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The Close-Up
by Sarah Smith
So, this had a lot of potential and then a whole lot of tiny things that just irked me. Simon Rutler was a perfect specimen, almost too perfect, and not being in his POV was a bit of a struggle for me.
Naomi was fine, if childish at times, and I really appreciated how horny this was, but whew there's a lot of second hand embarrassment that I personally struggled with.
What I did like was discussing Simon's sex work. He was a cam guy, he's known as the Pussy Whisperer. He's now a couples' therapist, a famous one. He's not embarrassed by his sex work, but he's had relationships end because of it when it comes time to meet the parents if you will. Naomi used to masturbate to him A LOT. I feel this was handled well, but I'm not an expert on these things. These two were SO HORNY for each other, and that was fun to read.
What really irked me was the continuous "we are PROFESSIONAL and I'm the MOST professional" and then ope, we are not being professional at all. We are being friends. Who see each other's parents/grandparents, who go to weddings together, who mutually masturbate together. It got a bit tiring and like, please friends, just bang already.
There's also a dangling plot point about Naomi's boss, who would be FURIOUS if she found out they were dating/end Naomi's career over it, and this is why they cannot bone - but then they do and they are dating, and just...nothing? Never mentioned again.
Anyway, the narrator was good, I reviewed for Library Journal s0 thank you for the advance copy.
Naomi was fine, if childish at times, and I really appreciated how horny this was, but whew there's a lot of second hand embarrassment that I personally struggled with.
What I did like was discussing Simon's sex work. He was a cam guy, he's known as the Pussy Whisperer. He's now a couples' therapist, a famous one. He's not embarrassed by his sex work, but he's had relationships end because of it when it comes time to meet the parents if you will. Naomi used to masturbate to him A LOT. I feel this was handled well, but I'm not an expert on these things. These two were SO HORNY for each other, and that was fun to read.
What really irked me was the continuous "we are PROFESSIONAL and I'm the MOST professional" and then ope, we are not being professional at all. We are being friends. Who see each other's parents/grandparents, who go to weddings together, who mutually masturbate together. It got a bit tiring and like, please friends, just bang already.
There's also a dangling plot point about Naomi's boss, who would be FURIOUS if she found out they were dating/end Naomi's career over it, and this is why they cannot bone - but then they do and they are dating, and just...nothing? Never mentioned again.
Anyway, the narrator was good, I reviewed for Library Journal s0 thank you for the advance copy.