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The Austin Playbook by Lucy Parker
Oct. 27th, 2019 06:01 pmThe Austin Playbook
3/5. Het romance featuring young actress cast in a live televised Jane Austin who-done-it mashup and the sharp-tongued critic whose bankrupt estate hosts the project. Of the usual Parker sort – sarcastic man meets his bantery match in a bright, optimistic woman. It's a formula I enjoy. Mostly, though, I'll remember this for something that occupied only a few lines. She at one point casually says that she can't have penetrative sex at the moment because she has mid-cycle pelvic pain, and he says okay, and they move on, and that's it. How often do you see that? Plus, it opened the door for a scene of non-penetrative sex, which are almost always more interesting to me in het romance.
3/5. Het romance featuring young actress cast in a live televised Jane Austin who-done-it mashup and the sharp-tongued critic whose bankrupt estate hosts the project. Of the usual Parker sort – sarcastic man meets his bantery match in a bright, optimistic woman. It's a formula I enjoy. Mostly, though, I'll remember this for something that occupied only a few lines. She at one point casually says that she can't have penetrative sex at the moment because she has mid-cycle pelvic pain, and he says okay, and they move on, and that's it. How often do you see that? Plus, it opened the door for a scene of non-penetrative sex, which are almost always more interesting to me in het romance.