DNF 15%

Like many other reviewers mentioned, I couldn't get into these characters. I tried, but the constant whining by Phebe was a complete turn off for me. I didn't feel any connection between her and Brody. I felt like Phebe looked down on everyone, thinking she was so much better than others because of her job/education.

Phebe Stark is all about setting goals and achieving them. She doesn't care what she has to do to climb the ladder to achieve her dream job. The only thing she won't do is use her body to move up. Brody Cantrell is bartender extraordinaire.These are two people that shouldn't work out. It all starts with a text that turns into a phone call. They have been living in a bubble and when they stepped out into the real world, it burst. Can they solve the issue that drove them apart? It isn't until friends intervene, that Phebe finally knows what to do. I loved the ending

Let's Talk About Sext caught my attention with its quirky title. Anyone who lived through the nineties is bound to giggle at least. Then you have the good looking guy on the cover and you are bound to stop and read the blurb.

While it's entertaining in its ups and downs, Let's Talk About Sext isn't quite what I pictured. I had the hardest time trying to like Phebe. (And not just because of the unusual spelling of her name. She's a snob and a bitchy woman through and through.) Don't get me wrong, I have a strong bitch streak but her armored personality is too abrasive to think of fondly. She was elitist and rude. I couldn't empathize with her at all.

There didn't seem to be much depth and despite wanting to know how it turned out I wasn't driven worth a need for an HEA. On the contrary, I wanted Brody to walk away. I guess my inner hopeless romantic is on vacation today because I wasn't feeling them as a couple. I just couldn't see her view point. She blew things way out of proportion and made judgements that made me question how her friends even dealt with her.

Frustrated and wanting to like it but couldn't make it past my dislike for Phebe.

I absolutely LOVED this book. Brody and Phebe nearly burned my screen up with their chemistry. I read the book in one sitting because I simply could not put it down.

Phebe is such a strong ball buster. I loved how she made no apologies for enjoying her success and her ambitions. I thought that Brody was a great balance for her and the chemistry and interaction between them was brilliant. What happens when what they both want isn't the same thing and decisions have to be made? Or are things more complicated because of the people, feelings, and the past?
Thank you NetGalley for allowing me the pleasure of reading this book.

The story was good, but I felt there were too many details at times. The dialogue between Phebe and Brody was enough to be interested in their chemistry and want to jump into the story with them. But then, there would be the insight fillers of the story and I felt like it dragged the story down rather than adding more perspective to it. I get they have feelings for each other. There doesn't need to be three more pages of fluff. Overall, good story but long winded.

This book was an okay read for me. I find it somewhat difficult to honestly review an "uncorrected" copy simply because words are misspelled and certain "need to know" sections within the book are missing. Thus in my opinion, I only glimpse a fraction of the story, which in turn may result in a negative review. I can see the "big picture" of the story and it does have potential!

I did enjoy the overachieving girl falls for a seemingly underachieving guy. This is why I rated the book a 3/5 stars. I would have given it a much higher rating if my ARC had been a completed copy. I do love a good romcom and this certainly had the opportunity! It was just hard to fully enjoy because of the grammatical errors and missing character information.

Always thanks to Netgalley for the ARC opportunity.

Received an email not to review this title as it was going to go through significant edits. Since I don't want this non-review to count against my ratio to receive books I am posting this.

No rating as per the author's request.

"Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for the advance copy of this book, in exchange for an honest review."

Loved this book very much. It had just enough sweet, sexy romance and the storyline was great! I highly recommend!

I really did not get into this book and ended up DNFing it around 40%. I found the MC boring and I also feel like third person narration usually isn't the best for romance novels?

I saw other reviews that the MC gets better near the end of the book but for me, if there isn't something keeping me there and connecting me with her from the beginning I see no point in continuing.

I liked this book, not love though. I just felt like something was missing, not sure what though. It did have a yummy leading man with some hot sex and a good ending. This was my first book by the author and although it didn't blow me away as much as I would have liked I would be willing to try more books by her. I loved the name of the book though and it lived up to its name.

This is the first book I have read by this author. I'm not a fan of third person writing but wanted to give this author a try. The story had great potential but the third person point of view kept throwing me off. It was hard for me to connect with the characters and really enjoy the book.

The publisher notified me that this book is being revised so I will be holding my review until the revision is released. The one star review is due to the requirement of having to star it but having not read it due to it being pulled by the publisher.

A DNF for me, since I disliked the book. But got an email saying there will soon be a new and improved version of this title is available for your reading pleasure.

I read the blurb and thought "ok, sounds good" Yeah, not so fast there girlie.... If I never hear the word balls again in my life I'll be a happy camper. This story didn't work in so many ways. It had the bones of a good plot, the characters killed it. Neither Phebe, (which my brain translated as Plebe) nor Brody were likable and they were too one dimensional for this readers taste. Phebe is a selfish, self centered snob who cannot picture herself with this hot bartender Brody. Brody happens to own the bar and the building. Nonetheless, Phebe was her own worst enemy and Brody would have done well to dump her long before he finally had enough. She was just unlikable, his constant reference to his balls and I was done. I can't believe I even finished the book. The struggle was real.
Just didn't work for me.
a very low 3

arc from NetGalley and publisher for an honest review

I was super excited about this book based on the synopsis. But I just couldn't connect with the story or the characters. I was kind of bored and lost interest very quickly. I stopped reading at 65% and just couldn't bring myself to pick it back up.

I received this from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Sadly, this book just wasn't for me. I had difficult connecting with the female main character and there was a lot of telling, instead of showing going on. I feel like this may have another edit coming up before release as it was asked for us not to quote any lines... I just struggled to finish this one. (Read and reviewed 9/16/18)

Did not read, was told not to, by email, but will update when sent new copy and given the okay to give a read and review. Thank you for letting me know what was taking place.

Here is some of the feedback I had recently put up on Goodreads after finishing the original ARC.

A swoon-worthy hero but an unlikable heroine and a plot that had a little too much push-pull made this only an okay read for me and not a very good one.

I will remove my review from Goodreads and look forward to rereading it after the edits.

Thanks.
Zoe

They live in two different world with two different mindsets. What happens when an uptight alpha female with deeply ingrained stereo types meets someone who is laid back, but can challenge her and everything she believes in? Sparks! Can they turn their agreed upon 'casual' fling into something more? These two burn up the sheets and anywhere else they can manage to hook up.