Mile High is Fifty Shades fanfic gone wrong. Let me provide a brief synopsis of this book: Bianca and James have sex. Yep, that’s it. No character development. No storyline. No plot. Just sex – straight up book porn. Which might serve its purpose if it was hot sex, however, sometimes Mile High sex ventured a bit too much into weird territory. Let me explain.
I personally enjoy a good, kinky BDSM book. I loved The Original Sinners series, which has tons of hot, smexy, kinky scenes. However, there is a difference between hot/kinky and just plain weird. In fact, let’s play a game of “Hot or Not” with Mile High:
“We’re going to fuck like animals in the horse stalls, and you’re going to love it” – James
Hot or Not? Not really that hot. Kinda weird.
“I’m going to drink your milk like this when you breastfeed our children” – James
Hot or Not? NOT. WTF.
“I sucked in a breath as he nuzzled into my underarm, licking me there as though it were a rare treat.”
Hot or Not? No. Gross.
Also, the author completely rips off an entire sex scene from Fifty Shades. Remember, the feather/flogging scene in which Christian plays Spem in Alium? (Clearly I do) Yeah, exact same sex scene in this book. James even turns on “soft, dark, ominous” music. Not cool.
Moving on… I liked a couple things about the first book, but these good aspects disappeared in the second. Stephan barely played any part in this book. Where did her father go? Did he just magically disappear? Maintaining that part of the story could have made this book more interesting. The fact that Bianca enjoyed being a submissive was interesting but not explored. About 60% James does explore this by teaching Bianca a lesson (I’m being intentionally vague here so as not to spoil anything). I found this part to be enjoyable, yet short-lived.
Typically, the main character can make or break any book for the reader, which may have also contributed to my distaste. Bianca really started to grate my nerves in the second book. She constantly refused to discuss ANY of her feelings or emotions. I accepted this in the first book but it just became really annoying this time around. James constantly showed how much he cared for her. He created a book shelf in his library just for her, he purchased clothes for her in each of his houses so she would never need to worry, he dedicated an entire room to her so she could paint, he asked her to move in. The list goes on and on. Yet, somehow, she still felt like he only wanted her for sex for a short period. How dense can you be? Seriously. It became ridiculous. Her constant obsession with his past became annoying as well.
This book appeals to one type of person only - someone interested in reading Fifty Shades fanfiction. I have already read Fifty Shades, twice actually, so I would prefer something new and original. I had to DNF this at about 86% in.