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Second Helpings (2010)

by Scarlet Blackwell(Favorite Author)

3.75 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1609282450 (ISBN13: 9781609282455)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Samhain Publishing

series

Table for Two

review 1: I'm puzzled at how such a fun book like Just Desserts could turn out into something as awfully bad as this one. I dunno where to start. The story begins with Luc and Daniel having a fight and Luc going to the interview with some other food critic, who comes on to him boldly and offers him a blowjob even getting as far as opening Luc's pants and taking his dick out and then - suddenly a newsflash! - Luc remembers he's in a relationship and with a sad sigh he refuses. Maybe it was supposed to show how much Luc's giving up for Daniel, but for me it looked like almost cheating and it just put me off. And there's been several other moments like that, and honestly reading about Luc struggling to be faithful to Daniel, while dying to have sex with some other guy coming on to him ... morejust pissed me off. Luc's sluttiness didn't bother me in the first story, when he was reminiscing about his old days, but here and now it sure was out of place.Daniel somehow turned from witty and ironic to hysterical, childish and unstable wimp, who's been crying countless times during this story, throwing lots of glass and tantrums and being generally annoying. I don't get how could he be so firmly in the closet, when in the first book he goes out and about with a male escort and looks very comfortable with his sexuality. And seriously he's 35 or even older so having him cowing before his mother like he's five years old - it's ridiculous.The whole 'coming out' scene looked more like dragging out and I just felt so bad for Daniel and his ultimate humiliation. I also hate how Luc and Daniel lost their equal footing and now Daniel lost his job and is a little housewife apparently, while Luc's still a famous chief, who would be supporting them both. I loved their dynamic in the first book so to see how it turned out is a huge disappointment for me.
review 2: I love this series of books. It is sweet and funny. Luc is so an in-your-face kinda guy and Danny is the reserved one. When Danny's mom makes a surprise visit things get really interesting. Danny is still in the closet. Luc doesn't understand this and is frustrated with Danny and is overbearing, narrow-minded mother.There are some really funny scenes in this book. I give it 4 out of 5 stars less

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