Before we move on to the featured story for the week, I'd like to remind everyone that the first GA's CSR Book Club discussion will take place on Monday, January 28th, 2013. The story to be read is Memories of Forgotten Love by Hosted Author: Nephylim. You can find the story pinned under the GA Stories tab. We would like to start the discussion with a review, so if anyone out there would like to write a review, or a couple of paragraphs about the story, then please PM Renee Stevens.

Now, onto this week's story. This week we are featuring a story by Promising Author: KingdombytheSea called "No Strings". It was written for the 2012 Summer Anthology and it certainly fits the theme. Hope you enjoy this review and that it makes you want to go and read the story for yourself!

Reviewer: Renee Stevens
Status: Complete
Word Count: 10,993

I’ve read all the stories by Promising Author: KingdombytheSea and I’ve enjoyed each of them in different ways. I decided to take a second look at one of her stories for today’s blog post. I decided to focus on “No Strings” for no other reason than it sounded interesting.

“No Strings” follows best friends Kristina and Josh. Kristina has decided that she wants to have sex for the first time and has long decided that Josh is the one she wants for a little bit of ‘no strings’ sex. Josh is thoroughly against it, but doesn’t have the courage to tell her that it’s because he’s gay. When Josh turns her down, Kristina comes up with another plan. Unfortunately for Josh, he still plays a major role in his best friend’s quest. Unfortunately for them, or maybe fortunately (depending on how you look at it), Kristina’s plan doesn’t go quite how she expected.

I don’t tend to read a lot of stories about high school aged characters, but I thoroughly enjoy Sara’s writing and this story was no different. The story flows extremely well and there were multiple times when I couldn’t stop the chuckles. The way that Kristina and Josh play off each other was entertaining all by itself, add the rest to it and it made for a wonderful read.

If you haven’t already read “No Strings” by KingdombytheSea then I strongly suggest that you do so, even if you don’t typically read stories of high school age characters. If you do take a look at it, please take a few minutes to leave Sara a review letting her know what you thought of it! Enjoy!