{Review} The V Card by Lauren Blakely

Title: The V Card
Author: Lauren Blakely, Lili Valente
Release Date: December 13, 2017
Genre: Contemporary Romance, Romantic Comedy

A brand new sinfully sexy standalone romantic comedy from bestselling authors Lauren Blakely and Lili Valente!

When you think about how easy it is to lose keys, phones, sunglasses and your dignity on social media, you might figure it'd be a cinch for me to ditch my V Card. You'd be wrong.

At 25, I run a successful business, live in a fantastic apartment, and have fabulous friends to go out with any night of the week. And yet I'm still a card-carrying member of a club I don't want to belong to anymore. Good thing I know just the man for the deflowering job—my brother’s business partner and best friend. Graham Campbell is charming, smart, and, I’m told, oh-so-skilled in the sack. As long as I keep my eyes on the prize, there’s no way this pluck-the-flower project could possibly complicate matters.

Work and pleasure. As the CEO of a fast-growing company, I've been enjoying both to the fullest. What do I do when the board throws me for an unexpected loop so I can keep my business in my hands? I enlist the help of my best friend's little sister since she holds a big stake in the company. But then I learn there's another big stake she wants.

The one between my legs.

I can do this. Seven nights to teach her everything I know in the bedroom. There's no way I'll fall for her, even though she’s earning top grades in every single sinfully sexy lesson. And turns out I’m learning something too.

The trouble is I don’t have the answer key to what to do when I fall hard for her.

And that throws a whole new hitch in my plans.

What We Liked

♥ Lauren Blakely and Lili Valente team up.

♥ Virgin heroine trope.

♥ Brothers best friend trope, in which the h recruits her brothers best friend to take her v-card and teach her bedroom skills for 1 week. The rule: no falling in love.

♥ Bisexual (secondary character) rep.

♥ The blatant sexual innuendos has us rolling on the floor laughing.

♥ The friendship between the H and h and how it bloomed into romantic feelings/relationship.

What We Didn't

• Evil exes. Okay not that evil but it's a non-ableist alternative for cr*zy.
• Speaking of ableism, an ableist remark was used, not to mention in the same sentence as a Fight Club sentence.
• The word "luscious" *insert cry laughing emoji* WHYYY
• There was some secret-sharing that was not theirs to share without permission.

The Gals

CJ // Smart and successful. She's optimistic and funny. Though she's (was) inexperienced in the bedroom before Graham, doesn't mean she doesn't know how to drive a hard bargain/negotiation.

Luna // Graham's spunky, food truck owning bisexual BFF. We loved her personality, attitude, vibe, humor, all of it.

The Guys

Graham // Leave it to him to somehow slide innuendos while talking business. Does not like excessive emoji usage, like a typical older (even though he's not that old) dude-bro. RIP to his short-lived sex sabbatical once he and CJ start exercising some bedroom skills.

Lust Factor