Comments on: REVIEW: Sex by the Numbers by Marie Donovan

By: GrowlyCub

GrowlyCub — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 05:34:55 +0000

I went out and bought this and found the prequel Bare Necessities used. I read BN first and after finishing SbtN, I have to say I like BN much better.

Donovan lost me with the second cherry scene. I’m all for hot sex, but I have this automatic turn off where food and female sex organs are involved. After that, the book went south for me and the relationship never felt convincing. There didn’t seem any real explanation on how they went from fuck buddies to lovers.

SbtN was an enjoyable read, but it lacked the emotional connection I look for when I read and I felt that much more with BN than with SbtN.

I liked it quite a bit until I got to the cherry scene though, so it’s entirely possible it just triggered one of my automatic icks.

I’d definitely recommend BN, SbtN with reservations.

By: che

che — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 20:33:33 +0000

Thanks for the explanation. You also answered another question I’ve seen in a lot of romance novels- “muttered an Anglo Saxon word” or something to that effect. I always assumed it was the f word, but wasn’t sure. Anyhow, this book is going on my to buy list.

By: Jayne

Jayne — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:09:41 +0000

che, I didn’t read the first book in the series and it didn’t affect my enjoyment of this book so don’t feel that you need to go back and read it.

the sex starts out bluntly Anglo Saxon

Sorry, what I meant by that phrase was that in the initial stages of their physical relationship (ie sex), they were using a lot of 4 letter words (old Anglo Saxon terms) to describe what they were doing. At that point, they were just enjoying the physical side. The emotional committment came later at which point the description was more about making love rather than f**king.

By: che

che — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:38:08 +0000

This sounds right up my alley, though I’m not really keen on a series. But anyhow, I must be the only one who didn’t understand this:

…the sex starts out bluntly Anglo Saxon…

By: Jayne

Jayne — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 01:31:32 +0000

I’m sure it’s probably Keeley who was in that book then. At one point she mentions knowing Dane’s sister.

By: Jia

Jia — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:27:43 +0000

This sounds great. I read her last one, which was about the little sister Bridget. Now that I think about it — the heroine might have been in that one (it’s been a while since I read it) since Bridget was designing lingerie for strippers and I seem to recall one of them putting herself through school. I’ll have to refresh my memory.

By: Karen Erickson

Karen Erickson — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:18:03 +0000

I just finished this book and loved it. The characters were real — accountants are definitely hot. ;)

By: Alyssa

Alyssa — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:04:37 +0000

I’ve got this one TBR. I really like Donovan’s writing–I especially like that she writes such different stories. They aren’t just do-overs, if you know what I mean.