Blog Tour Review & Giveaway
Being Kalli
by
Rebecca Berto
 |
Publication date: December 9, 2013
Genre: NA Contemporary Romance |
~ Synopsis ~
Kalli
Perkins makes it habit of shutting her mouth, except to please a guy. She would
say she goes off like a starved animal in bed, but Kalli doesn’t have sex
in beds. She does it in hallways, in parks, in parties. She comes as a
package deal.
Great sex. No strings attached. Never alone together; always in public.
One night at a party, Kalli makes a bet with her friend, Nate, that could change everything. But she didn’t count on him. Nate’s very capable of satisfying her, not only under her clothes, but in her heart, too.
She just doesn’t know it yet.
Great sex. No strings attached. Never alone together; always in public.
One night at a party, Kalli makes a bet with her friend, Nate, that could change everything. But she didn’t count on him. Nate’s very capable of satisfying her, not only under her clothes, but in her heart, too.
She just doesn’t know it yet.
“Oh,” Nate says, remembering something, “back on the
dance floor you were pissed off about my ass slapping? You love when I slap
your ass.”
“Just—” I sigh. “You know that Donovan Xander guy at
uni?” Nate nods. “Spoke more than a handful of words to him, finally, and he
wanted to take me to his room.” I explain our couch adventures, too.
Nate nods and looks down.
I get it, I do. It’s awkward talking about my issues.
Say the wrong thing and I blow up, and I don’t even mean to. Nate can grill me
about almost anything but that.
He tips his head back and sculls the rest of his
drink. He sets his hands on his thighs—those glorious muscles that look like
they want to rip out of those khaki shorts.
He says, “If I had to fuck you, Kall Bell, I’d be
proud to do you on the couch.”
“Aw,” I sigh dramatically. “What a compliment.”
“Really.”
He reaches for either side of my chair and drags it so
close I have to open my knees so our legs scissor together. This close I can
smell his scent. I lean in to his chest and pull down the collar. His theory on
spraying cologne is great. When I kiss Nate’s neck I don’t lick a tongueful of
putrid cologne, like I did with Donovan. I taste his scent. Nate sprays a
little lower, just at the top of his chest.
“I love when you wear Calvin Klein.”
He works his jaw and it’s so damn distracting I can’t
tell what part of my body he’s staring at, until he takes my gaze. Then I know.
Me, and just me.
“Well if you want to have sex with me just say the
word.”
“Word,” I say, as quick as I can.
“Not tonight,” he mumbles so low I can barely hear
above the thumping music and ridiculous squealing girls.
“Why?”
I admit, I haven’t done more than make out with Nate
for one specific reason. I like guys, and Nate is one of the damn finest
specimens of male there ever was. He’s the guy you dream of when you picture
your perfect boyfriend, body and mind. All his exes say that, usually after
they’ve dumped him for someone newer or richer. He just cares so much.
He’s a lover, not a fucker, and I can’t risk ruining our little threesome
friendship group, him, Scout and I. They’re my world.
“This is my fifth can.”
“Oh.”
“And,” he adds, “that was my third tequila shot.”
I burst out laughing. Alcohol really makes me too
bold. “You can’t get it up.”
“Well …”
“I can make you.”
Even with my shit for brains when it comes to being
sensible I can’t stop this time, unlike how Nate and I both usually know where
to back off when we’re making out. I haven’t even begun that and I’m quivering
with the need to jump his bones. I’m not the type to allow myself to look weak,
but I hate what Donovan did to me before, to let those stupid thoughts from
years ago control me. They won’t. I won’t allow it to take over me again.
Nate rolls the empty can to the side and presses his
lips into a line, looking serious. He’s trying really hard not to laugh.
“I’m a guy. I know how my body works. You girls think
it’s some robot worked by a remote. Seriously, I’m so horny with you in that
skirt and still can’t get it to do that.” He gestures to me from head to toe.
“And even you, the hottest girl at this party, cannot change that fact.”
“I bet I can.”
Nate opens his mouth to banter back, but I get on my
knees and shush him with a finger to his lips. He’s either shocked or turned on
because I feel his breath shudder under the finger pressed to him.
I trail that finger down his chest and then reach
under his shirt to rake my nails down his chest. He shudders twice in the span
from his pecs to his pants line.
I bite my lip and wink, a silent promise I’ll win.
Looking around, we’re cut off by enough darkness and space from other clumps of
people chatting or lazing around, but still, it’s risky. I nudge him back into
a shadow and he drags the chair back a few feet. We’re still not completely out
of sight. And I love that thrill of power.
Nate settles into the chair, eyeing me, waiting for my
next move. I settle back on my heels, thrusting his knees apart to sit inside
the gap. I know he likes naughty, so while I get his shorts undone I
mouth fuck you, grinning at his lips. All he does is look through
me, in some trance or dream, fluttering his eyelids and unconsciously thrusting
his hips at my fingers undoing his pants. When I open his fly, his
almost-fully-erect cock is painfully obvious. I want it so bad it hurts waiting
to pull it over the elastic.
Holding his gaze, I stick my finger in my mouth and
suck it. I trail my finger, wet with my saliva, down the length of him, and
what do you know? He springs to full length, although he was damn close before.
I cover his cock with my mouth and tug a couple of times with my lips, and then
circle him with my tongue.
I feel his hands on either side of my head, and before
I start I look up at him through my hair, with him still occupying my mouth. I
do it because I know it looks slutty and that it’s exactly what Nate is turned
on by.
I’ve known Nate for too many years, and I know many
things about how he thinks, but he sums this up pretty well. “Fuck, Kalli.”
He sits there with his trembling thighs touching the
sides of my arms and his hands trying to push through his drunken state to find
my head and pat me lovingly or push me down, or something that will show how
excited he is.
And then I plunge down. I deep throat his length.
There’s enough quiet to hear a soft sound, so I take him as far as I can go and
make a gagging noise. I know my gag reflex won’t actually work, so I gag myself
again, both times receiving the prize of Nate shuddering in a breath and
moaning.
“Don’t,” he warns.
“It’s okay,” I say, “I can’t stop fucking you with my
mouth, not even to breathe properly.”
To that he shuts up. I get off even more when I hear
the track change and people cheer, knowing we’re doing this so close to getting
caught.
When I first feel him pulsing beneath my tongue, I
pull away. His frantic hands grab to find my head and push down to save the
climax.
But I say, “Say it.”
He looks confused for a moment since this isn’t at all
what’s on his mind, but then he remembers and replies, “You can. You can get me
up drunk.”
At
that I start again, and even in this state I make him pulsate, then blow in my
mouth with a few sucks and tugs taking his length.
~
Links to Buy~
I
was given an ARC from the author in exchange for an honest review. Let me just say that the original cover of
this book is what drew me in. It
screamed steamy and sex in volumes. What
I got beyond the cover was different from what I expected but none the less a
good read.
Kalli
has faced abuse and hidden it from everyone.
Her focus is on school, her violin and making a better life for her two
brothers. With an absentee mom who is
more concerned with her next fix, Kalli is left to pick up the role.
But
Kalli’s release from all of this is sexual and usually in a public forum. You
could tell that there were feelings for Nate under the bravado she put on. I was quite certain he had unspoken feelings
for her too and was glad to see them come to light.
My
heart broke for Nate and Kalli though. I
felt like she was scared of what she was feeling, (actually feeling) for
Nate and so she did the only thing she knew…pushed him away by degrading
herself and making herself unappealing.
I
absolutely adored Kalli’s friends Nate and Scout. The relationships they shared with one
another were deeper than the relationships they had with their own families. Unconditional and supportive are the 2 words that
best describe their bond.
The
story had so many “bad” issues that I never would have thought I would have
enjoyed it but I did. The story had
several twists and turns and contained some seriously hot scenes. I don’t think that the story dwelled on the “bad”,
more like it tried to show the light at the end of the tunnel. This was my first read from Rebecca Berto, (
there are several of her books sitting on my kindle that I haven’t gotten to
yet) but I will definitely be reading them sooner rather than later.
~
Rating~
Rebecca Berto writes
stories about love and relationships. She gets a thrill when her readers
are emotional reading her books, and gets even more of a kick when they
tell her so. She's strangely imaginative, spends too much time on her
computer, and is certifiably crazy when she works on her fiction.
Rebecca Berto lives in Melbourne, Australia with her boyfriend and their doggy.
Rebecca Berto lives in Melbourne, Australia with her boyfriend and their doggy.
~
Connect with Rebecca ~
~ A Rafflecopter Giveaway ~
a Rafflecopter giveaway
Hosted
by: Give Me Books
No comments:
Post a Comment