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(Chocolate Lovers series, book 3)
Drew and Jenny have spent years being the
envy of their friends with their out of control sex lives – well, not really.
Mostly it makes their friends want to throw up in their mouths a little.
With two little kids and two busy lives, for
the first time, Drew and Jenny aren’t on the same page in the bedroom. Drew
will stop at nothing to get his previously amorous wife back in the sack and
Jenny will do anything for a full night of sleep.
Carter and Claire, and Jim and Liz are their
usual (un)helpful selves and are full of advice for the disconnected duo,
wanting nothing more than to help restore order to the usually happy couple’s
lives.
In the third installment of the Chocolate Lovers Series, will Drew and
Jenny find the spark that’s been missing in their marriage, or will the trouble
they’re having cause a stickier situation than the time Jenny poured honey all
over Drew and he fused himself to a tree?
*WARNING: This review does contain some colorful language. Because it's necessary. Check yourself before you wreck yourself.*
I have one word; HOW?! How in the
holy hell does Tara Sivec continue to put out books that have me crying from
laughter?! I can come up with only one logical explanation; I’ve said it before
and you better believe I’ll say it again – Tara Sivec is an actual genius. She’s the kind of genius
that talks about sexually curious ghosts, killer cats, and vibrator races. If just those three things alone don’t make you want to read Troubles and Treats, then you should
probably rethink your life decisions. Seriously.
I don’t think it’s any secret
that I absolutely love all three of Tara’s books, however, I have a slight
confession: I was a little nervous about this one. Don’t y’all throw your
vibrators at me in anger just yet!! I was only nervous because I absolutely
loved Claire and Carter in the first two books, and although I thought Drew was
pretty damn hilarious, I never really felt much of anything for Jenny. I was
worried that I wouldn’t connect with the couple the way I did with Claire and
Carter, because let’s face it, the bar was set pretty high. Well, guess who ended
up eating a nice, big piece of crow pie. This girl right here. (I don’t know if
crow pie is a real thing, but you know what I mean…eating crow…eating your
words…I think it’s a real kind of pie. Whatever, I give up.)
I love Drew and Jenny; love, love, love them! In the first two books of the series, here is basically what I knew
about Drew and Jenny – he’s funny as shit and wears hilarious t-shirts, and
she’s…well…she just gets a little confused sometimes; bless her heart. In Troubles and Treats, you get a more
in-depth look into not only their relationship, but them as individuals. Jenny
isn’t really as dumb as I thought she was in the first two books – and she’s
actually pretty damn funny herself. Drew (maybe I should start referring to him
as Meat Fairy) was funny as ever; between thinking his wife is faking an injury
for workman’s comp to almost calling his own son a “cock blocking asshole,” his
chapters had me laughing like an escapee from an insane asylum. Maybe I should
have learned from the past two books in this series that unless I want people
to stare at me like I’m a lunatic, I should probably read Tara’s books in the
privacy of my own home. Not at my desk at work. Or in the waiting room at the
dentist’s office.
I could probably list 264 reasons
why I loved Troubles and Treats but
considering it is finals week, I don’t have that kind of time. Or honestly, I’d
probably just end up typing the entire freaking book and putting a headline
above it that says “HERE IS WHAT I LOVED ABOUT TROUBLES AND TREATS”…and
then I’m taking away from Tara’s book sales…and probably doing something
illegal…and just being an all-around asshole. Well, I like to pride myself on not
being an asshole (most of the time)
and I would never do that to anyone, so y’all are going to have to just go buy
the book yourselves.
I gave Troubles and Treats 5 vibrating, battery-charged stars, because once again Tara Sivec has made me
cry from laughter. The Chocolate Series is by far one of the best trilogies I have
ever read. EVER. Do y’all know how
serious that statement is? Buy Troubles
and Treats and read it right this second, if you know what’s good for you. Well,
if what’s good for you is some vulgar language, sex, and ridiculous humor, that
is. Seriously though, Troubles and Treats
is just plain amazeballs; Tara Sivec and the Chocolate Lovers Series earn a
STANDING O from me!!! And that’s O for ovation, not orgasm, you dirty birds ;)
PS – Yo, Tara! If you’re ever in
the great state of Kansas, holla atcha girl!! I'll either take you out for drinks or to a KU basketball game; those are the only things to offer here :)
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