If you’ve read and enjoyed Seducing Cinderella (Fighting for Love, #1) by Gina L. Maxwell, Checkmate (Neighbor from Hell, #3) by R.L. Mathewson, and Her Forbidden Hero (The Hero, #1) by Laura Kaye then you will LOVE this book!!!
Basic
Summary
One
simple lesson in seduction between two friends can turn into so much more…
Despite her
outgoing demeanor, Olivia is painfully insecure around the opposite sex
–usually, she can’t get up the nerve to approach guys she’s interested in. But moving to Edinburgh has given her a new
start, and, after she develops a crush on a sex postgrad, she decides it’s time
to push past her fears and go after what she wants. Close
Nate Sawyer
is a gorgeous player who never commits, but to his friends, he’s as loyal as
they come. So when Olivia turns to him
with her relationship woes, he offers to instruct her in the art of flirting
and to help her become more sexually confident.
The friendly
education in seduction soon grows into an intense and hot romance. But then Nate’s past and commitment issues
rear their ugly head, and Olivia is life broken-hearted. When Nate realizes he’s made the biggest
mistake of his life, he will have to work harder than eve ever has before to
entice his best friend into falling back in love with him—of he may lose her
forever….
First
Impressions
This
book is pretty good so far, I really appreciate the fact that if you haven’t
read the rest of the books in this series you would still know what’s going on
because it’s laid out pretty nicely. I
loved that we got to see more of Joss and Braden’s story and them finally get
married that was really cute and very romantic.
I instantly fell in love with Nate even though even he’s a huge player
and shags a different girl every week.
He fascinated me when we met him in Down London Road (On Dublin Street,
#2), so I’m glad we get more of him in this book. It’s great to have a story involving Olivia
as well since her and her father relocated from the States to Edinburgh in the
last book, she was the last person to join the fray in Down London Road and now
she finally gets her own love story. I
love her shyness and how intimidated she is by men I think on some level every
woman can relate to that somehow.
The book is
a little slow going and I got kind of bored at certain points, I’m about 100
pages in and even though there’s been some dirty talk they haven’t even in
kissed it. I hope the physical parts of
this book pick up soon so I can get more emotionally involved in Nate and
Olivia. Right now I just see them as
platonic friends not really feeling the sexual tension between them there just
needs to be more for me and I hope that’s coming soon.
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| Marchmont |
What I
Loved
I like the flashbacks to
the past when Nate and Olivia first met, or seeing funny conversations they've had and such. You get to see their
friendship better this way and see what has been built from strangers to best
friends and why that is. I really love
their playful relationship and the would you rather game they play constantly,
especially at the end of the book.
I love that we not only go
to see a new relationship begin but see the other ones from previous books grow
and move forward. A lot happens in this
book with Braden and Joss and it only made me realize how I miss them, and how
happy I was to see new things happen in their lives. The same goes for Ellie and Adam, and Jo and
Cam.
After reading Samantha
Young’s book I immediately want to pack my things and move to Edinburgh,
Scotland. I love how the city around
them is its own character in each book and you really get a feel for life in
Edinburgh and all the beauty the city has to offer. Plus the guys from around there seem pretty
hot, I feel like I might have a hard time understand them at first but I’m sure
if I spent enough time with time I would come around. I have no problem spending more time with men
so I can better understand them especially if they are anything like Adam,
Braden, or Nate. That would NOT be a
hardship for me AT ALL!
Not So
Much
I
wish we got to see a little bit more of Nate and Olivia together. I felt like because they didn't get together
till the end of the book we didn't get to truly see them more settled in as a
couple. The epilogue helped but I want
more Nate and Olivia!!!
Like I said
before the book in the beginning was a little slow and I found it hard at times
to keep my attention on the book. I wish
all that time it took them to come to agreement to start having sex didn't happen until I was about 70% through the book and that was just a little too
slow for me. The book definitely picked
up once things got dramatic but it was just slow going in the beginning.
Overall
I
have always really liked Samantha Young books and this one does not disappoint! Nate and Olivia are awesome and their love
story was so wonderful to read. There
were definitely some parts in the book I wanted to smack Nate or shake some
sense into Olivia but they got their stuff together eventually. I was very happy to come along on their roller
coaster of a relationship and there are definitely parts where I could totally
relate to how Liv was feeling and my heart broke for her. I loved that we got to meet Nate’s parents in
this book and find out more his past and Alana.
He was definitely a character that intrigued me in Down London Road so I
was so happy to finally get down and dirty with him and see how he was going to
dig himself out of the huge hole he had created. I love the make shift family this group of
friends has created and that they are always there for each other. I would love to see a book about Hannah and
Marco or a book involving Cole, eventually anyway since they are a little young
for all that right now. I love Samantha
Young and I hope she continues writing this series it’s awesome!
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