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The Two Week Stand
by Samantha Towle
Talk about steamy scenes!! If you want smut, with a side of storyline, then The Two-Week Stand is the book for you! Samantha Towle has been an author I’ve dipped in and out of over the years, and whilst the Two-Week Stand wasn’t my favourite book by her, it was still a fun and steamy read!
When Dillon finds out her fiancé has been cheating on her, she flees on their non-refundable honeymoon to the Maldives, knowing she’ll spend the entire two weeks surrounded by happy couples, and drowning her sorrows in cocktails most of the time. So, when she meets gorgeous and charming West at the bar, there’s this instant attraction, and when he helps her out of a sticky situation, they strike up a friendship. When West puts forward the idea of a friends with benefits situation, with an expiration date of the end of their trip, Dillon is hesitant at first, knowing that if she lets West in, she’s going to have her heart broken once again. But the chemistry is too much to resist and they spend two weeks caught up in their lust bubble. But the problem is, when their two-week stand comes to an end, will their bubble burst?
So, there were some aspects I liked about this book, for example how upfront West was at the start with what he wanted, he didn’t lead her on at all. The entire island part of the book was my favourite because they were so caught up in each other, and there were some very steamy, intense bedroom scenes, very insta lust. But what I didn’t like was that by 50%, there was still nothing other than lust between them. There was way too much internal monologue from both of them, and when Dillon says in her head that she’s starting to fall there is no indication as to why, she barely knows anything about him, and they haven’t had any deep moments other than West saying how she’s different to other girls (what a line). There was no communication between them, that’s what ruined it for me, because West so scared of actually feeling something, and Dillon was scared she’d scare West off by admitting she was feeling more.
By the end they were doing everything a couple does, but no commitment, and it felt like West just wanted an easy get out clause, even though they were a couple just without the labels or the admitted feelings. This ruined his whole character for me, he went from this sexy man to someone who was a very immature man child. I actually wish they didn’t end up together, because quite frankly Dillon deserved way more than that. Yes, she was flaky and knew she’d fall when she went in, but West was heartless and actually showed no kind of feelings for her on the outside, gave no indication once that he wanted more from her other than wanting to sleep with her and say he liked her for her looks. But worst of all he managed to convince himself he was doing the best FOR her, because he couldn’t be the man she wanted – er news flash, you had been the guy she needed for the entire fling, literally nothing needed to change. She never put pressure on you, never asked for anything, wasn’t using you for your name or status, she just wanted the guy she met on the island.
The grovel at end was okay, but I still never became invested in them as a couple. I would say for an easy and smutty read, this is the perfect book, but I would’ve liked a bit more substance to their relationship earlier on than the very end. By 84% I need something more from the hero other than he finds the heroine hot and wants to sleep with her, definitely not him trying to convince himself he doesn’t want more than a fling, having never admitted feelings to her once throughout the book. Not my fave but not the worst!
When Dillon finds out her fiancé has been cheating on her, she flees on their non-refundable honeymoon to the Maldives, knowing she’ll spend the entire two weeks surrounded by happy couples, and drowning her sorrows in cocktails most of the time. So, when she meets gorgeous and charming West at the bar, there’s this instant attraction, and when he helps her out of a sticky situation, they strike up a friendship. When West puts forward the idea of a friends with benefits situation, with an expiration date of the end of their trip, Dillon is hesitant at first, knowing that if she lets West in, she’s going to have her heart broken once again. But the chemistry is too much to resist and they spend two weeks caught up in their lust bubble. But the problem is, when their two-week stand comes to an end, will their bubble burst?
So, there were some aspects I liked about this book, for example how upfront West was at the start with what he wanted, he didn’t lead her on at all. The entire island part of the book was my favourite because they were so caught up in each other, and there were some very steamy, intense bedroom scenes, very insta lust. But what I didn’t like was that by 50%, there was still nothing other than lust between them. There was way too much internal monologue from both of them, and when Dillon says in her head that she’s starting to fall there is no indication as to why, she barely knows anything about him, and they haven’t had any deep moments other than West saying how she’s different to other girls (what a line). There was no communication between them, that’s what ruined it for me, because West so scared of actually feeling something, and Dillon was scared she’d scare West off by admitting she was feeling more.
By the end they were doing everything a couple does, but no commitment, and it felt like West just wanted an easy get out clause, even though they were a couple just without the labels or the admitted feelings. This ruined his whole character for me, he went from this sexy man to someone who was a very immature man child. I actually wish they didn’t end up together, because quite frankly Dillon deserved way more than that. Yes, she was flaky and knew she’d fall when she went in, but West was heartless and actually showed no kind of feelings for her on the outside, gave no indication once that he wanted more from her other than wanting to sleep with her and say he liked her for her looks. But worst of all he managed to convince himself he was doing the best FOR her, because he couldn’t be the man she wanted – er news flash, you had been the guy she needed for the entire fling, literally nothing needed to change. She never put pressure on you, never asked for anything, wasn’t using you for your name or status, she just wanted the guy she met on the island.
The grovel at end was okay, but I still never became invested in them as a couple. I would say for an easy and smutty read, this is the perfect book, but I would’ve liked a bit more substance to their relationship earlier on than the very end. By 84% I need something more from the hero other than he finds the heroine hot and wants to sleep with her, definitely not him trying to convince himself he doesn’t want more than a fling, having never admitted feelings to her once throughout the book. Not my fave but not the worst!