Avoiding Intimacy (Avoiding, #2.5)

by K.A. Linde

[Angie]

I have not liked Chyna at all, so I was less than thrilled to see that Avoiding Intimacy was focused on her. However, I went into this (long) novella with an open mind. Even if I didn't like her as a character, I figured the author would work her magic and make her story pull me in. Well, I was wrong. I definitely like Chyna less now, and I even started disliking Adam, who appeared to be quite the sweetie in the previous books. This takes place at the same time as parts of Avoiding Responsibility, but even knowing that, I wound up confused several times. The format of alternating between past and present simply didn't work, since the story only takes place over four months.

The only parts of Avoiding Intimacy I really liked was Chyna and Marco. He's this world famous fashion designer, and she's modeling for him in Milan. In fact, she's the star of the show, but that has less to do with her talent and more to do with them having kinky sex all over the place. It started to veer into BDSM territory which is ultimately what held my attention, but other than that I was just annoyed with Chyna (and Adam). The events leading up to her leaving for Milan just didn't make sense. We already knew that they broke up when Adam's brother hit on Chyna, but Adam didn't believe her. Then they get back together, and he throws a fit because she took the job in Milan. He doesn't want to do a long distance relationship, so he dumps her. Um, what? It's not like she's moving. She just took a job! She'll be back! Then of course, when she comes back home they get back together because it's no longer long distance. Whatever.


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