Stevie has given up on love and just wants a simple life driving her taxi. But her plans are turned upside down when gorgeous billionaire Reid Jacobs steps into the back of her cab. Commanding and mysterious, he’s a temptation she can’t resist—and soon their torrid one night stand leads to an intoxicating affair.
In Reid’s strong arms, Stevie finds herself falling harder than she ever imagined. But is she ready to trust again? And when his business partner falls for Stevie, will it change everything? One thing is clear: she’s about to take the ride of her life….
Review:
There are so many problems here but first,
The good-ish:
- The rich/poor trope gets circumvented, releasing some oh-no-this-can’t-work tension.
- The writing holds its own.
The not-so-good:
- Cab driver picks up a hot fare, drives to a deserted alley, and has unprotected sex with him. In the entirety of the book there isn’t a single mention of condoms, birth control, or health status, even when a third is brought into the relationship. When a book is set in the modern day real world completely ignoring STDs and pregnancy is at best unreasonable, and at worst irresponsible. I’m not asking for a lot – a mention of a clean test, a wrapper crinkle – but give me something.
- Amazing sex equals instant love. Never mind that getting to know you stuff or talking about your childhood – love is transmitted from the penis to the vagina, apparently.
- …and not from penis to penis. A second man is brought in and is sexual with both Stevie and Reid, but his feelings are never considered. He’s treated like a human sex toy – nice to have around, but not a member of the relationship. Not cool.
- BDSM elements are brought in carelessly, without a warning or a safe word. And not just light bondage – a ball gag, people. No. No no.
- While the sex is hot some of it defies physics. At one point I thought, “no way is all of that fitting in there that easily.”
- The Big Misunderstanding is a product of the heroine being idiotic.
All in all – grah.
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