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About Last Night
by Ruthie Knox (Goodreads Author)
by Ruthie Knox (Goodreads Author)
Baba ♥♥♥ Marcus, Tyler, Tate, Dan, Ty, & Hunter's review
bookshelves: netgalley
May 13, 12
bookshelves: netgalley
Read from May 12 to 13, 2012
Well, all of my bookmarks just vanished. Poof! For that reason I'm gonna make this short.
The premise of About Last Night was very promising. Former US Goth girl who's into knitting meets posh and buttoned-up English banker. Yay! Unfortunately the execution fell flat. In all honesty I can say that I am not disappointed because I never had high expectations in the first place.
I think my main problem was the fact that I finished reading an outstanding book and came down to average level. About Last Night is one book among many, many others--nothing exceptional at all. It is what it is. Average. Yes, of course it was a light, nice and fluffy read, maybe a bit too fluffy for my liking. But. I never felt their chemistry. In fact, was there any chemistry to be found at all? Further, I think 80 % of the story lacked emotional depth. The last 20 % were a bit better. I didn't feel invested in their "romance" and could not connect to Cath and Nev. Sadly, the story and the characters never clicked for me. The ending was too sappy and rushed.
The sex. As far as I can judge, a sex scene is another subjective matter. I'm all for steamy and hot sex scenes, however, About Last Night is another book that provides most of the time shallow sex without any intimacy or sensuality. It came across like "Oh, yes, let's hit the sheets and have a quick f*ck". I never felt hot and bothered while reading About Last Night. As a matter of fact, I felt too detached and these characters never touched me in a special way. Somehow I think the love part came too quickly and did not convince me. On top of that, Cath was talking about the tender love and Baba did not feel it, either. *shrugs*
THE.NICKNAME.CITY.
I came to a point of the story where I had to say…if you call the hero City once again, then I'm gonna scream! I hit that particular point and I did scream. No worries, nobody heard it, though. That said, I don't want to bother my neighbors with my minor issues. Needless to say the nickname was annoying.
My verdict: It's not a bad book by any means, and I'm sure most of the readers will love and enjoy About Last Night. Don't mind me and give it a try.
About Last Night was kindly provided by Ruthie Knox (author), her publisher, and NetGalley. Thank you--I appreciate it.
The premise of About Last Night was very promising. Former US Goth girl who's into knitting meets posh and buttoned-up English banker. Yay! Unfortunately the execution fell flat. In all honesty I can say that I am not disappointed because I never had high expectations in the first place.
I think my main problem was the fact that I finished reading an outstanding book and came down to average level. About Last Night is one book among many, many others--nothing exceptional at all. It is what it is. Average. Yes, of course it was a light, nice and fluffy read, maybe a bit too fluffy for my liking. But. I never felt their chemistry. In fact, was there any chemistry to be found at all? Further, I think 80 % of the story lacked emotional depth. The last 20 % were a bit better. I didn't feel invested in their "romance" and could not connect to Cath and Nev. Sadly, the story and the characters never clicked for me. The ending was too sappy and rushed.
The sex. As far as I can judge, a sex scene is another subjective matter. I'm all for steamy and hot sex scenes, however, About Last Night is another book that provides most of the time shallow sex without any intimacy or sensuality. It came across like "Oh, yes, let's hit the sheets and have a quick f*ck". I never felt hot and bothered while reading About Last Night. As a matter of fact, I felt too detached and these characters never touched me in a special way. Somehow I think the love part came too quickly and did not convince me. On top of that, Cath was talking about the tender love and Baba did not feel it, either. *shrugs*
THE.NICKNAME.CITY.
I came to a point of the story where I had to say…if you call the hero City once again, then I'm gonna scream! I hit that particular point and I did scream. No worries, nobody heard it, though. That said, I don't want to bother my neighbors with my minor issues. Needless to say the nickname was annoying.
My verdict: It's not a bad book by any means, and I'm sure most of the readers will love and enjoy About Last Night. Don't mind me and give it a try.
About Last Night was kindly provided by Ruthie Knox (author), her publisher, and NetGalley. Thank you--I appreciate it.
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Reading Progress
| 05/11/2012 |
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0.0% | "My first Ruthie Knox read...Hope it'll be good. :-)" 6 comments | |
| 05/12/2012 |
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45.0% | "I have a hard time to like this book. I don't feel their chemistry and after reading an exceptionally good book it feels so hard to come back to average level. I totally disliked the beginning. However, since I hit chapter nine I can feel a little improvement. BTW, if the heroine is calling the hero City once again, I'm gonna screeeeeam! Seriously...*shakes head*" | |
| 05/13/2012 |
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100.0% | "Review to come..." |
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May 13, 2012 10:28am
Good, solid review Baba! I received an early copy as well, but haven't read it yet. I loved RK's "Ride With Me" and am looking forward to peeking into the pages of this one soon.
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AnneOK wrote: "Good, solid review Baba! I received an early copy as well, but haven't read it yet. I loved RK's "Ride With Me" and am looking forward to peeking into the pages of this one soon."Thank you, Anne! I hope you're going to enjoy it more than I did. Anyway, it's forgotten and I have something good to look forward to. :)
You're absolutely spot on, Baba -- there's always another book to open. My poor Kindle is splitting its seams! Ah - but who can resist adding another and another and . . . well, you get the pic!
AnneOK wrote: "You're absolutely spot on, Baba -- there's always another book to open. My poor Kindle is splitting its seams! Ah - but who can resist adding another and another and . . . well, you get the pic!"LOL I get the pic, Anne, that's for sure!
Good review, Baba! I'll keep this one on my TBR list for now, because I really liked "Ride With Me", but my expectations won't be to high... That way, maybe I'll be pleasantly surprised. ;-)
Great review, Baba. Yes, it worked. Yaaay. I just read and "liked" your review from Twitter! How cool is that?!
Marty wrote: "Good review, Baba! I'll keep this one on my TBR list for now, because I really liked "Ride With Me", but my expectations won't be to high... That way, maybe I'll be pleasantly surprised. ;-)"Thanks, Marty! That's a good idea--maybe you'll love it! *fingers crossed and all*
Kristen wrote: "Great review, Baba. Yes, it worked. Yaaay. I just read and "liked" your review from Twitter! How cool is that?!"YAY! Thanks, Kristen! I'm glad it worked! And yes, it's really cool! LOL
Elizabeth wrote: "Great review, Baba, you know I agree:)"Thanks, Eliza! Whew, I'm not the only who didn't love it. ;-)
Nooooooooooo! I love RK's books, Baba. Still, you gave it a go and 3 stars is still pretty good. Fair review my friend!
Jill wrote: "Nooooooooooo! I love RK's books, Baba. Still, you gave it a go and 3 stars is still pretty good. Fair review my friend!"LOL Oh, Jill, I'm sorry! Well, I really tried to love this book. I failed miserably. But three stars is not bad, either. :-)
"Shallow sex" is going to be my new buzz word...I want hot and bothered too screw the shallow. Good review Baba.
Splage wrote: ""Shallow sex" is going to be my new buzz word...I want hot and bothered too screw the shallow. Good review Baba."Thanks, Splage! Give it a try, I am definitely a minority here. Maybe you're going to love it.
Great review, Babs!I've had some similar issues with Ride with Me, so I'll give it a pass. There's a potential there, but it's just... not enough to rock my world. :)
Becs wrote: "Nice review Baba. Goth girl into knitting?? Wow!"Thanks, Becs! Yeah, give it a try, the story is entirely set in England (or should I say Great Britain)?
Rain Hart wrote: "Great review, Babs!I've had some similar issues with Ride with Me, so I'll give it a pass. There's a potential there, but it's just... not enough to rock my world. :)"
Thanks, Rain! I just saw your rating. Well, I definitely give it a miss then. Actually, I think this author is just not for me.
Sorry this one didn't work for you! Whenever I read a book that doesn't work for me.....from now on I'm going to bookmark all my favorite parts of Liberating Lacey.....reread them......and that will fix everything:)
Kris (KindleRomance) wrote: "Nice review. Connecting is so important in a romance novel that it's really sad when it's missing."Thanks, Kris! Yeah, you are so right. That's one of the reasons this book did not work for me. I'm sure this is another story everyone-loved-but-Baba. :)
Crista wrote: "Sorry this one didn't work for you! Whenever I read a book that doesn't work for me.....from now on I'm going to bookmark all my favorite parts of Liberating Lacey.....reread them......and that wi..."LOL about your LL comment, Crista! Well, I'm done and at the moment I'm happy with my actual read.
Good review. Hmmm...I was looking forward to this one since I didn't really care for Ride With Me and was hoping the author would score with this one. Might be one less bk to add to my TBR pile.
Ann wrote: "Good review. Hmmm...I was looking forward to this one since I didn't really care for Ride With Me and was hoping the author would score with this one. Might be one less bk to add to my TBR pile."Don't mind me, Ann. Many readers loved it--just not for me.
Nah, I think I'll skip this one. If I didn't like the first bk, betcha I won't like this one either. To many other good bks piled up on my kindle TBR. Appreciate your review.
