She Blinded Me With Science...Fiction by Kally Jo Surbeck
She Blinded Me With Science...Fiction by Kally Jo Surbeck
Loose Id; 2005; TPB; ISBN 1-59632-132-6
Genre: Contemporary, Chick Lit
Relationships are one big headache: messy as hell and totally unnecessary. Especially in Vegas, baby, when you can hop into bed with the most gorgeous man at the bar and then hop right out again. No fuss, no muss, no injured feelings. And as her best friend, Gertie, knows very well, tangle-free flings are Bianca Kirkland's specialty.
Tall, blonde and busty, "B" is something of an unrepentant tease. Always has been, always will be, she acknowledges matter-of-factly while tugging her snug top just a little bit lower. Never look a gift stud in the mouth is pretty much Bianca's motto. All she has to do is show some cleavage, lick her lips and bam! she can have any man she wants; say, Mega Man at the end of the bar. Words are meaningless when it comes to sex.
To prove her point, she sets her sights on Colby James, chief of security for the hotel hosting the Star Trek convention Bianca and Gertie are all set to participate in. This is a working vacation, you understand; it's not like they're diehard Trekkies or anything like that. Besides, Bianca will be playing an expendable character, no one important, so she can justify staying up until the wee hours of the morning, working up a sweat with Mega Man.
Colby is painfully aware of Bianca's history, though. Hell, she broke his heart -- before he came to Vegas, before his body building days, before a lot of things. And she doesn't even recognize his name; not that he gives a bloody good damn. (The party in his pants certainly doesn't seem to mind). In fact, he'll take what he can get and be damned grateful for it, though Colby never thought he'd be thankful that Bianca's best friend, Gertie, likes seafood a little too much.
Oh yes, anything can and will happen in Vegas, especially during a Star Trek convention.
Trekkies and chick lit are definitely a giggle-worthy combination. But Kally Jo Surbeck's sci-fi loving novel, She Blinded Me With Science...Fiction, isn't just chick lit for one's inner Trekkie. Come on, admit it: we've all watched at least one episode of Star Trek: The Original Series, had a really good giggle over the cheesy dialogue, and secretly found Spock's Vulcan attributes as sexy as a Klingon in full battle regalia. No?
Regardless, Ms. Surbeck's novel will give readers a real tickle and a thrill -- as long as you can appreciate the absurd and find a little compassion in your heart for mixed-up, oversexed, twenty-something Bianca. It took this reviewer a little while, but I eventually warmed up to "B" and her various neuroses. Colby, on the other hand, is immediately likeable; imperfect but charming (when his insecurities aren't getting in the way). Of course, only so much progress can be made during a weekend-long working vacation, so exploring their sexual attraction is really where the plot is at; that and the Trekkie convention.
... She Blinded Me With Science...Fiction boldly goes where no chick lit novel has gone before. And ends, quite suitably enough, with a bang, courtesy of the flirty short story sequel, Friendly Fire.
Reviewed by Cheryl Jeffries
Date posted: November 12, 2005
Copyright © 2005 Cheryl Jeffries / Heartstrings Reviews. All rights reserved.
Loose Id; 2005; TPB; ISBN 1-59632-132-6
Genre: Contemporary, Chick Lit
Relationships are one big headache: messy as hell and totally unnecessary. Especially in Vegas, baby, when you can hop into bed with the most gorgeous man at the bar and then hop right out again. No fuss, no muss, no injured feelings. And as her best friend, Gertie, knows very well, tangle-free flings are Bianca Kirkland's specialty.
Tall, blonde and busty, "B" is something of an unrepentant tease. Always has been, always will be, she acknowledges matter-of-factly while tugging her snug top just a little bit lower. Never look a gift stud in the mouth is pretty much Bianca's motto. All she has to do is show some cleavage, lick her lips and bam! she can have any man she wants; say, Mega Man at the end of the bar. Words are meaningless when it comes to sex.
To prove her point, she sets her sights on Colby James, chief of security for the hotel hosting the Star Trek convention Bianca and Gertie are all set to participate in. This is a working vacation, you understand; it's not like they're diehard Trekkies or anything like that. Besides, Bianca will be playing an expendable character, no one important, so she can justify staying up until the wee hours of the morning, working up a sweat with Mega Man.
Colby is painfully aware of Bianca's history, though. Hell, she broke his heart -- before he came to Vegas, before his body building days, before a lot of things. And she doesn't even recognize his name; not that he gives a bloody good damn. (The party in his pants certainly doesn't seem to mind). In fact, he'll take what he can get and be damned grateful for it, though Colby never thought he'd be thankful that Bianca's best friend, Gertie, likes seafood a little too much.
Oh yes, anything can and will happen in Vegas, especially during a Star Trek convention.
Trekkies and chick lit are definitely a giggle-worthy combination. But Kally Jo Surbeck's sci-fi loving novel, She Blinded Me With Science...Fiction, isn't just chick lit for one's inner Trekkie. Come on, admit it: we've all watched at least one episode of Star Trek: The Original Series, had a really good giggle over the cheesy dialogue, and secretly found Spock's Vulcan attributes as sexy as a Klingon in full battle regalia. No?
Regardless, Ms. Surbeck's novel will give readers a real tickle and a thrill -- as long as you can appreciate the absurd and find a little compassion in your heart for mixed-up, oversexed, twenty-something Bianca. It took this reviewer a little while, but I eventually warmed up to "B" and her various neuroses. Colby, on the other hand, is immediately likeable; imperfect but charming (when his insecurities aren't getting in the way). Of course, only so much progress can be made during a weekend-long working vacation, so exploring their sexual attraction is really where the plot is at; that and the Trekkie convention.
... She Blinded Me With Science...Fiction boldly goes where no chick lit novel has gone before. And ends, quite suitably enough, with a bang, courtesy of the flirty short story sequel, Friendly Fire.
Reviewed by Cheryl Jeffries
Date posted: November 12, 2005
Copyright © 2005 Cheryl Jeffries / Heartstrings Reviews. All rights reserved.
posted by ksurbeck | 11:13 AM
1 Comments:
Congrats on a great review, Kally!
~Marly
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