Review & Blog Tour: The Sex Education of M.E. by L.B. Dunbar
A coming-of-an-older age novel. Something new from L.B. Dunbar -- a stand alone story!
I’m forty, flabby, and frustrated. Don’t get me wrong, I have a good home, a decent job, and great children. I had a loving marriage for twenty years where we had our ups and downs. It wasn’t perfect; but it wasn’t awful. Then he died. After the grief took its course, and the reality of my life set in, I grew frustrated. It wasn’t the bills or the struggle to keep my interest in my work. It was life without a man – the only man I’d been with for twenty years. And before you go all feminist on me, it isn’t that I can’t be an independent woman, but there are certain areas where a man is necessary. You need a f*ck buddy, my friend said. I didn’t even know what that meant. Is it friends with benefits?, I asked. Better, you don’t even have to be friends, she offered. Boy, did I need an education in the modern workings of dating, and sex.
This heart warming story was so real and such a breath of fresh air of relatable characters, I loved it. Being widowed is something none of us plan for and never want to face in our forties, but that is exactly where Emme found herself. She is now ready to jump into the dating scene that has changed dramatically in the last 20 years since she was married. Could she handle being a "Friends with Benefits"? "We started with fire, but needed to step back from the blaze. Only from the moment I met her, there had been a spark." Merek never wants to settle down. He has a revolving door of woman at his disposal and is more than willing to show Emme just how "F Buddies" works. What he isn't prepared for is how Emme makes him want more than just a random hook up. Is this player ready to find love? This is for all the women who think that they cannot find love again when age is catching up to you, but this can also be for all the men who think they don't deserve to be loved after you have been cut to the quick by your past. I enjoyed following along on their journey of discovery. Their discovery of each other, discovery of love as well as a discovery of their pasts no longer defining them. L.B., "Thanks for the ride."
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I’d love to say I’ve written for 10,000 hours, and that makes me a pro. But I can’t say that. What I can say is I had a story in my head that wouldn’t go away. I thought typing it in my computer would be the end of things, but it only led to another story and another. I love reading, so characters in my head isn’t something new. What is new is my creation of them. Hope you enjoy my favorites as much as I do. Happy reading!
