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Raising Seth (2000)

by Eden Cole(Favorite Author)

3.32 of 5 Votes: 5

languge

English

genre

Romance

series

First Time

review 1: I bought this story because I decided to be brave and try completely new to me author. And I am usually not brave, and only try new authors with the help of trusted recommendations, or when I can try them as part of reviewing for the blog. So basically I found another author whose works I will run away screaming from.The age difference between characters did not bother me at all. I mean, 18 and 28? I have read stories with much larger age difference in mm, and while I am usually not a fan of May December romances, some stories with 20 or even 25 age difference worked for me. Ten years is nothing for this genre .... if written well.This one just so was not. Seth reads to me as if he is fourteen or fifteen years old - he acts and talks as a very young teenager. Petulant teen... moreager angry at the world and yes, did not feel as if I am reading about the young man at all.And their interactions? I found them severely lacking chemistry. Also for some reason : "Do you want me to drink your come?" when characters are talking about whether it is okay to come in another guy's mouth makes me laugh and not in a good way.Everything just felt artificial and wooden in this story. The whole set up of bringing Seth to Gray's house just made zero sense to me. And of course they both liked women a lot, just before this encounter that is.And yes Gray tried really really hard not to make a pass on Seth... not. All his angst felt just so wierd because he gave in so fast.I barely avoided giving my Kindle a flying workout when I was done with this story.
review 2: So this one was OK; I liked it well enough. It's a short read (only 41 pages) so it can easily be read in one sitting. There is plenty of angst, which is always good as far as I'm concerned. The characters, Seth and Cray were a bit two-dimensional but I think that was mostly due to the fact that this was a 41 page book. It's not like there was much time to develop their characters. The sex scenes were OK, but that was my biggest problem with the book. I know this is from the authors "First Time Series" about guys with their first experience but it was obvious that both Cray and Seth had had plenty of Het sexual experience so they weren't complete virgins; they knew what they were doing. Was it really necessary to have so much running commentation during the sex scenes? I felt like there was a sex coach sitting there with them. There's a difference between talking dirty or whispering sweet nothings, and even too much of that turns me off (but that's just me), but I thought there was too much instructional talk. Now, the closet scene? THAT scene was hot :o) wish all the scenes were like that one. I also thought Susie's character was a little too accepting in the end. She was like, oh well, whatever. Not that she shouldn't be, it was just spur of the moment and she was like whatever, see ya. I kinda thought it felt odd. But that's just my opinion. So overall, I liked it, just wasn't bowled over by it. less

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