The blurb felt like almost any other romance novel, but the fact that Grant sounds like a tortured hero was what made me get this. Reading the whole thing though, wow. It is so much more! The quality of writing is very good, and the way the plot moves through scenes is smooth and unhurried but not overly drawn out. On a pure literary basis, this is a damn nice novel!
Grant got my attention from the beginning. He is a lovely tortured hero who doesn’t pity himself, he honestly hates himself and feels sorry for others having to be around him. His introspection is fabulous in his chapters. You can really hear his inner voice, and when someone says something leading, you can feel his “Oh s***” thoughts before you read them. The author did a great job making Grant real, easy to relate to, and damn sympathetic without being piteous. You really see him grow throughout this book, and not backtrack unless there’s a good reason.
Really, the only thing that dropped the score was the dichotomy of Renata. She is introduced as ‘a little mouse’ and though yes, she has helped herself get better, her interactions with Grant are often insanely full of confidence and are not 100% reflective of her inner thoughts. Grant feels better about himself, yet he still does unconscious/habitual things to hide his shame, and his actions show that he’s almost timid when it comes to certain things. Renata doesn’t have this as much. Then again, Renata has a head start, but I don’t know why her thoughts make her seem more fragile than she is. Hopefully this levels out in the next book but even if it doesn’t, I am totally going to read it!
Andre was adorable and fascinating, I am eager to later read more of the novels with him in them. I was thrown off by Stan’s chapters but then as you see how his story connects, you want to see what happens in his storyline. He had rather a decent sex scene too, heh. Grant’s mother and sister sound horrid, and I hope the next novel has more with Alex, especially when you consider some stuff that Grant tells Andre.
The sex is well done, with a good lead up and after-stuff, which a lot of romance novels will lack. It wasn’t superbly steamy, but it got the point across quite well. I can’t wait for these two to have more sex with one of them being more into the idea that this time around *wink wink nudge nudge*.
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