I had some high hopes of finding some new-to-me authors with this compilation. I’m sorry to say it was quite the disappointment. I love the idea of a group of authors that write the same genre getting together to write multiple short stories that flow together into one larger story. The attempt was there, but the execution was terrible in this book. I kept reading though, hoping to find the diamond in the rough. Unfortunately, there is only one author in the bunch that stood out to me. Now, if you want a book that’s sex, sex, and more sex with little to no story that makes sense…this is your book! Here’s my breakdown.

Bad Boy Next Door by Willow Winters

This book didn’t isn’t starting off strong for me. I was not a fan of the writing on this one. It’s not that I have a problem with a first person point of view; it was the way this particular first person was written. And the first real sex scene seemed very abrupt and took the character of Ryker from likeable to insensitive in an instant. I get that these characters have a history so there was no need for a bunch of getting to know you stuff, but it just felt disjointed from the very beginning. – 1 star

Playing for Keeps by Lauren Landish

Much better than the first story in its writing style. I liked the honesty of Jake as to why he never gave Cassie the time of day while they were in high school. They actually have a pretty sweet story, although I thought Cassie’s reaction to Jake’s initial pick-up lines was a bit over the time since it’s what she wanted anyway. The story also had a pretty natural ending point, yet didn’t end there. Nothing that was important for this story occurred after that point. It remains to be seen if it will be crucial to one of the other stories that are coming up. – 2.5 stars

Full review can be seen at https://allingoodtimeblog.wordpress.com/2016/12/17/wicked-ways-book-review/