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A review by corrie
The Fling by Rebekah Weatherspoon
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