American Queen
Written by Sierra Simone
Narrated by Stephanie Rose
4/5
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About this audiobook
My name is Greer Galloway, and I serve at the pleasure of the President of the United States.
This is the story of an American Queen.
Sierra Simone
It all started with a series of tropes: just one bed, forced proximity, and a dash of enemies to lovers, and now ten years later, Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone are best friends and co-authors of the USA Today bestselling A Merry Little Meet Cute and A Holly Jolly Ever After. Sierra is the USA Today bestselling author of Priest and American Queen. When they’re not writing, Julie and Sierra enjoy forcing their families to go on vacation together and eating an array of pies while watching delightfully bad movies.
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Reviews for American Queen
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Audiobook: Narrator - Stephanie Rose and Guy Locke
These narrators did an exceptional job on these characters and I was completely pulled into the story largely in part to their talent.
I am not a fan of menage but I fell to the pressure of the masses and figured if everyone else was loving this one, surely I would too. I did not. After listening to all three audios I realized they could have all been condensed into one had the sex simply been cut in half. And I am not a prude. I love my sex scenes and especially as they were written here where there is a connection between the characters (that was one saving grace for this series for me - there is never a question that these characters feel deeply) but every time I engaged my listening device they were having sex. Every. Single. Time.
I gave myself a pep talk regarding the menage issue prior to starting this series but I still found myself not liking it due to the jealousy issue between the men here. I mean, they actually had a relationship on their own and even that felt like it was too much one on one to allow for a cohesive relationship between the trio.
I did enjoy the twist and turns this series took me on and I didn’t struggle with any of the tabooish topics either. I definitely was cheering for them to all get their HEA and holy heck was this a super angsty read to get to it.
Overall, I ended up just okay with it but kind of wishing I had saved my audio credits as well as my time by reminding myself each time I try menage it doesn’t work for me.3 people found this helpful
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5This narrator did a great job. Her reading was smooth and kept me involved. I like that she didn't overdo the male voice that distracts me usually from these audios. I couldn't get into the whole thing with Ash and Embry being in a relationship. It's not a judgmental thing for me. The sex scenes were hot, but I'm just not into that kind of relationship. To each their own, however it kind of lost me. It's definitely a twist and a half. I would have just liked it better if it was more of a triangle of both men being in love with her.
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- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5I couldn’t finish this. The main character was weak, the plot dull. Even the spicy scenes couldn’t redeem it. The narrator did it well though.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Get ready to sweat because good Lord it's hot in here
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Why did I wait so long to read this one? Oh my!
This first book was sexy, addictive and I’m definitely going to read the next after.
Spoiler: the beginning was a bit uncomfortable. Just the fact our FMC as 16 when she meets Ash (who is 26). Nothing happens besides a kiss & some spicy talk but it weirded me out a bit. Thankfully, they all get aged up so the age gap doesn’t feel icky for the rest of the story ?
Because the rest of the story…like I said, HOT.1 person found this helpful
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Wow, just so different from what I have read before. Idk how to rate it . It’s beautiful but very confusing.
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- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Not sure if I liked it or not. A little too out there for my taste
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- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Not only was I rolling my eyes in unrealistic set ups (a 36 year old president and VP? 26 ye old professor at Georgetown LOL) but also picking my jaw up from the floor is embarrassing and very confusing spicy scenes. Not for me.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This book is amazing! The storyline is amazing. The spicy things are XXX what else can I say?
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Hot, steamy but such a great back story. Narrator was excellent
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Could not stop listening! Quite far-fetched but an amazing read.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5"What’s the point of sex if you don’t feel like every dark crevice of your soul has been exposed to the light? If someone doesn’t take your lust and your shameful thoughts, and twist them into a spell that leaves you panting like a dog for more? I think I want that for myself."
Am I attracted to this? Nooo.
Am I? But am I?
Cons:
I hate the whole relationship when she was younger. That was wrong on all levels.
Pros:
I love how Greer wears her sexuality like a crown, without shame without fear.
I like that Bisexuality isn't explored as 'you aren't enough so I'll get together with this other person' but rather MMF as a throuple.
It's a reverse harem involving The President and the Vice President.
My knees were weak from all the smut.
All the kink! ALL OF IT!
Will I go to hell for this one? I hope not but if I do, that would be very understandable.?? - Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5THIS BOOK WILL CHANGE YOUR WHOLE PERSPECTIVE ABOUT LOVE! Jesus!!!! If I could give it more stars, I would! HOT HOT HOT!!!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Definitely some interesting twists and turns that I didn’t see coming!
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Beautifully written, very enticing, but very predictable. Over all a good book
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Woooooow! I was not prepared for that steamy scene at the end!
Greer, Ash and Embry make a great combo together and Sierra Simone has written their relationship just right. A place that doesn't involve all three of them together just wouldn't work. None of them would be fully happy and content without each other being involved. I thought I loved the steamy scene between two of them but boy was I wrong!
I did want more focus on the conflict scene where Greer found Ash in a compromising position with another party but I did like how it played out. It just seemed to take a while to get there in the end and instead of putting in the hard bits, Sierra seemed to make it easy by making all the characters busy. I am very intrigued to see where the next book goes because that ending definitely left us on a cliff hanger! - Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5DNF. Found myself dreading listening to this and gave up about a third through. Characters are repulsive and the plot is forced.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Utterly absurd, utterly filthy, and utterly fun and smart. If you like smut, like really smutty BDSM smut (light on the SM, this is more control than pain, though there is pain), I recommend this absolutely. My only issue was that the 2 men in this throuple are the US President and VP, and while I had some giggles at the thought of Mike Pence kneeling and .... servicing his partners, the thought of POTUS having rough kinky sex, given that the current president is a sociopath and a criminal who looks like Foghorn Leghorn, sounds like Curly Howard, and presumably smells like Pepe LePew, well it gets the way of the sexy.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5WILD.
Let me sum this up for you. I cannot do this review without spoilers. And I don’t really wanna. I’ll say I had no problems starting this book - I had some trouble reading it. In the dominant relationship, the President was also somewhat cruel and at times humiliating. That didn’t only happen in the bedroom
So here’s the basic timeline.
-Boy meets Girl. But really, man meets minor. At least per the age of consent in this country. Man knows this, kisses and feels up minor anyway. This was a major issue for me because, dear lord, that’s predatory.
-Girl writes sad emails to boy for a year. He never responds. She loves him. She wants to submit to him.
-Girl becomes woman, is celibate. Has only kissed the one man. Is in love with him. This no longer works for me. I mean, one night and holding a flame for 5 years?
-They run into each other 5 years later. Man is now engaged, now woman is heartbroken. So she does his best friend. Loses her virginity. Falls in love of course. Never hears from man’s best friend again.
5 years pass. Is this bananas? Yes. She’s still heartbroken from these two men. She’s still celibate. She’s an academic, daughter of a feminist and borderline TSTL at this point. I’m cool with the ingenue, inexperience if and only if that’s what the woman WANTS. This one appears to be lonely and wanting to get her freak on. So she believes a Merlin. I CAN”T EVEN
-Obvs, the best friend now VP drops by her Georgetown classroom. Asks her on a date. Also says, hey the president is phoning in a booty call, and yeah we all remember you because you are, like, so beautiful and charming.
-She shows up to booty call. President (I’m feeling like I am doing a drunk history right now) is all, hey man, I’m dominant. I don’t really know you but I want to. Call me maybe?
sexy times occur. At some point in this timeline orgasm denial becomes a thing. I don’t enjoy that.
There’s a lot of BDSM that is fine and dandy with me, but don’t deny peeps their orgasms for long periods of time.
-Lots of careening off the other man, the best friend, aka VP aka Embry. At this point I should mention that I dont’ understand her relationship/flame with President as well as I do Embry. She was smart with Embry, their banter was great. They were cute man. I’m cool with submissive in a bedroom if you aren’t spineless. She’s too borderline for me. But only with Ash, aka Mr. President.
-She’s ordered to the bedroom, kneeling, naked, hands behind back to see not one but two pairs of shoes stroll in. At this point, I’m thinking the president is your basic jackass. Sexy times proceed despite Greer feeling uncomfortable. She just needs that orgasm so damn bad. So, I get the voyeur thing too. But she clearly wasn’t into that. she, and this is important, just doesn’t want to say no. It didn’t feel like pushing boundaries or a little discomfort. It felt like humiliation. At this point, the president so clearly knows VEEP is the only other man to touch his little princess, and when VEEP attempts to leave, because it’s hard to watch this…the presidents forces him to jack off before leaving. AGAIN, this didn’t feel like OMG we must do this so much as hey, the president is an emotionally abusive and twisted jackass who is just controlling (NOT dominating) two people he cares for. one of which doesn’t have a safe word and has already said no Am I still reading this? Yes, yes I am…why? I’m not sure anymore.
-I won’t even share why I had to gag in my own mouth, but I will share: “I’d still stay. I’d endure anything to stay. But I don’t see this as the worst of you. These sins are the sins of a good man, not the sins of a cursed one.” uhhh. Endure anything to stay, eh? greer, we need to chat.
-commence with the triad. So, if you’re still with me. greer loves Ash and Embry, yes still. Ash loves Greer and has now even proposed to her. Ash and Embry are caught making out under the mistletoe, -
-which brings us this line: “Is a kiss cheating?” Yes, Greer, yes it is. And the scene sounds like groping too. Whether you forgive it or not is your deal. But cheating. Yes.
-Greer is also gets assaulted/felt up by some Ukranian leader. She notes that this is a difference between dominance and assault. well, duh. But also, if you think that the first menage scene was anything but weaponized sex, I’m not sure what to do. During the scene at the gala, ash proves he's a jackass once again by mentioning to Embry that Greer is sans underwear.
-Embry now admits he loves Greer AND Ash, and doesn’t think Ash loves him. There’s faulty logic here though, because upon being confronted Ash drops the bomb that he proposed to Embry not once, but twice.
-So basically they both, or all three of them carry a torch for the same set of people for TEN years. Without some of my major issues I’d be cheering these 3 on! Sounds perfect!! If only the founding relationships (other than Ash/Embry) were believable to me. Take away some of the major stumbling blocks (and I’d say some major, some other minor violations not aforementioned) and I think this a great unconventional love story.
It ends on a cliffhanger, but it’s unrelated to most of the review here. It’s a pretty dumb one.
Will I read the second one?? TBD.