Girl on a Train by A.J. Waines

Okay, first things first, this novel is NOT to be confused with the mega selling The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins, which was made into a film starring Emily Blunt.

This book however was reduced at the Amazon Kindle Store to just 99p and having read the blurb, I thought this mystery was worth a go for the money.

Anna Rothman, a journalist, is travelling by train from Portsmouth to London. A woman sat next to her catches her attention but leaves the train at Micheldever station, only Anna believes something is wrong. A tragedy then happens to this woman and Anna takes it upon herself to get to the bottom of the mystery surrounding her departure from the train.

I found Girl on a Train to be a POOR read, a mystery that was padded out with lots of unnecessary descriptive text setting out every scene. The extreme detailing of the scenes became tiresome for me to read. I thought the plot was weak with there being only 3 key items to finding out what the Girl on a Train had been involved in. Although these 3 key items involved codes, this does not have the quality of a Dan Brown novel, where there is a lot of deciphering of codes and symbols.

There was however a good range of characters to give plenty of scope to who the bad guy was. But it was stretching motivation to the limits as to why Anna was actually bothered in getting to the bottom of this shallow mystery considering it was unpaid work. Then we had the unlikely coincidences with Anna’s past woven into this tiresome tale. The story trudged on with Anna’s perspective when suddenly I turned the page and whallop! I was now confronted with part two and this was going back in time before the train journey and told the sorry tale from the Girl on the Train’s perspective. This time shift and sudden change of focus annoyed me, big time. To add further annoyance to my reading pleasure, a lot further on and I turned the page and “oh dear”, I had reached part three and I was back to Anna’s perspective. This was really frustrating as not only had it shifted back to the present time but I knew more about what had happened than Anna.

So, all in all, I found Girl on a Train to be a frustrating and annoying read. It was a very easy book to put down but I read it to the end. It was NOT a joy to read but gave me the strong feeling of “I’ve started, so I will finish”. Girl on a Train only gets 2 stars from me but like trains, thankfully there will be another novel shortly to pull into my grasp.

Girl on a Train is available as an Amazon Kindle eBook and was written in 2013.

Better At Friendships by Joseph Reilly.

Cristyn is a 23 year old woman who lives with her divorced father in America. She has many relationships with young men which do not work out. This is her story of unsuccessful relationships and her ups and downs in coping with life's challenges.

I found Better At Friendships to be a tortured tale, a woman unable to find her way in life. It was quite philosophical with the comments provided by the young men she met.Cristyn had many ups and down along the way but this story had an upbeat ending.

I did not like how the time frame of this novel wandered back and forth. Time and time again the focus shifted backwards to previous failed relationships with young men. Then we had imagined content from a young man who had died but was told as though he was still alive!

I thought Better At Friendships was an okay read, it kept me interested. There was a small amount of sex and Cristyn liked it rough but it would not offend my 65 year old wife! It was a middle of the road read, nothing special but standard fayre, so 3 stars from me.

Better At Friendships is available as an Amazon Kindle eBook and was written in 2016.

Cock & Pussy Frisking at Pop Concert by Kirstie Taylor.

Andy and Todd are in the queue for a pop concert, only they have to walk through security. The security guards are doing their job very keenly as they frisk everyone in turn. Then Andy spots just how intimate the frisking becomes and the fun begins.

This short story is a HOOT! It is a fun read that will bring joy, a smile and swelling to everyone. Kirstie writes a first class erotic tale that is clear, focused and imaginative. Her command of English is spot on and this sexy tale has none of the dumbed down and repetitive language used in other adult tales.

I really enjoyed reading this fantasy, it was pitched with such skill. It was a thrilling read that explored spontaneous sex with a stranger and exhibitionism. I liked how an everyday queue became a kinky adventure. It had that lovely feel of playing on the private thoughts that men have whilst going about their daily business. This erotic tale had a lovely ending and left me with NEVER being able to look at a security guard the same way again!

Erotic stories vary tremendously in quality but Kirstie is at the top of her game. I found this short story to be wonderful, so it gets the top score of 5 stars from me.

Cock & Pussy Frisking at Pop Concert is available as an Amazon Kindle eBook and was written in 2013.