Fifty First Times Anthology Review

Whether it’s the couple who decides not to go through with it, the two boys who finally aren’t ashamed, the newlyweds whose wedding night could very well be their last night together, the deaf pair who have no choice but to take body language to a new level–or, of course, the two young lovers fumbling and laughing, getting everything wrong. These are the memories that will never fade.

Join nineteen fantastic authors as they pull back the curtain and give you a peek inside that one intense moment in their characters’ lives when everything changes and nothing will ever be the same again.

NOTE: These stories are works of fiction. If you want to know about our first times, you’ll have to buy us a pet monkey first.

As a whole anthologies are hard to review. How do you give one rating and review for so many different stories?  Each author has their own strengths and weaknesses. I would break down each story but ,since they are so short, I am super worried about giving something away. So ,instead, I am going to talk about the anthology as a whole and mention the few stories that stood out to me.

This anthology is about the first time. That moment when it gets real and two people become something special. Some of the stories involve two people who are losing their virginity and some talk about the first time a couple is intimate with each other. In all cases, though, the story is more about the connection of the characters than the act itself.

Being New Adult the range of steaminess goes from Fade to Black . . .

to full on crazy sexiness!

I felt that no matter what the author decided , keep it chaste or bring out the sexpot, I really enjoyed these stories!  There was a wide variety in styles and themes, enough to keep me interested and eager for the next one.

Although I enjoyed all of these stories, there were two that I was tempted to go and immediately re-read because I enjoyed them so much.

I knew going into this that I was excited to read Believe In Me by Jennifer L Armentrout/J. Lynn. and I was not disappointed. I don’t want to give anything away except that I really want more Ollie!! He is sex personified! The chemistry between Ollie and Brittany was apparent from the first page and it only got better!

The other story that really stuck with me was Daylight by Julie Cross. I has never read anything by Julie Cross before now but now have added several of her books to my To Be Read list. It was refreshing to read about a newly married couple and I very much enjoyed the way the story went between present and past. By the end of this novella I was very close to tears and loved every second of it! Not as steamy as the other but definitely very moving. I felt like I was watching two people fall in love.

Overall, I would recommend this to anyone who is a lover of New Adult books.  Each author brought a new insight into the first time. I loved reading all their different takes on the importance of the first time a couple becomes intimate with each other and the importance of that decision.

~miranda