Hands up if you ever have makeover before a summer holiday to an exotic place? oh, there's a lot of you there :Dthe great thing about this story is that you could relate to the main character some way or the other, and the hero is not bad in the eyes either, what more could the girl ask for?heroine is send by her company to review a resort they would possibly sponsoring. While there, she have a little inspiration from the beach which make her to a more vamped character. Little does she know what the hero hide behind his easy going chill-out character.Does the hero get his much needed sponsorship form her?does this Vamped up heroine stays with the heart after the big surprise or does she close herself with work? I don't know where to start. All I know is the novel would soak the girls' panties and tent guys' shorts. Extremely hot, carnal, everything one could expect - you name it, they did it. Don't forget, it's hedonistic like all her other novels.I'm constantly amazed how each novel, while having the same formula (short-time romance, 90% scorching hot sex, insecure heroine, hot guy, self-exploration, heroine gets to lose her inhibitions, conflict, the make-up, happily ever after), Ms Alexander manages to pull it off. The characters' backgrounds for one, and how they still spend "couple time" just hanging out with each other, enjoying the moment, until they feel the urge to be in each other again.This was primarily written using Wendy's point of view, which reminded me of Bridget Jones's Diary. Later on, the second person's point of view (Brandon) was inserted from time to time.At 34, one might say Wendy is an accomplished woman. She has a career, a job that she happens to love; not surprisingly, Walter, the boss assigned her to check out Emerald Shores, a luxury resort in the Gulf coast, to see if it's worth investing into. Then, a vision of White Bikini Babe, and she's inspired.She formed an ideal out of WBB and imagined what it would feel like to be that woman, whom in her mind has the power over men with her sexuality. I like some of the things she wrote and you'd realize it's her own self that chose to change her image, be more confident, and just go out there. She has the right physical equipment, it was time she put it to good use. It's her own positive thinking and acting out the things she wants that transformed her into whom she became - someone sure of herself, about her sexuality, beautiful, smart, wickedly sexy, and sweet at the same time. It was a little personal experiment that worked out when she met Brandon, it backfired somewhere along the way because she denied having feelings for him. She felt the connection but fought it thinking if she fell for him, it would defeat her purpose. In the end, it takes the right man to be loose and wild with, to be kinky with, to engage in public sex with, and to share a big part of yourself with.Brandon is hot in all aspects. At first glance he's just another good-looking guy who could have any woman he wants with a crook of a finger. In a nutshell, he's a catch and a great one at that. What I loved about him is his how down-to-earth he is. He never boasted about his achievements, always looks back to his humble beginnings, he's self-made and downplays it, he's willing to wait in a restaurant just like the others, and he's really sweet - very easy to fall in love with. And of course, he's the perfect sex partner, no matter how crude and porny they both get, he still respected Wendy. She's his personal porn star.As for the sex, I've mentioned lots of times how sinfully hot it is. There's M/F/M, F/F, balcony sex, sex in a cabana, lots of dirty talk, and other carnal pleasures. I still prefer reading her erotica than watching porn, it's unexpectedly more stimulating. Her writing arouses the mind, not just the body.On a final note, the happily ever after was constructed well. Wendy represented all the women out there who think they're not sexy enough, at one point in their lives they finally start to liberate themselves in their own ways, some might stop obsessing about their weight and just be comfortable with it, others spend lots of money for cosmetic surgery, and others would change their lifestyle. Whatever it is, the goal is to be happy and content, or maybe get a lot of sex for a change haha!
What do You think about The Bikini Diaries (2009)?
Read about 75% in one night. Couldn't put the thing down.
—Lauren
