Wallbanger was a perfect blend of sexual frustration, romantic buildup, witty banter, and conflicted characters to make my whole week. I really appreciated the fact that Ms Clayton made the characters wait so long to have sex, and trust me, you might be huffing and puffing that it's one of those slow books that take forever to get to the good parts, but really it's not, it is totally worth it. The whole book was fun, there was no boring setting description or long, useless pages where the character goes on and on talking about her life and childhood and blah blah blah like some authors like to do. No, this got to the juicy stuff fairly quickly, and thank God for that.
As the title--and the cover--might hint, Wallbanger is about...well...a guy, Simon, who likes to sex girls so hard his bed bangs against the wall. Repeatedly. And loudly (lmao). No other way to put it really. And our protagonist, poor Caroline, has to endure his wallbanging every night, leaving her tired and pissed each day after, even more so because she hasn't had an orgasm in 7 months due to a stupid one night stand that left her hooha traumatized (yes, her hooha).
Having to listen to the sounds of glorious sex night after night, Caroline finally explodes one night when she was on the verge of bringing the big O back, but the wallbanging interrupted her. Pissed and sexually frustrated, she walks over to her next door neighbor's door and bangs on it until he opens. And when he opens, what a sight she is treated to: a yummy, six-foot-something guy with steel abs, tanned skin, dark hair, and a pair of blue eyes that would make any girl swoon. Not to mention with his hips wrapped in a white sheet and his...ahem...still at attention. Oh and did I mention that Caroline was wearing a pink baby doll and she had totally forgotten about this? Yup.
Having to listen to the sounds of glorious sex night after night, Caroline finally explodes one night when she was on the verge of bringing the big O back, but the wallbanging interrupted her. Pissed and sexually frustrated, she walks over to her next door neighbor's door and bangs on it until he opens. And when he opens, what a sight she is treated to: a yummy, six-foot-something guy with steel abs, tanned skin, dark hair, and a pair of blue eyes that would make any girl swoon. Not to mention with his hips wrapped in a white sheet and his...ahem...still at attention. Oh and did I mention that Caroline was wearing a pink baby doll and she had totally forgotten about this? Yup.
From here on out, Caroline and Simon's relationship develops slowly but sweetly: first as enemies, then as grudging neighbors, then as friends, and finally as a loving couple. What makes this book so great is the fact that the author developed a friendship between the two characters before writing their sex scenes. That is something very rare between a man and a woman but very valuable, because their relationship was based on friendship first rather than sex, and so it made it more believable of a romance. This is one of those books where I can't really say I could have asked for better characters because they both had so much personality, and I can say for the first time that I wasn't frustrated with them at all, and that's really rare.
Of course, I wouldn't be a book critic without having something to criticize, and that would be the ending. I was really happy that Caroline finally got her O, but then it felt like the rest of the book was sex, sex, sex, sex, and towards the end it lost some of the depth that I loved. I wouldn't know what ending to suggest instead, but I could have asked for a better one. But anyways, it is too small of a thing to impact my outlook on the whole book, so I still give it 4.75 stars. I hope to read more from this author because I loved her writing style and character development.
So all that aside...I'm back bitches!! Woohooo!! Damn it feels good, I am so freaking happy that finals are over and I have time to finally read in peace! No tests to worry about, no midterms or finals or stupid roommate drama, just me and my wonderful books. Oh my books, you never fail to make me happy, hahaha. Anyways, more reviews coming soon!
Book Love,
Lena
