Legally Yours by Manda Collins (Lawyers in Love #1)
Erotic Contemporary
May 4, 2012
Self Published

Reviewed by Mandi

Julie Streeter had to drop out of law school to raise her younger sister after her parent’s death. Now five years later, she works as a paralegal since her sister is in college and is more independent. Her crush from law school, Matt Ellis is in town working for the opposing counsel on a case Julie’s firm has.

Julie is about to turn 30, and is tired of living a careful life. She had to take on a lot of responsibility young, and now that she has more freedom, she wants to try new things. She writes a ‘to-do list’ of sorts that lists sexual things she has never tried. She types it out late one night at the office and it includes outdoor sex, learn how to give a good blow job and try something new in bed. As she prints it off on the office printer, she doesn’t realize Matt is still at the office, and right next to the printer. He reads the list before she can get to it and is surprised to find the turtleneck wearing, yet still beautiful Julie is this adventurous. He tells her since he is leaving in two weeks when his assignment is done, he can be the man to fulfill her list, and then he’ll leave no strings attached. Julie agrees, and the sexy times begin. Except I had a hard time with finding this book very sexy.

First of all, there isn’t any build-up or sexual tension in this story. I just didn’t feel any chemistry between Julie and Matt. Yes they have sex, but I needed more….lust. Or more tension. It feels as if Matt and Julie see each other again and then they decide to have sex so matter-of-factly. We also never get to learn about Matt. What is his back story? What is his personality? It is missing throughout the book.

When Matt ‘teaches’ Julie to give a better blow job, Julie tentatively starts, admitting she is slightly afraid of a penis. The next thing you know, she is not only giving the blow job, but she puts her finger up his butt. Wait, what? For a girl who is more shy, and awkward about this, I don’t understand why her character would do that. It didn’t fit her character’s personality at all in my opinion.

I also had issues with the legal matters in this book. Matt is actually in town to try to find a leak in her office, under the guise he is there working on a case. When they are talking about legal issues with the case, Matt thinks Julie, who is only a paralegal should make decisions about their case. Yes, Julie attended law school, but she didn’t graduate nor sit for the bar exam. So why would Matt think she is qualified to make these types of decisions? I understand he wants her to have enough confidence to go back to law school, but I’m not sure that I bought into his professional lawyer persona.

The end felt rushed and I didn’t buy into the HEA. An erotic book has to have more than just explicit sex scenes in it. I need sexual tension, chemistry and characters with depth. I don’t think we get that in this book.

Rating: D

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