Review: Friends with Full Benefits

Welcome everyone to another big week on the Writer's Revolution. I am your host, the author of The Phoenix Blade, Andrew Hess. Today we'll be reviewing Friends with Full Benefits by Luke Young.

Friends with Full Benefits

Plot: This is the continuation of Brian and Jillian's romantic saga. The story picks up right after Friends with Partial Benefits left off. Brian and Jillian have declared their love for each other and working out how to continue their relationship. They're biggest concern has become how to tell their families; including Jillian's son and Brian's best friend Rob.

Review: Friends with Full Benefits was definitely an interesting read. It picked up where the first book left off which was great. It gave us some of what we were missing before the first ending. I loved the first half of the book. It had great comedy; especially when Rob eventually finds out about Jillian and Brian.

It was evident from the beginning that the book would have a different twist added to it. Although I loved the progression of Victoria's character and the introduction to Jim (Brian's brother), I felt the story became too jumbled. The beginning focuses on Brian and Jillian's relationship and how they broke the news to his parents and her son, but quickly became too focused on Victoria and her struggle to battle her own emotions of love and sex. It was a great story all on its own, but found the sporadic individual chapters featuring Brian and Jillian or Rob going on a job interview was distracting and confusing to add in with the ongoing Jim and Victoria plot.

Despite the minor hiccups, I felt the general plot was developed well and the story gave the readers everything; comedy, drama, sex, and a nice twist ending.


Get your copy of Friends with Full Benefits
 http://www.amazon.com/Friends-Full-Benefits-Book-ebook/dp/B006KH5OGW/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1403877010&sr=1-1&keywords=friends+with+full+benefits

and of course your copy of The Phoenix Blade: Project Justice: http://www.amazon.com/Phoenix-Blade-Project-Justice-ebook/dp/B00J2HG2H2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1400788203&sr=8-1&keywords=The+Phoenix+Blade

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Review: Friends with Partial Benefits

Welcome everyone to another big week on the Writer's Revolution. I am your host, the author of The Phoenix Blade, Andrew Hess. Today we'll be reviewing the romance book Friends with Partial Benefits by Luke Young.

Friends with Partial Benefits

Plot: Brian, a student at Georgia State University, is dating a girl named Natalie who seems to genuinely care about him but tends to shy away from anything sexually. Things take a turn for the seemingly happy couple to where Natalie has become distant. Brian's buddy, Rob, suggests he comes back with him to Miami for Spring Break and stay with him at his mother's house.

There he meets Jillian, a divorced bestselling romance writer that has  series of bad luck blind dates with men that have only one thing on their minds. Brian and Jillian hit it off very well and have a lot in common; especially tennis. They share a mutual attraction and decide to take it to the court where things heat up.

Brian is stuck between his attraction to Jillian his loyalty to his best friend and his potential love with Natalie.

Review: Probably one of the most intense romance books I've read. Friends with Partial Benefits was  fantastic ride with a great storytelling voice, interesting characters and an unique take on the world of dating and how age is not a factor. I think a few parts in the story should not have taken place as it is less likely to have happened; more at the end when they are going back to the college and that the ending that was placed on this book should have been saved for a future book as it takes away so many options to continue the larger plot. It did leave me wanting a little more in both a good and not so good way. I wanted to read more about the Brian, Jillian, Rob and the neighbor Victoria. However, if the book was to include chapters detailing an intense lead up to sexual encounters, then there should be more follow through. It doesn't need to be graphic but at the same time shouldn't leave you saying "that's it; it's over."
All in all I think this has been a really good book and look forward to reading the next one Friends with Full Benefits.

Check out Friends with Partial Benefits which is currently free on Kindle
http://www.amazon.com/Friends-Partial-Benefits-Book-ebook/dp/B0057XY24K/ref=la_B004FW07CU_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1403704719&sr=1-1

and of course your copy of The Phoenix Blade: Project Justice: http://www.amazon.com/Phoenix-Blade-Project-Justice-ebook/dp/B00J2HG2H2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1400788203&sr=8-1&keywords=The+Phoenix+Blade

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