Stripped: Review

BOOK NAME:  Stripped
AUTHOR:  Jasinda Wilder
RELEASE DATE: August 16, 2013
MAIN CHARACTERS:  Dawson Kellor, Grey Amudsen
GENRE: Contemporary, New Adult
RATING:   ★★✰✰✰ stars
 
BLURB:

So how did I get myself into this situation, you ask? Simple: desperation. When you're faced with being homeless and hungry or taking off your clothes for money, the choice is easier than you'd imagine. That doesn't make it easy, though. Oh no. I hate it, in fact. There's nothing I'd like more than to quit and never go into another bar again, never hear the techno beat pulsing in my ears again, never feel the lecherous gazes of horny men again.

Then, one day, I meet a man. He's in my club, front and center. He watches me do my routine, and his gaze is full of hunger. Not the kind of desire I'm used to though. It's something different. Something hotter, deeper, and more possessive. I know who he is; of course I do. Everyone knows who Dawson Kellor is. He's People Magazine's Sexiest Man alive. He's the hottest actor in Hollywood. He's the man hand-picked for the role of Rhett Butler in the long-awaited remake of Gone With the Wind.

He's the kind of man who can have any woman in the entire world with a mere crook of his finger. So what's he doing looking at me like he has to have me? And how do I resist him when he looks at me with those intoxicating, changeable, quicksilver eyes?

I'm a virgin, and he's an American icon of male sexuality. I'm a stripper, and he's a man used to getting anything and everything he wants. And he wants me. I know I should say no, I know he's the worst kind of player…but what my mind knows, my body and my heart may not.

And then things get complicated.

THE STORY: 

A virgin pastor’s daughter who is not allowed any of her wants decided to move and pursue he dreams right after her mother’s death. Without her father’s financial assistance she was forced to look for a part-time job and enter the only option- STRIPPER in a club. Having an innate talent and passion for dancing and even though she didn’t want to do it, she had no choice. And then there came the famous movie-star millionaire who fell in love with her and rescues her. And then it all began- their love story and hea happens. 

GREY AMUDSEN

I don’t like her and I hate her. Granted she’s a virgin and a pastor’s daughter but duh, should she be like that? Major turn-off for me is when she always cry and vomits every performance (part-time stripping in club) Like… really? I am expecting her to be brave and sassy about it. Woman-up to her forced job and all, but I was given a crying-vomit-all-you-want heroine Sure it’s her first time in that world but….. ugh. She’s just not the one I was expecting her to be based from the blurb. 

DAWSON KELLOR

I love his name. That’s it. That’s just about what I love about him. Sure he is described as hot, sexy, most-sought-after movie star and all but I did not see him like that. I don’t know. I feel like the description did not really convince me. Physical description does not suffice for me to think of him like that. It needs actions and actions and sad to say it never happens. Waaa. But he is much more OKAY than the heroine. 


MY REVIEW:

Waa. It hurts. So much. When you expected to have something good only to be handed something… OK. Pugh. Bland. (sigh)

EXPECTATION REALLY HURTS. A LOT. x.x

I really looked forward to this book and expected a lot from it. From the moment I’ve read its blurb and not to mention its hot cover plus it’s JW we’re talking about here. Although I haven't read any of her works yet, (it's my first time) I've heard great things about her. But after reading this- blank. The plot is PROMISING very very and I thought it will be fantastic. But upon reading it, I find it lacking in some sense. Blaming myself for getting so hyped-up on this but in the end it was like.. nothing. First few chapters and I am tempted to skip it but I forced myself to read it since it’s about the heroine’s part. But I felt like it was a very long narration and the writer wasted so many chapters describing the h’s part. I think the readers can already grasp the idea that Grey is like this and like that.. so making it kinda long and dragging feels like a waste of time.. Almost half or at least 30% of the story is very very slow-paced. I can’t even count how many times my eyes closed while reading it. But I can remember the part wherein her father cried at the hospital when her mother died. It was touchy. I got teary-eyed reading it. (good point) But after that, back to hating the slow dragging and hating the heroine’s father. ~.~ 

I just felt awake when it’s H/h first meeting. It’s like a bulb lit and say I want to shout… 

HERE IT IS. Haha. But really, I wish I did not expect a cataclysmic, orgasmic first meeting because it’s just not is. Waa. I want to hurl and slap someone in the face with a chair. Expected so much for their first meeting. Even played out different scenes from my over-imaginative mind about their first meeting, first kiss, first banter, but upon reading it? Pugh. Did not even come close to what I had in mind. I mean is that it? My my. x.x

 Maybe there’s something wrong with me? LOL.

Their love scenes are sure hot but there's something missing I can't quite point out. The lack of right words perhaps? Maybe. X

Better luck next time. Maybe it’s not just my kind of book. But I congratulated myself for finishing this book, thanks to Dawson Kellor’s name. Haha. x

MEMORABLE LINE/S:

"You make me feel alive, Grey. And... I love that feeling."  - Dawson Kellor

BOTTOM LINE:

I am a sucker for this kind of plot but this one didn’t do well for me. Not a memorable one even. After I was done, I can’t remember details of the story anymore.  But you’ll never know, you’ll find this one to your liking so try and read it. Will ya? XD