Reviewed by Donna

TITLE: Dick, It’s What’s For Dinner

AUTHOR: James Cox

PUBLISHER: Evernight Publishing

LENGTH: 104 Pages

BLURB:

A criminal, a pilot, and an aspiring chef dance in a stripper bar at the center of the universe…

Six months on a military ship with my two friends, cooking food for the crew in nothing but skimpy shorts, what could possibly go wrong? Let’s see, our friendship starts to turn sexual. We agree to cook naked for extra money. One friend turns out to be a thief, the other is facing his shyness to admit he loves me, and atop all that, we’re thrust into the middle of a war. I was a dreamer trying to conquer my wish of being a chef, not some space fighter. How were we going to survive in combat conditions?

My best advice: Watch out for boiling water while cooking naked on a spaceship. Oh, and once in a while, play the hero.

REVIEW:

This is my first James Cox experience, and I must say, it didn’t disappoint at all. I’ve seen plenty of this author’s books reviewed on our blog and figured that eventually I’d get around to reading one (I have a very demanding reading schedule 😉 ). So when we received a request for someone to review this book, which is a ménage (my weakness) and with a title like THAT, well it was almost fated. This was the James Cox book to pop my cherry with…my virgin cherry, the three sexy boys in this book would say, as the shake their asses for the audience. I was feeling both excited and cautious going into this, but it had me from the prologue…

“Things didn’t go quite as planned. I was in enemy hands, I was only wearing a miniature chef’s hat over my dick, and I was about to be shot out of the spaceship. Nope, didn’t go as planned…”

The story is told from the first person point of view of twenty-year-old Vern. Vern dreams of becoming a galaxywide famous chef, but for now he is one third of the most popular serving team at a tacky stripper bar. When fellow skimpy waiter and friend, Mickale proposes that the team take a high paying serving job aboard a military ship, they decide to take a risk and go for it. Which is how Vern, Ale and Rei find themselves in the afore quoted messed up situation.

OMG, this book. I’ve got to be completely honest. I wasn’t expecting much. I’m not a fan of science fiction and the blurb is obviously a bit silly. Which is good, silly works for me, but only if it’s deliberate and successfully pulled off. Well, there was a lot that was pulled off in this story – yes, bad pun intended. This book is filled to overflowing with bad puns, cringe worthy innuendo (that is a positive btw), and scenes that were so random and hilarious that they actually had me laughing out loud. Like I said, I wasn’t expecting much. I hoped that I would enjoy it but I figured I was looking at a 3.5 rating at the most. Well, I hate to admit when I’m wrong, but I was so wrong!

I don’t want to go giving everything away but some scenes definitely require an honorable mention, if only to tempt you into reading this. Scenes such as the orgasm mobile, which hung from the ceiling like a chandelier of kink, or Vern’s jet boots, which added some laugh inducing slapstick to an important rescue mission. And the cooking shows that these three hotties put on! All I can say is I hope they remembered to wash their hands and all their other bits before starting, and thank god Gordon Ramsey doesn’t cook like this!

Overall the story is light and fun and doesn’t take itself too serious but the author also smartly added a few touches of surprising sweetness and real emotion to add depth to the laughter.

Although the story could be left here, satisfyingly complete, I would like to know what happens next for these three. Yes, this part of their story is finished, but they’re beginning a new story together and who the hell could guess where they’ll end up. With this author at the helm, their ship could end up anywhere.

“You are the most annoying strippers I have ever met.”

“I’m a chef,” I muttered.

“I’m a pilot,” Rei said, aiming at the grey enemy to the captain’s left.

“I’m just a fucking badass.” Ale pointed his gun at the guy to the right of me.

Totally recommended for readers who need a good laugh and a bit of fun.

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BUY LINKS:

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Evernight Publishing