Red Ridin' by Milena Gomez

Story: 7
Presentation: 9
Total: 16
Publisher: Written Expressions
Erotic FairyTale
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Blurb: Tomboy Priscilla, better known as Little Red, wants to break free. She's not so little anymore and she wants to experience pleasures unknown to her.


Matt Wolf wants one thing and one thing only. He wants Little Red in his bed and he knows how to get it, even though he'd failed to do so.

Jason Hunter knows that protecting Little Red is something he was born to do, even without Little Red's consent or her grandmother's endless plea to protect her, he would always do so. But when Little Red proves to have other plans for Wolf and him, things get complicated and Hunter cannot seem to say no to her advances.

One woman, two men. One hot tale of ridin' men.

Review: Read any retellings of classic fairytales? Dirty retellings? I have. I have actually read quite a few and I have to say that I enjoy most. Some more than others but I like to see authors put a fresh spin on the classic tale.

Ms Gomez has. there were a couple times when the story slowed, but the heat was HOT and the story sound. This fresh spin was a clean breath of air among so many red Riding Hood stories that seem to follow the same pattern.  It is worth a look :)

Wait Four Me by Milena Gomez

Story: 4

Presentation: 9

Total: 13

Publisher: Written Expressions

Contemporary

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Blurb: In this follow up to "Moan For Me", vivacious Leslie and her lover Tom Parker, the former bartender of Parker's Place, are challenged on their sexual but serious relationship. Tom's parents don't agree on their love, but things get out of hand when ex-boyfriend Mark is in for revenge. Who will win and who will lose, when there's more than a crowd? And are both Leslie and Tom willing to wait for each other?

Warnings: This title contains graphic language and sex.
Review: I wish I could have given this story a higher score because the author does know how to string words together. The characters are well developed, the pacing is easy to read and the descriptions make the setting easy to see.

The problem for me with this story is that I found the characters unlikable and the story to have little plot or concept. I kept thinking all the angst with the parents was going to go somewhere, but it doesn’t. They are just jerks and Tom allows it. They have no reason for not liking Leslie. They’ve never met her and Tom doesn’t talk to them often so they can’t know much about what is happening in his life. There is some redemption at the end, but it wasn’t satisfying. He doesn’t make a leap of faith but rather has the facts and truth before he goes after her. I can make a mental stretch and say that yes, the love elements and the personal conflict for the characters are there. Leslie is ready for “forever” and Tom might be, but to risk forever he must subject Leslie to his horrible parents.

There were other problems as well. I never got the deal with the bar. The bar was closed, (but wasn’t) and Tom didn’t seem to have any other direction in his life. I didn’t understand why Leslie wanted him to close the bar. I understood that there was some sort of conflict with a minor character Archer, but what that threat was I’m not sure. The backstory provided contributed little to the understanding of their history.