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A review by witching_hour_reads
Business or Pleasure by Rachel Lynn Solomon
5.0
Thank you to NetGalley and Berkley Publishing Group for providing the ARC.
So, I am a bit obsessed with Rachel Lynn Solomon. Because of that, I requested this book without reading what the synopsis was or anything about it. And if someone had told me that I was getting a delightful sex tutor rom com, I'm not sure I would have believed you. But oh boy am I so glad that I picked this book up.
After a disastrous one night stand (and I mean absolutely awful) the last person that Chandler Cohen expects to run into is the man she snuck out on. But here he is requesting (or begging) she be the one to write his memoir. And when the conversation turns back to that ill fated night, Finn Walsh learns some devastating news: he's terrible in bed. So what does any good Samaritan do? She offers up her expertise in the form of practical sex lessons.
I've always found the sex tutor trope a bit weird, if I'm honest, only because people seem to be incapable of doing it without it coming across as creepy or inorganic. Solomon does a fantastic job at not only building up the trust between these two characters before there's ever a conversation about it, but also stresses the absolute importance of communication. And it results in some of the best (and hottest) romantic scenes I've ever read.
The story surrounding it as well is just as good. You have two characters stuck in a career that they feel is stagnating with no where else to go. They are vulnerable right from the get go, and they can see each other reflected in everything they do. There is power in this level of openness and it absolutely makes this book just that much better to read.
Absolutely wonderful book and Rachel Lynn Solomon is an insta buy author for me.
So, I am a bit obsessed with Rachel Lynn Solomon. Because of that, I requested this book without reading what the synopsis was or anything about it. And if someone had told me that I was getting a delightful sex tutor rom com, I'm not sure I would have believed you. But oh boy am I so glad that I picked this book up.
After a disastrous one night stand (and I mean absolutely awful) the last person that Chandler Cohen expects to run into is the man she snuck out on. But here he is requesting (or begging) she be the one to write his memoir. And when the conversation turns back to that ill fated night, Finn Walsh learns some devastating news: he's terrible in bed. So what does any good Samaritan do? She offers up her expertise in the form of practical sex lessons.
I've always found the sex tutor trope a bit weird, if I'm honest, only because people seem to be incapable of doing it without it coming across as creepy or inorganic. Solomon does a fantastic job at not only building up the trust between these two characters before there's ever a conversation about it, but also stresses the absolute importance of communication. And it results in some of the best (and hottest) romantic scenes I've ever read.
The story surrounding it as well is just as good. You have two characters stuck in a career that they feel is stagnating with no where else to go. They are vulnerable right from the get go, and they can see each other reflected in everything they do. There is power in this level of openness and it absolutely makes this book just that much better to read.
Absolutely wonderful book and Rachel Lynn Solomon is an insta buy author for me.