Naked

As usual I'm doing things ass-backwards and I think the ship may have sailed for me, in terms of these stories, yet somehow (late night Audible binge buy? drunkenness?) I own a couple of these and feel the compulsion to read/listen to them. On the plus side the narration by [a:Grace Grant 498152 Grace Grant https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png] is top notch. She got me through this with minimum fuss and I didn't even get mad. [a:Shane East 7236501 Shane East https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png] makes and appearance in the prologue and I guess will have a larger role in future installments, which I may or may not do dependent on ... the weather? Dunno. In any case I see that this was written waaay back in 2012 and I can't blame [a:Raine Miller 4930653 Raine Miller https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1360444710p2/4930653.jpg] for jumping into the FSOG pool. It was successful, we were all eating it up in one fashion or another, and, though I've only done the AB, I can tell she's a better writer and does it better job with this story line. Though I could pretty much see beat for beat where the story was going and yawned at the predictable Perfect Specimen Alpha Male with dark past/Perfect Angelic Girl with harrowing past I didn't get mad or anything. I'm mellowing with age. I did like that Ethan isn't as much of a cuckoo as Christian or Jesse and that Brynne seems to have a semblance of a backbone. I didn't care for the straight out of FSOG photographer friend who only seems to be present in the story to give Brynne “ethnic” friends (he's of Somali descent). Stop it already. Either have POC characters who are full human beings or just skip it. No cardboard cut outs needed. Other niggle, which will maybe be explained in future books?, why is the daughter of seemingly well off Americans (one a Washington mover & shaker) studying on scholarship, sharing a flat, and working to “support” herself in London? Plot fodder, I'm sure, but stupid shit annoys me.