If you have read and enjoyed Storm (Storm MC,
#1) by Nina Levine, Beautiful Disaster
(Beautiful,#1) by Jamie McGuire, and Real (Real, #1) by Katy Evans then you
will LOVE this book!
Synopsis
Olivia James has never been one
to walk on the wild side, at least not until she meets Seth Marc—a cocky, sexy
fighter at her father’s gym. He’s infuriating, nauseatingly addictive and she
just can’t seem to shake him. He’s only been in town a short while and his name
is already on everyone’s lips. He's the kind of guy moms’ warn their daughters
about—the kind that leaves a trail of shattered hearts behind him and he has
Olivia in his sights.Olivia has never met anyone as confusing as Seth and his hot and cold attitude constantly sends her reeling. She’s never wanted anyone’s touch so badly in her life, but having recently come out of a long term relationship diving into another is something she'd prefer to avoid.
Determined for his touch, but not to let him under her skin, Olivia embarks on the most thrilling ride of her life.
What
I Loved
This book definitely kept me on my toes, and at times
totally surprised me which I loved because I can’t stand it when stories are
too predictable. There were a lot of
twists and turns when it came to Olivia and Seth’s relationship and the
chemistry between them was nothing less than boiling. At certain point I just wanted them to rip
each other’s clothes off and go at it!
Not
So Much
This was a great story and a
wonderful start to a new series, I really enjoyed Olivia and Seth as main
characters and can’t wait to see where life takes them; saying that I did have
some issues with the book. To me, the
sentence structures were a little too fragmented, and at time I felt like the
story was being talked at me rather than me being a part of it. I think Olivia’s life was laid out nicely and
the same goes for Seth, but as far as the secondary characters like Selena and
Jackson, you get drips of their lives but a solid foundation and lots of
details were left out. It made it hard
for me to even like these characters because I knew very little about
them.
Also it’s a HUGE pet peeve of mine when authors from
other countries write books that take place in America but don’t use the right
wording, or expressions. American’s
don’t go on holiday, they go on vacation, we don’t toasties, we each
sandwiches. It took me out of the story
because this happened a lot throughout this book and it started to annoy
me. The same can be said for the area
the book took place in, I would’ve loved to have seen the culture of Portland,
Maine or at least New England reflected in the plot. At a certain point they travel to Boston and
no big landmarks are mentioned, or what living in this part of America is truly
like. At times I actually felt like the
way these characters talked and dressed and acted were in contrast to what life
is like in Maine. I have no problem when
people write things that aren’t where they are from, but if you’re going to do
that you have to do the research and really show you understand that particular
lifestyle.
This
Book Was…
Pretty good! Like I said before, I love fighter books and
I totally Set Marc’s number one fan. He
is one hot sexy man who you know stands up for what he believes and takes shit
from no one. I really like the character
of Olivia as well, she finally stood up for what she wanted and made the right
decisions about her life. I love how
supportive she wasn’t just of Seth but of her best friend Selena and her
family. I just wish this story had lots
more details, and laid out a better foundation for the character development to
build from. If the book was written with
more American colloquialisms to make me believe this took place in America, and
just more detail describing the environment and culture around them. Great story, just need some smoothing around
the edges and definite tweaks and it would’ve been the perfect story.
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