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A review by lenoreo
Big Package by Opal Carew
3.0
https://celebrityreaders.wordpress.com/2016/11/11/big-package-by-opal-carew/
3 stars -- I received a free copy through NetGalley in exchange for an honest and unbiased review/opinion.
OK, I will admit that I picked this book to read as my first HoHoHo Read-A-Thon book b/c the reviews were kind of lukewarm, and having finished a book hangover type book, I knew the next book wasn't going to live up to expectations. Honestly, this is probably more of a 2.5 star read, but I bumped it up a half star b/c it partially takes place in Ottawa, and it brought back some good memories from when I lived there a decade and a half ago... Especially when they mentioned Bayshore Mall! I lived across from that mall! So high fives for the great reminiscing.
Otherwise this was a pretty shallow book...it was a bit corny, a bit cheesy, the characters were pretty surface, and there were a lot of cliches. It was pretty standard Harlequin type fare. I would classify it as erotica, since there was an awful lot of sex. And the plot had the usual stupid, AVOIDABLE misunderstandings that were resolved by just talking. Not a huge fan of those, so hence why without the Ottawa stuff, it would have been a 2.5 star or lower.
I was amused that Ms. Carew dealt with some interesting sexual...insecurities? Like a guy having to deal with a "big package", and how that's not always a blessing. And female ejaculation. Props to Ms. Carew, she did not a bad job with that either.
All in all very meh. Didn't keep my attention super well, but in some ways was less annoying than I had been expecting. On to my next Christmas read!
3 stars -- I received a free copy through NetGalley in exchange for an honest and unbiased review/opinion.
OK, I will admit that I picked this book to read as my first HoHoHo Read-A-Thon book b/c the reviews were kind of lukewarm, and having finished a book hangover type book, I knew the next book wasn't going to live up to expectations. Honestly, this is probably more of a 2.5 star read, but I bumped it up a half star b/c it partially takes place in Ottawa, and it brought back some good memories from when I lived there a decade and a half ago... Especially when they mentioned Bayshore Mall! I lived across from that mall! So high fives for the great reminiscing.
Otherwise this was a pretty shallow book...it was a bit corny, a bit cheesy, the characters were pretty surface, and there were a lot of cliches. It was pretty standard Harlequin type fare. I would classify it as erotica, since there was an awful lot of sex. And the plot had the usual stupid, AVOIDABLE misunderstandings that were resolved by just talking. Not a huge fan of those, so hence why without the Ottawa stuff, it would have been a 2.5 star or lower.
I was amused that Ms. Carew dealt with some interesting sexual...insecurities? Like a guy having to deal with a "big package", and how that's not always a blessing. And female ejaculation. Props to Ms. Carew, she did not a bad job with that either.
All in all very meh. Didn't keep my attention super well, but in some ways was less annoying than I had been expecting. On to my next Christmas read!