Chance of A Lifetime: I hate this title. Do you think this couple is taking a chance? And the guy's name is Chance? And this is their last chance? And that there is a chance Chance is going to handcuff this little lady in a corn field and stick his nightstick up her yin yang? Yes. To all those things, I say yes.Last week, during my binge, I was in the mood to be shocked and astounded by the tantalizing, incomparable Ms. Hill. I like her, often more in theory than in practice, but I thought, heck, I'll take a chance (not funny). Her books are often quite kinky and well written and I'm the sort that appreciates a bit of that butch cop vibe. Assume as well that I love that Village People as Navy Seal look on the cover. Isn't cover art part of today's conversation over at SBTB'S?(ed. note: yup, fixed the link) (Didn't have time to read it all. I suck.) Not so much the car, but that man looks like he'd give you a nice ride. However, the title is so common. I checked over at Amazon and there are scads of these "chance" books.
- 9 different Chance of a Lifetime's
- Taking Chances
- Taking a Chance
- A Chance Worth Taking
- Taking a Chance on Love
- Taking Her Chances (What? Another damn menage?)
- A Chance on Loving You
- Second Chances
- Fat Chance (to which I say, hands off my eclair, bitch, that's mine)
- and my personal fave Golden Chance. Heh.
I bought it any way because reading one of Joey's books is like that terrific grab bag at the office Christmas party. You can assume it'll be something fun, you just don't quite know if it'll embarrass you. And if you're lucky, it'll be useful. She writes such unbelievably sexy scenes, sometimes I'm amazed at how far I'm willing to go with her characters, as the world she often writes about is far removed from the world I know.
Unfortunately, this book plays perfectly into my "when is big too big" poll. The nightstick is not only too big, it's too much. Not that I've tried it, reading it was more than enough for me. Add this to the other gadget Chance was wielding, the one that delivered some kind of mild electrical shock to all of Stacie's bits, and, well, stick a fork in me (I AM NOT BEING LITERAL) , I'm done. I didn't find this sex act anything more than that. An act. Not at all stimulating, necessary to the story, sexy or even probable. I thought it was creepy. Perhaps I'm wrong. I skimmed then skipped the rest of this scene. Blech. All I could think of was, "You don't know where that stick has been, girl!"Best not take your chances here.
