Most people would describe Katherine Berger as a responsible girl with a big heart, a loyal friend who takes care of those close to her, and the possessor of a wicked sense of humor. There was something about her that most people didn’t know. “My name is Kat Berger, and I love porn.”When twenty-five-year-old Kat is dragged to a porn convention by her best friend, she’s both embarrassed and … and nervous. The last thing she ever expected was to meet someone who makes her laugh like no other. This is a story about acceptance and friendship, and a love born out of the most unexpected of places.
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An absolutely charming read about a porn star and a teacher. What could be a more perfect match? I love reading the slow burn stories that this author creates, they never disappoint. Though the first kiss didn’t happen until about halfway through, I feel like the sex scenes were fairly generous after that point. The side characters were great, as was their dog. I wish we could have seen more of them all, and that they get appearances in future books. Over all, a fun, light read that I’d recommend.
Lingus is another great book by Mariana Zapata with great characters that will make you laugh and cry..
Kat was kind funny and didn’t care what people think about her, she had great friends that support her and were more like sisters to her. they only wanted to have fun and have a good time but life had other plans for them.
“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.”
Tristan was working in a secret job that is helping him to cover all the expenses for his life and career he was nice, funny, and bold, he really didn’t want anything more in life than just continues working on his degree until he met Kat a beautiful funny woman that will change all his plans and projects..
“I’d do this all over again a hundred times as long as I met you in the end.”
love the chemistry between Kat and Tristan it was always nice and fresh and it never felt out of place, even if they live in two different worlds they were perfect for each other as friends and lovers..
“I can’t stand this anymore. You’re all I think about.”
great story, great characters, with the right amount of love and funny moments that will keep you wanting more..
I have become an amazing fan of this author! I have binged listened and read all this authors works in the recent past.
I have always attempted to give ‘star’ ratings on my completed reads, just as a tracking method for my titles that I have completed. I have unlimited packages for audio, kindle, and utilize the local/state library.
However, I do not check the ‘I recommend this book’ unless I am willing to reread a book and or a series.
[I read about 5-15 books a month through kindle, and I listen to about 15-30 books monthly]
I have a full life as a nurse, professor, wife, daughter [daughter in law], sister, and mother. I love to read and love a thousand other lives by turning the pages in countless books.
Thank you for the opportunity to provide a review. Happy reading 🙂
Slow burn!
Love all her books but this is my favorite
I love Mariana Zapata books i just haven’t read enough of them but when i do i like to take my time and enjoy them her writing is spot on and she not known as the queen of slow burn for a reason.
When you read a book by her it’s like your taken to this world where she describes absolutely everything so you can picture it so easily and feel like you are feeling everything that the characters feel.
Lingus is my 3rd book by her and it has to be one of the funniest books i have read. Some of the one liners in there had me laughing out loud and i was reading it while i was away and my friend kept asking me what was so funny and when i read them out to her we couldn’t stop laughing. It’s almost like she writes excatly what everyone thinks but is to scared to say.
Being set in the porn world i was like woah this will take us places but it was so well done it was not seedy it was just a perfect story.
I loved Tristan he was actually a softey at heart and he really cared for the people in his life. Just because he had a huge set of family jewels it wasn’t his best quality his big heart was and that’s what i loved about this book. He was a very loyal friend and even felt like you were lucky to have him in your life.
Kat was so funny i loved this character, i loved how committed her friends were with her and thier friendship they were like a whole family. I loved the way her and her friends talked to each other and how they didn’t take life too seriously. Zoey was such a cute a bubbly character where Nicole was someone you wanted on your side.
This is definitely one of the funniest books i have read and would recommend it anyone.
I absolutely loved everything about this book if you haven’t read Mariana Zapata you need to get into her books ASAP and if you have and haven’t read this book it’s a must
Loved loved loved it
This author is highly recommended on several websites so I thought I would try her out. And this book was fantastic. I love an old fashioned love story. Well not so old fashioned but a simple love story all the same. I look forward to reading more from her.
So funny!!!
Kat & Tristan are an adorable couple. The dialogue feels natural and is genuinely funny. Their chemistry is well shown. There is a lot of fun & funny humor that’s just a little crass. For all the talk about porn & sex, the writing doesn’t really get explicit until the last maybe 15% if the book. It’s mostly a story of friendship & being willing to see love from unconventional sources.
Reading it again I’m better able to appreciate how complex all the characters are. The author’s love of friendship, romance, and fun is clear. The friendship chemistry with Kat, Nikki and Zoey is lovingly portrayed in great detail. For a book about porn stars, I loved that all the other stuff of love was focused on before they got to the sex.
I would think there could be another book that tells the story of Nikki & Callum. She seems like an interesting & potentially complex character…and Callum would have to be something more than just “the burro”, but we don’t really get to know him at all…and Zoey seems like a really intersting character too.
Mariana Zapata is one of my favourite writers. But for some reason I still hadn’t read her first book ‘Lingus’. And now after reading and loving it, I’m really wondering why?!!
Katherine (Kat) Berger and her best friend Nicole love watching porn. That’s why Kat is being dragged to a porn convention by her best friend. Unlike her outgoing friend Nicole who’s afraid of nothing, Kat is a little bit nervous about being seen at the porn convention by people that she knows. And as a teacher, the last thing that you want is to meet a father or a mother there. What Kat didn’t expect is to meet a handsome guy there who is very friendly to her and even makes her laughs. Kat and Tristan (as he introduce himself to her) have a great time at the convention. But unlike Kat Tristian isn’t a visitor there, he’s there for his ‘work’.
Kat doesn’t know what to think about it. But through circumstances Kat and Tristian meet again (that’s what happens if your best friend and his best friend fall for each other!). And although Kat feels something for Tristian, she can’t forget the fact what he is and what he does. But most importantly Kat doesn’t have the feeling that Tristian wants more than friendship from her. A friendship that means a lot to the both of them. (Because how can you have a relationship or even make new friends if you have to lie to them about a big part of your life?)
But what will Tristian do when Kat starts going on dates with other men? Will he hold on to their friendship? Or will he start fighting to have a relationship with her? And what will Kat do if Tristan decides that he wants more than a relationship with her? Will she give him a chance or not?
I think that one of the reasons I hesitated to read this book was because of the ‘porn’ part but after finishing this book I was only sorry that I waited so long to read this book!! I still find it hard to believe that this is the first book that Mariana Zapata wrote. It’s really a great book. I really, really loved it! The humour, the way that the relationship between Kat and Tristan goes from friendship to something more. And the crazy friends that you have to have in a book like this one.
Although this book doesn’t have the same writing style like Mariana Zapata her two other books (Under locke and Kulti) I enjoyed it just as much.
The only little thing that I missed in this story was Tristian POV but then I made a great discovery on Mariana Zapata’s website. There I found Tristian POV!! (http://marianazapatawrites.blogspot.be/p/tristan-chronicles-outtakes) And that made this book perfect for me.
So if you’re looking for a sweet story about two people who aren’t perfect but just human like you and me and if you love humour then you have to read this book!
First read by this author.
OMG! this book…what a brilliant brilliant book. Funny, witty and on mylanta ‘rocking the FEELS’
I was gripped from the start… the part where the woman screams what she AHEM..does to herself to Andrew woods videos…OMFG I WAS CREASED!!!
The charachters were wonderfully written. Tristan was such a sweetheart and Kat was too…I adored their interactions. I really loved Zoey’s charachter too, she was such a sparkling person.
I’m not saying anything else about the story…because you need to read it for yourself!!!
I will defo be checking out more of the authors works.