A review by beckyyreadss
The Intimacy Experiment by Rosie Danan

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

The first book in this duet was gifted to me for my birthday. I really enjoyed the first book, and this book was so cute but also talked about some subjects that don’t offer get spoken about. 
 
This book has two points of view. The first is Naomi Grant. She has built her life around going against the grain. After the sex-positive start-up she cofounded becomes an international sensation, she wants to extend her educational platform to live lecturing. Unfortunately, despite her long list of qualifications, higher education won’t hire her. The second point of view is Ethan Cohen. He has recently received two honours: LA Magazine named him one of the city’s hottest bachelors and he became a rabbi of his own synagogue. Taking a gamble in a effort to attract more millennials to the faith, the executive board hire Ethan because of his nontraditional background. Unfortunately, his shul is low on both funds and congregants. The board have given him three months to turn things around or else they’ll close the doors of his synagogue for good. Naomi and Ethan join forces to host a buzzy seminar series on Modern Intimacy, the perfect solution to their problems – until they discover a new one – their growing attraction to each other. 

I liked how headstrong Noami was in the first book from the little snippets where we saw the friendship grow between her and Ciara. So, I was looking forward to seeing her own love story and I did not expect it to be with a Rabbi and a submissive man. It was fun, cute and sexy. But the serious subjects – trying to encourage young people to join a synagogue, sex workers after they leave the industry and that they are people before they are sex workers and how men treat male sex workers differently from female sex workers. Ethan was so adorable. I loved him and how he questions everything and doesn’t think he is worth it. Naomi was so headstrong, and I loved her and how she is fragile on the inside and doesn’t want to break. Her going back to her high school that she hated and then ranted about how break-ups sucked rather than the sex ed talk that she was supposed to be talking about.  

I felt like there was something missing within this book, I don’t know what it was, it was just the extra sparkle that would make it five stars. Maybe it was the miscommunication that happened or the way that the getting back together happened.  

I really enjoyed this book, and I cannot wait to read more of Rosie’s work.  
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