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A review by kazen
A Fare to Remember by Opal Carew
1.0
There are so many problems here but first,
The good-ish:
- The rich/poor trope gets circumvented, releasing some oh-no-this-can't-work tension.
- The writing holds its own.
The not-so-good:
- Cab driver picks up a hot fare, drives to a deserted alley, and has unprotected sex with him. In the entirety of the book there isn't a single mention of condoms, birth control, or health status, even when a third person is brought into the relationship. When a book is set in the modern day real world completely ignoring STDs and pregnancy is at best unreasonable, and at worst irresponsible. I'm not asking for a lot - a mention of a clean test, a wrapper crinkle - but give me something.
- Amazing sex equals instant love. Never mind that getting to know you stuff or talking about your childhood - love is transmitted from the penis to the vagina, apparently.
- ...and not from penis to penis. A second man is brought in and is sexual with both Stevie and Reid, but his feelings are never considered. He's treated like a human sex toy - nice to have around, but not a member of the relationship. Not cool.
- BDSM elements are brought in carelessly, without a warning or a safe word. And not just light bondage - a ball gag, people. No. No no.
- While the sex is hot some of it defies physics. At one point I thought, "no way is all of that fitting in there that easily."
- The Big Misunderstanding is a product of the heroine being idiotic.
All in all - grah.
The good-ish:
- The rich/poor trope gets circumvented, releasing some oh-no-this-can't-work tension.
- The writing holds its own.
The not-so-good:
- Cab driver picks up a hot fare, drives to a deserted alley, and has unprotected sex with him. In the entirety of the book there isn't a single mention of condoms, birth control, or health status, even when a third person is brought into the relationship. When a book is set in the modern day real world completely ignoring STDs and pregnancy is at best unreasonable, and at worst irresponsible. I'm not asking for a lot - a mention of a clean test, a wrapper crinkle - but give me something.
- Amazing sex equals instant love. Never mind that getting to know you stuff or talking about your childhood - love is transmitted from the penis to the vagina, apparently.
- ...and not from penis to penis. A second man is brought in and is sexual with both Stevie and Reid, but his feelings are never considered. He's treated like a human sex toy - nice to have around, but not a member of the relationship. Not cool.
- BDSM elements are brought in carelessly, without a warning or a safe word. And not just light bondage - a ball gag, people. No. No no.
- While the sex is hot some of it defies physics. At one point I thought, "no way is all of that fitting in there that easily."
- The Big Misunderstanding is a product of the heroine being idiotic.
All in all - grah.