Don’t judge Alice Clayton’s Wallbanger by its cover! I know we all
do it; we pick up the book with the cool cover because the cover must say
something about the story. I picked up Wallbanger (hesitant because of the
cover) thinking it may be a little too steamy for my taste, and I was wrong.
Caroline is the epitome of sexual
frustration having gone months without her O (as she calls it). Simon, her
neighbor, has no problem reaching his own happy ending, banging his bed against
Caroline’s wall most nights to gain his own satisfaction. Caroline is even able
to differentiate between the three women Simon keeps on rotation based on
their…noises.
Fed up one night, Caroline goes to
confront Simon, and is met with a very attractive neighbor…in a sheet. And cue
the drama as Simon and Caroline are thrown together, become friends, and have
to decide if they want to be more than friends.
I thought this story was funny and
very unexpected. Caroline and her friends are so great together, and their
banter is what I expect in real life from people who have known each other so
long. Their relationships seemed so real.
Simon is not what I expected in
that he seemed like a real person instead of the completely perfect guy we
normally get in romance novels (although his shortcomings and brokenness aren’t
highlighted as much as usual either). It was a nice change from the norm. I
really enjoyed how real the characters were.
The only strange thing about the book,
and I can’t decide how I feel about it, is the point of view. For most of the
book we see everything form Caroline’s perspective, she is telling us her
story. Then, probably around the middle of the story, we have text messages
between characters, and not all those conversation involve Caroline. Not long
after that we have a very awkward (for the characters) car ride, and that whole
scene contains the thoughts of four different characters, one of whom is
Caroline. I’m not sure if I liked that or not, but it was surprising.
As a whole I really enjoyed the
book and I am looking forward to the sequel Rusty
Nailed. I am also looking forward to Alice Clayton’s other series Redhead,
which starts with the book Unidentified
Redhead, as soon as the library gets me a copy.
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