Reviewed by Vicki
TITLE: Nerdy Little Secret
SERIES: Coconut Cove #2
AUTHOR: M.J. O’Shea
PUBLISHER: Wilde City Press
LENGTH: 23,811 words
BLURB:
Welcome to Coconut Cove where you’ll always find oiled beach bodies, palm trees, tropical drinks, and plenty of drama!
Coconut Cove is the hottest new sensation to sweep the nation — a gay teen drama filled to the brim with hot stars and even hotter action. It’s catching the public’s attention and winning their hearts. But all the drama, heartache, and life lessons aren’t just for the characters on the screen. The fledgling actors behind the scenes have more than their fair share of love and catastrophes. They may only play teens on TV but when it comes to romance, these twenty-somethings still have lessons to learn.
From the scheming ex determined to cash in on a rising star, to the hunky high school crush resurrected from ancient history—from the nice guy with a naughty past, to the snarky diva with attitude—there’s plenty of scandalous hidden affairs and seriously sexy demons hiding in just about everyone’s closet on Coconut Cove.
You just have to be ready to drink it in. Bottoms up … or should we say off?
REVIEW:
Fun and fluffy…. We return to Coconut Cove for another look!
The episode is about Blair Fletcher, who plays the nasty diva Ryder on Coconut Cove, an angsty teen drama set in a fictional high school, filmed in Key West. Blair is a local boy, hired with no acting experience. He’s living at his mom’s house, riding his bike to the set every morning. He’s struggling a bit with the whole acting thing, he’s so different from his character that he’s having a hard time getting in to him. One evening he notices a man on his neighbors back deck, and he’s quite surprised to see it’s Sander, his high school crush. Sander has been away for a few years, but has run out of work and has come home. He mentions he’s looking for work and thinking of applying with the film crew for Coconut Cove, and Blair doesn’t mention he’s an actor on the show….
So this is a fluffy little romance between Blair and Sander. It’s short, doesn’t have much plot, and very little sex. It’s really about the show, lots of backstage scenes, some gossip, some nasty characters and some nice. A few on-air bits of the show, some cute bits from entertainment shows and gossip magazines, but that’s really it. Not much action, not much drama, and only minimal romance, to be honest. Blair and Sander have some beers on Blair’s back deck, flirt a bit, drive to work and back, flirt at work, then it’s over. It’s more about the show than about the relationship between the two main characters. Sander tries to help Blair find his Ryder persona, they chat some about high school, and seem more like old friends than lovers.
I guess I liked it, it was cute, but there just wasn’t much there. I read the first book in the series and had the same issues with it, and I thought I’d try this one. Both are similar in that they are more about the show, not so romantic, and almost no sex. If you like that, you’ll like these. Personally I prefer a little more substance to my books, more drama, more action, more romance, and lots more sex. The writing was fine, as far as it goes, I can’t say anything was wrong with this one. Just not enough plot!
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