I don't read F/F often, so I'm thrilled to find a gem like this when I get around to the genre. While I did struggle with the period slang, it wasn't used much. This was both good and bad, as in good that I didn't have to deal with it often and bad that when it did pop up it felt thrown in and was distracting more than period setting.Other than that though, I enjoyed the story. I loved the slow seduction -- the flirting, the letters back and forth, and the frustration felt by both women as Cotton set his mind to keeping them apart. Some reviewers mentioned the crassness of some of the scenes/dialogue, but this was an aspect I enjoyed. Sure, not every woman would talk that way (then or now) but some most certainly did, and so why not enjoy such feisty behavior as the entertainment it's meant to be.I'll definitely check out another story by Ms. Moody. I bought this book after reading the sample on my Kindle. It seemed fun and a little naughty (the love interest's dog is named Clitty ::wink, wink, nudge, nudge::) so I decided it was worth a buy.I enjoyed it initially, however, after a couple of incidents of the characters interacting with famous people, I feared this was going to be a Forrest Gump type story with constant name-drops and the characters influencing real life people from the era. It did indeed turn into this a few more times.I liked the romance between Moxie and Violet, and their flirting back and forth by letter and phone-call were sweet and sexy. As I have had relationships where I met someone awesome then didn't see them for a month or so, yet still corresponded with them, I identified with it.I have two big problems with this book though.First of all, how open everyone is about their sexuality, especially their homosexuality. I understand the 30's weren't exactly wholesome and pure (petting parties, vaudeville shows, etc.) but in a lot of places this book goes a bit far. Near the beginning, after Violet (the up-and-coming actress of the story) moves to Hollywood, she outs herself at a party and them rebukes someone for calling homosexuals "degenerates." While that would be fine for something set in present day, it seems a bad, and unlikely, move in 1930's Hollywood. Instead it comes across as an Author Filibuster. Considering there are still people in modern day Hollywood who are in the closet, having every character in this story openly admit their orientation, and then provide details for shock value, is sort of annoying. Even the straight characters provide too many vulgar details to be believable. They are constantly talking about, in mixed company, about the secret sex clubs they go to and the strange and bizarre things they all do to each other.Second, the book has too much talk of bodily functions. The book is supposed to be a romance, but half of it is gross humor that wouldn't be out of place in a Scary Movie or Tom Green movie. It's really distracting and kills off any sexy mood that had been set up previously. This isn't even geared towards people with more peculiar fetishes, all mentions of gross things are meant to be disgusting.Overall, I would've really enjoyed this book better if it had focused more on the romance, and it could've helped if Violet and Moxie got some more romantic scenes together after they are reunited. The conflict of the talent agent trying to keep them apart goes on for much too long, and the ending made me roll my eyes. This book started off promisingly but became very disappointing the further I went on.
What do You think about The Seduction Of Moxie (2009)?
Did any women really talk like that in the twenties? Just could not get into these characters
—Bran
Endless banter between friends and lovers-- left megrinning up to the last page!
—jamie
Fabulously filthy fun! A must read period piece.
—ausset
