Lust4Life

by Sean-Paul Thomas

If you knew you only had a short time left to live on this planet, really live. What would you do with that precious time?

A dark, sexy, black humorous tale of sex, violence, the male psyche, and an unstoppable whirlwind adventure of finding love in the most least likely location.

Set in modern day Edinburgh, an average everyday working man in his mid thirties is given the devastating news that he has terminal Brain Cancer. Refusing any kind of help or Chemo treatment, he struggles with overbearing thoughts on becoming a better person and giving into his natural urges, social fears and sexual desires to do and act however the hell he pleases. No longer wishing to obey the rules and regulations of monotonous every day life and society. Now our hero yearns to know what it's like to live a life without regret and consequences while his mind is still a healthy functioning one.

The story unfolds with a slow burning tension as our hero eventually turns his back on modern day society and begins using his terminal illness as a license to act out his biggest dreams and fantasies. Good and bad. While also squaring up to a couple of long time buried, but not forgotten, tragic demons from his past.

Genres: Fiction, Thriller, Contemporary, Action, Scotland

100 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 20, 2014

About the author

Scottish Author/Screenwriter.

Best Selling Kindle Author of 'The Old Man and The Princess'

A new book just out - Audrey -

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...


Sean is an author from Scotland. He is the best-selling Kindle Author of 'The Old Man and The Princess' which was recently optioned to be a major motion picture.

Sean spent most of his childhood and teenage years on the move with his Scottish and Irish army Parents growing up in the likes of Cyprus, Germany, Wales, and England, as an army brat.

With a keen interest in both reading and writing, he was diagnosed with travel and writing bugs very early in life. Now, writing, travelling, reading, cinema, meditation, yoga and Scottish football (Supporting the mighty Hibernian for his sins) are his main passions in life.

So far Sean has 16 self-published works of fiction including his best selling kindle ebook 'My Sister and I' and 'The Old Man and The Princess'

Ask me any questions and be kept up to date about new books, and forthcoming releases by joining my Facebook and Instagram page below.


Screenwriting Accolades to date -

Winner of the Inroads Screenwriting Fellowship 2020 for his horror/thriller screenplay - Ugly Beautiful.

A finalist at the 2018 Nashville Film Festival Screenwriting competition for his road trip/fantasy/thriller screenplay 'The Old Man and The Princess.'

A finalist at Cinequest 2022 for my historical fantasy screenplay - The Pict.

A Finalist at the 2021 Bluecat Screenwriting competition for his horror/thriller screenplay - My Sister and I.

One of ten writers selected for the 2020 Nostos Screenwriting Retreat Scholarship in October for his latest Sci-Fi/Mystery screenplay - Sagarmatha

A finalist at the Filmatic Thriller Awards 2020 for his Action/Thriller screenplay - Cold Heart.

A finalist at the Filmatic TV Pilot Awards 2019 for his Action/Thriller screenplay - Cold Heart.


So far Sean has 16 self-published works of fiction including his best-selling Kindle ebooks 'My Sister and I' and 'The Old Man and The Princess'

Ask me any questions and be kept up to date about new books, and forthcoming releases by joining my Facebook and Instagram page below.

https://www.instagram.com/seanpaultho...

Reviews

[Chesca (thecrownedpages) · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.8 Stars

'I'm sorry for the last few days. For coming into your life like this. For hurting you. For causing you this pain.'

A copy was kindly provided by the author. Thank you, Sean! :D

Liam Walker, a plumber, was diagnosed with Brain Cancer and was told that he might have only a year or a few months left to live. This pushed him to live his life to the fullest. He started breaking the law, fooling around more, until he met Celine. This young lady changed everything for Liam. For the first time in his life, he felt so determined to fight for something – for someone – even if he had only a very short time left to live.

What should you expect from this book? It is graphic and violent. It is steamy and flirty. It’s exciting. It’s messed up. It is a wild adventure that you would not want to miss. I have never read anything like it before. Most of all, it’s an honest and very true story about life and love that will surely break your heart just the right way.

Lust for Life , by Sean-Paul Thomas, is my very first try in reading a cancer-themed story. Why? I just did not find it appealing to know that there’s a ninety-nine percent chance that the sick character would die by the end of each story of this kind. It’s like a huge spoiler dangling in front of my face! Also, most of the books I choose to read are those I think that would reflect myreality in a distorted way. I didn’t want to read about someone with cancer because my mum already has it. I knew that it’s a theme that would be hard for me to get into.

But then, why did I decide to read this book?

First, Sean wrote it. I really enjoyed the other book of his that I previously read, especially because his writing is really lovely. Second is that the synopsis seemed very alive to me. It sounded wild, free, and very adventurous compared to other cancer stories I’ve heard of or seen onscreen. Third, I wanted to try and read something new to me.

This is a very quick read. If it were not for my busy schedule, I could have finished it in one sitting. The story was very direct and on point that it was very easy to go with its flow.

I was already sobbing as I was reading the prologue. My heart was starting to crack in two at the very first paragraph. But still, I told myself that I was not going to cry over this book because, like I said, I was already expecting something tragic. I was so wrong.

The next few chapters became a bit boring. I didn’t enjoy it that much that Liam kept talking about curves, sex, taking this and that girl from behind, and all his other sexual thoughts. I also think that some feminist readers would not approve of how Liam perceived some of the women in some parts of the first chapters.

But most of these bleach-blonde, fake-tanned, George Street beauties were dead inside. Completely soulless and empty, with no real passion, purpose, personality, heart, ambition, character, or soul to their superficial and pretentious 'Face-book and Twitter' lives. This girl had more soul in one little finger than most of the shallow, meat market women I'd ever had the displeasure of wasting my time chatting up on a Saturday night.

This was the only paragraph I think some readers would really have problems with. It could be interpreted negatively, but it didn’t make me hate the book at all. I believed that somewhere from this point, Liam would change for the better. He would learn and be an admirable man who would know how to appreciate people more and sincerely. I was also very confident that the author would handle Liam’s character really well, and I was not disappointed.

I absolutely and definitely became excited when Liam finally met Celine. I was all ears eyes. I was so curious on how Celine would affect Liam as a person and transform him throughout the events. If I were Liam I would have followed Celine around or searched for her too, because she was such a mystery. I knew that she was hiding something the moment they met. I had a feeling that she was not the perfect woman that she seemed to be.

The character and relationship development of Liam and Celine were very neat. It was so good that I highly approved of it. Their romance was the insta-love kind and I rarely like that. This is one of those exceptions because the way their love was written was so wonderful and earnest. You could really feel how genuine and how precious their feelings for each other were.

I immensely enjoyed the writing of this book. I love how the author inserted different accents and Scottish slang words into it. It felt to me that I was really in Scotland as I was reading it. Also, Liam’s character was very consistent in it. He seemed very real to me. His thoughts, his words, his emotions were very alive and raw throughout his narrative.

Lastly, I would like to mention that the ending was perfect although I wanted more. I honestly didn’t want this story to end. When I reached the last chapter, I didn’t immediately start reading it until tonight. I was so scared of how things would wrap up even though I had a feeling of how it would. “THE END”- those two words swung like an ax and left me broken. I think I’m going to have a hangover. I truly want to just lie down and sleep all my emotions away.

I highly recommend this! If you want something wild, adventurous, and romantic, or a cancer story that is not all too much about sobbing, then you should give this book a try!

[Dana Ilie · Rating 5 out of 5]

***** This is a book kindly provided by the author in exchange for an honest review. *****

WOW, JUST WOW!
This is by far the best book I've read from Sean-Paul Thomas.
If you give Sean a chance, open the book and the world stops!
A very well executed book: sad circumstances, action, stupid decisions, love, sex, humor. All the crazy things that Liam do did not seams that crazy when you know the reason
Sean is full of surprises, in this book is a hot scene so well written, I can not believe a guy can write a steamy scene without being ridiculous.

Thank you Sean for trusting me with your work!!!!

[Bradley · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a pretty interesting novel, especially if you want to get your fill of Iggy Pop. Or rather, when you know that life is shite and your number has been called and you just want to squeeze every last ounce of living you can out of the old pisser before you conk out, fill.

Frankly, I sympathize. What's more, it's a raw deal that strips away almost all options when you know your ticket is about to be punched -- so what do you do? Sex it up. Find love in all the wrong places. Live like it'll be your last because it probably is.

When we do get to love, I'm all for it, and sure, the scene is a little bit trite but I like the characters and I'm rooting for them. But when the next stage of the conflict comes, requiring a little bit of ultraviolence to come along for the ride, I'm reminded a bit of A Clockwork Orange... or any quasi-ethical revenge sequence that lets the poor sod get all violent as a counterpoint to the romance.

Suffice to say, it really is the JOURNEY that matters. The end is, well, always a real cesspit. It's kinda hard to lust for death. Pretty solid stuff, here.

[Stjepan Cobets · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lust for Life is a book that is not easily released from the hand. Throughout the book drags the question of what were to do it for love. Liam main character in the story finds out that has terminal brain cancer and has a few more months of life. His life was all but charming, working as plumbing, lives alone in a dilapidated apartment in a not-so-good district of the city of Edinburgh. In his life, he didn’t found the woman what he truly loved, for one reason or another all of his relationships with women failed. His world is slowly falling apart like a house of cards until the moment when he first saw this beautiful girl at the bus stop. Liam fell in love with her at first sight. He decided at any cost to meet her, and that he do it only on the third attempt when he saw her on the street. She said her name was Celine. She came from the French and to work as an English teacher at the school. Introduction to Celine his whole world is turned upside down. Writer Sean Paul Thomas balances through the story like an acrobat and until the end of the gear keep us in suspense. Honestly, I laughed at a lot of places in the book, especially the parts where the characters speak the Scottish dialect and I needed to work hard to figure out what they were saying. The book has a lot of strong violence and language, and parts and a couple of graphic sex scenes and is not for every reader, but I like the book. I'd recommend it to readers who like action story that is interwoven like a spider web of love the main characters. "I received a free copy from the author without an obligation to review."

[Sara · Rating 3 out of 5]

A copy was kindly provided by the author. Thank you, Sean!

I've read probably 6 or 7 books by Sean-Paul and I always enjoy them. But this one was a bit different for me. I liked the first part of the book. I thought Liam would be spending his days living his life to the fullest. And he kinda did, in his on way. But then the story took a twist, which I didn't like. Liam had a different mission on his mind and I did not enjoy it.

Overall, it's an easy and quick read, as always. There is action and humor, but this one wasn't for me.

[Natasa · Rating 5 out of 5]

The author provided this book in exchange for an honest review. (to answer the question I am happy with either end. )

A dark, humorous tale of sex, violence, the male psyche, and an unstoppable whirlwind adventure of finding love in the least likely location. The writing is spot on and everything flows so well; I enjoyed every minute. I highly recommend it.

[Eric_W]

This is not the kind of book I normally read, but a Goodreads friend offered it to me. (Thank you.) I had enjoyed a previous book of his. He was curious as to whether I preferred the original or new ending. I agreed to do so. Here's a basic summary of events. Warning: there may be some spoilers.
Some readers will enjoy the book a lot. It has sex (almost soft porn in sections) romance, violence, and revenge. Our hero is a plumber who has just been diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor. Seeing a beautiful woman on the street, he uncustomarily approaches her, thinking he has nothing to lose at this stage, and they hit it off. Following a night of intense passion, she leaves without giving him her phone number, but he surreptitiously copied her address from the driver's license in her purse. She has his number, but no calls result, so he tracks her down only to discover she's a high class escort. So he makes her a deal. He withdraws all the money from his savings and offers her several thousand if she will devote several days just to him. Well, guess what, they fall in love, she wants out of the business, her pimp (a Russian mobster, of course,) says no, beats her up, he discovers where she is and vows revenge and her release.
I preferred the new ending, less realistic, but more Hollywood.
This was a very fast read. I found the violence off-putting, but I guess some people like that sort of thing. If you do, you'll like the book. Since it's not my normal fare and I was reading it as a favor for a Goodreads friend, I'll ignore the stars.

[Toni Osborne · Rating 3 out of 5]

I have been giving an updated version of this book by the author for my thoughts, thank you Mr. Thomas, this is the way I see it....

The story in a few words:

A young man diagnosed with terminal brain cancer gives death and treatments the finger (the cover picture says it all) decides to rebel against society and go out with a bang by living his wildest fantasies before the lights go out...

My thoughts:

Ouf.....graphic sex scenes, bad language, Scottish dialect and violence galore not a book all would enjoy and one that took me out of my comfort zone by a long shot. The first part I didn’t enjoy I contemplated abandoning it but a promise is a promise I had to read it till the end. Glad I did in some ways, things turned around page 70, Liam’s sexual sprees tapered down and the story became more interesting when our protagonist falls in love with a beautiful young lady who turned out to be a high end escort and decided to go all out to impress her. While Ian goes about his escapades around Edinburg the author meticulously and vividly presents us with the topography of the city. I enjoyed this average Joe turning into a vigilante who gets involved with the seedy side, his comical storming of a church disrupting the preacher, his revenge on his step-father and how he fooled the car salesman. Some well-put together stories where Ian didn’t have to think about the consequences of his actions.... but looming in the background is the terminal illness that haunted him and kept re-emerging throughout the book. Facing a Doomsday outcome what would one do?

Of course the story is so ludicrous it made me laugh more then I want to admit but did I like passing time reading it...hum debatable...Sorry Sean-Paul maybe next time...and to answer your request...both endings are good with me...:)

[Anachronist · Rating 4 out of 5]

Synopsis:

What would you do if you found out you had an incurable and inoperable brain cancer and you have more or less one year of life left? Some people would spend most of their time in a hospital, hoping against hope that good doctors would miraculously get lucky. Some would look for cure on their own in all available and unexpected places. Some would get depressed and kill themselves. Liam Walker, a young Edinburgh plumber approaching thirty, decided to do something else. He decided to enjoy the remainder of his life to the full and have the time of his life.

He stopped working, withdrew all his savings, started picking up all the girls he fancied, and, generally, tried his best to find the best closure of his whole existence, straightening the many wrongs he used to tolerate or forget. He even found a girl of his dreams – the lovely but a bit mysterious Celine with an ample bosom and equally luscious bottom; a girl after his own heart who even shared his taste in books and poems. Still will it be enough?

My impressions:

I am quite aware you can criticize this novel (or rather three short novels constituting a series; I got them all in one copy, it is explained later why) for many things: notably bad language, overindulgence in sex descriptions (‘her sex’, damit! Please, do me a favour and outlaw this expression worldwide!), some paragraphs with strange punctuation and spelling, quite intrusive Scottish brogue, never properly translated (but hey, I got the meaning almost every time and I am not a native speaker so it is not completely hopeless), even those poems in English and in French. Still in this case I feel like being a devil’s advocate.

Why? There’s just one reason: despite its shortcomings the novel worked for me surprisingly well.

Firstly because it had a real, solid story at its core and a great story too. Liam’s illness is something thousands of people are facing every day – all of a sudden they are informed by their doctors they have one month or one year left and I suppose nothing could have prepared them for that. It is quite understandable they might act differently, doing something very wise of very foolish, most often a mix of both.

Secondly because the story of Liam was told with a great sense of humour and irony. I admit I skipped some sex scenes because, even if they featured the divine Celine, they tended to be a bit repetitive; still otherwise I couldn’t wait to get to the bottom line and understand the first part’s opening paragraph to the full. What made that a bit oversexed but overall rather sensible man behaving the way he was behaving?

As far as I know it is a series consisting of three rather short novels. A word of warning: if you are not put off by the adult content and you decide to buy the first one, save yourself a lot of frustration and buy also the rest. Every one of them ends with a big, fat cliffhanger, leaving you rather annoyed if you know you can’t continue the story.

I was asked by the author whether I wanted the whole trilogy or just the first part. As I like longer novels I ended up ordering the whole lot. It was probably the best decision I’ve made as a book blogger and reviewer so far. The ending of the third part was truly riveting and a bit heroic too. I can’t write anything more specific because I would be spoiling you to the extreme; let me just say I didn’t expect such an ending and I consider it a good point.

Last but not least – I must mention something which warmed me to the author significantly. At the end of the book he asks the readers to leave a feedback of any kind as he appreciates any kind of review, bad and good. Reading it I grinned like a fool at the moon. Yes! Finally somebody sensible enough to appreciate the value of negative opinions and impartial criticism! God bless you, dear sir!

Final verdict:

A very enjoyable and original novel which, even if far from perfect, still managed to hold my interest till the very end. I am really happy I agreed to read and review it.

[Karl Wiggins · Rating 1 out of 5]

What a load of pants! This is my pet hate. Just as we were getting into the story and he’s persuaded this bird, Celine, a prostitute, to spend a few days with him ….. it stops.

Almost mid-sentence

We don’t even find out if he goes back and has it out with the geezer who was eying up his van. The story just ends

I know what he’s doing, Sean-Paul Thomas, he’s tells half the story and then holds the rest of the story to ransom. If the reader doesn’t fork out more money, then he doesn’t get to read the second half of the book. Well not me, brother. It wasn’t that good in the first place and I’m certainly not paying out more money to read the second half of a book I wasn’t really enjoying that much.

And I will never, ever purchase another book by this author in case he pulls this stunt again. It’s a dirty trick to play on a reader. Sean-Paul Thomas is an extortionist, a racketeer, attempting to obtain money through coercion, and I’m not falling into that web

[William Bitner Jr. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lust for Life
By Sean-Paul Thomas

Genre - Fiction/Contemporary/Action/Scotland
Pages - 268
Format - Digital
Publication Info - Paul Thomas Publishing, July 20, 2014, ASIN: B00LZFHC14
Rating - ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Reviewed by - William C. Bitner, Jr. https://booksinmylibraryblog.wordpres...

I enjoyed this read for the most part. There were times where I felt unconnected and the cadence felt unbalanced. The beginning was good, the middle felt a bit unsteady for me and was where I started to get lost and feel unconnected, the ending was blockbusters better than the front end of the book. For me I think it was more about content than quality of writing. As I read other reviews of this book it varies where people place their likes and dislikes, some found the beginning slow and the middle spectacular, some felt the way I did that the beginning was great and the middle was a bit off. But one thing that is pretty much agreed upon by all reviewers is that the second half of this book is fantastic, filled with action and twist and turns enough to give you reader’s whiplash. We were also afforded two endings to this tale. I for one am happy with either ending. The second ending allows for more story should the author decide to continue with this particular group of characters.

From the back cover - (Synopsis): 'Confessions of a plumber meets Taxi Driver'

If you knew you only had a short time left to live on this planet, what would you do with that precious time?

A man with terminal cancer gives up everything so that he can live out his wildest dreams and fantasies. But when he finds love and a new lease of life along the way, even that fails to curb his crazy antics from spiraling into an unstoppable train wreck of carnage.

'In the vein of Irvine Welsh and Charles Bukowski. A pulsating novel for the Trainspotting Generation. An insane ride of Love, Romance, Action, Adventure, and Revenge. Foaming with crazy-ass characters and mouth-watering dialogue. Combined with a rip-roaring finale, just oozing with sex appeal and Vigilante Justice.'

(This novel contains strong language, violence, and graphic sex scenes.)

A dark and sexy, blackly humorous tale of sex, violence, and the male psyche. An unstoppable whirlwind adventure of finding love and life in the least likely location.

About the Author - Sean is an author from Edinburgh in Scotland. He spent most of his childhood and teenage years on the move with his Scottish and Irish Parents (No, they weren't bank robbers LOL) growing up in the likes of Cyprus, Germany, Wales and England, as an army brat.

With a keen interest in both reading and writing, he was diagnosed with the travel and writing bugs very early on in life. Now, writing, traveling, reading, cinema and Scottish football (Supporting the mighty Hibernian FC for his sins) are his main passions in life, along with cooking, yoga, meditation and health, and fitness.

His main inspiration for writing today comes from living in such a beautiful, charming and hauntingly, Gothic city, such as Edinburgh. An awe-inspiring wee city that has given Sean so much amazing inspiration to write the more time he spends there.

Other work by Sean-Paul Thomas - The Fairy Boy of Calton Hill (The Fairy Boy Chronicles, Book 1), The Fairy Boy of Calton Hill (The Fairy Boy Chronicles, Book 2), The Fairy Boy of Calton Hill (The Fairy Boy Chronicles, Book 3), My Sister & I, Sarah Smiles, Ugly Beautiful, Cold Heart, The Comedian, The Old Man and the Princess, The Desolation of Solitude, The Letter, The Wrath of David and Once Upon a Time in Edinburgh: What If?

[Tina · Rating 3 out of 5]

*I read the full version.
The beginning was a bit boring, by the middle things got interesting and the ending was quite surprising enough.
He definitely has a unique writing style. Maybe I'll try another of his books.

[Jen · Rating 3 out of 5]

A copy was provided by the author in exchange for an honest review.

PLOT: 9/10
Beginning – Boring
Middle – Things are getting interested
Ending - WOW
Characters: 8/10
WRITING: 6/ 10

I think you should read the books itself. It was so GOOD but I have problems in the writing. I will just share to you a poem that I found in the book to give you a little insight.


Girl I've never met.

You haunt me, possess my soul and mind.

Girl I've never met.

The first time I saw you, you passed me by at the bus stop one day and all I could do was sit
there and let you pass me by.

Girl I've never met.

I would lay down my life for you, fight to my dying breath for you, just to see you smile a
tearful smile as I fell defeated to my knees
.
Girl I've never met,

You passed me by at the bus stop again today. The funny thing was I wasn't even waiting for a
bus. I was waiting for you, like I wait for you there every day in hope that you might one day
pass me by.

Girl I've never met

Even when you do pass I always swear the next time, the next time, the next time, I will stop
you in your tracks and say something, anything.

For surely anything is better than nothing.

But saying something will only shatter my illusion and fantasy of you. For if I say nothing
then there is always a hope, a chance, that you will always be mine.

Yet, girl I've never met, if I say something, anything, then there is always the chance that I will
say the wrong thing, speak with the wrong tone, pause at the wrong moment, look like a fool
and lose you forever... shattering my dreams, my soul, my humanity.

Girl I've never met -

[Phil Jones · Rating 4 out of 5]

My first book by Sean-Paul Thomas and i have to say i was mightily impressed

The book tells the story of Liam, who has been diagnosed with a terminal illness, causing him to reflect on his life and making the decision to live the remaining time he has left to the fullest extent. Packing his job in, chatting up women he would normally consider out of his league etc he embarks on a mission to grab whats left of his life by the balls.

Set in Scotland, he meets a beautiful mysterious French girl and uses he new found confidence and never say die (excuse the pun) attitude to pursue her and (after many a twist and turn) win her heart.

The above might sound somewhat morose, but I found the book funny, high paced, surprising and really well written
There is sex and violence galore, but not once did it seem gratuitous or over the top and the odd time I thought i had it all figured out, i got shot down as yet another twist would take me somewhere else. The book moves from being funny, romantic to the seedy Scottish gangster underworld with seamless ease.
only Liams poetry efforts prevented a 5 star rating :)

[mk · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed parts one and two and can’t wait to read the rest. The concept of the book is very interesting. I myself never actually wondered what would I do if I had only a few months of my life left. I followed the main character with curiosity, often surprised by how far he dared to go.

The only thing I didn’t like that much was that the descriptions were sometimes too graphic (scenes like a fight, broken bones etc.). I’m not a fan of violence, I tend to turn my head on scenes like that in movies.

I received the e-book from the author in an exchange for an honest review.

[Mcf1nder_sk · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you discovered you were dying, would you enjoy every moment left, or extract revenge for every wrong ever done?

We are introduced to Liam, who is faced with that very dilemma. Thomas has created a very empathetic character, one that the reader will both cheer his choices and become increasingly disturbed at the actions of a man with literally nothing to lose. For somebody expecting to die with nobody even acknowledging his existence, his choices made him a person that many will never forget.

With rich characterization and a plot that races the reader along, page by gripping page, Sean-Paul Thomas is rapidly becoming one of the new faces of the horror/thriller genre.

My Rating:4.25/5 stars.

[Sam · Rating 2 out of 5]

I've given this book 2 stars on the basis that it's self-published but if any professional publisher had released it I would be hesitating whether to rate it at all such is its litany of spelling and grammar errors.

I won't go through them as that is incredibly dull and pedantic but it is difficult to read something so disjointed that clearly been rushed and uploaded without proof-reading.

This fact is not only evident in the spelling but also the general language. Repetition abounds, particularly in the sex scenes that suffer from an excessive over-usage of words like 'juicy' or 'peachy'.

I was also going to criticise the fact that the main plot point - the main character's cancer - is barely ever referenced but I guess that might come to the fore in the book's latter parts (which would be better off released together for obvious reasons).

For me, other cringe-inducing elements were the constant 'goddamns' used for emphasis (the book is set in Scotland, not the deep south of America) and the clumsy analysis of how 'modern life' is ruining relationships. As for the main character being a poet...that is just so ridiculous I was actually thankful any reference to it mostly ended with poems being binned.

[Matt · Rating 4 out of 5]

A copy was very kindly provided to me by the author himself- thank you for this Sean!!

I have long been a fan of dialect in writing, and after Trainspotting, and my long love of the accent itself, Scottish has certainly been my favourite. Though for the majority it is written in plain English, the bits of dialogue written in Scots was fantastic!

For a story about a man with incurable cancer, the narrative pulsed with life. The writing style was captivating and the storyline, whilst erring on the side of the unbelievable at times, was engaging and exciting. I felt for Liam and believed in his motives throughout.

I had a couple of quibbles however- the copy that I received had a few mistakes- their instead of there, apostrophes in plurals etc. I wouldn't usually be too bothered, but there were just enough to distract me (the curse of being an English teacher). The other was the speed of the relationship between Liam and Céline. This was nothing too major, especially in a story about grabbing life by the balls and sticking up a finger to the consequences, but again, it was just fast enough to drag me out of the narrative at times.

All of these are thoroughly forgivable however. It was an entirely enjoyable read, and thank you once again Sean for the copy!

[Gothie BioVenom · Rating 4 out of 5]

* I was given a copy of the ebook by the author to read *

I'm really happy I got to read this :)

Liam is one of those characters you start off not liking a whole lot. Self employed plumber and willing to sleep with any woman willing to give him the time to.
Liam finds out he has cancer, the type that can't be cured.
So of course he looks at his life and decides "the hell with it".
He gets a little self destructive but ends up meeting Celine.
Celine quickly becomes his balance.
That's not to say that he doesn't tick off a few things from his bucket list though.

Lust for Life is one of those dark stories with violence and horrible things, that doesn't have a solid, happy ending but is satisfying.
The Scottish dialect and slang was a nice touch and really helped to set the environment.

Now that I'm thinking about it this story has a kind of Pulp Fiction feel. And that's a good thing :)

[Ailyn · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have this from the author for an honest review, Liam the plumber becomes Liam the daredevil poet after he found out he had a shorter life expectancy due to cancer.
I suppose the things he did in the book is pretty much a guy thing, even though I might not really go down the path of self- destruction like he did.
reading about it is cool, it is funny tinged with a little sadness knowing that this jerk hero will not live long. His female counterpart, Celine who was not prepared to die, balances the story well as she tries to stop Liam from being too extreme.
The ending was a good one, for me.

[Neil Hunter · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dark, edgy read about a man on the edge. Liam finds out he is dying and decides to go out with a bang. Reminded me a little bit of Drive and Taxi Driver, but with more humor. Scottish dialogue too was interesting, but not unreadable like other Scottish authors I've read. Good book though. Look forward to part 2. Definitely not one for the faint of heart though or lovers of chick lit. Could this in fact be bloke lit?

[Daniel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Liam is a man living on a timer. A decent plumber but not a good man, he treats women poorly and has anger issues. Readers will experience a methodical paced adventure through Liam's life on the edge.

"Lust4Life" is a book meant for adults that combines adventure, crime, sex, and love into one testosterone laden tale.

The only complaints with the story is that I had trouble understanding the dialog at times and a few misspellings. Other than that Book 1 is a decent read.

[Kez · Rating 4 out of 5]

What a fitting way for the book to end. I really enjoyed it. Yes there are a few spelling mistakes etc but if you can look past it the story is different, imaginative and fairly well though out. Think it would be better as one complete book rather than being in 3 parts. That being said it was easy to read and didn't take too long to get in to which I like in books.

[Kez · Rating 4 out of 5]

So far so good. Only taken me a few hours to get through part one easy to read and the story so far seems good. Liam is not really a nice guy but I like him don't know why but there is something about him. Looking forward to seeing what happens next.

[Lisa-Jaine · Rating 4 out of 5]

Judging by the cover, I thought this might be a crass, violent and gratuitous book but it pleasantly surprised me, it had a touch of absolute everything, romance, humour, violence, revenge. I enjoyed every page. A few typos but not too many to spoil it.

[James · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5

[Mikki · Rating 3 out of 5]

The author gave me this book for an honest review. I have mixed emotions about this book. I wanted to hate Liam for his thoughts and actions but found myself thinking - what if I had terminal cancer? How would I think and act? I believe everyone in the world has thought/felt the way Liam did with many things. His actual actions however are violent and brutal. This book is not for the faint of heart.

I will also say that it needed some major proofreading. There are a lot of words used grammatically incorrect and some misspellings which is the major factor in my 3 star rating.

[mk · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed parts one and two and can’t wait to read the rest. The concept of the book is very interesting. I myself never actually wondered what would I do if I had only a few months of my life left. I followed the main character with curiosity, often surprised by how far he dared to go.

The only thing I didn’t like that much was that the descriptions were sometimes too graphic (scenes like a fight, broken bones etc.). I’m not a fan of violence, I tend to turn my head on scenes like that in movies.

I received the e-book from the author in an exchange for an honest review.

[Becky · Rating 3 out of 5]

I received this book as part of a Goodreads giveaway.

I was looking forward to reading this book and thought is sounded like an interesting read but, I lost interest about 50-60 pages in. I just wasn't pulling me in as much as I had hoped and I had a hard time wanting to continue. There are some pretty good reviews so for the time being, I am putting it on my "Maybe another time" shelf in the hopes that it was just not what I was looking for in a book at the time.

[Andrea Knott · Rating 3 out of 5]

I received this book from the author in exchange for an honest review. I really thought the author was a great storyteller, and I plan to read more of his books. But THIS book was so full of sex, it almost read like a story straight out of Penthouse Forum, or something like that. Not really what I look for in a novel. If you want to read about constant sex, then this is the book for you!