Good Vibration

by S.M. Mala

Sylvie works in an e-commerce company, ‘Good Vibration’, specialising in the distribution of adult toys. She’s surrounded by colourful people as well as interesting items she refuses to use.
The place has been her lifeline, even though it’s made out of silicone and plastic, for two and a half years as she still tries to come to terms with the devastation of losing of her husband while bringing up their daughter, alone.
Her world is turned upside down when her work partner collapses and his stepson, Finlay, comes in to sort out the business, which his family own.
The consummated snob isn’t impressed with it and wants it to shut it down. He finds the product and people distasteful … and it shows. And he has his own problems, as his beautiful French wife has just told him she’s pregnant but he might not be the father.
Determined to keep the place open, against someone fixed on closing it down, the pair fight tooth and nail to achieve what they want, both poles apart on how they see the world and why.
But could opposites really attract?
Or is it that they want to be with that person, but all for the wrong reasons?
It’s about finding unexpected love in the most extraordinary place when faced with every possible obstacle to stop having a ‘Good Vibration’.

Genres: Romance

657 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 3, 2013

About the author

Contemporary with a touch of humour, you'll enjoy meeting the leading players, depending on who they are.

All novels are in British English and translate perfectly for all, so don't get too stressed if you don't understand some slang. Right now is the perfect time for a bit of an escape, don't you think? So, just go with the flow and enjoy!


http://www.goodreads.com/SMMala

Reviews

[grumpyoldbird · Rating 4 out of 5]

I absolutely loved this book. I used to live near where the book is set, so it brought back lots of brilliant memories of the area, ya gotta love the Chiswick roundabout, I think my record is 5 times around the damn thing before I finally managed to get off at the exit I needed, but don't worry I have the thing sussed these days.

This book gives you such a wide range of emotions and the characters are absolutely superb. I loved, loved, loved Samina. How can you not love a character who says things like: "She like big pink g-spot stimulator, say it help her pee.", "...tell her to use butt plug to help with constipation!" and "Have prong stroke one for g-spot. I use it and give me very much organic..."

So why the 4 star rating you ask? Well, TBH there's two reasons, the first being it's littered with spelling mistakes, these don't detract from the story but in a book this long by the end they were an annoyance. The second reason is the ending, you've read over 600 pages of a quite detailed story and the ending felt rushed and some of the plot endings just felt as if they could do with a few more pages of detail. There was an epilogue which could of been so much more, it was very short, one page, featuring Samina and Rosalind, but the author could of made it a lead-in to another book because throughout the book I absolutely loved their characters. I do hope the author does write another book with these characters and also a book for Toby.

So if you want a spanking good read you won't go wrong with this book at all, go on you know you want to...

[Jo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well I really was not sure what to expect when I read the synopsis of this being about people who worked in a sex toy distribution centre - but it really hooked me in and I loved all the characters - though I did find a few of the people a bit strong!!

Sylvie lost her husband 3 years ago, and in the process of the book we find out she lost a whole heap more in the process and this has left her working with Piers at his sex toy venture - Good Vibration, with his son Toby who adores her. Piers' wife Alice "ignores" his business until events cause her to look more closely.

Finlay is Alice's other son and Piers' stepson, he works for the family business and is married to his beautiful French wife Juliette - his life is perfect in the South of France. Then he finds out that Juliette has been unfaithful and is pregnant. This sends him into a spin and back to England, his mother puts him to work at Good Vibration. Sylvie is very unimpressed with this young upstart!

I found the story pulled me along, as the relationship between Sylvie and Finlay develops and as I got towards the end I wanted to know how it ended but then I didn't want to it to end as I would not be able to read it anymore!

[Debra · Rating 2 out of 5]

Good Vibration

This story has too many parts to it. There were times that I had a hard time understanding what it was about.

[Ava · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is quite sadly only a 4 STARS but in my heart it's a 5 ♥♥♥
The reason between 4 and 5 it's simple. As for the only reason, the LENGHT! This book was a lot to read but you cannot skip, not because every single details were important but there were connected, they made the book a living.
5 stars because this book was really heartwarming, overwhelming, mutilcutural and about the people.
it was all about the people and their happiness until the end.
Each character were somehow a part of our world.
England is multicultural, its show. but truly deeply, some people are only open in the facade. But you have to brace and you have to live because that's how it is. mutilcutural, pluri ethnicity.
Giving joy to people by selling things being embarrassed but not ashamed. working somewhere meaningful whatever you are doing. being a family.
Toby was a sweet sweet boy. gosh . Alice she made a mistake and she knew it and done thing to make amend. Piers for the love of his wife and only for showing he still have something, worth something. that show a dynamic. that couple: love, compromise, understanding.
Finlay......Sylvie..... yep a lot to say. unselfless love. journey of opening and love. guts and guts. I really wanted to cut his little winkinv a few times but he was just blatantly honestly blunt which really could kill someone.
Samina .... even all the others. it was just lovely.
must read but brace yourself. don't be shock of the lenght.

[Lidia · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm 48 years old and isn't the only thing that share with Sylvie,the main female protagonist of this book. I can tell that this story is beautiful and sometimes painfully true in description of emotions and sentiments of protagonists. To the first I was a bit scared from 600 pages but then the reading is been enthralling and engaging and moving and amusing( thanks to Samina) till the end. Reading is been as watching one film, for the locations , persons and dialogues: one pictures of London today .

[Tammi · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book would have been far better if it had been a quarter of the length. The characters were fun, especially Samina and Rosalind, but the story dragged and dragged for far too long. Most Kindle novels are ~3000-4000 locations, yet this novel was almost 14,000!!! By the time it ended, I almost didn't care what happened as long as it ended. Also, the ending wasn't one that tied up all the loose ends, which you would expect from a book of this length.

[Joan]

I stopped reading when Juliette admitted to Finlay that the 'black chef from the restaurant' might be the father of her baby and Finlay told her to get rid of the baby.

'Do you think I want to stick around and watch you give birth to a black baby!'

That made me profoundly uncomfortable and I stopped reading.

Not rating at this moment in time.