Neighbors by Stylo FantomeMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
Reviewed by: Michelle
ARC provided by author in exchange for an honest review
Sexy. Titillating. Erotic. Sensual. Utterly Addicting. These are a few words to describe Stylo Fantome’s newest release, Neighbors. Seriously, this book was just utter perfection and intoxicating. With her stunning and visceral prose, Stylo Fantome will capture your hearts and mind as she decandently and sinfully lures reader to be entranced with Katya Tocci and her newfound sexual awakening as not just one man vie for her heart, body, and mind but two gorgeous men.
“She knew she was somewhat ... vanilla. She'd grown up in the suburbs, with a normal family, and a normal life. Went to a boring school, had mostly boring friends. Katya didn't mind boring. Boring was ... secure. Boring paid the rent. Yeah, but boring doesn't get you laid.”
Katya Tocci is a beautiful, smart, and independent woman. She has a successful career as one of the top patisserie of San Francisco. As in demand pastry chef, her career was stellar but her love and sex life are non-existent. It could be partly due to the fact that Katya lives a boring life. Boring plain Jane clothes and boring predictable men. So when Katya’s roommate forces her to join an online dating site, Katya’s profile was boring so her best friend/roommate decides to spicen and liven up her online dating profile.
“Go out with a man she'd just met, check. Have sex in a club, check. Experience dirty talk, definite check. She finally did cry out, unable to hold it in as a tremor ripped through her body, threatening to tear her apart.”Liam Edenhoff happens to be browsing on the online dating site and he happens to be stumble across his neighbor, Katya Tocci’s profile. He was immediately intrigued that his innocent neighbor stated in her profile that she was adventurous in the sex department. When Liam saw that, he immediately approached Katya and he knew right away that everything on the site was a lie. Upset that Liam thought she was boring, Katya challenged Liam and agreed to go with him on a date to the sex club that he owns. Well, as it turns out that date to the sex club awakened a bold Katya who was willing to have sex in public. As it turns out, Liam let loose a new Katya who was willing to be open and not so boring. As the good neighbor that Liam was, he soon formed a meaningful friendship with Katya that happens to have casual uninhibited sex.
As Katya says goodbye to her boring sex life, she runs into another neighbor. Well, her childhood neighbor from her hometown that she had a big crush on. Wulfric Stone is a successful, prominent, and domineering man. As a self-made millionaire and entrepreneur, Wulfric doesn’t need to beg as he demands your attention. And so when Wulf asked Katya to dinner, Katya knew that she wanted Wulf. She wanted him the moment he laid eyes on her. As Katya gives into her sexual desires and lust to Wulf, she begins to fall for Wulf hard. Everything about this man consumes her. She wanted him but Wulf’s closed off heart made her want to break and shatter through his hard exterior. When Katya thought she broke into his hard exterior and learns the reason of why he is closed off, she thought she finally won the heart of Wulf but only to learn that he can’t let her in.
“Katya shook her head. “No buts. The things he brings out in me are different. It's like ... you make me expand. You open my eyes and widen my boundaries. He makes me contract. My eyes only see him and he's my only boundary. You're both just so ... different. Completely different, in what you do for me, and how you make me feel.”Katya’s once boring life is now filled with color. Two men vying for her attention. Will Katya choose the man whom she is comfortable with? Or will she choose the man that makes her heart go crazy? Lust or Love? So which neighbor will be knocking his way into her heart?
AHHHH that ending!!!! Stylo Fantome you are an evil genius because I NEED to know what happens next. Who does she choose? I will be completely honest with you, I thought Liam was the one who had my heart then of course Stylo had to write Wulf in such a way that I found myself gravitating towards him. And then Stylo had to drop the biggest bombshell ever. I wanted to hate both men and then I wanted to love both of them. I will be completely honest with you I have a favorite and I am rooting for this hero to win.
“I want you to look at me in that way you do – like I'm everything ,” he said in a simple voice. “I want to see that look every single day. When I wake up, when I go to sleep, all the time. I want to be the only man that gets to touch you, hold you, kiss you. I want you to know ... know that I look at you the same way. Like you're everything. You're everything to me.”I will say it one more time, Neighbors was a phenomenal read. This book is not your conventional love triangle. This book was just more than romance, sex, lust, and passion. This book was about rediscovering your identity and finding strength. And Stylo Fantome did a remarkable job highlighting the transformation of Katay Tocci. She allowed readers to no longer see Katya as a wallflower but instead as someone who is finding her voice. Her identity. Her own splash of color. So if you are looking for a bold romance that was brilliant, unique, scintillating, and intoxicating then I highly urge you to read this addictive read.
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