Sybille, even though she's a devil incarnate.
There's my word vomit. This series is lit. Lit literature. It's what the kids are saying nowadays.
*raises my own hand and marks the results as 100% without looking for others' opinions*
Wow. That was a lot. If anyone else vibes well with French Kissing Ep 1 (free on Kindle), then do yourself a favor and buy the whole series. It contains all three seasons for $8.99, which is cheaper than many single books. Over 800 pages, y'all! And there's a lot of sex! Woohoo!
How can I break this story down? I feel like I ingested a tv series (shout out to the L Word references I made while reading), yet it's a different type of awesome because it's in book form! I'm the queen of all visuals! I guess I'll break it down by the three main couples in order from 'loved' to 'tolerated'.
I'm trying to stay general, but there may be some spoilers ahead!
#1: Dominique and Steph. This couple is everything. On many occasions, they prematurely ring the death chimes of their relationship, only to stay together depite their copious amount of differences. In age, political outlook, handling of troubles, class, status, sexual history...the list goes on. However, their chemistry keeps me swinging my Pro-StephDom (lol) pom-poms. Their trysts are clandestine and sexy, sexy, sexy. I've realized that storylines where a normally toppy person consents to bottom are a pleasure. These two bring out interesting qualities in the other.
This is also the FIRST!!!!EVER!!!!! book I've read where a lesbian didn't get all hot and ready and willing for strap-on/dildo penetration immediately. We exist, you know! Some ladies need to be warmed up to the idea or they may not even prefer a cock at all. Food for thought, other writers. Build up to it.
At times, Steph would make The L Word Shane-type comments about needing the long-term couple (Juliette and Nadia a la Bette and Tina) to stay together to believe in humanity. For those moments, while they make sense, I breeze over because I don't want a show I loved to interfere with the narrative. But really, Steph and Dominique= a more femme, more open-to-monogamy Shane and a smarter, hotter Cherie Jaffe--aka a successful/BETTER version of the TV pair.
Yes, they're my favorites.
2: Juliette and Nadia, the Bette and Tina of French Kissing. They've been partners for a decade and long-bulding tension almost destroyed them. I must admit that for the first couple of chapters, their struggles just stressed me out. Then, I found myself rooting for them. Now, I enjoy their chapters thoroughly and Harper Bliss takes the cake for really detailing the fall and rise of their love. Well-crafted, albeit frustrating, which was appropriate.
Also, Nadia sounds uber hot. After Dominique, she's my crush in this story.
3: Claire and Margot. Here comes the tolerable. I won't hide that I consider Margot SOOOOOO BORINGGGGG. UGGGGGHHHHH. Even her maybe-maybe not with Inez had me hoping she'd give in. And don't get me started on Margot bringing in ex drama, one of my least favorite forms of drama. Thanks a lot, Go-Go.
Claire, who's actually interesting, would've been cuter with that online date chick Sarah; I really liked her. She probably would have tied Claire up, too.
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I'm still smitten on Sybille, even though she's a devil incarnate.
There's my word vomit. This series is lit. Lit literature. It's what the kids are saying nowadays.
March 26, 2018
I can’t believe I just discovered this series ! Incredible is an understatement!
December 19, 2019
After buying the latest season of French Kissing I really needed a refresher course. I only read season one and that was back in 2016. I remember there was a lot of sex and buckets of drama.
Re-reading it was fun. It’s basically a lesbian soap opera set in the city of love. Our main characters are a group of mostly 40-somethings who work, drink and fuck with flair (it must be the French touch). Hearts soar high with love and get sadly broken. It’s quite a ride!
f/f explicit
Themes: Paris, PR firm, politics, hospital, a lot of vin, a lot of amour, a lot of drama, Bliss does what she does best.
4.5 Stars
Re-reading it was fun. It’s basically a lesbian soap opera set in the city of love. Our main characters are a group of mostly 40-somethings who work, drink and fuck with flair (it must be the French touch). Hearts soar high with love and get sadly broken. It’s quite a ride!
f/f explicit
Themes: Paris, PR firm, politics, hospital, a lot of vin, a lot of amour, a lot of drama, Bliss does what she does best.
4.5 Stars
June 19, 2014
I read this series in its 6 installments and still plan on owning the whole boxed set series. I love everything that Harper writes for some very specific reasons:
Realistic Romance: If you tell me the only way the H/h are going to hook up is if magically one finds the dollar bill that the other wrote their number on 10 years ago, I'm going to punch you in the face. Harper makes her romance real; painful, all consuming, difficult, and not always are the best intentions realized.
Character Development: I never feel like the characters I'm reading about on the last pages are the same ones I started the journey with. This is absolutely a great thing! I don't want characters to be dead in the water. I need them to be filled with confusion, happiness, frustrations, and realizations. Not cliched and pigeon-holed. Again, thank you Harper for putting realistic relationships and hardships into your stories. I always feel like I can connect in someway to all of your characters regardless of their strengths/weaknesses because they always feel like real people that I could see myself chilling on the balcony with; smoking a cigarette and having a glass wine :)
Bold Settings: Harper has a way of pulling you right into the setting of her stories even if you've never been there. I swear that I know EXACTLY how awesome Le Comptoir is just from her descriptions and Paris is so lovely I'd swear I have a photo album at home of all the places I've seen (even though I've only seen them through Harper's detailed but reigned in descriptions).
As always, thank you Harper for providing great writing, beautiful scenery, and open arms to us readers who love you so much :)
Realistic Romance: If you tell me the only way the H/h are going to hook up is if magically one finds the dollar bill that the other wrote their number on 10 years ago, I'm going to punch you in the face. Harper makes her romance real; painful, all consuming, difficult, and not always are the best intentions realized.
Character Development: I never feel like the characters I'm reading about on the last pages are the same ones I started the journey with. This is absolutely a great thing! I don't want characters to be dead in the water. I need them to be filled with confusion, happiness, frustrations, and realizations. Not cliched and pigeon-holed. Again, thank you Harper for putting realistic relationships and hardships into your stories. I always feel like I can connect in someway to all of your characters regardless of their strengths/weaknesses because they always feel like real people that I could see myself chilling on the balcony with; smoking a cigarette and having a glass wine :)
Bold Settings: Harper has a way of pulling you right into the setting of her stories even if you've never been there. I swear that I know EXACTLY how awesome Le Comptoir is just from her descriptions and Paris is so lovely I'd swear I have a photo album at home of all the places I've seen (even though I've only seen them through Harper's detailed but reigned in descriptions).
As always, thank you Harper for providing great writing, beautiful scenery, and open arms to us readers who love you so much :)
February 28, 2017
An addictive lesbian romance series with lots of drama, laughs, and steamy scenes.
August 1, 2022
This is a fun melodramatic and often erotic story about six women (three couples). For some reason, we only get the povs of four of them for the first half or so, then one more is added, but we never get Dominique’s which I think is a real shame. The pov switches often, which at first is a little jarring but quickly you become accustomed to it. All of these couples are going through Drama with a capital D. Juliette and Nadia are a long term relationship dealing with cheating and figuring out the problems that led to that; Claire and Margot are a new couple, Claire is Juliette’s best friend and business partner, and Margot is a colleague and new friend of Nadia’s who was set up with Claire. And they’re dealing with being a new couple, and Margot’s ex coming back into the picture. Steph and Dominique are dealing with a secret, scandalous (Dom is a client of Steph’s, older, a right wing politician, and not at all out) relationship and their woes. It’s… all very drama filled, but that’s fun when that’s what you want!
There were things I liked and things I didn’t. Honestly, I didn’t love any of the characters very much, but I found myself enjoying Dominque, Juliette, and Claire the most. The drama between Juliette and Nadia felt the most honest and I was invested there. Dominque and Steph originally annoyed me, because we see them have sex twice, then decide they are In Love, which is always a trope that annoys me, but they grew on me over time. Claire and Margot, we’re so annoying and I hated all of their drama tbh. Margot was boring and irritating and the drama with her ex was SO STUPID. Claire deserved better, except then she got weirdly casually a little racist when she kept saying she wanted to just find another Asian woman to date. It was the way it came across the few times it was brought up and it really rubbed me the wrong way. and I also hated how dismissive she (and also Steph) were about Juliette thinking about becoming a parent)
ALSo! It was so weird when they would suddenly break out into French. This is set in Paris, and you assume they are all French, and speaking French the whole time, and then they suddenly say endearments or phrases in French and just fully breaks the immersion of that?? It was a strange choice. It was also strange that they used ‘bloody’ as a curse? Isn’t that a British thing? Or am I just ignorant on that? Idk, it was odd.
This is long. And it’s a full series, and I’m invested enough to see what nonsense these six get up to next, but unless I really get more invested, I don’t think this will be one of my favs or anything, though it was a good time, and Abby Craden’s narration was as great as always. Fingers crossed we finally get Dominique’s pov
There were things I liked and things I didn’t. Honestly, I didn’t love any of the characters very much, but I found myself enjoying Dominque, Juliette, and Claire the most. The drama between Juliette and Nadia felt the most honest and I was invested there. Dominque and Steph originally annoyed me, because we see them have sex twice, then decide they are In Love, which is always a trope that annoys me, but they grew on me over time. Claire and Margot, we’re so annoying and I hated all of their drama tbh. Margot was boring and irritating and the drama with her ex was SO STUPID. Claire deserved better, except then she got weirdly casually a little racist when she kept saying she wanted to just find another Asian woman to date. It was the way it came across the few times it was brought up and it really rubbed me the wrong way. and I also hated how dismissive she (and also Steph) were about Juliette thinking about becoming a parent)
ALSo! It was so weird when they would suddenly break out into French. This is set in Paris, and you assume they are all French, and speaking French the whole time, and then they suddenly say endearments or phrases in French and just fully breaks the immersion of that?? It was a strange choice. It was also strange that they used ‘bloody’ as a curse? Isn’t that a British thing? Or am I just ignorant on that? Idk, it was odd.
This is long. And it’s a full series, and I’m invested enough to see what nonsense these six get up to next, but unless I really get more invested, I don’t think this will be one of my favs or anything, though it was a good time, and Abby Craden’s narration was as great as always. Fingers crossed we finally get Dominique’s pov
August 11, 2020
This book was gay and sex and gay and drama and gay and wine and gay and Paris. I mean, this was book was amazingly gay. And sexy! Utterly sexy! The type of sexy that will have you realizing that you're not having enough sex in your life and even if you are, you totally are not having the great sex that this women are having. You are also not getting embroiled in their level of drama (I mean there is all kinds of drama in this. Workplace drama. Ex-girlfriend drama. Cheating drama. Opposing political sides drama. Having to hide in the closet drama). But honestly if I can get sex that good? I wouldn't mind the drama at all. Soooo good!!!!!
May 28, 2017
Wow!
I was glued to this story from start to finish. It was riveting and I'm not sure if the author meant it to be this way but it felt like I was ra reading a soap opera which was fun. The characters were very well developed and you couldn't help but root for them to get their life on track. On to season two!
I was glued to this story from start to finish. It was riveting and I'm not sure if the author meant it to be this way but it felt like I was ra reading a soap opera which was fun. The characters were very well developed and you couldn't help but root for them to get their life on track. On to season two!
January 23, 2022
This was recommended to me by a friend and I was told explicitly that it had to be read via audiobook. I completely understand where she's coming from, as Abby Craden did a fantastic job at narrating our three main characters, plus the supporting cast. Initially, it was a tad confusing to figure out who was who, but it didn't take long for me to work it out. I was completely engaged in Claire, Steph and Juliette's stories. It was like being immersed in a better written The L Word drama. Hats off to Harper Bliss for this one and I can't wait to read Season Two. Now if only it were made into a tv show... 😏
January 1, 2018
Oh man. Big, messy feelings abound in this one. I'm so glad I read it all on one go, because the suspense of waiting for each installment would have been intense!
2017 reread: I still loved this one!
With six main characters, you’d think things would get a little confusing, but it actually doesn’t. It’s written in the third person with the perspective shifting between Juliette, Nadia, Claire, Margot and Steph. This lets us see what they’re like together as a group, individually, and when they’re paired off. I do wish we got scenes from Dominique’s perspective, but luckily she’s open enough with Steph that we still get a full sense of who she is as a person.
Full review: http://www.thelesbianreview.com/frenc...
2017 reread: I still loved this one!
With six main characters, you’d think things would get a little confusing, but it actually doesn’t. It’s written in the third person with the perspective shifting between Juliette, Nadia, Claire, Margot and Steph. This lets us see what they’re like together as a group, individually, and when they’re paired off. I do wish we got scenes from Dominique’s perspective, but luckily she’s open enough with Steph that we still get a full sense of who she is as a person.
Full review: http://www.thelesbianreview.com/frenc...
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March 20, 2016Enough wetness to fill an ocean, enough booze to sink Paris and more drama than the L word.
Bring on the next one.
Bring on the next one.
January 28, 2015
PHENOMENAL serial novel set in Paris as a small group of friends navigate love, success, betrayal, drama, and still find time for drinks and pleasure.
Read my individual episode reviews:
Episode One | Episode Two | Episode Three | Episode Four | Episode Five | Episode Six
Read my individual episode reviews:
Episode One | Episode Two | Episode Three | Episode Four | Episode Five | Episode Six
July 17, 2014
Well what can a say, this was an addictive, steamy entertaining read. Ms Bliss is a goddess of erotica. The story developed at a great pace and the characters are so connectible. Every episode has twists and turns, and leaves you loving a different character. Every time I finished a part I had a new favourite and quite a few times I did want to curse the author because I had to wait to see what happened next. You guys are lucky because it's all out.
Even if lesbian loving is not your thing I suggest you read this simply for the story. It's a mix between sex in the city and the L word.
Even if lesbian loving is not your thing I suggest you read this simply for the story. It's a mix between sex in the city and the L word.
April 17, 2020
This is fun! As noted elsewhere, it's a soap-opera. Every chance at happiness must be thwarted at least once. There are 3 couples, a few rogue agents, families and politics galore! And if you're allergic to infidelity, then you might skip this one.
The sex scenes are spicy and varied. The only thing missing was menage, but that was hinted at.
It all ends well - with the dun-dun-duh surprise at the very end to force you to wait all summer for Season 2!
The sex scenes are spicy and varied. The only thing missing was menage, but that was hinted at.
It all ends well - with the dun-dun-duh surprise at the very end to force you to wait all summer for Season 2!
April 26, 2024
This was a flirty fun time! Felt like I was reading The L Word and Emily in Paris mashup. I was worried with so many characters being involved it wouldn't get too in depth with their emotions, but it did a pretty good job! I'll be reading Season 2 when I want another easy read.
July 13, 2022
DNF'd. Substantively, this is the worst book by Harper Bliss that I've read (my fourth). There is zero character development, the barest of plots etc. Yes, it's a rip off on the L Word, but even that had more complexity.
I could have overlooked all that and listened to the book as mindless background noise while I cooked dinner if it weren't for the book's racist undertones (and in some cases blatant racism). Both Nadia and Sebile were exoticized/objectified as Black/African women; Claire asked Margot, a South Korean adoptee raised in Paris, whether she was born in France; and, perhaps most egregiously, after Claire is dumped by Margot and tells her brother to look out for Asian women on the dating app he created a profile for her on (also insanely offensive), her brother remarks that he didn't realize she was into the "Orient." It's... insane.
The other Bliss books I've read feature predominantly white characters, and after seeing how she handles race/non-white characters, I will not be purchasing anymore books by Bliss. She should apologize for and address the racism/stereotyping/tone-deafness in this title.
I could have overlooked all that and listened to the book as mindless background noise while I cooked dinner if it weren't for the book's racist undertones (and in some cases blatant racism). Both Nadia and Sebile were exoticized/objectified as Black/African women; Claire asked Margot, a South Korean adoptee raised in Paris, whether she was born in France; and, perhaps most egregiously, after Claire is dumped by Margot and tells her brother to look out for Asian women on the dating app he created a profile for her on (also insanely offensive), her brother remarks that he didn't realize she was into the "Orient." It's... insane.
The other Bliss books I've read feature predominantly white characters, and after seeing how she handles race/non-white characters, I will not be purchasing anymore books by Bliss. She should apologize for and address the racism/stereotyping/tone-deafness in this title.
October 26, 2016
I couldn't put it down!
A fantastic story with strong but complex friendships. Based in the city of love, Paris. A story with characters that are very passionate, relatable and interesting. I enjoyed reading about how these friend's lives unfold. It's about falling in love, compassion, betrayal and forgiveness (or not). The right mix of love and hot sex. I cannot wait to read the next installment and I would definitely recommend it.
A fantastic story with strong but complex friendships. Based in the city of love, Paris. A story with characters that are very passionate, relatable and interesting. I enjoyed reading about how these friend's lives unfold. It's about falling in love, compassion, betrayal and forgiveness (or not). The right mix of love and hot sex. I cannot wait to read the next installment and I would definitely recommend it.
July 16, 2014
I really loved this "novel". great character development over the course of the book. I found myself becoming very invested in the characters and really look forward to season 2!!
April 1, 2020
Drama and more drama, sex and more sex, steamy sex, alot of Sex 😁. well written characters and I love Harper Bliss
August 7, 2024
3.75 stars - that was fun. i always wanted to read a book that feels like a tv show so this one was perfect in that matter and the sole reason i started this book was because i hoped it would be like satc just in paris lol. i have the 4 following books to read now so i don‘t know how i feel about that but i guess it will be dramatic. about the couples in the book there are like 3 different ones the first couple has been together for a decade now and they have problems (those two are my fav‘s) then the second couple is a woman in pr and her client who plays a important role in politics (i like them) and then the third couple i‘m sorry i‘m not a big fan the one woman of them works also in pr and the other one is a surgeon.the conclusion is that i will read the second book and then i will see how that one is. what i liked about the book was the drama it felt like watching a soap.
November 10, 2019
Hot. Heavy. And hot some more. Full of heartaches, headaches, devastations... and hurt some more. There were times that I just wanted to throw my Kindle out of the window because of what the characters did, then I realized they were only fictional, but they seemed so real. Like you could almost feel their pain and what they were going through. Should I see a therapist for that?
April 7, 2018
Wow interesting, love all the characters. Good read
June 29, 2020
This was amazing, I literally binged 40 hours of these audibooks in two weeks.
Abby Craden is a goddess, and I want more Juliette and Nadia sex scenes though, it's so god damn hot.
Abby Craden is a goddess, and I want more Juliette and Nadia sex scenes though, it's so god damn hot.
February 10, 2022
I listened to this as an audiobook, it's the lesbian soap drama that I was missing! The narration is fabulous, highly recommended.
March 2, 2024
2.5 but rounded up. The bad:
The amount of booze! Seriously, French people (I'm one of them) like to drink but they're not nearly as bad as the characters in this book. Since the characters are in their 40s they should have liver problems by now.
The amount of sex. Yes, with three couples, and one of the characters being a Shane, lots of sex is to be expected. But I'd rather have less sex scenes but instead have those written more carefully. With most of the sex scenes here, a smouldering look is foreplay, making both women sopping wet, there's like 5 seconds of action and, of course, an earth shattering orgasm. Yawn, IMO. I like the occasional quickie just as much as the next gal, but come on.
The GOOD:
I really liked that this book had a couple that's been together for 10 years. I felt this couple was depicted in a pretty realistic way, with problems I could understand.
I also liked how all (most?) characters dealt with the theme of forgiveness. Without being push-overs or saints, the couples managed to work past transgressions and hurt. In a world where lots of things are shown as being black or white, this was pleasantly nuanced.
Still, in the end the only seldom exciting, often boring and in some cases even eye-rolling inflationary sex scenes put me off this book so much so that I wouldn't really recommend it or read it again.
The amount of booze! Seriously, French people (I'm one of them) like to drink but they're not nearly as bad as the characters in this book. Since the characters are in their 40s they should have liver problems by now.
The amount of sex. Yes, with three couples, and one of the characters being a Shane, lots of sex is to be expected. But I'd rather have less sex scenes but instead have those written more carefully. With most of the sex scenes here, a smouldering look is foreplay, making both women sopping wet, there's like 5 seconds of action and, of course, an earth shattering orgasm. Yawn, IMO. I like the occasional quickie just as much as the next gal, but come on.
The GOOD:
I really liked that this book had a couple that's been together for 10 years. I felt this couple was depicted in a pretty realistic way, with problems I could understand.
I also liked how all (most?) characters dealt with the theme of forgiveness. Without being push-overs or saints, the couples managed to work past transgressions and hurt. In a world where lots of things are shown as being black or white, this was pleasantly nuanced.
Still, in the end the only seldom exciting, often boring and in some cases even eye-rolling inflationary sex scenes put me off this book so much so that I wouldn't really recommend it or read it again.
November 14, 2023
➬➱➫➩➪【4.75 Stars】
So I’ve read a few of Harper Bliss’ books, some have been a miss and some a hit. What really attracted me to the series was the erotica tag and the fact that this is written based on The L Word. I never finished the TV show but I knew I would immediately put this book down if there was a “Jenny” character. Thank God there wasn’t!
So, onto the meat of the book. The first book introduces you to multiple characters and their various relationships, fears, and, above all, their friendships. I ate this first book up. Clearly the 5 star is an indication of that. All of the drama and chaos that ensues is really addicting to read. I liked all of the issues that arose and thought that there was enough happiness to still balance out the conflicts.
There are some mentions of political stuff so if you don’t like that, this is a CW. I do wish the transitions were a bit smoother between all of the POVs. Great first book in the series.
➢Happy reading!
So I’ve read a few of Harper Bliss’ books, some have been a miss and some a hit. What really attracted me to the series was the erotica tag and the fact that this is written based on The L Word. I never finished the TV show but I knew I would immediately put this book down if there was a “Jenny” character. Thank God there wasn’t!
So, onto the meat of the book. The first book introduces you to multiple characters and their various relationships, fears, and, above all, their friendships. I ate this first book up. Clearly the 5 star is an indication of that. All of the drama and chaos that ensues is really addicting to read. I liked all of the issues that arose and thought that there was enough happiness to still balance out the conflicts.
There are some mentions of political stuff so if you don’t like that, this is a CW. I do wish the transitions were a bit smoother between all of the POVs. Great first book in the series.
➢Happy reading!
February 14, 2018
This was the first Harper Bliss book that I've read.
I really enjoyed this book. I enjoyed each of the characters and their story lines. I love this group of women. They're spectacular. This book was definitely a page turner for me. I stayed up late and woke up early to read this book. The passion these characters exude for love, life and each other is infectious. I was enthralled with Margot and Claire, obsessed with Julz and Nadia, and infatuated with Steph and Dominique.
Fantastic story by Harper Bliss!
I really enjoyed this book. I enjoyed each of the characters and their story lines. I love this group of women. They're spectacular. This book was definitely a page turner for me. I stayed up late and woke up early to read this book. The passion these characters exude for love, life and each other is infectious. I was enthralled with Margot and Claire, obsessed with Julz and Nadia, and infatuated with Steph and Dominique.
Fantastic story by Harper Bliss!
April 21, 2018
This one was pretty good, I tend to like this author and I enjoyed reading from the different point of views of the characters. It did remind me of the L Word quite a bit both in good ways and bad. The drama can be fun but after a while a bit tiresome plus all the cheating I don't care for. I liked the relationship building, found the love scenes to go a range of very good to wow that's a bit excessive on the detail. Just a personal preference though, that may work for some!
March 30, 2016
It's more than good
It's excellent. High drama, complicated partnerships and Paris in the summer. What more could you want to lighten the darkness of winter. Harper has exceeded herself and i'm really looking forward to season two. Read and you'll be hooked in no time. Great read with passion as a side dish.
It's excellent. High drama, complicated partnerships and Paris in the summer. What more could you want to lighten the darkness of winter. Harper has exceeded herself and i'm really looking forward to season two. Read and you'll be hooked in no time. Great read with passion as a side dish.
February 9, 2022
I really disliked this book. Generally I like Harper Bliss' work and I adore Abby Craden's voice, but I found the storylines choppy and trite.
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