Fly In Fly Out in Aussie Readers

Jan 01, 2015 Brenda rated it really liked it

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Completely exhausted after a long flight home from her job out on the rig, Jo Blaine was looking forward to collapsing into bed after a long hot shower. She certainly didn’t expect to walk in to her usually pristine home with it looking like a bomb had hit it. Then to top it off, there was a naked man sprawled out asleep in her bed. She was furious – and she knew who was at fault. Phoning her best friend Scott; the friend who was supposed to be looking after her apartment and cat – she let him h ...more

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Dec 08, 2014 Shelleyrae at Book'd Out rated it really liked it

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Fly In Fly Out by Georgina Penney was first published by Penguin's digital romance imprint, Destiny, as Unforgettable You, as a prequel to Irrepressible You.

Fly In Fly Out features thirty something year old Jo Blaine, an engineer who lives in Perth, Western Australia but works on an oil rig off the coast of North Africa. Her brutal schedule requires she spends a month off shore living on the rig, longing for the few weeks R&R she can enjoy in her Fremantle apartment with her cat before having t
Fly In Fly Out by Georgina Penney was first published by Penguin's digital romance imprint, Destiny, as Unforgettable You, as a prequel to Irrepressible You.

Fly In Fly Out features thirty something year old Jo Blaine, an engineer who lives in Perth, Western Australia but works on an oil rig off the coast of North Africa. Her brutal schedule requires she spends a month off shore living on the rig, longing for the few weeks R&R she can enjoy in her Fremantle apartment with her cat before having to return for her next shift. Finally home after a particularly grueling shift, Jo is stunned to find a pair of size 14 shoes in her hallway and a naked man in her bed. In her absence, Jo's best friend, Scott, and sister, Amy, have allowed Stephen Hardy, a man she hasn't seen in fifteen years and who is a reminder of her terrible past, to move in. Though their initial reunion is tense, Jo agrees to let Stephen, whom she once had a crush on, to stay and it's not long before the pair realise their mutual attraction. Yet Jo is wary, terrified Stephen will discover the dark secret she has kept hidden for years.

There is an unexpected dark side to this engaging romance within the secret Jo desperately wants to keep from Stephen. The situation drives the majority of the conflict in the novel, adding a strong element of suspense and tension to the story.

The characters are well drawn, Jo is a bit of a tomboy but not unfeminine, strong minded, but achingly vulnerable when it comes to her family. Stephen is a sweetie, perhaps prone to being a pushover, but only because his heart is in the right place and he steps up beautifully when required. I love them together and the more intimate scenes between them were pretty hot. The supporting characters, including Jo's sister, Amy, best friend, Scott, and Stephen's brother, Mike, are also likeable, as is Boomba the cat.

Penney's writing style is warm, I enjoyed her sense of humour and felt she handled the darker elements of the story well. The setting is an easy winner for me - I miss my hometown of Perth and so I enjoyed being able to visit Fremantle, Kings Park and the south west winery region. I also liked learning a little about life on an oil rig for someone like Jo - it's obviously a challenging job.

Fly In Fly Out is a great read, with a sweet and passionate romance and an engaging storyline, I've added Irrepressible You (which features Amy) to my wishlist. ...more

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May 05, 2014 Lauredhel rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: netgalley, contemporary, australian-women-writers-challenge, romance, australian, western-australia, aww2014

Unforgettable You is the prequel to Irrepressible You, which deals with Amy's romance with Ben. In Unforgettable you we go back a couple of years to Amy's sister, Jo Blaine.

Jo couldn't be more Amy's opposite. Tall, strong, not especially femme, a fly-in-fly-out mud engineer living in Perth and working on a rig off the Mauritanian coast. This character is a little reminiscent of Loretta Hill's engineer books, which can only be a plus for me!

Stephen is Jo's accidental housemate and Maine Coon cat Unforgettable You is the prequel to Irrepressible You, which deals with Amy's romance with Ben. In Unforgettable you we go back a couple of years to Amy's sister, Jo Blaine.

Jo couldn't be more Amy's opposite. Tall, strong, not especially femme, a fly-in-fly-out mud engineer living in Perth and working on a rig off the Mauritanian coast. This character is a little reminiscent of Loretta Hill's engineer books, which can only be a plus for me!

Stephen is Jo's accidental housemate and Maine Coon cat-minder. But Stephen's also a person from the gruelling past that Jo has tried to put behind her. As they find out how to share space, this past becomes their present, as Jo and Amy try to rescue their mother from their violent father in George Creek.

I liked that the way that violence is dealt with is messy in this book, with people freaking out and screwing up. I like that there's nothing simple or straightforward about it, that their mother isn't simply a 'victim', that there were repercussions through the community of the past abuse. All of this rang very true.
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I liked the non-cookie-cutter sex scenes, with a woman taking the initiative, instead of a standard male-initiated rapacious kiss followed by a few fumbles and missionary sex simultaneous orgasm blah blah blah. I didn't like the fat hate in the book. And I loved that Boomba the cat was a character in himself. Overall, an improvement on the last book for me, which means the next one should be really amazing, right? Will it be about Scott Watanabe? I hope so!

An interview with real mud engineer who inspired this character can be found here at Lily Malone's blog
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Jun 05, 2016 Tanya rated it liked it

A good, entertaining read about a female engineer who works FIFO, and an unexpected reunion with a man from her past.

Fun, easy to read, likeable characters, plus set in my own home town gets it a few bonus points. I always love when I find a book that I actually know the sights mentioned!

Really liked Amy as a character, and an looking forward to seeing more of her. Perhaps my only gripe? Scott and Stephen having very similar names, seemed almost interchangeable at times, and I had to double chec ...more

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Dec 13, 2014 Bree T rated it really liked it

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Jul 12, 2015 Aisyah Roslan marked it as to-read · review of another edition

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