This story is a great mix of paranormal, humor, erotica, with a nice amount of sweetness.
Shane was chewing his lip. I’d never seen him looking so
This story is a great mix of paranormal, humor, erotica, with a nice amount of sweetness.
Shane was chewing his lip. I’d never seen him looking so excited. (Well, I had, but those other times he’d had something up his butt.) “So,” he asked, “what do you want us to do, Gran?” Gran fished in her pocket and then handed Shane a key. “I want you boys to go out to the lighthouse and get rid of that ghost.”
Oh, and Mona Lisa saves the day! It’s just hilarious!
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It was then I discovered the worst horror of all – my kindle was dead. “Nooooo!!!!!!” I screamed. “This can’t be happening. Oh, shit, Shane, I’ve got nothing to read. We have to get out of here!” Shane lay next to me and wrapped me in his arms. “You can live one night without your kindle.” Does this bastard know me at all? “I can’t Shane, I really can’t.”
Mason is a librarian who loves his job (since he loves to read), wears cardigans and actually thinks they arAn utterly joyful and entertaining story!
Mason is a librarian who loves his job (since he loves to read), wears cardigans and actually thinks they are sexy. He lives with his dirty-mouthed lesbian grandmother, and has a similarly outspoken best friend, Twyla.
“Cardigans can be very sexy.” “Really? Go into the bathroom, stare into the mirror, then come back out here and tell me if you’d fuck yourself.”
Shane is not only beautiful, but he is a complete sport and fitness junkie with a health-food obsession and a rocking body. Mason never thinks he has a chance with such a hot guy, but despite their differences, or maybe because of them, Shane finds everything sexy about Mason. Insomuch that he even develops a bookworm related kink…
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The romance is uncomplicated and lovely, the erotica is fine, the main and the secondary characters are well-drawn. But the best about this story is the humor. The dialogues and the situations are hilarious and amusing.
“What’s your poison?” “Rum and coke.” Mona Lisa frowned. “You know we don’t serve alcohol.” She said alcohol the way sane people say shit right after they’ve stepped in it. “Okay,” I said with defeat, “what do you suggest?” “I can whip you up a wheatgrass-pineapple smoothie.” Sounds revolting. “Okay.” “You’ll love it. It’ll really improve the taste of your semen.” “Make it a double.”
Beastly is told from Kyle’s point of view, so the characterization is strongly one-sided in
I can see into his soul, and it is beautiful.
Beastly is told from Kyle’s point of view, so the characterization is strongly one-sided in that story. While his character is perfectly elaborated in Beastly, I missed Lindy’s viewpoint, her thoughts and feelings.
Lindy’s Diary fills this gap and fairly successfully balancing characterization.
Lindy's perspective is really lovely, with more romance, more sweet episodes, more books, and more roses. I mentioned in my review of Beastly that if I were Lindy I would appreciate Adrian’s efforts. Well, she did. Books and roses charmed not only me, but Lindy as well.
I was a prisoner, but the prison library was excellent. On one table in the corner, I found an e-reader with a note that said, “In case I forgot anything.” I don’t like to think I can be bought, but if I could, this guy definitely knew the currency. Roses and books—I could survive in these rooms forever.
You can witness as she changes her mind about Adrian and slowly falls in love. She repeatedly observes how much alike they are, even at the beginning.
He was so opposite the way I was, so full of life and energy, and yet, I knew he and I were alike deep down. Deep down, we were both lonely. He was just better at hiding it. (May 23)
It’s intriguing. I’ve always felt like a freak myself. (July 13)
We were the same, motherless, fatherless, both freaks in our own way. We were the same. I was here because I was meant to be. (July 23)
After all, aren’t we both equally strange, equally damaged? The only difference is, my damage is inside. (December 30)
It reveals that she had a crush on Kyle in school, but as the story progresses, she mentions Kyle less and less frequently. Her thoughts revolve around Adrian instead.
You come to know Lindy’s personality and family background, but her father’s drug-addiction and her abandonment by him could have been portrayed in a more detailed way, with implied moral lessons, because shouting in my face direct sentences like “ADDICTION IS NOT SEXY!” in all capital letters is really unsettling. Of course it's true, but still.
Lindy is forced to grow up prematurely, but she is still a 16-year-old girl. Her character is credible, appropriate for her age. It is so typical and sweet when she refuses Adrian’s invitation for dinner, and then she is wondering about why he doesn’t ask her again.
My favorite parts are the Christmas episodes and the play in the leaves.
Leaves. Hundreds, thousands, maybe millions of them, brown and yellow and red and orange, in bright piles on the concrete floor. Some were so high they almost covered the rosebushes. (October 25)
Lindy’s Diary is the number 0.5 in the Kendra Chronicles series, so it comes before Beastly. I think reading after that is also okay, because it highlights the missing points.
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