SNAP!

SNAP!
Shelley Munroe
Triskelion Publishing
ISBN: 1-60186-075- 7
Fiction, Erotic Contemporary Romance
Reviewed by Rachel Olivier

Reasonable, logical, Alice Beasley, accountant and soon to be fiancé of an up and coming attorney, wants nothing more in the world than to be safe and secure. This is what she hopes for when she arrives at the reading of her great aunt’s will. Yet, as soon as she enters Radford, she feels as if she’s tripped down the rabbit hole of her namesake and fallen into a world that makes no sense. “Dashing” and “Dangerous” James Bates wants nothing more than to get out of the rabbit hole that Alice has fallen into. Yet, together, they are supposed to run the condom company, Fancy Free, which Alice inherited from her Great Aunt Alicia. With board members that look more at home knitting or playing horseshoes than they do discussing the look and feel of a latex condom, and a manager that seems to be a walking advertisement, what’s a girl to do? Enter the Nature’s Children cult, who have moved to Radford because of the positive mystic vibrations and who don’t believe in birth control. Mix it up, add some yummy, spicy scenes and you have an erotic romance that will take you away on a well earned vacation from reality.
I read SNAP! by Shelley Munroe in a day and despite a few minor hiccups, it was a very fun read. The characters are likable and funny and there is enough tension around various issues to create a very real back and forth between the characters. Some of the problems I had with it included stage and setting and some loose ends. For example, I didn’t understand the title; it didn’t add to the story for me, and some of Alice’s movements did not follow. There were a couple of scenes where Alice entered wearing a skirt, but by the end of the scene she was in trousers. In addition, at first it was difficult to get a handle on where exactly this tale was taking place. The dialogue was semi-British, but they used dollars at the pub. Finally the realization came that it was set in New Zealand, which may or may not make a difference to the story, but my brain did catch on those details before being able to smooth over and simply enjoy this little tale. The loose ends were negligible and hopefully will be addressed in future stories placed in the little town that lives down the rabbit hole.