Book Title: Switch
Author: Megan Hart
Genre: ADULT!
Slow Beginning of a twenty-something, divorced woman, trying to better herself and rise above her upbringing.
This book was advertised as: "If you liked "Shades of Grey" you"ll love "Switch"". After reading a previous " book" by this author, I was rather skeptical as to whether or not I was going to have to purchase this book a chapter at a time, as seemed to be indicated by a previously reviewed "series" on my blog, however this wasn't the case.
I think after the underestimated, yet overwhelming success of E. L. James' " Fifty Shades of Grey" series, many have tried to write in the same BDSM vein hoping to achieve the same huge success. As much as I'd like to play "let's compare" I won't, and just simply give my review of this book.
This author has a penchant for writing about women who seem to be less than "innocent" and may have a chip on their shoulder. Our main character, Paige, is no exception. She is a well-formed character and our author has been very diligent, giving us an understanding to her and why she acts and does the things she does even though some acts may be in the realm of self-loathing/self-deprecation. She's got more than one side to her, though she's trying to truly rise above the "white trash" way she was raised with the rather over-used excuse of the mother who is either constantly working or going through a revolving door of boyfriends; Siblings from different fathers and only a nineteen year age difference between she and her mother.
One thing's for sure, she's a very sexually aware being and this shows in her narrative. She's always liked having sex in all ways, but her ex-husband is still perplexed as to whether or not "rough" is the way she likes it. In her own narrative, just like most women, it depends on her mood.
Paige begins trying to change her life by moving to a bigger town, but her small town follows her in the form of her ex-husband and high school sweetheart, and a "best friend" she couldn't really refer to as "best" anymore, because she was trying so hard to be more than she was. She could be anyone, even yourself.
Paige obviously wanted to be, and to a certain point already was, fiercely independent. Yet making and following lists start to become important to her. Though she felt her day already well planned, she found a sense of accomplishment after a list had been completed. She uses the lists to "gain control and completely lose it".
After finishing this book, I was truly unimpressed again by this author. She may have a wonderful following, however I do not find anything positive to take away from this book. As stated earlier, the females seem to have a reason for a chip on their shoulder, and not just in this book but others as well. Paige uses people without thinking of the consequences and really, almost all the sexual activity in the book was about masturbating, again selfish gratification. When she does have intercourse it's always anything but "making love" until the very end.
This was not as advertised, which is fine, but this was in no way even close to the same LEAGUE as "Fifty Shades of Grey". What an insult to E.L. James!
1.5 out of 5 Bookmarks
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