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Peepo!

Allan Ahlberg and Janet Ahlberg

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Peepo! is the much-loved picture book classic by Janet and Allan Ahlberg. Peepo! is a modern classic...

CSS Mastery: 2016

Andy Budd, Andrew Hume and Emil Bjorklund

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Fully updated to the latest CSS modules, make the journey to CSS mastery as simple and painless as...

Quality Management of Cultural Heritage: Problems and Best Practices: Proceedings of the XVII UISPP World Congress (1-7 September, Burgos, Spain): Volume 8 / Session A13

Davide Delfino and Maurizio Quagliuolo

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From Lascaux to Shanidar caves, from Malta temples to Stonenge (and the 'new' one...), from Serra da...

Kara Skinner (332 KP) rated Same Time Next Year in Books

Sep 10, 2019

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Genre: Contemporary

Word Count: 4,560

Average Goodreads Rating: 3.27/5 stars

My rating: 4.5/5 stars

It’s not often a book can surprise me. But Same Time Next Year totally took me off guard.

Every year, for the past either years, Regina White and Tyler Harrison meet at the same hotel, in two connecting rooms for one night.

The receptionist, Elizabeth, thinks she has the whole situation figured out. But she doesn’t know what this night means to the mysterious couple. And somehow she can’t stop thinking about them anyway.

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At first I thought I wasn’t going to like this story. I thought it was about two people leaving their depressing and dull lives to have one night of infidelity and debauchery a year, like some sort of modern day fairy tale. On top of that, the “good” character, Elizabeth, is kind of a bitch who is quick to condemn and judge Regina, but smile and admire Tyler.

It’s one thing to disapprove of adultery, it’s another thing to have double standards about it.

But despite my misgivings at first, I got sucked into the very hot sex scene quickly.

“No, I don’t want champagne. I want you. Naked. And wet. And begging.”

Gotta love good dirty talk. Unfortunately the scene ends abruptly and before the couple gets to the really good part, if you know what I mean. 😉

For such a short story there is actually a lot of character development. We learn that Tyler and Regina met at a conference years ago, when they had those two hotel rooms by coincidence. Tyler loves how Regina’s strong and confident in public, but a little submissive in the bedroom. Regina loves how Tyler still wants her, and how he’s always willing to please her. They have great chemistry together and I love how they’re still attracted to each other after all those years, and always come back to the same hotel.

My only complaint, aside from the abrupt end to the sex scene, is Elizabeth. I get why she’s necessary to the story, but she’s undeveloped and unlikeable, and I wish she was gone.