It's Been a Pleasure, Noni Blake

It's Been a Pleasure, Noni Blake - Claire Christian

Genre: Womens Fiction | Romance | LGBT+

Released: 21st February 2021

"There are about seven and a half billion people on the planet and I've had sex with eleven of them."

Noni Blake has no idea what's going on. It's been 18 celibate months since her and Joan split up and she can't even remember which days the bins go out without her. But after a very hot encounter with a very hot firefighter and being reminded that her vagina still works, she's ready for her quest. What started out as an innocent conversation with her best friend turns into the Pleasure Quest and suddenly she's off to europe to track down Molly, the one who got away. But while she's busy looking behind, Beau appears right in front of her. Can Noni complete her quest to find out what really makes her happy and move forward, or is she going to keep looking over her shoulder?

It's a Pleasure was a journey of self-discovery like no other - and it was so real at times I honestly thought Christian had been spying on me for a while. Noni Blake is a hot mess who doesn't know who or what she wants in life and has no idea how to find out. She explores life, her sexuality, her happiness and her heart until she can finally figure out exactly who she wants to be.

After being in a nine-year relationship with Joan we watch as she tries to navigate falling in and out of love, and falling in and out of bed. This book was so steamy you might want to take a fan when you read it. There's lots of sex - awkward sex, bad sex, casual sex and mind-blowing sex. I loved the honest sex-positivity throughout this story and the perfect creation of a chaotic bisexual character without any of the stereotypes.

And amongst all the fun and the heartbreak, comes the cringe-inducing moments that make you evaluate your own boyfriends and girlfriends of the past and realise they were definitely not worth looking back for.

The eclectic mix of beautiful humans she meets along the way all have their own amazing stories and I couldn't help but love every single on of them.

Utterly absurd and wonderful, this was a pleasure to read.

RATING: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Thank you to Claire Christian and Text Publishing for a Reviews Copy in return for an honest review.

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