Blow Me Down blew me away - hysterical book. I love this author!

I really enjoyed her book Improper English; there was a lot of humor in it to say the least. This book got very boring for me and I just couldn't finish it. This is the first book I have not finished. I ALWAYS finish every book I buy. This on was just a grave disappointment. I definitely would not recommend.

Blow Me Down
By Katie MacAlister

When Amy's daughter pressures her to try Buckling Swashes, an online virtual reality game just for a little bit. "Have some fun mom," Amy's daughter orders, and Amy, dutiful mother, agrees to try her daughter's game for an hour. Little does she know that once she's in the game, not only will she discover a side to herself she never knew, but also that nefarious forces are a foot, and she might not get to come home again.

I loved the premise of Blow Me Down, and it starts up from the first page with fun wit and a wry sense of humor. The writing sparkles and the banter between Amy and Corbin sizzles off the page. Sure, the whole house loosing power and lightning shocking Amy has nothing to do whatsoever with why she's stuck in the game, and the whole effects of that are never really explored, and Amy's daughter seemingly doesn't worry over her uptight mother playing a video game for several hours, and the book leaves you wonder whether Amy's daughter made an innocent request or was an underage cupid. But even with these questions hanging over the reader's head, the book with lots of pirate action (and who can not love a pirate story?) and a page-turning plot, makes it hard to put down.

I especially liked seeing Amy's character grow during the course of the book. From uptight, workaholic mother to someone who knows how to have fun. Corbin doesn't seem to have much growth, but then again, he's the multi-million dollar founder of a VR game firm. Perhaps Amy will teach him some responsibility and settle him down. Nah, I doubt it.

Either way, for a fun read, Blow Me Down sails right along.

The book starts out a little slow, but soon picks up, and then I couldn't put it down! The idea is really, quite clever and the author makes you second guess yourself when trying to piece things together. The characters are funny and real and I highly recommend this book.

As has been mentioned by others, 'Blow Me Down" is about a woman who gets trapped in a VR game, meets the game creator, and needs to get out of the game. If anyone decides to not read this book on the summary alone that person is missing a lot of fun. Sure the mechanics of the game are a little loose, but it's a romance novel not a sci-fi novel. As always MacAlister features two flawed people as the hero and heroine. Amy is irrational in that she both wants and doesn't want a serious relationship. She spends too much time working and too little playing. She is also ,like most other MacAlister heroines, not a stick. Corbin has been left insecure because of his own dissolved marriage and like Amy is not ridiculously small. The two have decided chemistry from the start being of the opposites attract school of love. There are more than a few scenes guaranteed to steam up your windows. The instant chemistry between the leads and the steamy scenes make this one a decided winner. All in all an enjoyable book, but I found the ending a little too rushed.