Cocktails and Books
Written on Mar 20, 2014
- ISBN10 1496026063
- ISBN13 9781496026064
- Publish Date 10 March 2014
- Publish Status Active
- Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 264
- Language English
Reviews
chemicalscream
Written on Mar 18, 2014
Ok this will probably be more of a rant rather than a review. Also, this will contain spoilers so if you haven't read the book yet..you might not want to read this until after you're done with the book.
This book started out good and I did enjoy it for the most part. But you don't really learn ANYTHING about Nic Dalton in this book. You only learn that she's from Wyoming, isn't really close with her family, owns her own bakery and has diabetes AND Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome.. That's it. You don't learn anything about her family history that makes us understand why she's the way she is..which is always needs to be in control of everything, and not to depend on other people, etc.. I mean, something had to have happened for her to turn out that way..but what? I guess we'll never know..
Also, As someone who has PCOS herself, I was shocked to come across a character with the same condition I have. I thought I was going to totally relate with her on the PCOS thing...but I didn't. With the exception of her having issues with her weight when she was younger. It doesn't even seem like she has all the other fun stuff that comes with PCOS! For example, Hirsutism and Androgenic Alopecia. In simple terms BODY HAIR and thinning of your hair(on the head). It seems that the hair on your head decides to migrate to other parts of your body for some of us with PCOS and it SUCKS BALLS. Yes, I know that there's worse things than dealing with body hair and going bald..but to most females, APPEARANCES ARE EVERYTHING. I'm not even going to go in to my rants about the joys of my pcos symptoms..it's depressing enough as it is..I don't need to dwell on it in a book review/rant post..
According to Nic she's been advised NOT TO HAVE CHILDREN because of her PCOS. I have NEVER heard of anyone being told they SHOULDN'T have kids because of PCOS.. Most women with PCOS will have DIFFICULTY with conceiving without fertility help.. I have also never heard of someone having PCOS and Diabetes. If NIC has both of these, then she should definitely being taking medication. Which according to this book she is not on any sort of medication. You want to know what I'm supposed to be taking for my PCOS? GLUCOPHAGE (or Metformin). Which is what regulates Diabetics insulin levels. MY PCOS causes my body to produce TOO MUCH insulin, which in turns causes my body to make more testosterone than estrogen etc. So if Nic does have both PCOS and Diabetes, she should be taking something to regulate her insulin levels.
I might be wrong..maybe there are some people out there who shouldn't have kids with their PCOS. I've just never heard of it and I always though maybe diabetes is something you end up having as a result of PCOS. I just didn't know you could have both at once. I don't have diabetes (yet) so it just seemed weird to me.
Alright well back to the actual book and story. I just think that this book was missing a lot of details.
Kristen didn't really give us any explanation as to what Shibari is. I'm on wikipedia at the moment looking to see what kind of bondage it is. In case you're wondering it's Japanese Bondage. It looks like it's really called Kinbaku and Shibari is just another word for it. Shibari (縛り) is a Japanese word that literally means "to tie" or "to bind".
Like I said before there's also not a whole lot of details about NIC and her past. In the other With Me in Seattle books I recall getting a little bit more background information on the characters. But in this book it seems to be missing. Oh well, overall it was an alright read but it's definitely not my favorite book from this series. I hope that the next book in the With Me in Seattle series, Breathe With Me, will be better.