Meh. If was fine. Not great. Banks did a decent job on Julie’s character development. But Nathan - empty between the ears. Devoid of any discernible personality. There is nothing about him other than his looks that sounds like he’s remotely worthy of Julie’s attention and love. Besides Nathan’s dismal lack of personality, the only thing drawing them together was deceitful sex at the sex club and Julie’s car accident. Nathan couldn’t even call her back after the date though?! Ugh

I don’t like how whole chapters are devoted to the story lines of couples from previous books (e.g., Serena and Damon, Faith and Gray). AND Banks introduced a whole new character and partner for Micah when the storyline hadn’t remotely been resolved with Julie and Nathan. Why dropping these Boulder size nuggets?

And what 20 something dude, circa 2000s, would call a woman a wench, playfully or not? Aside from the LARPs to attend annual renaissance festivals. What’s with these weird colloquialisms? They don’t exist at all in modern language.

“No, he wouldnt be able to feel her ribs, or get poked by her bones. But shed be soft in all the right places, and he couldnt wait to bury himself inside her pussy over and over.” What in the hell does this mean? I wish I had a super thin woman so I could make music with her bones, but curves are nice too. It appears that Banks has some issues with seeing fat people as sexually attractive within their own right without being beholden or compared to thin people.