Hard

3 hard stars for Cheryl's first attempt at an erotic story.

Unfortunately, the beginning brings back reminders from another story I read about a photographer obsessed with taking pictures of naked women during climax. I do not have an in depth connection with the characters yet. The layers of the grief have been outlined, but the way Holland just up and left, left me feeling confused. I needed closure. I needed her to react with words and not actions. While I love stories about sex and men who are capable of awakening something deep inside of us that was lost-feeling. I still feel unattached to the story. I feel like I'm going through the motions.
The story needs to move into another direction. I wish the story would progress away from the sex. Some sex is good but when seventy-five percent of the story is based on it, it becomes mundane.
Cheryl has made her point that Holland is using sex to escape dealing with her feelings.
I feel like the story finally began when Holland saw Jensen's father at the DMV. I became enthralled in the story from this point on. The story took too long to make its point but once it did I was hooked.