Wallbanger

Wallbanger is a sensual, hilarious, and incredibly fun book that I very highly recommend! Alice Clayton sure knows how to write a sexy story filled with developed characters that will attach themselves to you and not let go!

The main character, Caroline, has such a strong and witty voice throughout the entire novel, and I just love her! I cannot tell you how many times I laughed out loud uncontrollably at something Caroline did or said. Her friends are equally as amusing and likable, and one of my favorite secondary characters just so happens to be Caroline's cat, Clive! Yes, Clive is a cat, and he is pretty darn awesome. He is involved in some of my favorite scenes in the book and his presence fits so well into the story!

The fun in show more this book truly begins on Caroline's first night in her new apartment, when she is surprised to hear her neighbor having some very loud, and very graphic, wall-banging coitus. Simon, her neighbor, keeps up his nightly activities until Caroline confronts him after her own sexual frustration and irritation gets the better of her. What happens next unfolds in a series of hot, funny, and swoon-inducing moments that make me absolutely adore this book!

Caroline and Simon start off not very fond of eachother, but it's not long before they form a tight bond and friendship that leads to so much more. These two have impeccable chemistry and hilarious banter that is snarky as well as tender at times. Simon can be as sweet as he is smoldering, but when he turns on his charm it is quite dazzling! Him and Caroline have some incredible sexy times that are written so well that you will need to fan yourself vigorously afterwards!

This book makes me smile for so many reasons, and I will definitely be re-reading it in the future when I need a healthy dose of romance and laughter. show less

Sexual frustration is a bitch. Especially when your next-door neighbor is banging the pictures off your wall each night with a new partner.

Meet Caroline. Interior designer. Loves Clive, the wonder cat, her best friends, Sophia and Mimi, her new apartment, cooking, and getting her sleep at night. Hates losing her O, and pretentious wallbangers.

Meet Simon. International photographer. Loves traveling, windsurfing, zucchini bread, and sex. Hates judgmental cockblockers.

The building sexual tension between Caroline and Simon is a joy to watch with plenty of laughs. Caroline’s directness and confidence is refreshing and her ability to stay true to herself is a big plus in my book. Simon’s background is heartbreaking and is a big part of show more why he lives the way he does. He travels frequently for his job which is a dealbreaker for most women. When he realizes Caroline is not like most women, the wooing begins.

I also love the supporting characters including Caroline and Simon’s friends who have a little back story of their own which is intriguing in their own right. Let’s just say there is a bit of swapping partners going on.

There are so many LOL moments in this book that I can’t list them all. I think my favorite hilarious scene was when Caroline’s cat, Clive, realizes he’s in love with the meowing sex kitten next door and starts caterwauling through the wall. Not to mention later on Clive meets the woman, nicknamed Purina, in person which takes catfight to a whole other level.

Overall, this is an extremely funny and sexy romance about finding love where you least expect it. If you enjoy a good enemies-to-lovers story with loads of sexual tension, LOL moments and delightful characters, give this book a try.

Thank you to Ms. Clayton for this opportunity to read this book with no expectation of a positive review. show less

Sooooooo, Wallbanger, I give you 3.5 stars. Yes, the title means exactly what you think it means.

I thought the opening of the book was hilarious! I couldn't help it, we've all encountered neighbors like those at least once, and it's always as annoying while being hilarious as it was to Caroline. The whole book is laced with wonderful humor that had me laugh out loud a couple of times.

This one is actually quite a light romance, while still being really sweet, exactly what I needed after all the heavy reading I've done lately. Yup, just mindless, fun read with charming characters. There's some serious chemistry between Caroline and Simon from their first encounter. I loved their easy friendship and their wooing each other was reminiscent show more of a real couple. That was great, really.
And I liked both Simon (crush alert!) and Caroline so much. But, I found Caroline to be so immature at times. I don't mean her acting all childish, that's perfectly fine - but I find it hard that a twenty-six year old woman (A WOMAN, with a steady successful career, as independent as her and as strong minded as her) refers to her ladyparts as "hoohah" and "tatas". God, that was awful, every time I read it I cringed.

And there's a cat! Clive! Probably my favorite "pet character" I've ever read in a book. He's a riot.

There's no real conflict in the story, she can't come after an awful sexual encounter (and by god, it really was awful), all the while worrying she'll never have an orgasm again - and that's about it.
But that's okay! It was still a great read.
Except for the fact that the authors does this amazing job of building wonderful sexual tension between the two of them, and then spends the last 20% of the book having her characters just have crazy duracell bunny sex page after page after page, and for some reason it seemed to me like she was making up for no sex in the rest of the book.

Overall, I don't think I'll ever be able to read, write, or say "Oh God" again without thinking about this book. Read this if you need some light romance and a good laugh. You'll fall in love with Simon, he really is awesome. show less

Caroline Reynolds has it all, she’s smart, gorgeous, quick with the one-liners and can back a mean zuchini bread with the help of her beloved mixer. However her good friend “O” has left her after a bad experience with a pity screw who was more like a jackrabbit.

Caroline can’t believe it when she is awaken in the middle of the night by her neighbor’s serious wall-banging and the myriad of females and their loud sounds of love. will Caroline finally get a peak at this elusive wall banger and better yet, will she ever be reunited with her elusive “O.”

I absolutely adored this novel….Delightfully delicious and laugh out loud hilarious..need I say more? I was so engrossed in this story, I was up until the wee hours of the show more morning trying to finish the book, that is until my eyelids told me they weren’t having it and refused to remain open for me!

Wall banger is very well written with multi-faceted characters that make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside. I felt an instant connection with the characters and the easy banter amongst them kept me engaged and wanting more until the very end!

The interaction between “Wall banger” and “Nightie girl” was like a breath of fresh air. The witty one-liners, flirty and full of sexual innuendo, coupled with The slow build up to romance is the stuff, good novels are made of! I was hooked from the very first “meow”! This book has it all, humor, romance, friendship… the whole shebang!

The supporting cast of characters, Mimi, Neil, Jillian, Benjamin, Sophia, Ryan and oh yes, can’t forget that fury feline Clive, were the prefect complement to Caroline and Simon and I found myself wanting to hang out with them. Alright…I know I need to get a life, but these characters are ........
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Wallbanger by Alice Clayton
4½/5 stars
Source: Purchase

**Adult-only read**

Wooooooo! I knew I was buying this book the moment I saw its cover and man am I glad to say the book lived up to the awesomeness of the cover. Alice Clayton’s Wallbanger is a hysterical and hot little read which kept me awake far too late the last two nights!

Caroline is a twenty-something interior designer (not a decorator!) who has just about everything a girl could want: a posh new apartment, a great job with an established firm, two fabulous best friends, and a cat, Clive, who adores her. What Caroline doesn’t have is a boyfriend or her orgasm, or more simply, O. Since Caroline is no longer looking for wham bam, thank you ma’am hook-ups she can deal with show more no boyfriend but her missing O is a bit troubling.

Simon aka Wallbanger is the smoldering hot guy next door who has a harem of women (affectionately known as Spanx, Purina, and the Giggler to Caroline) who parade in and out of his apartment on a regular basis. While Caroline doesn’t care who Simon bangs she does care that his sexcapades tend to happen late at night and often wake her up. Simon’s bed banging against their shared wall (hence the nickname) only serves to infuriate Caroline especially given the fact there is no O of her own to be had. One night Caroline reaches her breaking point which results in her storming across the hall to bang on Simon’s door and telling him exactly what she thinks of both him and his harem. Up to this point Wallbanger is a good read; after the tether snapping, it gets all kinds of better :)

The absolute highlight of this book is the finely crafted, super funny dialogue and interactions between the characters. Caroline is ridiculously funny, witty, sarcastic, and always calls it like she sees it. (The hot tub scene in Tahoe, for example) Her skills are matched and even tested by Simon who takes great pleasure in both taunting Caroline and shamelessly flirting with her. The conversations between Simon and Caroline (both real and by text) and the flirtations often left me laughing out loud or panting just a little. And the fun doesn’t end there: the interactions between Caroline and her girls, Sophia and Mimi and are just as entertaining as the interactions between Simon and his boys, Neil and Ryan. Add to all of this the drama of the boys and the girls hooking up and you quite simple have a fast and funny read which will pull you in immediately. Clayton has a way with words and she certainly passes that way along to her characters. I can’t believe I am about to say this but I was actually far more taken with the dialogue in this book than with the naughty bits and I adore naughty bits!

And now, on to the naughty bits  There are certainly some pretty awesome naughty bits in Wallbanger but you would be mistaken if you assume this book is all about the naughty and nothing more. You understand from the beginning Caroline and Simon are going to have sex and while their steamy scenes are numerous they all make sense within the overall plot and none are gratuitous. The journey the two of them take to the bedroom is funny, sweet, sometimes frustrating but above all necessary. After all, a girl can’t go forever without her O, right? Additionally, the journey to the bedroom (and kitchen and bathroom) allows each of the characters to grow as well as allowing the plot to move forward. At its core, Wallbanger is a very good read that also happens to have some really impressive sex scenes.

Bottom Line: Wallbanger hooked me with the fantastic cover and reeled me right on in at page one. The story is engaging and slightly naughty with characters who are both likeable and excellent additions to the overall story. Clayton has really managed to pull everything together in order to create a lovely and easy read which will satisfy nearly all who choose to indulge. Due to the language and naughty bits I can only recommend Wallbanger to adults but do I highly and enthusiastically recommend this novel. Bang on!!

Favorite quotes: I rarely ever add quotes to my reviews but these three made me laugh out loud. You can thank me later :)

“Sweet Lord, there were out-of-control pussies on both sides of this wall tonight.” (Pages 10—11): this will be so much funnier when you read the scene this comes from :)

“I was tired, I was horny with no release in sight, and my cat had a Q-Tip sticking out of his mouth that looked frighteningly like a tiny cigarette.” (Page 26): again, funnier when you know more about Clive the cat.

“I allowed myself a moment to indulge in a fantasy where I was then quickly flipped and ravaged to within an inch of my life, but I wisely got control of my inner whore.” (Page 138): context be damned, this is just funny! show less

I wasn’t exactly sure what to expect when I picked this one up. It kept coming up as a recommendation on Goodreads, but I finally decided to read it when some fellow readers recommended it to me specifically.

It’s the first book I’ve read of Alice Clayton’s but I was so pleasantly surprised. I think based on the cover photo and title, I was expecting something way less funny. But this book was hilarious! There were several times I was laughing until I cried. I love a lot about this book. Caroline and I being close to the same age helped me relate to her, even if she was way more established job-wise than I am. I loved that she had a cat, Clive, and how much she adored him. Their interactions were just great! And totally relatable show more for a cat-lover like me. (The scene where Clive jumps on Caroline's bed after the scary movie was sooooo funny. Caroline was literally me in this situation as I would have reacted the exact same way.)

Caroline was so funny. I loved her. She was dedicated and hardworking in her career, and wasn't afraid to stand up for herself when it came to difficult situations. She definitely went for what she wanted, but wasn't afraid to say no too.

Simon was so surprisingly sweet. When he talked about how his parents held hands, and then later on when he and Caroline are working independently on the couch, and he reaches over to hold her hand... *swooooooon*. I loved it. He listened to Caroline, and was actually interested in what she was saying and feeling. He was great!

The friendship between the three ladies was also great. I loved how Clayton interspersed text message conversations into the book. Not only did it let the reader see a bit into the conversations between other characters, it added a realistic aspect to the story. So much of conversation is done by text message nowadays. Adding that really helped bring the story to life.

I really enjoyed how Simon and Caroline helped their friends figure out their love lives. I also liked that Simon and Caroline didn’t start dating each other right away. They definitely tried to keep that friend boundary for a while, even if both of them were feeling more. While the idea of how they meet is somewhat unrealistic, I felt their friendship and their subsequent relationship was much more realistic. It started the best way - they were friends first. They got to know each other before putting any real romantic feelings on the line.

I’m glad there is a sequel because I’m interested in how their relationship progresses, and how they handle life stresses together. I’ll be picking it up soon! Overall, probably one of the funniest books I’ve read in a while. Very enjoyable!

See this review plus a recipe for Simon and Caroline inspired zucchini bread on the blog ---> Books for the Living. show less

When I first read this book's title I was like "ew wth, there's no way in hell I'd actually enjoy reading this!"
But then I was like "Come on Ray! Do not judge books based on its title, this could be fun"
And thus, one long sleepless night, I actually started it.
Long story short I ended up laughing so hard my stomach started hurting at 4 am that night.

Never, in a billion years, would I have guessed that this book would be this funny by reading its title and synopsis alone. But holy crap was it hilarious!

I seriously love Caroline, she's one of the funniest MCs I read about so far, and literally everything she thinks about is funny, no matter how serious the situation is.

It also didn't hurt that Mr. Hottypants Wallbanger was almost as funny show more as her thoughts!

All in all this was such a light, HILARIOUS read and I really enjoyed my time with it. I'll probably pick the next books sometime soon. show less