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The Opposite Of Nothing (2000)

by Shari Slade(Favorite Author)

3.21 of 5 Votes: 1

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review 1: Callie’s a sweet, shy girl who left her hometown to attend college where she wouldn’t be pegged the uncool recluse as before. Her secret crush on her guy friend, Tayber is very believable, even for these days, where the assumption is that most girls are fast, free and up front about their desires.Callie and Tayber are great friends, but in truth, she’d longs for much more with him. He’s also been hurt, by family issues, and has closed himself off except for fast, commitment-free hookups. Callie’s found a way to get inside his fantasy world through, but it’s the most dishonest thing she’s ever done: she sets up an account as Sasha, a sex freak, and when Tayber goes for it, their back and forth messages get quite steamy. There are huge drawbacks: Callie finds h... moreerself terrified that she’ll slip up in real life and blurt out something to Tayber that only “Sasha” would know, and then he’ll discover who she really is.I powered right through this novella by Shari Slade, and totally enjoyed it. Slade’s writing style and characterization is a cut above many of the novels I’ve recently read in the new adult and adult romance genre. Highly recommended, and I look forward to her next new adult read.
review 2: 3.5An actual New Adult book that didn't make me want to gauge my eyes out, but instead did make me swoon, and didn't have any slut-shaming ? :O !! (to be fair, I LOVED Leah Raeder's UNTEACHABLE, so not everything is hopeless IMHO when it comes to NA).I think "The Opposite of Nothing" had a good balance between the character focus and the sex scenes, and add to that the fact that it was very well written. My only complaint is that I wish it had been longer so we could have had more of Callie's and Tayber's backstory. But even then, I appreciated the author fleshing out her characters, giving us friendship between girls, an actual connection AND friendship between the main protagonists, no slut shaming, and actually swoony romance (also if it had been longer we could have had ALL of those aspects more fleshed out.) less

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