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3.74 AVERAGE
3.74 AVERAGE
emotional
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
informative
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Phew. This took me forever to finish. I think I didn’t like it enough so instead of finishing I kept going to another novel I wanted to read more.
I liked “The Roommate” when I read it last year. And I loved Naomi in that novel but she just didn’t work for me here. I felt this book just let her down. This wasn’t a strong fearless Naomi at all. There was one very very awkward moment where she goes back to her high school to speak and it was so cringeworthy to me I almost abandoned the book again but at that point I was so close to the end that I trudged through.
All in all I felt zero chemistry between her and Ethan. I loved the concept of marrying sex and religion but it it felt so forced.
I’m glad I finally managed to finish the book but it was definitely a struggle to get there.
I liked “The Roommate” when I read it last year. And I loved Naomi in that novel but she just didn’t work for me here. I felt this book just let her down. This wasn’t a strong fearless Naomi at all. There was one very very awkward moment where she goes back to her high school to speak and it was so cringeworthy to me I almost abandoned the book again but at that point I was so close to the end that I trudged through.
All in all I felt zero chemistry between her and Ethan. I loved the concept of marrying sex and religion but it it felt so forced.
I’m glad I finally managed to finish the book but it was definitely a struggle to get there.
emotional
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Is this my new favorite romance novel? Is it because I have been hot for rabbi since at least middle school? Who’s to say.
We met Naomi in the last book, when she was a badass porn star turned sex educator and ice queen extraordinaire. She was a perfect foil to Claire, the sweet but uptight protagonist, the whore to Claire’s Madonna. In this book she’s 30 and tired and ready to be taken seriously — for some reason, despite having a master’s degree and running her own business, people still can’t get over seeing her tits. (The reason is patriarchy.)
Enter Rabbi Ethan. He’s soft in all the ways she’s not, earnest and kind and desperate to grow his tiny congregation. He suggests they team up to offer a course on “modern intimacy” at the schul, but all that forced proximity ultimately makes them realize that they’re head over heels for each other. Of course, the rabbi and the porn star aren’t exactly everyone’s favorite couple, but they win their HEA anyway.
Fam, I am OBSESSED with this book. Watching Naomi slowly shed her prickly armor and open herself to vulnerability? Watching Ethan embody a positive masculinity, nurturing and strong? Watching the two of them, so committed to honest communication in their day jobs, fumble the ball in their personal lives? Watching them face their demons and do hard things and come back together to care for each other and patch each other up? This is the stuff I want injected straight into my veins.
We met Naomi in the last book, when she was a badass porn star turned sex educator and ice queen extraordinaire. She was a perfect foil to Claire, the sweet but uptight protagonist, the whore to Claire’s Madonna. In this book she’s 30 and tired and ready to be taken seriously — for some reason, despite having a master’s degree and running her own business, people still can’t get over seeing her tits. (The reason is patriarchy.)
Enter Rabbi Ethan. He’s soft in all the ways she’s not, earnest and kind and desperate to grow his tiny congregation. He suggests they team up to offer a course on “modern intimacy” at the schul, but all that forced proximity ultimately makes them realize that they’re head over heels for each other. Of course, the rabbi and the porn star aren’t exactly everyone’s favorite couple, but they win their HEA anyway.
Fam, I am OBSESSED with this book. Watching Naomi slowly shed her prickly armor and open herself to vulnerability? Watching Ethan embody a positive masculinity, nurturing and strong? Watching the two of them, so committed to honest communication in their day jobs, fumble the ball in their personal lives? Watching them face their demons and do hard things and come back together to care for each other and patch each other up? This is the stuff I want injected straight into my veins.
A Rabi and a porn star walk into a bar sounds more like the setup for a really inappropriate joke rather than the setup for a romcom but somehow it worked