Reviewed by Dee
TITLE: Mad About Her
AUTHOR: Serenity Snow
PUBLISHER: Evernight Publishing
LENGTH: 91 pages
RELEASE DATE: February 9, 2016
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After breaking up with her girlfriend, reporter Chloe Driver goes through the motions of living, but never really getting on with her life. Then, fate intervenes and Chloe is brought face-to-face with her ex, Darice.
Chloe is sure she can do the story without allowing her feelings to the surface, but she realizes she wants her girlfriend back. However, Chloe has competition for Darice. The woman is willing to do anything to win including destroying Chloe and Darice’s lives.
But Darice has a dark side of her own, and it hungers for Chloe. Darice is willing to cross every boundary to protect Chloe and keep her in her life.
REVIEW:
I always appreciate a story told in third person and from dual point-of-view, as was the case with Mad About Her.
The story begins with Chloe arriving home and overhearing one side of her live-in lover Darice’s telephone conversation. She puts two and two together, comes up with deceit and kicks Darice out. This to me is a lesson in how not to show your love and supposed trust of your lover. Chloe didn’t even give Darice a chance to explain, nor does Darice bother trying to. The reasons why become abundantly clear further on in the story.
Marie is a nasty piece of work hell-bent on causing grief for Darice and driving her and Chloe apart, something Chloe’s lack of being able to trust makes easy for Marie to do.
I loved it when Chloe realized the error of her ways. The love making session, whipping was delightful. What eventuated at the end of the session, not so much. Oh and this piece of dialogue confused me – “They’d engaged in S&M but this felt like it was about to go beyond that into the realm of BDSM, the darker side of sex and love.” Is S&M not part of BDSM? *shrugs*
Moving on, there are some great secondary characters, the leading ladies had some wonderful and supportive friends. Zyra and Simone come to mind.
When Chloe and Darice eventually sort their shit out, Marie resorts to trying to destroy Darice’s career.
From this point the story took a complete turn. Talk of hit people, Darice having blood on her hands, mention of one women being a survivor of incest… and I was like wow, where did all this come from and where is it going? And as quickly as the tension built it fizzled out.
The end was wrapped up in a tidy bow. I’m sure others will love it but I felt a tad let down.
Verdict. If you don’t mind angst caused by mistrust and lack of communication, and don’t overthink things as I freely admit I tend to do, this story might be just the ticket for you.
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