What I think was supposed to be banter and flirtation, actually read as cheesy, overly done, clichés. My greatest frustrations really came with the dialogue between the 2 MC’s. And though I kept trying to stay engaged in the story in hopes that something great would come out of this potential, I more-often-than-not felt annoyed and irritated. It’s a bunch of parts that from far away might seem like a whole, but up close, you can see all the spaces between them. The problem with the book, however, was that none of this actually comes together. There are a couple great “villains”, some zany sidekicks, a friends-to-lovers storyline, and 2 hot MC’s. The whole computer hacker angle had potential.
Stripped Bare, if it were indeed stripped bare would actually be an interesting book.
There is flirtation, a physical relationship, and then an emotional commitment…all peppered in with other random story bits. Matt has a hard time letting go of the past but can’t help his growing affections towards Shane. He meets the gorgeous escort/computer hacker Shane via some odd circumstances with a mutual friend and it’s instant attraction. Stripped Bare is another one of those stories (I feel like 1 in 5 of every M/M book out there is this story) about a man (Matthew) who lost his partner and struggles to give himself to new love.
Her chequered past includes stories like being mistaken for a prostitute in the city of Johannesburg, being chased by a rhino on a dusty Kenyan road, getting kicked out of a youth club for being a ‘bad influence’ (she encourages free thinking) and having an aunt who was engaged to Cliff Richard She loves going to the theatre, live music concerts (especially if it’s her man crush Adam Lambert or the divine Cumberbatch) walks in the countryside, a good G and T, lazing away afternoons reading a good book, and watching re-runs of Silent Witness and Wire in the Blood. Sight Unseen has garnered no less than five awards to date and her TV pilot, Reel Life, based on her debut novel, Cassandra by Starlight, was also a winner at the Oaxaca Film Fest. Susan is also an award-winning script writer, with scripts based on two of her own published works. She’s also Editor in Chief at Divine Magazine, an online LGBTQ e-zine, and a member of The Society of Authors, the Writers Guild of Great Britain, and the Authors Guild in the US. Susan writes steamy, sexy and fun contemporary romance stories, some suspenseful, some gritty and dark and hopefully always entertaining. Bringing lovers together, one book at a time
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