J Bango

Twisted Days J Bango

Pandora's Box opened hastily, yet completely in book one: Waking Hunger. Or did it? Here, it becomes more apparent than ever that the depths of Carissa and Chelsea's zeal for the innovative and gratifying has no bottom. Welcome to the continuation of the Decadence series, where the girls accelerate and attack life with every ounce of vigor one can imagine. When we left them last time, a rather large disappointment or two had stunned the girls into submission. Rest assured that this detour is temporary. These young women refuse to be thwarted in their efforts of plowing forward through the maze of eccentric fun and experiences. In other words, they haven't left their seats and the roller coaster is climbing for another run. Weekend jaunts to the home of Carissa's parents become an amusing staple, along with her somewhat peculiar transition into a new part-time job. Several friends are introduced whom thicken the evolving storyline from week to week and support and defend her playful neuroses. The house becomes a pathway of insight for all, one leading toward unknown futures, exactly what motivates us in our dreams and desires. This volume quickens with a satirical look at life; in ways that make you laugh and at times leave you wanting to reach out and lend a helping hand. Of course, Mom and Dad return as well; tossing fuel into Carissa's mental fire. In reality, they help lay the groundwork that this coed will need while enduring the years to come...in a painful, parental sort of way. Through it all, she continues on the ultimate journey of exploring and attempting to balance a sex life; one that builds and strips clean like a spreadsheet tossed into a blender. Missed opportunities, however; are not to be found in any of their curriculum. Life is messy, she finds, but that doesn't oblige it's not being enjoyable or sexy when you learn to roll with the punches. Plenty of chocolate syrup and hair flips while 'driving in reverse' help achieve such a rolling.