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jackiepreston's review
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
I wanted hot, trashy, forbidden romance. I got a whiny 22-year-old who can't seem to stop falling for her older boss and a whiny 30-year-old who needs to get over himself.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
kaydanielsromance's review against another edition
4.0
Up front and honest...the cover of this book is smoking hot.
I will also give the author credit for being up front and honest in the synopsis of what her subject matter is. Gemma doesn't try to hide her characters' flaws behind catchy phrases or hot book covers, yes I'm gawking again. She is very clear that this book contains cheaters, that no one is an innocent party, so reader beware.
With that gut churning knowledge, I still dove into the book, even perhaps a bit more intrigued with the warning than I would have going in blind.
So without further ado I'll stop staring at the delicious cover and get on with my review....sigh.
Julia, aka Jules, opens Trashy Foreplay by confessing she cheated on her long time boyfriend, Chris. She's heartbroken over his leaving her, but soon you come to realize the relationship headed towards failure and probably should have ended a long time ago. Not that cheating is ever an answer, but perhaps it was her subconscious way of ending the relationship that was on the path to doomsville.
Jules last minute decides to uproot her life and boards an airplane to live with her best friend halfway across the country. It is upon this flight that Jules meets a stranger that changes her life forever. One that she promised herself she'd never break certain rules for ever again, but this mysterious stranger seemed fated to cross her path and she found fate hard to resist.
Cash Montgomery was married, but discovered his wife had been cheating on him during a traveling business meeting. He knew his business had begun to take priority lately and perhaps his marriage had taken a back burner, but he still loved his wife so he never once suspected that she felt any different. Seeing the evidence first hand was like having ice water splashed in his face, a cold reality call that he needed to fix.
Boarding a flight back home his mind was on fixing his marriage, that was until fate intervened and he met Jules. He never recalled having that instant connection with anyone in his life before he met her, but something about her kept pulling him back in. He knew he needed to walk away or he'd make the same mistake his wife currently was and walking away from the one person who he felt a real connection to was the hardest thing he'd ever done, that was until fate kept intervening and brought Jules back to him again and again. How is a man supposed to walk away from temptation over and over?
The story is very well written and as the author warns, there are no innocent parties involved. Trashy Foreplay is a sensual back and forth pull of "No, this is wrong" and "Yes, just do it because it's naughty" type of thinking. This is the first in the trashy series.
I will also give the author credit for being up front and honest in the synopsis of what her subject matter is. Gemma doesn't try to hide her characters' flaws behind catchy phrases or hot book covers, yes I'm gawking again. She is very clear that this book contains cheaters, that no one is an innocent party, so reader beware.
With that gut churning knowledge, I still dove into the book, even perhaps a bit more intrigued with the warning than I would have going in blind.
So without further ado I'll stop staring at the delicious cover and get on with my review....sigh.
Julia, aka Jules, opens Trashy Foreplay by confessing she cheated on her long time boyfriend, Chris. She's heartbroken over his leaving her, but soon you come to realize the relationship headed towards failure and probably should have ended a long time ago. Not that cheating is ever an answer, but perhaps it was her subconscious way of ending the relationship that was on the path to doomsville.
Jules last minute decides to uproot her life and boards an airplane to live with her best friend halfway across the country. It is upon this flight that Jules meets a stranger that changes her life forever. One that she promised herself she'd never break certain rules for ever again, but this mysterious stranger seemed fated to cross her path and she found fate hard to resist.
Cash Montgomery was married, but discovered his wife had been cheating on him during a traveling business meeting. He knew his business had begun to take priority lately and perhaps his marriage had taken a back burner, but he still loved his wife so he never once suspected that she felt any different. Seeing the evidence first hand was like having ice water splashed in his face, a cold reality call that he needed to fix.
Boarding a flight back home his mind was on fixing his marriage, that was until fate intervened and he met Jules. He never recalled having that instant connection with anyone in his life before he met her, but something about her kept pulling him back in. He knew he needed to walk away or he'd make the same mistake his wife currently was and walking away from the one person who he felt a real connection to was the hardest thing he'd ever done, that was until fate kept intervening and brought Jules back to him again and again. How is a man supposed to walk away from temptation over and over?
The story is very well written and as the author warns, there are no innocent parties involved. Trashy Foreplay is a sensual back and forth pull of "No, this is wrong" and "Yes, just do it because it's naughty" type of thinking. This is the first in the trashy series.
mefromson's review against another edition
4.0
Very enjoyable descent into the darker gray areas of morality where marriage and cheating are concerned. He's going to confront his cheating wife, but that doesn't make him any less married... but he's not going to stand for it, either. She's trying to get a clean slate, but his observations and his moral support make him ideal until she learns he's her new boss. Trying to navigate shades of gray makes for no less compelling of a story as these two struggle for and against one another!
beckyrendon's review against another edition
5.0
I tried to be a good girl. I swear. But the blurb kept teasing me, it kept whispering in my ear all the filthy possibilities. I'm only human. I can't help that a small part of me needed to know just how this book plays out.
So here I am justifying my curiosity to people who could care less. I just want you to know, I didn't start out wanting to reading books with cheating. I even justify that too. Or I could if I cared enough...
The tension, chemistry, and overwhelming need in this book is off the charts hot. You may not like cheating (my hand is raised on that one) but the heat in this book is undeniable.
Also it seems like this is just the beginning...somehow I missed that part before. Trashy Foreplay is one book 1 of...not sure how many but I do know that I will be waiting.
Even if you call me trashy...
reviewed for Sweet Spot Sisterhood
So here I am justifying my curiosity to people who could care less. I just want you to know, I didn't start out wanting to reading books with cheating. I even justify that too. Or I could if I cared enough...
The tension, chemistry, and overwhelming need in this book is off the charts hot. You may not like cheating (my hand is raised on that one) but the heat in this book is undeniable.
Also it seems like this is just the beginning...somehow I missed that part before. Trashy Foreplay is one book 1 of...not sure how many but I do know that I will be waiting.
Even if you call me trashy...
reviewed for Sweet Spot Sisterhood
rcrg's review against another edition
4.0
This title caught my attention and then when I read the cheating alert, I was all in. I enjoyed the hell out of of this book. It was sexy and full of chemistry. It might not be a book for everyone so read the warning. My biggest peeve is when the author tells people it CONTAINS CHEATING, they read it and then 1 star it for cheating, WTF!!!
caseroo7's review against another edition
4.0
Find this review and more at Ramblings From This Chick
I will admit that I have never read a book from Gemma James before, and the only reason I was drawn to this book was because of the sexy cover and blurb. I am really glad that I took a chance on a new to me author though as I couldn't put this book down! This book had so much of what I look for, and I cannot wait for the next one!
With her life in ruins, Jules heads to Seattle to start over. But things get off to a rough start when the sexy stranger she finds herself captivated with on her flight turns out to be none other than her new and married boss. She knows that she can't go there after everything she just left behind, but she has never felt the way she feels about Cash with anyone else.
I know that some will have a problem with this book simply because it has cheating and I really don't want to go into detail and spoil things here. This story is worth the read and in my opinion best experienced blind. Cash and Jules had such a strong connection and chemistry right from the start, and right or wrong I felt like they belonged together. There were so many reasons that they shouldn't be together, and yet all I wanted was to remove every last obstacle standing in their way.
To me, this book is definitely worth the read even if you are a bit skeptical due to the content. Things aren't so cut and dried here, and the story is far from over. This does end with a cliffhanger and I will be honest and tell you that at the end of Trashy Foreplay we are left with more questions than answers. But the other thing I will also tell you is that I will be anxiously waiting for the next installment in this series as I am dying for more! This might have been my first book from Gemma James, but it won't be my last.
**ARC Provided by L. Woods PR**
I will admit that I have never read a book from Gemma James before, and the only reason I was drawn to this book was because of the sexy cover and blurb. I am really glad that I took a chance on a new to me author though as I couldn't put this book down! This book had so much of what I look for, and I cannot wait for the next one!
With her life in ruins, Jules heads to Seattle to start over. But things get off to a rough start when the sexy stranger she finds herself captivated with on her flight turns out to be none other than her new and married boss. She knows that she can't go there after everything she just left behind, but she has never felt the way she feels about Cash with anyone else.
I know that some will have a problem with this book simply because it has cheating and I really don't want to go into detail and spoil things here. This story is worth the read and in my opinion best experienced blind. Cash and Jules had such a strong connection and chemistry right from the start, and right or wrong I felt like they belonged together. There were so many reasons that they shouldn't be together, and yet all I wanted was to remove every last obstacle standing in their way.
To me, this book is definitely worth the read even if you are a bit skeptical due to the content. Things aren't so cut and dried here, and the story is far from over. This does end with a cliffhanger and I will be honest and tell you that at the end of Trashy Foreplay we are left with more questions than answers. But the other thing I will also tell you is that I will be anxiously waiting for the next installment in this series as I am dying for more! This might have been my first book from Gemma James, but it won't be my last.
**ARC Provided by L. Woods PR**
jackiemcee's review
3.0
Been on a roll for cheating tropes lately so down the rabbit hole we go.
This book is fvcking hilarious—and I mean that sarcastically—with everyone cheating on everyone. I haven't read a book with so many characters cheating in just one story. Then there are the plots—yes, too many of them that even the author didn't know how to handle them. I mean, girl, make up your mind. Is this all about cheating, business drama, family affairs, suicide, drug and rape, etc. It was just... too much.
The FMC was like... "We can't do this." but still takes the job and just can't stop even though she's always looking at his wedding ring.
Then the MMC was like... "I know we shouldn't do this but..." still leans on her and keeps brushing her hand every chance he gets. Until they both gave in at the last two chapters of the book that ended with a cliffy.
It was like that all throughout the book—the push and pull but I don't feel any romantic notions from them other than lust. Their affair is all about getting in each other's genitals to escape the stress from their lives, Jules from her toxic ex and one night stand with her married boss in Oklahoma and Cash from her strikingly beautiful and sexy wife.*rolls eyes*
All I kept thinking was, Cash is still in love with his wife but since he needs to get laid and his wife isn't giving it to him, he turns into his assistant—heck, he even falls for a blowjob from her wife while being "in love" with his mistress. And don't get me started with him calling her wife "my wife" every damn time when he could've called her Monica if the feelings aren't there anymore and wants to divorce her.
Ugh. Frustrating.
This book is fvcking hilarious—and I mean that sarcastically—with everyone cheating on everyone. I haven't read a book with so many characters cheating in just one story. Then there are the plots—yes, too many of them that even the author didn't know how to handle them. I mean, girl, make up your mind. Is this all about cheating, business drama, family affairs, suicide, drug and rape, etc. It was just... too much.
The FMC was like... "We can't do this." but still takes the job and just can't stop even though she's always looking at his wedding ring.
Then the MMC was like... "I know we shouldn't do this but..." still leans on her and keeps brushing her hand every chance he gets. Until they both gave in at the last two chapters of the book that ended with a cliffy.
It was like that all throughout the book—the push and pull but I don't feel any romantic notions from them other than lust. Their affair is all about getting in each other's genitals to escape the stress from their lives, Jules from her toxic ex and one night stand with her married boss in Oklahoma and Cash from her strikingly beautiful and sexy wife.*rolls eyes*
All I kept thinking was, Cash is still in love with his wife but since he needs to get laid and his wife isn't giving it to him, he turns into his assistant—heck, he even falls for a blowjob from her wife while being "in love" with his mistress. And don't get me started with him calling her wife "my wife" every damn time when he could've called her Monica if the feelings aren't there anymore and wants to divorce her.
Ugh. Frustrating.
onlyadream223's review against another edition
5.0
Crazy Chemistry
Trashy Foreplay is the first book of the Trashy Affair series by Gemma James.
This book is not for everyone. If you are triggered by infidelity, move along.
Broken hearts are what bind Jules and Cash 35,000 feet in the air. Fate and temptation is what propels them forward. This book is a lot. It's one of those books that you feel like you're holding your breath the entire time.
Ms. James knows how to keep the reader engrossed in her novels. The ending threw me for a loop and I can't wait to see where this story goes.
Trashy Foreplay is the first book of the Trashy Affair series by Gemma James.
This book is not for everyone. If you are triggered by infidelity, move along.
Broken hearts are what bind Jules and Cash 35,000 feet in the air. Fate and temptation is what propels them forward. This book is a lot. It's one of those books that you feel like you're holding your breath the entire time.
Ms. James knows how to keep the reader engrossed in her novels. The ending threw me for a loop and I can't wait to see where this story goes.
rachelreadsdaily's review against another edition
5.0
This topic is one that can be difficult for some to read, but I found the writing to be done well. I like the main characters and enjoyed this book. I'm looking forward to see what happens in the next book because HELLO CLIFFHANGER!!!