Sex by Jillian Dodd
Release date: March 24, 2017
Synopsis
Meet Riley Johnson. CEO of
Captive Films.
Hot. Rich. Privileged.
Seriously Single.
There could never be a
reality show about my life. It’d just be work and sex. Lots and lots of sex. No
breakups. No fights with friends. Zero drama. Drama’s for the movies. Not for
me.
I’m Riley Johnson. I’ve
got it all. Brand new jet. Exotic cars. Luxury penthouse. Black card. A
different aspiring actress (or two) in my bed every night. I run Captive Films.
Where we leave you begging for more. Or maybe that’s just me.
My life is perfect. . .
Until she walks back into it.
The Hollywood Love series
follows the lives and loves of those who work at Captive Films: Hot, successful, playboy Riley Johnson, whose
business success far exceeds his success in love. Movie star, Keatyn
Douglas, whose epic love story has spawned a series of books and movies. And
Dawson Johnson, who joins Captive with a tragic past. Expect lots of
drama, sex, and tabloid-worthy events.
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Sex
by Jillian Dodd is the 8th installment in the original Captive Films
series. I say installment because these books started as weekly serials for fans
to catch up on the characters of the Keatyn
Chronicles. At some point, the serials were bundled into books for each
season and now the first three seasons are
bundled in a box set called the Hollywood
Love Series.
My introduction to the world of
Hollywood Love and the Keatyn crew
started with Sex. I could tell right away that I couldn’t start
at this book and purchased the bundle to learn some of the backgrounds.
My review is going to incorporate the first three books because it is
the only way it makes sense to me.
What I Like:
I like the addictive appeal of
the book. It is interesting to me that
the story kept pulling me in even though I can’t say I like the characters that
much. The story reminds me of the closed
world of the old soap operas. Even
though it is set in a big city, it has a small-town
feel. Everyone knows everyone else. Everyone’s life is linked in some way to the
other characters.
As much as I wanted to put the
book down and move on it kept calling me in the habitual
way that the old afternoon half-hour shows pulled me in. The story moves quickly, but nothing is accomplished
in those thirty minutes for several weeks or even months but there are teases
in each episode.
By the end of season one, the characters are familiar enough to care
about them even if you didn’t read the Keatyn series. They characters are all wealthy and live the high-life, and sometimes make bad decisions. There is the constant introduction of lovers,
betrayal, hurting the ones you want to love, and so on and so on.
The individual episodes feature a
character but most of the other main characters make an appearance. There is
plenty of action throughout all four books.
There are hook-ups, weddings, children, misunderstandings, cheating,
etc.—everything you would expect on a soap.
Also, there is someone making a decision that will come back and bite someone
in the ass keeping him/her from the one she really wants.
I’m sure I’m giving the wrong
impression because some of the characters are entertaining and people I can
root for, while others are shallow and spineless. I think the biggest disappointment for me is
Riley. I don’t get him. I guess he is a sexaholic and blames his
shallow behavior on a past love gone wrong
even though she knows she made a mistake and tries to make amends. Not good enough for lover-boy though. He is involved in a triangle and made me angry, and like
a soap, the reader knows one leg of the
triangle is trash, but he doesn’t see it
and will hurt the one who really loves him.
What I don’t like:
Like a soap opera, there is always the character that
happens on a scene to see or overhear
something and misunderstand, runs off without asking questions, and makes bad
decisions. The misunderstanding makes
matters worse and makes this reader pissed off.
Trust me when I say I know people like Riley who are taken in and led
around by the big D by a conniving bitch and then ends up hurting the person
who really loves him. I wish I could
say he was an exaggeration or caricature.
I am grateful that I’m coming
late in these serials. I never would
make it through all the cliffhangers and Sex ends with another
cliffhanger. I think after forty-five or
fifty years of age end of life is within sight.
A cliffhanger means there is a potential that my end will come before the series ends. I don’t like them and don’t start them until
I can read the ending.
A couple years ago, I waited so
long for the final book in a series, I made my kids promise if anything
happened to me they would sit by my grave and read me the last book. You laugh,
but I’m serious. I binge read and binge
watch TV so I can get the ending—cliffhangers are for the young.
What's Next:
The next book Love
is scheduled to release later this
year. I don’t know if this will be the
end or another cliffhanger. I do hope
that Ariela grows a pair and says I made the right decision when I left you,
Riley, the first time around.
I want her to find someone who
loves only her and wants only her. She’s
had enough men who want multiple sex partners and can’t commit. Riley, you go enjoy your sluts, don’t ever
forgive me, and live in the muck that you make.
Oh, by the way, Riley, you decided
to throw your happiness away for a baby that isn’t yours.
Jillian Dodd is a good writer. She held me captive. She even has me thinking
about taking a chance on another potential cliffhanger (if I’m still around) so
I can find out what happens next. What
can I say--like the afternoon soap, you can come back when you're home sick or on a staycation and pick up
right where you left off.
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