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maybeiwill's review
5.0
Damn, I love this book! I finished it yesterday and am going to read it again today. Because damn, I loved this book!
cab65's review
4.0
A friend recommended this book as a fun, entertaining read. It was all of that and more. The banter is bawdy, witty, and fast paced. At the 50% mark it really picked up and I found myself fully engaged with the characters and laughing out loud. This was the perfect pick me up since I've been having a tough time staying focused when reading.
cr4nkyp4nts's review
5.0
F'ing fantastic. My review is located on www.reviews.c-spot.net.
*I needed some laughs after reading a fantastic but moderately depressing read so I read all three of Ms. Moody's books in three days. Loved them all just as much, if not more, than the earlier reads.
2020 reread - really, really needed this book right now. So many laughs.
*I needed some laughs after reading a fantastic but moderately depressing read so I read all three of Ms. Moody's books in three days. Loved them all just as much, if not more, than the earlier reads.
2020 reread - really, really needed this book right now. So many laughs.
theviolettides's review
3.0
3.5 stars. It started off really strong, but I ended up getting a little bored fast.
I don't know if it's because I've became sort of a binge reader in the sense that I have to read a book within 3 days or I'll get bored with it and want to move onto something else or what. So I'm adding that here as a pretense for what comes next.
The relationship between Moxie and Violet is very cute. The title had me think one thing about Moxie's personality, but I was quite surprised with how she was actually portrayed. Violet and her crew are quite funny, and I think the best part of this book is the banter. However, there's quite a lot of it, to the point that that is the only way I can describe these characters. Without their snark remarks, they are nothing, and I sort of saw that and was like , "ah, ok." Also they're all very similar in that regard.
The plot and all was ok, I don't have many thoughts on it and I thought the relationship progression was ok. I also feel that I can't be that harsh on character development and personality since this book is actually a little shorter than your typical novel. Furthermore, the sex scenes were also ok. A little less than what I was expecting, but there's some steam.
Still, I can't see myself giving it four stars. There was too many things missing for me to rate it as such.
I will say, though, if you want a laugh and a sweet wlw romance, I think you should give it a chance! I'm just picky, I think, and probably expected more than what 275 pages could give me.
I don't know if it's because I've became sort of a binge reader in the sense that I have to read a book within 3 days or I'll get bored with it and want to move onto something else or what. So I'm adding that here as a pretense for what comes next.
The relationship between Moxie and Violet is very cute. The title had me think one thing about Moxie's personality, but I was quite surprised with how she was actually portrayed. Violet and her crew are quite funny, and I think the best part of this book is the banter. However, there's quite a lot of it, to the point that that is the only way I can describe these characters. Without their snark remarks, they are nothing, and I sort of saw that and was like , "ah, ok." Also they're all very similar in that regard.
The plot and all was ok, I don't have many thoughts on it and I thought the relationship progression was ok. I also feel that I can't be that harsh on character development and personality since this book is actually a little shorter than your typical novel. Furthermore, the sex scenes were also ok. A little less than what I was expecting, but there's some steam.
Still, I can't see myself giving it four stars. There was too many things missing for me to rate it as such.
I will say, though, if you want a laugh and a sweet wlw romance, I think you should give it a chance! I'm just picky, I think, and probably expected more than what 275 pages could give me.
jamietherebelliousreader's review
3.0
3 stars. I think where this book really shined was in the cast of characters. They were all so lively and colorful. Violet and Moxie were fun and I liked their romance a lot. The writing was good and there is even an adorable dog name Clitoris. Yep. This book is extremely wacky and out there which was interesting but it was also the thing that ended up hindering it for me in the end. I say it all the time but humor in books rarely if ever land for me and this was no exception. There were maybe one or two moments that got a chuckle out of me but everything else not so much. A lot of the humor was juvenile which isn’t my favorite and it was just so much of it. I can definitely see how this could appeal to others but it just didn’t hit the mark for me.
rogue_lurker's review
4.0
Definitely a fast-paced and laugh-out-loud read. Moody nails the 30's style screwball comedies (which I love) in both dialogue as well as farcical situations - adding a fair bit of debauchery and crudity for good measure. If you are looking for a break from the standard lesfic angst-ridden romances, I would recommend this one.
corrie's review against another edition
5.0
It was high time to dive back into 1931 with Moxie Valette, Violet London, her little dog Clitty and her hilarious friends Wilhelmina (Wil) Skoog and Julian French. This time I had Book Club Buddie D. along for the trip.
The Seduction of Moxie stays firmly in top of my absolute favorites list as one of the funniest stories I’ve ever read. From the moment Violet lays eyes on Moxie and the gang invites her along to show her the real New York night life, we are in for one hell of a wild ride. A visit to Two-Finger Flossie’s buffet flat is an absolute highlight:
“Is this some genitalia puppet show?” Moxie was aghast as the man then did the same with his underwear, turned so he was facing away from everyone, and bent at the waist. He reached out again to the woman holding his clothing, and she handed him a lit cigar. The crowd seemed pleased, and some onlookers clapped and offered words of encouragement.
He inserted the cigar into his rectum and, to Moxie’s amazement, began to draw and expel smoke. The applause grew louder.
Lady Dulce whispered conspiratorially, “How about that?”
“That is one unbelievable asshole,” she answered.
“Wait until he blows the smoke rings,” Violet added.
Moxie’s current inebriated state, coupled with the parade of the bizarre before her, left her unable to distinguish sarcasm from the laws of physics. “Really?”
She laughed softly. “No, not really. But he will extinguish a candle in a minute or two in what will appear to be a very uncomfortable manner.”
“Christ almighty,” she whispered, watching him ignite a fart with a cigarette lighter.
Wil and Julian appeared in the doorway then, and Violet signaled them over. “Lady Dulce, you remember my wonderful friends Urethra Dejeuner and her fiancé Red Nobgobbler, man-about-town.”
Their 3-day train ride to Los Angeles is one big lust filled and very frustrating (due to Mr. McCann’s chaperoning efforts) adventure, but it’s extremely entertaining to see our girls get very creative in efforts to finally consummate their relationship.
Just a word of caution. Please keep your beverages away from your book, e-reader or computer whilst reading this story because Colette Moody’s special brand of side-splitting humor keeps coming thick and fast. The banter is to die for. And it’s not only fun, there is some seriously sizzling sexual energy between our two galls. “Hotchy botchy!” as Irene would say.
f/f explicit
Themes: I want to marry Violet, I had such a crush on her, I am positive that Moody drew inspiration from the notoriously naughty Tallulah Bankhead for the character of Wil, Genitalia Finkelstein keeps cracking me up, Two-Finger Flossie can pour me a drink any time ;-), Lady Dulce is absolutely fabu, Cotton McCann is a man we all love to hate but I do feel a bit of sympathy for him on the train when he experiences Wil’s ass-granate of doom, The Garden of Allah features again!
Note: Colette Moody added some cocktails in the back of the book that either feature in the story or are created by the author herself.
5 stars
The Seduction of Moxie stays firmly in top of my absolute favorites list as one of the funniest stories I’ve ever read. From the moment Violet lays eyes on Moxie and the gang invites her along to show her the real New York night life, we are in for one hell of a wild ride. A visit to Two-Finger Flossie’s buffet flat is an absolute highlight:
“Is this some genitalia puppet show?” Moxie was aghast as the man then did the same with his underwear, turned so he was facing away from everyone, and bent at the waist. He reached out again to the woman holding his clothing, and she handed him a lit cigar. The crowd seemed pleased, and some onlookers clapped and offered words of encouragement.
He inserted the cigar into his rectum and, to Moxie’s amazement, began to draw and expel smoke. The applause grew louder.
Lady Dulce whispered conspiratorially, “How about that?”
“That is one unbelievable asshole,” she answered.
“Wait until he blows the smoke rings,” Violet added.
Moxie’s current inebriated state, coupled with the parade of the bizarre before her, left her unable to distinguish sarcasm from the laws of physics. “Really?”
She laughed softly. “No, not really. But he will extinguish a candle in a minute or two in what will appear to be a very uncomfortable manner.”
“Christ almighty,” she whispered, watching him ignite a fart with a cigarette lighter.
Wil and Julian appeared in the doorway then, and Violet signaled them over. “Lady Dulce, you remember my wonderful friends Urethra Dejeuner and her fiancé Red Nobgobbler, man-about-town.”
Their 3-day train ride to Los Angeles is one big lust filled and very frustrating (due to Mr. McCann’s chaperoning efforts) adventure, but it’s extremely entertaining to see our girls get very creative in efforts to finally consummate their relationship.
Just a word of caution. Please keep your beverages away from your book, e-reader or computer whilst reading this story because Colette Moody’s special brand of side-splitting humor keeps coming thick and fast. The banter is to die for. And it’s not only fun, there is some seriously sizzling sexual energy between our two galls. “Hotchy botchy!” as Irene would say.
f/f explicit
Themes: I want to marry Violet, I had such a crush on her, I am positive that Moody drew inspiration from the notoriously naughty Tallulah Bankhead for the character of Wil, Genitalia Finkelstein keeps cracking me up, Two-Finger Flossie can pour me a drink any time ;-), Lady Dulce is absolutely fabu, Cotton McCann is a man we all love to hate but I do feel a bit of sympathy for him on the train when he experiences Wil’s ass-granate of doom, The Garden of Allah features again!
Note: Colette Moody added some cocktails in the back of the book that either feature in the story or are created by the author herself.
5 stars