*I received a free copy of Unconventional from Selfpublished via Netgalley. This has in no way influenced my voluntary review, which is honest and unbiased *
Warning: This book includes mature content such as: sexual content, and/or drug and/or alcohol use, and/or violence.
Unconventional by Avery Aster Series: The Manhattanites #4
Published by Selfpublished on 26 January 2016
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Erotica
Pages: 250
Format: eARC
Source: Netgalley
They are the best of friends and the greatest of lovers. Two men and one woman, searching for fortune and fame, bound together by an eroticism their money and power can’t buy them. Luigi, the romantic alpha hunk. Rocco, the exotic bisexual. Jemma, the insatiable beauty who possesses them both.
From their first rendezvous in Milan, the three set out on a wicked course, jet-setting from the kinky underground sex clubs of Berlin, to the lavish palaces of Moscow, to New York’s high society in pursuit of pleasure. They have only each other to care for. That is…until a baby comes along and changes their destiny. But which of them is the father? And will they continue their poly relationship or give in to convention?
Unconventional is a hot, fun and yes, very unconventional read.
Fans of Avery’s Manhattanites will love Unconventional, both because of the humour that is familiar to them and because characters they already know are a part of the story. Rocco and Luigi have been feeling that Jemma has withdrawn from the both in recent months, and while they understand that she has been under a lot of pressure, they want to add a little on their own – they want to marry her and be a family, the three of them together. The story is a little over the top, but it’s hot, and it’s filled with quite a bit of humour, so I quite enjoyed myself!
Because I’m not really familiar with the characters, it was a little difficult for me to form an attachment to them, and I thought Jemma was acting like a spoiled child at times, and the two men were not really taking everything into consideration when they kidnapped her for a sex safari to help her loosen up. Unconventional is meant to be a light-hearted, steamy story, though, and it did bring that, and one thing I really enjoyed was that there was no jealousy between the three of them. They all loved each other, and they were also friends and showed respect towards each other.
I’m sure fans of the series will really love Unconventional, though, because it was obvious to me that there are inside jokes, both between the characters and between the author and the readers. Jemma, Rocco and Luigi each got their own chapters, and their voices were distinct. Written in first person point of view and past tense, the story was evenly paced and with an easy flow.
In a way, Rocco and I were similar to those flowers reaching for something – nourishment and love.
As we watched Jemma head back to our private oasis on the beach, I slipped the diamond into my front pocket. The ring would never adorn dolce’s finger.
“Exactly.” Taddy turned to face me, her green eyes finally locked with mine. “No sex in your life equals bad fashion designs. This is easy to see how this happened.”
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About Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms
Linda is an English as foreign language teacher and has a Master's degree in English Language and Literature. She's an avid reader, blogger, compulsive one-clicker and a genre omnivore. Ever since she learnt how to read she has been seen with a book or two in her hands everywhere she goes.
I can understand that it’s complicated when you don’t know about the characters but the humor sounds nice there!
The humor was definitely well done, Melliane 🙂
I hate it when characters act like spoiled children.
I do, too, Majanka, but if I had known Jemma before, I might have understood her much better… which is why I think fans of the series will really enjoy Unconventional.
I was tempted to read this series but put it aside because of the palaces, high society, rich people environment. I had my share of millionaires-billionaires stories, so I’m over it now, lol ! But I’m glad you enjoyed it and that it had humor in it 🙂 Thanks for sharing ! (And I hope you recovered from yesterday !)
I haven’t read many millionaires-billionaires stories lately, and sometimes it’s definitely fun to read about the socialites 😀
I have recovered, but man was I exhausted yesterday! I’m not sure my class was impressed with me in the afternoon 😉
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I still haven’t read any of her books. I grabbed a couple of them as freebies, with the intent to read them, but I’ve just passed them over. Glad you had fun with this despite some flaws.
I have read one of the Manhattians stories, and I thought it was a lot of fun 🙂 I think the biggest flaw here is me, Lekeisha… not knowing the characters in advance took away some of my enjoyment.
I’ve read a couple books from the Manhattanites series, Lexxie, and they are a bit over-the-top but also fun! I’m glad you enjoyed Unconventional overall even if not knowing the characters previously made it a little difficult to connect with them. I need to get back to this series and finish it up. 😀
I hope you’re having a lovely Tuesday! I’ll be hauling instruments around for this music tour today, and taking one of my cats to the vet. :/ So maybe we can chat tomorrow? **BIG HUGS**
Over-the-top is all good, if that’s what you expect 😉 And I want to read the book before this one, because I enjoyed the interactions between these three people, and it made me curious about how they met, and how this whole trinity thing came into being 🙂
I hope the cat will be OK, Brandee! And that you’re careful on the road! I’m around tomorrow PM my time 🙂 *BIG HUGS*
I had to giggle at the idea of a sex safari…lol. I do love a little bit of humor in a story. This one sounds a bit different but I don’t think it is for me. Great review!
Yeah, I don’t think that would be my kind of vacation, but it did sound like they were having fun, Carole 🙂 Thanks for stopping by!
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I’ve read the first book in the series, enjoyed it and even own the second book. This one might just be the pull back to the series. Thanks for distinguishing how the connections to the earlier stories might make this a better read.
I’m sure knowing the characters already would make a big difference to the enjoyment of Unconventional, Jonetta. And it was still good enough to make me want to read the prior stories involving them!
h it can be hard to come into a series if there is already some inside jokes and what not. Glad at least the humor was good!
Yes, and if I had realized that in advance, I would have read the prior books first, Grace. I still enjoyed it, though, and I’m sure fans of the series will love it!
Thanks for sharing! Sorry you couldn’t fully connect to the characters, but the humor sounds great. I also like that there isn’t any jealousy between the three.
The fact that all three of them really loved each other was awesome, Lauren! And I think that if I had read the prior books, I would have enjoyed this more. I think I’m going to pick them up, once my TBR pile diminishes a little 😉
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So I guess you missed the first book? I think that’s where these three met. Thanks for setting my expectations, I can always rely on Aster to deliver a super sexy rea without much drama.
Yup, I did miss it, Braine. And that makes me sad, because I’m sure I would have enjoyed them all much more if I had already gotten to know them a little bit. I hope you’ll enjoy Unconventional!
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Avery is really nice and she loves book bloggers. I’m sure she’ll be happy to send you a copy of the books you missed if you email her. Let me know if I can help you with that, I have her deets 😉
I’m glad it had humor to keep you engaged b/c it IS hard to start in the middle of a series, that’s for sure! But the story sounds so fun! Especially b/c it’s meant to be over the top – makes it a great escape 🙂 Great review!
Yes, and we’re all for escape, right? I want to pick up the first book, because the dynamics between the three characters was good 🙂
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I didn’t read this one, because I think i needed a break from hot scenes Xd but nice one