Collide

By: Megan Hart

Narrated by: Lily Bask

Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins

Publisher's summary

A childhood accident left Emmaline vulnerable to disturbing fugue states that last minutes but feel like an eternity. The blackouts are unsettling but manageable... until she meets Johnny Dellasandro.

The painter gained fame in the '70s for his debauched lifestyle and raunchy art films. His naked body achieved cult status, especially in Emm's mind - she's obsessed with the man, who's grown even sexier with age. Today he shuns the spotlight and Emm... until she falls into a fugue on his doorstep.

In that moment, she's transported back 30 years, crashing a party at Johnny's place. The night is a blur of flesh and heat that lingers long after she's woken to the present.

It happens again and again, each time-slip a mind-blowing orgy, and soon Emm can't stop, though every episode leaves her weaker. She's scared by what's happening, but she's even more terrified of losing this portal to the Johnny she wants so badly. The one who wants her and takes her - every chance he gets.

©2011 Megan Hart (P)2011 Harlequin

Ok

I didn't care for the time travelling part of it, a little out there for me. The sex scenes were great, narration not so.

Couldn't finish it

It was a fascinating premise, and I think it was executed well. Not sure why I couldn't finish it.

Horrible, DNF

I have no idea where the good reviews are coming from. At chapter 5, absolutely nothing had happened except the main character droning on about her fugues. I’d like a count on how many times the word “fugue” was used in the 7 chapters I got to, but I’d guess 500. The narrator sounds like a 60-something smoker, not at all like a woman in her early 30s. She can’t even properly say the Hey Girl, Hey her friend greets her with. I’m guessing she’s too old to have ever heard anyone say that, or her voice is just too deep to inflect it properly. I stopped at chapter 7, when nothing of any real substance has still not happened. It’s hard to believe Megan Hart wrote this.

So, disappointed!!

I was very disappointed with the language in this book! I honestly think it should have been one in the Erotica section so that a person wouldn't pay for something they didn't intend on hearing. I think a rating might be nice before we purchase.

Ripoff of another story, and pooly ripped at that

Megan Hart is usually quite good. This novel falls short on every major dimension. The main character is monotonous. She foreshadows the story line to the point where you say 'really she is going there.' Then when she actually get there to the point, she mentions the very book that she ripped off! I could not believe it. Ripping of f the story and citing it -- that's a first.

Don't bother to listen to this book, not even if you are trapped in a airport, snowed-in with TV's boken and this is the only novel left on the shelves.

Strange

What would have made Collide better?

Not much of anything

Has Collide turned you off from other books in this genre?

Probably not

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Lily Bask?

No

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from Collide?

Too many to write about

Any additional comments?

Don't waste your money & time.

Disappointing

What would have made Collide better?

I didn't like the story. It was weird to me to have a girl who is 31 and a bit of a brat in a sexual relationship with a 57 year old man.. I love Megan Hart books, but this one lacked.. Sex scenes were ok.. But short and repetitive.. Read another Hart book. I had to stop about 4 hours in..

Could not finish it.

It may have gotten better but after 4 hours I could not listen to anymore. I downloaded this basted on the ratings and wish I had not.