4.5 Smooches!
Synopsis
What happens when the kink between the pages leads to heat between the sheets?
All Blake Crawford wants is to pass his creative writing course, get his university degree, and take over his dad’s ailing family business. What Amanda Newland wants is to graduate at the top of her class, as well as finally finish her novel and prove to her family that writing is a respectful career.
What Blake and Amanda don’t want is to be paired up with each other for their final project, but that’s exactly what they both get when they’re forced to collaborate on a writing piece. Since Amanda thinks Blake is a pushy asshole (with a panty-melting smirk and British accent) and Blake thinks Amanda has a stick up her ass (though it’s a brilliant ass), they fight tooth and nail until they discover they write well together. They also may find each other really attractive, but that’s neither here nor there.
When their writing project turns out to be a success, the two of them decide to start up a secret partnership using a pen name, infiltrating the self-publishing market in the lucrative genre of erotica. Naturally, with so much heat and passion between the pages, it’s not long before their dirty words become a dirty reality. Sure, they still fight a lot, but at least there’s make-up sex now.
But even as they start to fall hard for each other, will their burgeoning relationship survive if their scandalous secret is exposed? Or are happily-ever-afters just a work of fiction?
REVIEW
Wow, I just finished Smut and I wanted to get started on this review right away before I forget everything I want to say about it and there are quite a few things. First of all, I have read a lot of Karina Halle’s books but this one was a bit different from her others and I think that this may be because it is a light romantic comedy. I am definitely used to more angst and drama from her but this one was really fun, hilarious, and sexy. Don’t get me wrong, it also had a bit of the drama that comes with being a New Adult so I guess you could call this one a New Adult Romantic Comedy. And you guys know how I love my NA. Definitely a winner.
‘She’s a nerd on the streets and a freak in the sheets.’
Since I am most definitely a romantic book nerd there were so many great things that appealed to me about this book. You see, Blake and Amanda want to be serious writers and they want their parents to take them seriously about it. But when they write a small novella together for a creative writing class final project they nail it and they decide to write together and publish some smut on the good ole Amazon. And this is when the book really starts to get good. Because these two immerse themselves in writing these books and boy does it get smoking hot!!!!!
“You better get used to this talk darling because you’re going to be writing it. There’s nothing but honey cunts and pre-cum rim jobs from here on out.”
Did I mention that this book is laugh out loud funny? Especially if you are familiar with some of the books in the top 100 on amazon. Then you will definitely get a kick out of these sexy nerdy people writing some of these $.99 romances! Seriously, Karina Halle nailed it!
‘Riding Hard: a bad boy crime boss MC menage forbidden second chance romance standalone’
Seriously, certain parts of this book had me rolling. But there were also some very sweet moments between these two. Blake and Amanda virtually go from hating each other to being writing partners, to being friends with benefits to more and it was awesome and hilarious to watch them on their journey. Karina Halle never lets me down. I just love her books. Pick this one up now! It gave me all the warm fuzzies with plenty of laughter on the side.
“She doesn’t have my affection, my future or my heart. You do, Amanda. You do.
~Amie
