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lsnack's review
5.0
I don’t agree with the way she had her fling I think their chemistry was off the charts hot. I do think the end of the story was rushed a bit. Overall I did enjoy it and the narrator Keira Grace was fantastic
knightreads's review against another edition
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Infidelity
Minor: Cursing
brennooth's review
5.0
Back when I started this book, there was just something about it that immediately got me hooked. I cant even put a finger on what it was exactly. I loved Oksanas personality and how she decided how things should go for her. I loved how all of this turned out. I’ve just finished reading and I already miss them...
twiceuponabook's review
2.0
The premise in this book made clear that infidelity was likely but I didn't expect it to be the majority of the book. That was what made it hard to connect with.
The steam was on point and wonderful but the instalove and infidelity made it difficult for me to love this one. Rebekah Weatherspoon is an amazing writer.
The steam was on point and wonderful but the instalove and infidelity made it difficult for me to love this one. Rebekah Weatherspoon is an amazing writer.
corrie's review against another edition
4.0
I was forewarned going into reading The Fling (see review by Alexis) and I agree that Rebekah Weatherspoon had some problems with the pacing of this story.
After an exciting start it seemed to stall in the middle to then suddenly hurdle forward and drop off a cliff. Like she was suddenly done with Annie and Oksana and suffering a heavy bout of get it over with-itis.
The premise of The Fling was good, rich white straight girl wants to have a last hurrah before she gets married. Her fantasy is to do it with a woman. Her personal trainer, a single gay bi-racial woman fits her fantasy, there is a mutual attraction and so they go for it. They hit it off too well and now Annie has a problem.
There is nothing really wrong with the story and Weatherspoon can write deliciously hot sex scenes and there were plenty of those all throughout the book. Annie’s hubby-to-be was abstract until towards the end (when he returns from his trip) and he and Annie have one scene together. Not knowing this dude somehow lessened the importance of this relationship. This is the man she’s giving up to be with Oksana but I don’t know him and so I don’t really care. Come to think of it all of Annie’s friends and family (except for Megan) where more tell than show. Oksana’s clan of family and friends where more or less properly fleshed out.
The last chapters just had me go … wait.. whut?.
f/f explicit
Themes: Hollywood, Hall and Oates’ Rich Girl is playing in the background, Taum is a psycho bitch mom from hell, baba Inna is bad-ass, tattoos and piercings, the romance felt uneasy and angst-filled all the way through (despite all the hot sex) and it made for a somewhat heavy read.
3.6 stars
After an exciting start it seemed to stall in the middle to then suddenly hurdle forward and drop off a cliff. Like she was suddenly done with Annie and Oksana and suffering a heavy bout of get it over with-itis.
The premise of The Fling was good, rich white straight girl wants to have a last hurrah before she gets married. Her fantasy is to do it with a woman. Her personal trainer, a single gay bi-racial woman fits her fantasy, there is a mutual attraction and so they go for it. They hit it off too well and now Annie has a problem.
There is nothing really wrong with the story and Weatherspoon can write deliciously hot sex scenes and there were plenty of those all throughout the book. Annie’s hubby-to-be was abstract until towards the end (when he returns from his trip) and he and Annie have one scene together. Not knowing this dude somehow lessened the importance of this relationship. This is the man she’s giving up to be with Oksana but I don’t know him and so I don’t really care. Come to think of it all of Annie’s friends and family (except for Megan) where more tell than show. Oksana’s clan of family and friends where more or less properly fleshed out.
The last chapters just had me go … wait.. whut?.
f/f explicit
Themes: Hollywood, Hall and Oates’ Rich Girl is playing in the background, Taum is a psycho bitch mom from hell, baba Inna is bad-ass, tattoos and piercings, the romance felt uneasy and angst-filled all the way through (despite all the hot sex) and it made for a somewhat heavy read.
3.6 stars
vinylreads's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
tense
fast-paced
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
apostrophen's review against another edition
4.0
Having already read Rebekah Weatherspoon's "Better Off Red" (a vampire sorority girl story that was freaking hot and a refreshingly new take on vampires) I knew that I was in for some quality writing with "The Fling."
It was there - from page one, Weatherspoon's erotic style is there in full force, and she wastes no time in getting you on board for the situation. The engaged Annie has a deal with her fiance Jeff - they're spending a month prior to the wedding as a kind of "one last hurrah" time apart. What happens in this month is intended to be just that - a last fling with their time apart. Jeff, Annie knows, is off in Europe with his buddies and probably sowing his last wild oats, and so Annie takes the opportunity to test that desire she's always had to sleep with a woman.
The woman in question is Annie's personal trainer, and Oksana is incredibly different from Annie - Oksana is mixed race, tattooed and pierced, and slim and toned; Annie has always been short, is blonde-cute, and has definitely been blessed in the breast department. Annie approaches this fling as just that - a one night stand, meant to be enjoyed and remembered, and nothing more.
Except Annie starts to realize that what she feels with Oksana is something bigger than she set out to enjoy.
What I hadn't expected was to get so caught up in the sweetness of the two women - both come from histories that leave them hesitant and scarred in realistic ways, and I caught myself gobbling my way through the book to make sure that things would end well for everyone involved. Of course, when you're talking about a relationship that was supposed to be a fling before marriage, how can no one get hurt?
Fun, sweet, and - of course - hot as heck, Rebekah Weatherspoon delivers again. It's almost enough to make me forgive her for not writing the fraternity boy side of her Vampire Sorority Sisters series.
Almost.
It was there - from page one, Weatherspoon's erotic style is there in full force, and she wastes no time in getting you on board for the situation. The engaged Annie has a deal with her fiance Jeff - they're spending a month prior to the wedding as a kind of "one last hurrah" time apart. What happens in this month is intended to be just that - a last fling with their time apart. Jeff, Annie knows, is off in Europe with his buddies and probably sowing his last wild oats, and so Annie takes the opportunity to test that desire she's always had to sleep with a woman.
The woman in question is Annie's personal trainer, and Oksana is incredibly different from Annie - Oksana is mixed race, tattooed and pierced, and slim and toned; Annie has always been short, is blonde-cute, and has definitely been blessed in the breast department. Annie approaches this fling as just that - a one night stand, meant to be enjoyed and remembered, and nothing more.
Except Annie starts to realize that what she feels with Oksana is something bigger than she set out to enjoy.
What I hadn't expected was to get so caught up in the sweetness of the two women - both come from histories that leave them hesitant and scarred in realistic ways, and I caught myself gobbling my way through the book to make sure that things would end well for everyone involved. Of course, when you're talking about a relationship that was supposed to be a fling before marriage, how can no one get hurt?
Fun, sweet, and - of course - hot as heck, Rebekah Weatherspoon delivers again. It's almost enough to make me forgive her for not writing the fraternity boy side of her Vampire Sorority Sisters series.
Almost.
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