5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Don't screw angry..., June 21, 2006
This book focuses on the one thing I DON'T like about Susan Johnson's books... Angry sex. I've been reading her books for years and there is usually one scene that focuses on two people who are angry enough to do violence deciding to jump each other instead. In this book, that's about all you get. The background story line was so weak it was forgetable and there was no intimacy between the two mains. This book was a mindless cover-to-cover fight and screw with an ending so forgetable I had to go back an hour later because I couldn't remember if I finished it or not.
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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
3 1/2 Stars, August 13, 2005
This review is from: Hot Spot (Berkley Sensation) (Paperback)
This trade-paperback-sized story wouldn't make a half-bad novella if you cut out all the frantic, self-consciously-written sex scenes. I know SJ is known for her sex scenes, but what I don't know is WHY. They're... dull. But the story itself was actually pretty good.
Stella Scott is a comic book store owner. Danny Rees designs computer games & is richer than... she calls him a kazillionnaire, which seems pretty appropriate.
Somebody's broken into his office, trying to steal the details of his new game. She looks like a suspect, and he doesn't talk about any details of his game designing, so she thinks he's just saying he's a game designer when he's really a drug dealer. So they each suspect each other, while in the meantime they can't keep their hands (& other body parts) off each other.
In addition, there's a nice secondary romance between a confirmed bachelor & a divorced mom who's sworn off marriage.
The good:
The comic store setting.
The mutual suspicion which could be cleared up by just talking to each other, but it makes sense that they don't.
The secondary romance.
The bad:
The ho-hum sex scenes.
The verdict:
Wait until it's out in mass market size or get it at your library unless you're a big Susan Johnson fan.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Sleazy Caper, July 3, 2006
About the only thing going for it was the setting, and the story line was ok. That's what drew me in the first place to pick it up, but...yuk.. The main characters had a totally one-track mind: sex and more sex. Trashy. Randy robots. No real brains. No romance. Mindless sexual musings. The worst "graphic novel" ever written. Don't waste your money, esp. the teens who undoubtedly will be drawn to the sexy-cute cover: wht's in between the covers is NOT for sweet sixteen!! Watchers of Sex and the City would blush...or throw up.
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