This is how it starts. With a joke. Two brothers -- Will and Jeff -- and their friend Tom are out one night at their favorite South Beach bar, the Wild Zone, and decide to make a bet on who can be the first to seduce a mysterious-looking young woman drinking by herself. Pretty, dark-haired, blue-eyed Suzy has an innocent, almost ordinary girl-next-door way about her. "Just waiting for Prince Charming to hit on her," Jeff says.
Little do they know the secrets she hides from the outside world, particularly those having to do with the daily horror she experiences under the watchful eye of her abusive husband. Little do they know she has an agenda of her own. Little do they know their harmless bet is about to take on a life of its own, a life full of deadly consequences for all concerned.
My thoughts
Tell me if you’ve heard this before. Three guys in a bar make a bet to see who can seduce a young woman drinking by herself. Sound familiar? The only thing is that everyone has secrets and that is the tale of The Wild Zone by Joy Fielding. All three guys are different in personalities and the relationships that they have with women are also diverse. The book starts out okay with the setup in the bar called The Wild Zone but I felt that I was reading something that boys would be reading, learning how not to treat a woman. The best part, I felt, was the ending. Not because it was over, but something not so expected. That’s all I have to say.
Note: This book was borrowed from my local library.
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