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Dirty: The Complete Collection by Tara Crescent

laneylegz's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

The series is set in a smaller town where all the female leads are close friends and all work and live in the town., own their own businesses or work at their parents business.  There's troublemakers from high school, a crappy landlord,  & small town gossip.  The series is pretty much the same story with different occupations, problems, & mind blowing sex.   Quick  easy interconnected stories but can be read alone.

Dirty Therapy=Landon, Ben, & Mia.  Mia overcomes her "frigidness" her ex bestowed on her.  4 stars
Dirty Talk=Lucas, James, &  Cassie.  Cassie was weak when it came to overcoming her aversion to the past with cameras. & high school drama.  3 stars
Dirty Games=Zane, Scott, & Nina.  Previous relationship with the men touring with their band.  Nina was weak willed and believed lies from an outside party and was a little wishy-washy.  2.75 stars
Dirty Word=Lars, Ethan, & Maggie.  She's too worried about what her mom thinks & has misgivings about her career.  The guys are good except for Ethan's weakness toward his ex-wife.  3 stars

alwaysreadingreview's review

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5.0

Book #1- Dirty Therapy- Great book! Mia'a landlord for her story was something else. Could he be jealous of the success of Ben & Landon's business? I would not want to talk about my life to that therapist when he is so mean to people. Mia finds her fiancé cheating on her and she calls off the engagement. He blames her for no orgasms. I think it’s his fault. Mia lucked out when it came to finding out!

Book #2- Dirty Talk- Great book! Cassie, James, and Lucas are great together. Dirty Talk was just that. James and Lucas talked dirty on the show about sex.

Book #3- Dirty Games-
This is Book #3 in the Dirty Series. Nina got her heart broken when she left Zane and Scott. She felt they were choosing their career over her. Now they are both in the her town. Have you ever looked at your life and wondered the what ifs?

Book #4- Dirty Words-

This is Book #4 in the Dirty Series. Ethan & Lars moves across the street from Maggie. Lars starts parking in her parking spot. Boy, that made her mad!! What does she do? Write an erotic story about them and her. A ménage!! Then, she posts it online for all to read. They both find out and now they want to show her how wrong she has been! I think this is my favorite of all 4 of them!!

kkaste's review

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emotional relaxing fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

lastbookmarauder's review

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4.0

I figured I would have to dislike at least one of these when I read this collection, but nope. They are all exactly what I wanted from these stories. Short, fun, and sexy. All four stories could be read as stand-alones but the books all take place in the same small town, the characters all know each other, and they appear in each other's books.

Dirty Therapy
Ben and Landon are sex therapists in a small town - that alone sounds like a good start. Mia's ex tells her that she is frigid so, of course, she goes to see the sex therapists to get help. Here I was a little worried that they were going to turn her sessions into some sort of sex fest; which I was not about. But Mia never becomes a patient. The dialogue is a little strange at times, but the sex is great.

Dirty Talk
This one is probably my favorite of the four stories. I really like James and Lucas and Cassie is pretty cool too. The men run a blog about sex and Cassie runs a coffee shop. This was my favorite relationship and story because the characters had actual conversations (and amazing sex!) and seem the most real. I also like that the characters struggle with issues more relatable to me (ex. money).

Dirty Games
Awwwe! Nina, Scott, and Zane. Probably the most dramatic of the four books. These three were in a relationship before, but Scott and Zane's musical career and hectic schedule eventual drove Nina to leave to pursue her own dreams. The men end up in Nina's small town and they want her back. This book felt the most tame, but also the most loving since they all already knew each other. I really love these three together, but they seriously need to learn to communicate better since they definitely have the sex part down juuuust fine.

Dirty Words
I am a sucker for an enemies to lovers troupe. Maggie is annoyed with her rich new neighbors, Ethan and Lars, even if they are beyond gorgeous. This story isn't quite long enough to fully flesh out the enemies part, but it is handled in a way that doesn't take the reader long to like both men. My favorite part of this story was Maggie trying to find herself within her culture (she is Chinese) - not just in figuring out her relationship with Lars and Ethan, but with her career as well. This book is definitely deeper than the previous three, but still has amazing sex scenes!

Common theme? This author writes sex scenes well.

fernbell's review

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4.0

This collection has four books in it that are standalones but do bring up characters from previous books so in my opinion better to read in order. There are threesomes in each book but no M/M for those that would like to know. I did like how they all ended with a HFN with an epilogue at the end of each story. I did enjoy that there was story with the erotic parts and the characters had problems that they needed to work on. That they found out they are strong by themselves but stronger together. Humor, sex and a quick little story thrown in, what’s not to enjoy. I would read more of this author. I did receive an ARC copy from Hidden Gems for an honest review. I did own the last book in this series but glad I read them in order with this book and will be looking at getting it so have all the stories.
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