GRR Review: Before You Go by Clare James

Before You Go by Clare James is about two damaged people finding each other by chance and heal each other. It relies

Tabitha "Tabby" Kelly had suffered major trauma. She barely recovered enough to cope, to go to school somewhere else, but not enough to resume her career as a ballerina or to have a proper boyfriend. Instead, she goes to bars and tries to pick up a man for a one-night stand, but always chicken out before getting fully naked. Her latest, Noah, was no exception. Except, Noah was a fellow student in her journalism class. And he has a plan to help her recover, by baring to her his own pains...

While the premise is intriguing, the push-pull feel slow and a bit forced, but the moments where they try to amateur therapy each other were cute. All in all, I find the premise slightly forced.

Category: Contemporary

Primary Plot: Damaged woman found a man willing to help through amateur therapy on each other

Overall Rating:  3/5

GRR Review: The List by Clare James

The List is an interesting variation on the sexy billionaire alpha trope with the kink only as a backdrop. There were a couple interesting twists in the story. It was a fun read.

Stevie Sinclair lost everything prior to her 30th birthday. Her boyfriend called a timeout in their relationship. She had tolerated bad sex for... years. She lost herself. She sulked for days until she came across "6 easy step to get sexy back" in Cosmos, and she chose to act on it, by moving out to a hotel, and encountered Gabe Shannon in the hotel bar, who's sexy, gorgeous, and perfectly willing to help Stevie with her quest... Including an introduction to the kink lifestyle. What can go wrong? 

The sexy scenes are sexy, and the kink scenes are... interesting without being too weird, just... potentially embarrassing. The emotional roller coasters are good, and I enjoyed the twist, even though how the book ends is pretty much foretold.

Category: Contemporary

Primary Plot: Woman who need a new start found a man willing to help her get her sexy back with a little kink

Overall Rating:  4/5