Reviews for Names for the Cornish: Three Hundred Cornish Christian Names

The average rating for Names for the Cornish: Three Hundred Cornish Christian Names based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2019-05-16 00:00:00 Justin Hartzog He studied her, his jaw tight. "I don't know what to make of you, Katie. I thought we could just have sex." "It's not that simple." "I can see that." This book is very strange. I like Thompson and I think she was trying to go for sexy, but she was failing miserably here. The two main problems with the book are a.) the sex is not sexy and seems to generate from a 13, 14, or 15-year-old's ideas about sex; and b.) Katie is an asshole. Katie and Jess dated in high school but Katie got very angry and never forgave him after her refused to take her virginity after senior prom. Now they are in their early thirties. Jess is a construction foreman and Katie is a radio talk show host who hosts a late-night sex advice show. Jess's construction crew is getting ready to knock down the little house Katie broadcasts out of - a house that also happens to be her (now dead) Grandmother's. Let's discuss this. THE GOOD: - Heroine is sexually aggressive and sexually confident. This is still very rare, even in the 2000s when you think authors would feel like it is okay to show females having sexual agency. She drew back. "Jess, I'm supposed to be kissing you, not the other way around." He groaned in frustration. "Do you have to call all the shots?" "Wouldn't that be fun for a change?" She looked into his eyes. He could easily get lost in the hot blue depths of her eyes, but he wanted to work this out in his head, so he forced himself to concentrate on the matter at hand. "Why can't we just let things happen?" "WE never just let things happen. I was the one who let things happen. You were the one who directed everything, the one who decided what came next or what didn't come next." "I was only trying to - " "It doesn't matter if your intentions were noble or not. The result was the same, with me in the passive role. If you want to have sex with me now, after all this time, I want you to take the passive role. Those are my terms." But the heroine's overall asshole behavior more or less negates the joy I have on finding a sexually aggressive heroine. - Frank sexual conversations between the character. I really love in romance novels where the two leads just have frank, honest conversations with each other. No games, no bullshit, just laying on the line. "I chose you to be my first. I was curious and excited and eager... but you didn't wanna. How do you suppose that made me feel?" "Not good, but I had my reasons. I didn't - " "Reasons you weren't able to share with a heartbroken girl, unfortunately. CARMEN interjects "He tried to tell you, you wouldn't listen." Also, people have a right to refuse sex. You'll be happy to know I found another candidate, though." Now there was an unwelcome conversational thread. "I'd rather not hear about it, if you don't mind." He moved a little closer to her. Talking about her other lovers wouldn't help get this seduction under way. "I'm sure you don't want to hear about it." She took another swallow of her wine. "But I think I need to talk about it." This is good, I'm glad she's asserting herself like this. "Why?" "You're the only person in the world I ever thought of telling, and here you are, sitting in my living room. Of course, you don't have to stay and listen. You could always leave." She lifted her eyebrows. "I'm not leaving." If she wanted him to suffer a little, he'd suffer. The payoff would be more than worth it. "It was during my freshman year at the U of A. He was a jock, a basically nice guy but sort of clumsy. Still, he got the job done, and presto, I was officially a nonvirgin. You see, I wanted sexual knowledge." She paused. "I would rather have gained that knowledge with you," she added softly. "Damn it, Katie, I know that! But I didn't want it to happen in the back of a car. You deserved more." "So what do you think of an upstairs bedroom in a frat house with a party going on down below?" Jess closed his eyes as if that would block out the image of Katie with some idiot college kid who didn't know what a treasure he had. Closing his eyes only seemed to make the picture more vivid, so he opened them again. "Obviously I screwed up and I'm sorry. I should have found a way to pay for a nice hotel." "Were you a virgin, too?" "Yeah. Yeah, I was. Clueless and scared I wouldn't make it good for you." Of course there's a billion questions and issues that arise from just this one conversation, but this isn't a sexual theory book and also I found it quite realistic and touching. - The 'problem' between the couple - he is being paid to tear down the little house and she loves the little house - isn't stupid and was actually understandable and not made-up simply for drama. - With his knees braced on the edge of the door frame he had the perfect position to go on kissing her forever. That wouldn't be a a bad idea, but it wasn't his ultimate goal. It should be your ultimate goal! KISSING! - This conversation about him going down on her: "Let me know when you're ready to leave." His voice held no urgency. Keeping her eyes closed, she ran her tongue over her lips. "How about never?" "Fine with me." "I..." She swallowed and tried again. "I liked that." He chuckled. "Good to know." "A lot." "Anytime." ANYTIME. Now there was a concept. "Really?" "Pretty much. All I need is a little advance notice." Slowly she opened her eyes. With her head still propped against the headrest, she turned to look at him. "You mean... I could just call you up and... ask for this?" He smiled. "Why not?" "Because I could become a real pest." His smile broadened. "You think?" "Absolutely. This is way better than chocolate." She paused. "And I really crave chocolate. I could wear you out." "I'll take my chances." "Okay, but I'm warning you." LOL So cute. - She has pubic hair. Good. Extra 50 points! - "Jared was fine with it." Ava waved her hand. "Jared's a mensch. You couldn't ruffle his feathers if you hit him with a firehouse." Correct use of the word 'mensch.' Extra 10 points! - Some genuinely funny moments. "I'll make you come or die trying." "That sounds a little extreme." THE BAD Sigh. There's so much bad here - and unintentionally HILARIOUS - that I don't really know where to begin. - Everyone in the book is an idiot. Not only are Katie and Jess idiots, but all the side characters down to the people who are in only one scene are complete morons. Example: Katie says on her show that men who are construction workers have sexual inadequacies and IMMEDIATELY EVERYONE believes her. Everyone. And they all - everyone in the whole city - start laughing at construction workers and snickering at their crotches etc. Another example: "Suzanne, you're an amazing person, but -" "There's a reality-show quote if I ever heard one." Guilty as charged. He'd heard it on one of the Bachelor shows and filed it away for future use. Apparently it only worked on those shows. Sigh. There's so much wrong here. One: That's an extremely common line. Why on earth you would associate it with a reality show is beyond me. Two: The fact that he did memorize it from a reality show. Three: the fact that he feels like he has to memorize - what a joke, it's barely anything - lines in order to let women down gently. Four: Lines like this don't work on reality shows! He breaks into her apartment so that when she comes in there are tons of penis-candles everywhere and wine. That he ever thought this would be a good idea means he's an idiot, the fact that she's completely fine with this makes her an idiot. "I can be there in about twenty minutes," she said. "That should give me plenty of time to penetrate some soft wood with a few ten-penny nails and a rhythmic swing of my big hammer." "Now I know you're making fun of me." "Absolutely not." And he wasn't, she realized. He was trying to seduce her and he was succeeding. How...? What...? Then they have this whole scene where - I am not kidding - he 'sexily' constructs a table. And she nearly comes from him helping her screw a table leg into a hole. o.O I was like "The Fuck?" The heroine is TURNED ON BY SEEING NOVELTY PENIS-SHAPED CANDLES. "They're penis-size. They're even flesh-colored!" And the subliminal message had been working on her ever since she'd laid eyes on them. She'd seen those fat tapers in a mall specialty store. They'd looked erotic at the time, and now, thrown into this Jess mess, they seemed blatantly sexual. You have to be kidding me. Then, to make things worse, she blows out a candle, sucks on it, and then masturbates with it. o.O I'm not even joking. I can't even.... the problems with this: sticking a just-blown-out candle in your mouth. SO many problems with that. Sticking a just-blown-out candle into your vagina after you've sucked on it. Yeast infections. It breaking off inside you. Burns. Hot wax. The idea that Jess is sitting here watching this horrifying display of insanity and getting turned on by it. Please, man, for the love of all that is good, SCRAPE YOUR DIGNITY OFF THE FLOOR AND LEAVE THE ROOM. FFS. This is not sexy. This is Saturday Night Live, okay? Although I do have to admit I was near hysterical with laughter while reading this scene. It felt really good to laugh so hard and so long, but I don't think I was supposed to be laughing. I think Thompson was trying to make this genuinely sexy. Actually, this whole book's idea of sex - for the most part - is very 'novelty shop.' The aforementioned candle sex. Katie fellating a whipped cream can at one point. It's a basis of sex that is very... um. Hollywood? American Pie-ish? Novelty Store? Goofy? I don't know what you would call it. This is only coming from Katie, btw. Jess is just a straightforward guy who has sex. Katie is into all the bells and whistles, and VERY into obeying 'Cosmopolitan sex,' you know, lists like '24 Ways to Spice Up Your Sex Life!' are her jam. "What if I... asked you to unzip your jeans?" "Depends on the reason. I'm not in the mood for oral sex." His dark eyes held her captive. She gulped. "Neither am I." I. Am going. To stab someone. Probably these two idiots! He masturbates her with a rose. This sounds... um. Not feasible. The dirty talk is atrocious. His voice rumbled in her ear, heightening every sensation. "I want to feel your slick, wet vagina, feel you start to contract." JUST STOP. NO. She seemed to be loving it, too. Her movements grew faster. Soon her bottom slapped against him with enough force to create the most wonderful sound - the sound of lovers moving closer to nirvana. People could have their ocean waves. Jess would take this beautiful sound any day. I just... can't. With this. - Last but not least: Katie is an asshole. It saddens me the way she treats Jess. All as 'revenge' that he wouldn't take her virginity on prom night. For one thing, both she and Jess seem to be under the impression that she is more experienced than he is. This is bad for two reasons. ONE: She's not more experienced than him, simply more adventurous. He seems to be in awe of her because she does stuff like initiates sex, masturbates in front of him, suggests using fuzzy handcuffs, and other extremely mild 'kinky' stuff. But they are pretty evenly matched in the 'experience' department. If he's had sex with five people, and she's had sex with five people, and let's say (for fun) they've both had intercourse the exact same number of times. Let's say 1,000 times. Is she more 'experienced' than him simply because she does stuff like have food sex and have blindfolded sex? In my mind the answer is clearly 'No.' More adventurous? Yes. More sexually experienced? I would struggle to say yes to this. If he'd accepted Katie's offer on prom night, he wouldn't be here feeling at a decided disadvantage with a woman who'd become extremely worldly. She's not 'extremely worldly.' She's just sexually adventurous. "Changed your mind about going to lunch?" she asked. He blinked. "Uh-" "Because that's okay if you have. Not every man is game for this kind of adventure." Sigh. What about this? "I didn't know we were keeping score." "We're not, but I was hoping the first time that I could last longer." Because a woman like you would probably expect that. You've been studying these things and I... haven't. You poor soul. :( I can't believe she has you over a barrel with this shit. The book is confused about a lot of things. If someone owns a copy of the Kama Sutra... it simply means they own a copy of a book. NOT that they are sexual geniuses. If someone owns sex toys... wait for it... it simply means they bought some sex toys. It does not grant them instant sex god / sex goddess status. I know. Mind-blowing, right?!?!! Making a lot of double entendres... does NOT make you 'a bad boy.' It's ridiculous what a shallow and strange idea of sexuality this book has. Which brings me to my next point. TWO: And this is the most important. It annoys me when people who have more sexual experience than their partner (real or imagined, I guess) lord it over the other person and rub it in the other person's face all that time. It's rude and childish. Also, perhaps I'm na�ve, but I think two people coming together are a fresh start and can always find things to learn about the other and love, kindness, respect... learning from each other is just natural and true of anyone regardless of experience. If someone has the attitude of "I've had more sex than you therefore I am better than you are" it is jarring and hurtful. If you ARE the more experienced partner you should be kind and not be a jerk. That's pretty much what I'm saying. Poor Jess - who by the way has JUST as much practical experience in bed as Katie - feels inferior and lost and less-than because she is 'wilder' (I'm saying this in the most mild, extremely gentle 'kink' way) than he is and it's just garbage in my opinion. Complete bullshit. "I'm glad you're not a virgin. I wouldn't want to shock you." He grew uneasy. Back to the assholishness. I'm fine with Katie being the sexual aggressor. I'm fine with her making Jess grovel and beg for sex. It actually could have been a lot of fun. But I feel like she takes it too far. She masturbates herself to orgasm in front of him and then just tells him to get out of the house. Disbelief flashed in his eyes. "You're SENDING ME HOME?" "It's been a lot of years, Jess. I think we need time to get reacquainted, don't you?" "Like this? With me watching you masturbate? What kind of ridiculous idea is - " Later in the book, she gives him a blowjob and then just LEAVES her own house. "Take as long as you need," she said. "Lock the door behind you when you leave." His eyes snapped open. LEAVE? I'm totally fine if people want to do just oral sex. Or just masturbate in front of each other. Or whatever. Whatever you want to do. But if you are going to limit it to that (which is FINE) I think you need to make it clear to your partner what is up before just abruptly being like, "Okay, thanks, bye!" She's deliberately fucking with him and I'm not happy about it. It's assholish. He felt like throwing something. "WHY? Why not let me give you an orgasm? I'll do it any way you want!" This poor schlub. :( He's watched her masturbate. Round two was her giving him head. He's not really been allowed to touch her. And we're not talking about some kind of dom/sub relationship here. She's being cruel and it's not for his sexual benefit. If she wants to do x, she should just call him and say "Want to come over and watch me masturbate?" Or "Want to come over and I'll give you a blowjob?" And she should make it clear that's all that's on the table. THAT'S FINE. But she always makes it seem like they are going to have sex and then fucks with him because she thinks it's funny. She can still be 'the one in charge' and not fuck with him like this. Then, she gets really mad at him for not being a mindreader. Apparently, after having P-in-V sex, he's supposed to declare his love or some shit. Guess he missed the memo! And now she's pissed at him and he has no idea why. So what if he wasn't moved by the significance of it all? He hadn't understood her emotional needs thirteen years ago, and he didn't understand them now either... You asshole, Katie! She also gets angry with him when she finds out he thinks he is like a sexual guinea pig for her. When she's been treating him as a sexual guinea pig this whole time. "That's all? No conditions? No special instructions?" ... "You think you're some sort of lab experiment?" That blew her away. He really didn't know her at all. Welp, that's all you've been talking about / saying to this poor guy, and now you are mad that he thinks he's a lab experiment?! I mean, he's game for it, but of course that's what he thinks based on your words and actions! He's not a fucking mindreader! Johnny Fucking Appleseed! Then, in what to me is one of the most KEY ASSHOLE MOVES, she LEAVES HIM ALONE IN BED TO WAKE UP BY HIMSELF AFTER SEX. What an asshole! a.) Wake him/her up and tell him/her you are leaving. b.) Stay until morning. c.) Tell him/her you are leaving after you two have sex but before she/he falls asleep! It's not rocket science! I'm not asking something impossible here! And she leaves him a note. It says: Jess, thank you for a great time. Katie. Ugh, ew. No, thank you. Why he doesn't scrape his very battered dignity off the floor and give her a piece of his mind is BEYOND me. GROW A SPINE! But no, he just keeps going back for more of this treatment. - At one point Katie advises people listening to her show to bite their partners breasts and penii. o.O How's the sex, Carmen? See entire review above. But it's terrible. The descriptions aren't good but sometimes are good for a laugh. Tl;dr - The hero is sweet enough. Dumb, but sweet. The heroine, on the other hand, is a weirdo and an asshole. I'm glad these two idiots found each other...? ....I guess? o.O The best thing about the book was that it made me laugh A LOT. I haven't laughed this much in a long time. Even though a lot of the laughing was probably caused unintentionally on the part of the author, it felt really good. Read at your own risk. CATEGORIES: Contemporary Romance Non-Virgin Heroine

Review # 2 was written on 2020-11-02 00:00:00 Jan Roczniak I really liked this a lot and though i'm keeping this for rereads i can't say that i loved it. I liked that the heroine turned the tables and not only got a little revenge for the past spurn but also set the tone for the new relationship rather than just letting him take control. I didn't like that she just assumed the worst and not only refused to listen to him but in doing so was repeating history. I especially struggled with this since it was towards the end and she was claiming to love him. The hero was more patient than i could have been with the situation and although he failed to express it for most of the book was sweetly romantic. However i can't get over the creep factor of him breaking into her home that one time. I liked the conflict between these two and the sparks it created made for an entertaining read but it drove me nuts that they refused to verbally express their feelings for each other for pretty much the entire book. The sex scenes were really steamy even without the explicit dirty language i've become accustomed to but there was one scene that got killed for me when toe sucking entered the picture. Overall solid writing with no visible mistakes but there was a little bit of a disconnect for me in a way i can't quite put my finger on. I liked the HEA ending and sighed a happy sigh at the end but there's just something unexplainable that irked me. Maybe I'll find it during a reread but otherwise I definitely could say this one is worth reading.