Thirteen Hours
by Meghan O'Brien
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Author: Meghan O'BrienEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-04-22
ISBN: 1602820147
Number of pages: 288
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books
Book Reviews of Thirteen Hours
Book Review: Hot and Cold
Summary: 3 Stars
I selected this book from Amazon along with about a half dozen other lesbian-themed books to read over the holidays so I could explore some new lesbian authors out there. I wasn't expecting anything deep or literary with a plotline about a stripper hired for a lonely, uptight workaholic on her birthday. Just a fun ride. And that's pretty much the sum of it.
Yes, I gave it only 3 stars because the second half of the book is poorly developed... but the sex scenes overall are so incredibly well done that you will be forgiving... so I do recommend it.
What surprised me is that I was really sucked into the story right from the start as I could really visualize the scene. This author knows how to write some steamy, playful erotica! And you really do develop an interest in her characters. The dialogue is the strongest device here. Unfortunately, this book does not run with these strong points and evolve into a really good story. It reads like a porn flick... sex scene after sex scene and a rather shallow storyline. However, no skanks in sight. Both characters are not at all what they seem upfront and the duality here is just gorgeous... at least during the first half of the book anyway.
The book kind of went downhill once they got out of the elevator. There are glaring implausibilities that distract you from the story and the sex scenes begin to morph into an instructional manual for light BDSM and anal play. While there is something truly appealing about a stripper who turns out to be the brainy girl-next-door (even if there is little support of this as their work lives are so poorly developed)... this relationship turns into a sappy tribute to the perfect long term relationship where people have no issues and never, ever, and I mean EVER fight or have conflict (um... anyone know lezzies like that?!) and of course they get a dog and don't get me started on lesbians and their pets. :P
I struggled to get through the last few chapters... BORING BORING BORING. No real depth or development here. Just seemed to be a rush to show how perfect their lives turned out. Laurel's perfect breasts: awesome. Dana and Laurel's perfect happy ending relationship: BORING. I have never heard two lesbians apologize so much over nothing. The author calls it fantasy... I call it lazy writing.
Ms. O'Brien... you have some real potential and I'll forgive ya 'cause you're like 29, right? (That and your editor at your makeshift publishing co. screwed you.) You're better than this. Or you can be. You know how to bring characters to life... now you need to work on giving them a real life span and a plausible setting. Screw the porn script structure (serves nothing but masturbatory purposes anyway). Be the first in your neighborhood to thread your awesome erotica with a well-developed story. We lezzies want 'em both!
Summary of Thirteen Hours
Can you fall in love in thirteen hours?It's her birthday but lonely workaholic Dana Watts is at the office late, drafting a proposal. The very last interruption she expects comes in the form of the most beautiful breasts she has ever seen. These belong to an incredibly hot woman, who is standing in front of her, stripping to music.
Laurel Stanley performs strip-o-grams to pay her way through school. She has never encountered a more ungrateful recipient than Dana. The uptight project manager makes it clear that she is furious to be distracted from her work by the "gift" a colleague sent and equally appalled by Laurel's occupation.
After Dana is rude and insulting, and insists on escorting Laurel from the building, the two women take an elevator ride that changes everything. Stuck with each other for thirteen long hours after the elevator breaks down, they discover how wrong first impressions can be and how right two strangers can feel together.
Can everything change in less than a day? Dana and Laurel set out to discover if their passionate elevator encounter can mean more in this fast-paced, erotic story of lust, loneliness, fantasy, and desire.
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