Friends with Benefits by Cat Johnson - Book Review

Meg & Jeff have been friends since grade school, one night when they were watching a movie together Meg suggests that they start having non exclusive "no strings attached" sex. Jeff agrees and all is well for about six months when, after calling Jeff up at midnight for a booty call she discovers that's he's had a one night stand and becomes enraged. She turns into a total bitch (not that she wasn't already selfish to begin with) making snide comments and constantly harping on the fact that he slept with someone else EVEN though she said that she didn't want them to be exclusive. This turn about is baffling to me because according to Meg;

When it came down to the serious stuff, the reason she’d called him, he knew exactly how to get her off and always did before he took care of himself. A nice predictable lover, that was Jeff. More importantly, there was no messy, emotional, romantic entanglement, just a friendship as comfortable as her favorite old pair of sneakers. Broken in. No surprises. He was a known constant in a sea of unknowns. With Jeff, she got none of the pain you risked with either a hot new pair of high heels or a hot new guy.

 Now tell me does that sound like something you would say about someone you love? Granted that there are men who are predictable lovers, but this is easily remedied by telling them about what gets you off as opposed to hoping they discover it on their own. It seems to me like the only reason she had a change of heart was because she feared losing her comfortable convenient fuck buddy. Jeff on the other hand is a calm,  refreshing character the perfect compliment to her volatile disposition. then again you would need a really thick skin to be Meg's friend for a prolonged period of time.

The story easy to follow and as much as I don't want to admit it the characters are realistic, on the other hand the girl is such an uber bitch that you don't have much hope for their relationship going anywhere, that may be why I don't like it.

In the end I've decided to rate this book 2 out of 5.

P.S. If you'd like a copy of this book its available for download on the author's website. She has a few of them there and Friends with Benefits is part of the Cat Snips anthology.