Neanderthal Seeks Human (Knitting in the City, #1)

by Penny Reid

Maybe I read too much science fiction and too many comic books, but cell phones reminded me of the brain implants in the novel Neuromancer.

I am instantly won over by any reference to William Gibson or his works <3

“If I ever cheated on my wife, she’d have my balls cut off. If you don’t want to castrate this guy after what he’s done, then he’s not the one for you.”

glanced at him through my lashes,

3x, and still annoying

There are 10 kinds of people in the world: those who understand binary numbers, and those who don’t. I shook my head and said to no one in particular, “What a nerd.”

She was silent for a moment then sighed. “You know, I kind of guessed that about him.” It was my turn to frown. “What do you mean?” “Some guys just aren’t boyfriend material.” “Well, then, what kind of material are they? Suede?”

“You deserve this. Repeat after me: I, Janie Morris, deserve splendiferous orgasm therapy with Sir McHotpants.”

At length I said, “You’re not being very nice.” “What have I done that’s not nice?” “I think you’re being kind of sneaky. And that’s why I think you’re not being nice.” His smile faded. “Sneaky isn’t on your four-quadrant scatter-plot graph personality matrix.” My eyes narrowed further. “Maybe it should be. Maybe I should add honesty as an axis and make it a 3-D model.” “Do you think I’m being dishonest?” His voice was level, but his eyes seemed to flare with challenge. “No, I think you’re being technically honest, which is almost worse.”

Quinn never dated. No—he said he never needed to. Was I ok with that? What was a man-whore really? Was it such a bad thing if all the practice with slamps meant he was good in bed? If we ever slept together, would I need to cover myself in cling wrap and Lysol to protect against his plethora of contracted STDs? Did he have any STDs? Were we going to sleep together? If he had unlimited access to veteran slamps, was he even interested in sleeping with me, novice that I was? Did I want to sleep with a Wendell, especially after finding out about the multiple slamps-in-waiting? Was I going to become one of his slamps?

How many times can I read the word slamps without dnf

“Sure, he’s very pretty, I’ll give you that, but you can’t tell me that you don’t think there is something off about him.” Steven looked over both his shoulders in an exaggerated manner then offered in a faux whisper. “Did you know he sometimes joins the security guards downstairs and acts like he is one of them?”

said, “Well, isn’t he? Isn’t he one of them?” Steven studied me for a moment before replying in a very dry tone. “In a small way, yes, he is. In a much larger and more correct way, no, he is most definitely not.”