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Indlæser... Jimmie Joe Johnson: Manwhore (udgave 2012)af Lindsey Brookes
Work InformationJimmie Joe Johnson: Manwhore af Lindsey Brookes Ingen Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. 1   Cats57 | Jul 5, 2012 |  ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
Fiction.
Romance.
HTML:There are some things a man can't change. My bein' a babe magnet for one. . . --Jimmie Joe Johnson Fact is, just about every single female in Possum Hollow, Alabama--along with most of the attached ones--has enjoyed my services. And not just as an auto mechanic, if you know what I mean. With me, women know exactly what to expect. A sweet ride, and no promises. But even a manwhore has rules. Like stayin' away from Baylee Jean Brown. As teenagers, Baylee Jean and I were hot and heavy. Then her Aunt Callie Rae warned me off, sayin' I'd never be good enough. Seeing as the women in Baylee Jean's family all have witch blood, and I figured Callie Rae was fixin' to do something unmentionable to my man parts, I agreed. But now suddenly, Baylee Jean--smart, sexy, wild--is all over me. She wants me bad--hell, who doesn't? But, if there's one woman who could bring a hound dog to heel, it might be her. . . "Irreverent, bawdy, laugh out loud funny. The most hilarious book I've read in years--maybe ever! In fact, I'm pretty sure this book is the reason the term "ROFLMAO" was invented. If you combined Jeff Foxworthy's humor and Jason Stackhouse's good looks and libido, you'd end up with Jimmie Joe Johnson, one smokin' hot hound dog and one hilarious read!" --New York Times bestselling author C.L. Wilson "The most hilarious book I've read in years--maybe ever! --C.L. Wilson Lindsey Brookes has penned numerous award-winning adult and young-adult fiction stories. Some of her contest successes include winning Harlequin's Great American Romance Novel Contest and being in the finals of the American Title III competition put on by Dorchester Books and Romantic Times. She is also a four-time finalist of RWA's prestigious Golden Heart contest and has been in the finals of or won more than 75 RWA chapter-writing contests with more than a dozen manuscripts. She's married to her childhood sweetheart, her very own hero, with whom she has two beautiful daughters. Lindsey is a longtime member of the Romance Writers of America, and is coeditor of "Market and Industry" for RWA's bimonthly newsletter. 80,000 Words. No library descriptions found. |
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I must not have a very good sense of humor because according to author C. L. Wilson this was – “"The most hilarious book I've read in years--maybe ever! --C.L. Wilson”” - and I just don’t see it.
If you find a woman lusting after a man who bets that he cannot have sex for 24 hours and losses that bet after 3 minutes funny. If you find it funny to see a woman who has so little respect for herself that she doesn’t care that he has ‘had’ every woman (or nearly so) in town and is looking to make it to a Vegas pool tourney so he can get some new bootie funny, then you are going to love this book.
The idea that Baylee Jean could retrain Jimmie Joe using her knowledge as a dog groomer and a book she has on training ‘bad’ dogs, initially sounded fairly funny, but this book quickly became tedious with the authors over use of certain words- like the word “diddle” in all of its forms. Sometimes that word would be on a page two or three times and quickly lost its humorous connotation for me.
The plot device is that the characters are thinking about sex, having sex (at least Jimmie Joe is) and discussing sex, scheming about having sex. I’m no prude, I love erotica in most of its forms, but this was neither erotic nor even a little bit sexy.
Granted, I did NOT expect all that much from this novel, especially when you consider the title and the synopsis. I figured I was going to get a very light comedic read with a male character who is much like we see in a lot of romances- a man that does have a lot of one night stands, who does not want to commit, someone who is very conflicted etc. I had hoped to read about a female lead who respected herself. However, this went further. “Manwhore” being used in the title was quite apt since he did almost anything a regular prostitute does except to take cash. He did take sex for payment on tires once though!
I really, really wish I could have finished this book 100%, but I was unable to. ( I feel that you don’t need to eat an entire fish fillet to know when it is ‘bad’ and the same goes for books) I know I should have downloaded a sample, especially of a book that had no other reviews to guide me. And I am now kicking myself for this lack of foresight. I suggest very strongly that if you want to read this book, please try a sample first. It really may be me and I lack the thing that would allow me to see this novel as humorous.
I am looking forward to see what other reviewers think about this ‘different’ book. (