Showing posts with label Sex Says. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sex Says. Show all posts

February 27, 2017

SEX SAYS BY MAX MONROE-ARC REVIEW

Lola:

My name is Lola Sexton, and I’m a sex addict.
Okay…that’s a lie.
Truth is, I’m a serial dater turned dating and relationship columnist for The San Francisco Times. My readers call me Sex. Sex Says.
I love my job.
I love my life.
And I hate Reed Luca.
**

Reed

My name is Reed Luca, and I’m a liar.
Ironically, that’s the truth.
I’m 31, and my occupation is…well, complicated.
My favorite kind of woman comes in all shapes and sizes, but always has a big brain.
I’ve never hated anything.
Lola Sexton hates me.
Luckily, it’s a thin line between love and hate, and with my help, pretty Lola will only be able to straddle that line for so long.


Enemies to lovers can really work. The idea that people meet and instantly strike sparks of hatred is, in some ways, more believable than when people meet and fall immediately in love. But, in order for the enemies to lovers to work, I have to be able to believe that they will like one another, I need to like the characters.

Reed and Lola were enemies. And, it is pretty clear the reasons they have to dislike one another. I liked Lola, yes she was quirky, and it felt a little forced at times to me, but that is the writing style, the over the top quirky, so I can look past that.

The issue is Reed. You meet him when he is bragging about his past while admitting that lying and playing with people is his favorite way to pass the time. I need to like the hero, I need to want him to show her why he is great. Unfortunately, I never got to the point where I liked him. At all.

He stood up for her at a cost to himself, still a no. I wanted this to make me like him, and I see the evolution of his character, but at that point, I think I was too far gone to have this make me really be able to connect with him. And I think that was the issue, he rubbed me the wrong way enough that I was never able to make the transition to liking him.

He went for the meaningful gesture, still a no.

So, this is my first book by this author and while I am not a fan of this, I can say it is well written. The pacing was decent and the evolution of the story was well done. I can even say that the characters were consistent and I believed them. But, this was definitely not a great read for me.


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February 25, 2017

SEX SAYS BY MAX MONROE-BLOG TOUR


From New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author Max Monroe comes a new standalone romantic comedy.


Lola

My name is Lola Sexton, and I’m a sex addict.

Okay…that’s a lie.

Truth is, I’m a serial dater turned dating and relationship columnist for The San Francisco Times. My readers call me Sex. Sex Says.

I love my job.

I love my life.

And I hate Reed Luca.

Reed

My name is Reed Luca, and I’m a liar.

Ironically, that’s the truth.

I’m 31, and my occupation is…well, complicated.

My favorite kind of woman comes in all shapes and sizes, but always has a big brain.

I’ve never hated anything.

Lola Sexton hates me.

Luckily, it’s a thin line between love and hate, and with my help, pretty Lola will only be able to straddle that line for so long.

Disclaimer: You may feel emboldened to quit your job at the conclusion of this book. Proceed with caution. This is a work of fiction and the authors cannot be held liable.


EXCERPT:


Normally, I needed a face-to-face encounter to read a person’s intentions, but something about what I knew about Lola from her column and the careful way she’d arranged her words when emailing me spoke to violence I wasn’t sure I’d ever witnessed.

Limb amputation, genital mutilation, and a healthy hock in order to leave a loogie behind on the tattered body.

Would meeting up with the woman behind the words lead to anything other than some kind of police involvement? Though, really, I kind of miss them…

No, no. I was supposed to be reformed.

But even the converted could find themselves in trouble when they least expected it. An impulsive video on YouTube that led to millions of views was proof of that. My inbox was now cluttered with interview requests from various media sources, as well as hate mail from angered Sex Says fans who didn’t appreciate my candid view regarding their favorite dating and relationship column.

I stared at the blinking cursor on the screen where I’d opened a return email and volleyed.

Red wire, blue wire, red wire, blue wire…

Goddamn, I couldn’t help myself.

Fuck it. I’ll cut both of them.

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February 21, 2017

SEX SAYS BY MAX MONROE-RELEASE BLITZ

  

From New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author Max Monroe comes a new standalone romantic comedy.


Lola

My name is Lola Sexton, and I’m a sex addict.
Okay…that’s a lie.
Truth is, I’m a serial dater turned dating and relationship columnist for The San Francisco Times. My readers call me Sex. Sex Says.
I love my job.
I love my life.
And I hate Reed Luca.

Reed

My name is Reed Luca, and I’m a liar.
Ironically, that’s the truth.
I’m 31, and my occupation is…well, complicated.
My favorite kind of woman comes in all shapes and sizes, but always has a big brain.
I’ve never hated anything.
Lola Sexton hates me.
Luckily, it’s a thin line between love and hate, and with my help, pretty Lola will only be able to straddle that line for so long.


It's no secret that I LOVED Max Monroe's Billionaire Bad Boys series. I couldn't recommend those books fast enough or often enough in my opinion. When Max Monroe started hinting at Sex Says I was intrigued, but nervous. I loved their first books so much but this was going to be a whole new setting, a whole different group of people and I was a little afraid I wouldn't love them as much as I loved their other characters and books. I love being proved wrong since Sex Says is just another amazing showing of the talent these two authors have.

Lola was such a fun, quirky character. She thinks outside the box, has interesting views on transportation and is overall not what most people would expect in a romance novel heroine. But that's what makes it work here. I want to go to a roller skating rink with her and take class with a group of seven year olds-just because I can. I was expecting a totally different character based on her tone in the blurb/teasers but she's perfect.

Reed. Sigh, Reed. I'll be claiming him as a book boyfriend for sure. He charmed me from the beginning-even as he was pissing off Lola. His views on things had me questioning how I looked at people and I even discussed some of his opinions with my husband. I loved Reed's determination to win Lola; he was intrigued by her and just kept pushing and pushing until he understood her. The truly fascinating thing for Reed was that once he understood Lola he truly understood himself. Seeing that transformation was amazing.

As always, the secondary characters added to the story in such a fun way. I loved the normalcy of their families set against Reed and Lola's non traditional way of thinking. It was very well done. I think Lola's sister and brother in law may have been my favorite secondary characters; I wouldn't mind seeing their story...hint hint.

For me, Max Monroe hit it out of the park again. They took what I was expecting this book to be and turned it into so much more. If you've read their other work (and if you haven't, why haven't you? Seriously. I'm not judging or anything...ok, maybe a little bit just because they're so good) you'll love this. If you haven't, you'll love this too. I highly recommend it.




Disclaimer: Authors are not responsible for cost of equipment or subsequent injury incurred after the purchase of roller skates influenced by this book. Embody Lola Sexton's spirit animal at your own risk.

*Reed Luca is an asshole. No one wants to be his spirit animal.

**Okay. I wrote that. Maybe someone would want to be his spirit animal. I guess. Maybe. Sorry. (Not sorry.)—Lola

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