American Virgin #16 - Vertigo

Ok, I hate to admit it, but . . . this book is getting more interesting. Adam and Vanessa are on their world tour. Right now they're in Japan. Adam really seems to be enjoying his time with her. And so far it's strictly platonic. The nature of their attraction seems to come from them both being able to act themselves around each other. Neither of them seems to be posing, or trying to impress the other. They're truly just enjoying their time and company. Anyways, they've gone to stay with a friend of Vanessa's, Tonya, an old college roommate. She came to Japan to be a teacher, and was offered free room and board if she taught the family she's staying with English. They were supposed to be on a trip when Adam and Vanessa got there, but they weren't, so Adam and Vanessa will have to watch how they act around one another because they're old-school Japanese. Which means they don't believe in anything premarital. Anyways, they really just seem happy. They're exploring the boundaries of their relationship. And everyday is new to them. Unfortunately, Adam does carry baggage with him. In the for of the ghost of his dead fiance Cassie. And right now she's making it clear to him that she doesn't like his flowering relationship. She says it's because she doesn't like how it's changing him. He's doing things now that he wouldn't have done before. And she thinks, " . . . . it's leading you straight to hell." At that moment Vanessa knocks on Adams door. He doesn't want her to come in because he's not sure if she would be able to see Cassie or not. But that's not Vanessa's intentions. She respects her hosts wishes. She says she just want to give him something . . . . and she throws a pair of her panties at him. This isn't really the direction that I thought this book would be taking. So . . . . I'm pleasantly surprised. Of course Steven T. Seagle has always crafted a great tale. He's really the reason I started picking up this series at all. Well . . . that and the first couple of covers were done by Frank Quitely. But, more than once I've thought about dropping this one. Right now, it looks like I'll be sticking around. At least through the rest of this 5 part story-arc. I like being surprised by a book.