BXTCHES Gotta Warn: Sex. Love. Marriage. is a standalone novel. There are connections to Revel and Blindsided, but it’s not necessary that those are read first, though I recommend them because they are fantastically written. So, while there is no pre-requisite for Sex. Love. Marriage., there is a warning. This book is a love story, but it also centers around grief and every emotion that it involves. There will be portions of the book that are difficult to read, but are pivotal to the storytelling. I promise the pain and heartbreak will be worth it in the end.
As of January 2021, Sex. Love. Marriage. is available on Kindle Unlimited.
Sex. Love. Marriage. will be told through the POV’s of both Noah and Kelly.
The story kicks off in a way that any married with kids couple can probably relate to. . .Noah and Kelly trying to sneak one in, using the pantry as their rendezvous location. And the dialogue that happens between the two of them is spot on. We won’t get to witness these two meeting and falling in love, but we do learn that they were neighbors when they were younger and that’s when the love connection began. However, it takes a car getting stolen for some virginity to get lost and several more years to pass for them to hit the Love and Marriage portion of Sex. Love. Marriage. If you’re confused, no worries, it’ll iron itself out.
You deserve a bit of an introduction to Noah and Kelly. They met as children. Had sex as teens. Met up again at a concert, where car sex ensued and conception happened. Now, multiple kids later and some real life shit settling in is beginning to crack a very loving marriage. The book introduces us to this family after a very recent move to California. So in the midst of them trying to find some footing in a new state, they’re also trying to find their new normal.
There’s a reason why we’re getting introduced to Noah and Kelly. There’s a reason why Noah has relocated his entire family from Austin to California.There’s also a reason why Kelly has brought up the idea of separation to Noah. Unfortunately, you will need to discover the reason on your own. I talk a lot about the journey books take you on in a lot of my reviews and they certainly take you places your imagination may never have been able to. Sex. Love. Marriage. takes you beyond that journey. You will become invested in Noah and Kelly’s marriage. You will become invested in their children. You will become invested in the friendships they are beginning to form. As much as you will get invested in Noah and Kelly, they will pay you back tenfold.
What I’ve to come to realize about Shey Stahl is she has an ability to create a cast of characters that become as lovable as the ones the book centers around and that is represented in Sex. Love. Marriage. And this knack she has at being able to do this may be better than I’ve read elsewhere and it should be said that the cast of characters featured in this book are as pivotal to the story as Noah and Kelly (well, almost) are. You’re going to meet the children, all going through their own emotions and trying to find their own footing. You’re going to meet the young next door neighbors, one of whom is full of ideas to help Noah put any kind of spark back into his marriage. You’ll meet the neighborhood friends, who are able to offer both Noah and Kelly what they may not know they need, but they need nonetheless. And you’ll also meet Journal (Kelly’s journal that is) who becomes more important at putting this family right in the center of your heart than almost anyone (I said almost). All in all, this is a very well rounded cast, who contribute to every layer this story has to give.
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I hope or at least like to believe that Shey Stahl either took some real life experience when developing the sex scenes between Noah and Kelly or at the very least took experiences from those she knows, because the realism of married sex was spot on. She included passion. . .love. . .dirty talk. . .humor. . .frustration. . .creativity. . .secrecy. . .and some good ole fashioned fucking. She nailed it.
My first ever Shey Stahl read was Shade and reading as much as I do, it takes something exceptional to blow me out of the water. Shade did that and more. In fact, it’s still one of my all time favs as is the FMX series. Even though I have all the love for Shade and the FMX series, you may be shocked to know that I never planned on reading Sex. Love. Marriage. Which is crazy, considering that everything Shey Stahl that I have read, I have loved. After finishing Room 4 Rent in one sitting (no joke), I went looking for something by her I haven’t yet read and came across Sex. Love. Marriage.
Now that you know that I never intended on reading this book, I should probably tell you why, even if I’m quite embarrassed to admit the reason. I didn’t think I would be interested in reading a book that featured an already established couple. I was gonna miss out on all the firsts that come with falling in love and for some asinine reason I thought it would take away from the book. And if you’re thinking the same thing, trust a BXTCH when I say that it didn’t. . .not even a little bit. In fact, I’m humble enough to admit that I didn’t need to experience Noah and Kelly meeting and falling in love, in fact, this book was the best kind of storytelling, because it’s all about the after. What happens after they fall in love. What happens after you have kids. What happens when real life sets in and you begin to wonder if love is enough.
Sex. Love. Marriage. will hit you all over. There’s not an emotion I didn’t experience and Shey Stahl was brilliant about how she covered the entire spectrum. Becoming a part of Noah and Kelly’s marriage and being able to experience a love story from a different perspective presented me with a trope of the romance genre I didn’t even know I needed, but if Shey Stahl decides to take her imagination that way once again, I’ll be first in line, ready to dive in.
