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1.0 out of 5 stars
Left me with a bad taste, March 28, 2008
This review is from: Bad Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
I bought this book based on the great reviews here. Huge mistake. I'd have appreciated a little warning first. If I could, I would have rated this book less than a star. Here's why:
*********** SPOILERS ************
It starts with the heroine, Sandy, spying on her neighbors with a telescope from her condo. Mr. Dominant being one of them. From there on she makes one stupid mistake after another. Sorry, there is no other way to describe it. I am more than ready to suspend belief when reading a book but Sandy made it almost impossible.
One night Sandy receives a call from a stranger who tells her that he knows what she has been doing and that he wants Justice (he says that's his name too). Sandy freaks out for being caught and decides to play along with this guy until she can figure out what to do.
She ends up having phone sex with Justice because he talks dirty and his voice was "the stuff of her fantansies and her body started to respond to the low, intimate sound of his voice" (her words, not mine) and he turns her on (Come on, woman). The whole time she thought he was a blackmailer but still agreed to use sex toys (which he had sent to her condo shortly after the call) for their entertainment??? Yeah, why not? (COME ON). Sandy goes as far as being a "bad girl" in front of a camera for this total stranger. To conceal her identity she wears a mask to cover her face in case the guy decides to record their little session (Come on).
* Justice asks Sandy to meet him because he wants to F*** her for real (his words). Long distance sex was not enough for him anymore. Guess what? She says yes.
Lucky for Sandy, Justice turns out to be a cop (Zeke, our hero)who is after a bad guy. But Sandy DID NOT know this.
Many other unfortune decisions follow. Things that not ever a 10 year old would do. I mean, your life is in danger, you almost got kidnapped once, a black limo stops by your side while you are on the street and you stay there thinking that it might be someone asking for direction?? (Come on).
To top it all off, we get to read how Sandy is finally kidnapped, stripped off her clothes, handcuffed, hit with a cane. Rape or attempeted rape is not fun to read about. It's disturbing to say the least. Why put our heroine in that situation? There are other ways to create tension or develope a storyline.
Are we readers supposed to feel good and giddy because a hero in shiny armor saves the heroine at the very possible moment? Does that make it alright? Sorry, I don't think so.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
5 Kisses, Recommended Read, TwoLips Reviews, June 27, 2008
This review is from: Bad Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
Full-figured Sandy has been watching various neighbors in apartments across the street with her telescope for several months. "Mr. Dominant" scares but excites her; she's morbidly fascinated with his aggressive sex play. "Mr. & Mrs. Kinky" are always good for a sex fest; they can't keep their hands off of each other. It's fun to fantasize about "Sweet Cheeks" as he works out on his exercise bike. She worries about the health of "Mrs. Blue Hair." Sandy's not really a pervert - she's a perfectly normal person with a very respectable job. She knows she shouldn't be watching them, but she tells herself she's their guardian angel, watching to make sure they're OK.
Then one evening she gets a phone call from a man who calls himself Justice, and he tells her she's been a bad girl. He knows what she's been doing, and if she doesn't cooperate with him he'll call the police. She would lose her job if anyone found out about her peeping, so she reluctantly agrees. But something about his voice is seductive and erotic, and soon she finds herself not only willing but also eager to do as he asks.
I absolutely loved Bad Girl. I devoured it. In this, her debut print novel, Maya Reynolds has created characters with an intense chemistry and a plot that's rock solid. Ms. Reynolds scores extra points for her exceptionally hot use of sex toys, too. At one point I thought to myself, "If this gets any hotter, my panties are going to melt." The hero is what I consider just about perfect: understanding, sexy, strong without being overbearing, creative and genuine with no games or pretences. The heroine is intelligent and very likeable. You know how sometimes you read a book with a terrific hero and a heroine who doesn't quite deserve him? Not so with this book.
This is a fast-paced, exceptionally engaging book. Add a suspenseful element of danger and an ending that keeps you on the edge of your seat, and you've got a phenomenal read. I'm not usually a big fan of romantic suspense, but this book may have permanently changed my opinion. I just know I'll eagerly read anything Maya Reynolds writes. Bad Girl has earned not only a place on my keeper shelf, but also a place on my somewhat short list of all-time favorite books.
5 Kisses, Recommended Read, 2 Peppers (voyeurism, hot sex in public)
~Lindy
Reviewer, TwoLips Reviews, LLC
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Hoo Boy, September 21, 2007
This review is from: Bad Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
BAD GIRL is an erotic suspense novel. Like all good suspense novels it keeps the reader turning pages to discover what happens next. The only difference is the sex scenes are described in graphic detail.
Those scenes work. And so does the story: Sandy, a social worker who peeps on her neighbors through a telescope, is caught by Zeke, a police officer whose subsequent personal involvement interferes with his duty. The plot complicates when Sandy is pursued by one of the neighbors on the other end of the telescope---an underworld figure Zeke knows all too well.
BAD GIRL is populated with believable characters and written in vivid detail. Readers looking for a suspense novel spiced up with explicitly graphic sex scenes won't be able to put it down.
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