Paperback, 352 pages
Published Oct. 10, 2022 by St. Martin's Griffin.
When Cassie Klein goes to an off-campus bar to escape her school’s Family Weekend, she isn’t looking for a hookup―it just happens. Buying a drink for a stranger turns into what should be an uncomplicated, amazing one-night stand. But then the next morning rolls around and her friend drags her along to meet her mom―the hot, older woman Cassie slept with.
Erin Bennett came to Family Weekend to get closer to her daughter, not have a one-night stand with a college senior. In her defense, she hadn’t known Cassie was a student when they'd met. To make things worse, Erin’s daughter brings Cassie to breakfast the next morning. And despite Erin's better judgement―how could sleeping with your daughter’s friend be anything but bad?―she and Cassie get along in the day just as well as they did last night.
What should have been a one-time fling quickly proves impossible to ignore, …
When Cassie Klein goes to an off-campus bar to escape her school’s Family Weekend, she isn’t looking for a hookup―it just happens. Buying a drink for a stranger turns into what should be an uncomplicated, amazing one-night stand. But then the next morning rolls around and her friend drags her along to meet her mom―the hot, older woman Cassie slept with.
Erin Bennett came to Family Weekend to get closer to her daughter, not have a one-night stand with a college senior. In her defense, she hadn’t known Cassie was a student when they'd met. To make things worse, Erin’s daughter brings Cassie to breakfast the next morning. And despite Erin's better judgement―how could sleeping with your daughter’s friend be anything but bad?―she and Cassie get along in the day just as well as they did last night.
What should have been a one-time fling quickly proves impossible to ignore, and soon Cassie and Erin are sneaking around. Worst of all, they start to realize they have something real. But is being honest about the love between them worth the cost?
Book was built around the sex scenes, which were successfully done. Very much a candy, wish fulfillment type of book.
It was odd that the central conflict of the second half of the novel was resolved more or less off-page.
I'd go 3.5 stars for this one. I definitely enjoyed it and it was a nice introduction to Wislner's work. I read [b:Something to Talk About|52915426|Something to Talk About|Meryl Wilsner|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1589963301l/52915426.SX50.jpg|70730596] and [b:Cleat Cute|65214313|Cleat Cute|Meryl Wilsner|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1673554566l/65214313.SY75.jpg|95348950] (both ebook and audio for CC thanks to NetGalley) and enjoyed each more than the previous one. All have good characters, smoking sex scenes, and interesting storylines. She's become one of my go-to authors when I need a nice romance to escape to.
The good part: This entire scenario is incredibly sick (yes, hahaha, YES). Fucking your best friend's mom? Fucking your daughter's best friend? Oh boy, this could be a riot.
The bad part: It's a very very slow burn. You'd expect a buildup, then drama when the daughter/friend finds out, then reconciliation. Instead, it's 300 pages of sex, secret dates and a good old relationship escalator (of course, marriage is just what this story needs 🥴). At some point it really got boring. If you really wanted this story, make it shorter. And scrap the epilogue.
I read it and I enjoyed it but I also judged it hard. Power play can be a fun dynamic but actually fucking your daughter’s best friend while they’re in your house and without telling your kid is just wrong. But you might feel differently if you don’t have young adult kids.
Enjoyable, everything tied up a little too neat at the end. But still a sweet story.
I read it and I enjoyed it but I also judged it hard. Power play can be a fun dynamic but actually fucking your daughter’s best friend while they’re in your house and without telling your kid is just wrong. But you might feel differently if you don’t have young adult kids.
Ok, i give up on the romance genre. For good. After reading dozens of romance books, I can't help but find this boring and dull af. The writing is overdramatic and incredibly unoriginal. Not a single sentence that made me appreciate the English language, no humour, no interesting plot or characters, nothing. Just another formulaic romance book that makes it very hard to believe to me that the author put more than five minutes worth of effort in thinking it up and writing it. Not worth the time.
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