A review by sundancer_srb
Poison Ivy by Steffanie Holmes

3.0

What a wild ride and boy do I have a lot to say. This book was like if the Korean drama Boys Over Flowers was R rated set in California and the girl is a sexy capable blind woman who isn't afraid to toss men around who annoy her and doesn't have to pick one man. Needless to say I am here for it.

The beginning hit me in the face in the best way possible. Holmes doesn't waste anytime introducing us to the characters, the back story and the sex. Except, this might just be me, but in the very beginning jujitsu Mina, oh I mean Fergie's dad says something like, "She's not used to being around humans." And this line flung me off on a wild head cannon that Fergie was a vampire or some other supernatural creature. I was convinced! I have to tell you, she is actually just a human and her dad was being funny...ha ha ha

Other than Fergie being Mina with new guys and new tricks, I still loved her. She is very real. For those readers who are tired of the main female character being completely helpless and never having any idea what is going on, this is the book for you. She is strong, opinionated and doesn't take anything from anyone. The sex scenes are incredible and I will be thinking about one in particular for a very long time. Defiantly not boring.

I found the language a little awkward but I have been out of high school for a long while now, maybe that's how kids talk now. If I have any reason to be in a high school and I hear someone say, "sound the fucktrumpts" I will be laughing hysterically. The author did reference her own writing three times, which started off cute, and by the last time was just annoying.

The audio-book version did not do Torsten's accent at all. In the book it is described as vaguely European maybe Swedish but the way he was voiced was just American.
Thank you Netgalley for gifting me a copy of the audio-book.