Review: Sensational twists and turns!!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 19, 2014
You read a blurb or get a recommendationand you THINK you know what you're getting into when youbegin turning the pages.You may THINK you know...But you have NO IDEA!!!4 CRAZY ***** from one super sassy blogger!!!This is a full-length stand-alone, with a 'happy for now' ending.  (I'll explain further below.)  There IS cheating in this book.NOTE: I'm always vague with my reviews as far as what actually happens in the book - I seriously dislike spoilers!  Also, this book contains explicit material.  There is also a warning with the synopsis on purchasing/Goodreads websites.  I want to take that a bit further and let readers know that there is mention of rape and suicide.  If these are triggers for you then you may want to ask a friend/confidant to review this for you before you dive in.After reading the blurb/synopsis to this book, I couldn't wait to get my hands on it!!  It sounded nothing short of intriguing, mysterious and sexy - have you seen the cover?!  It's told in alternating POV which I just can't get enough of these days.  As I began reading...well let's just say that it's not what I imagined.  At all!Not too far into the book, I almost felt cheated.  Let me explain - some of the best parts of reading contemporary and NA romance books, for me, is watching the chemistry and romantic feelings develop.  Reading about how they meet and the push and pull of those first emotions.  It somehow always speaks to me as if I'm watching the love between my husband and I all over again!  This book begins and Leeta, AKA Leets, and Mace are already 4 mos into their relationship.  I was disappointed.  I needed those days after their first meet.  Until their first scene together!  Chemistry, passion, and sexy banter came flying out of my Kindle screen!!  She's a prosecutor and let's just say the things she does in a meeting room...well aren't appropriate - unless your reading them!!  It is HOT, HOT, HOT between them!!  Leeta is so in love with Mace and I could feel how much."He was far from perfect, but he was perfect for me."I saw in his actions just how much he returned her affections.  He doesn't seem the type of guy to take lip from anyone and he certainly doesn't seem the man who Leets describes.  He's a protector and I could see that right out of the gate.  Mace owns a bike shop and has tattooed arms and thick black hair - are you one-clicking yet?  He's a hard man to get to open up yet when they were together I could feel his vulnerability, his barriers wanting to come down.  Mace has a major issue going on - he's keeping many secrets from Leeta and he's feeling guilty.  He's feeling guilty for keeping things from her.  He's feeling guilty of the things he's doing.  Mace knows that if Leets ever found out what he was doing - there would be no forgiveness.  No second chance.  But not even his love for Leeta could stop him on this path."The guilt was eating me up inside.  I could wrap it up however I wanted, but when it came down to it, she was never going to forgive me for this.  I couldn't tell her.  I'd lose her for sure.  And stopping this wasn't an option, either."Now here is another place in the book I was frustrated and super annoyed!!  Wanting to throw my kindle against the wall.  His sister died and it's effected him in many ways and even after a year he's still not over losing her .  And now...now it's set him on a path of insanity and craziness!!!  I could NOT believe what he was talking about!  And following through with!  It's not something I saw coming.When Leeta come across what it is that he's been doing, she's sick.  Sick from seeing it on his computer, sick that its him doing it, and sick for her heart shattering in a million pieces.  I could almost hear her heart breaking in two.  It was palpable, her disgust and her really wanting to believe that it wasn't Mace.  She's confused - although what she saw was pretty concrete - and she's angry!  I was furious at what transpired on those pages.  I was feeling every emotion she was describing.  Almost as if living it with her."I have to give this to the police.  I had to do something.  A surge of anger rushed through me.  Why the &^<$ did Mace have this $#*!?"There are many reasons I loved this book!  It was different from anything else I've read.  The writing style was really superb!  The alternating POV was especially great to see his and her actions and reactions to each other as well to their own.  There were points in the book I could feel the emotion emanating from the pages and swarming around me.  Mace and Leeta were amazing!  The chemistry and banter with each other as well as with the secondary characters.  And a plot twist straight out of left field!  Definitely NOT predictable!  I love reading a book and not knowing what is around the next corner.  Our author certainly kept guessing what came next.But...there's a flip side to this coin.  I had an enormously hard time rating this book. I was sure I could rate this book while I was reading it.  But when I finished and let it all marinate a bit...I wasn't so sure.  I was really disappointed that we missed those first 4 mos of Mace and Leeta's relationship.  That's my favorite time when reading about new characters!  Did it take away from THIS book?  No.  I was confused by some of  Leeta's actions.  If the same situation happened to me?  Or any other woman...I'm just not sure I could be that forgiving.  No matter how much I lusted after and loved them.  There was a point I even hoped this book would finish without an HEA.  It did finish with what I'm calling 'happy-for-now'.  To me, that means that everything is great now...but you can just see or feel an unsteady future for them.  Now I know this is the beginning of a series but...I still felt as if you could ALMOST claim cliffhanger.  But it's not, a cliff-hanger, however I just felt like there was SO MUCH build up to this amazing plot and then we fell out of the sky - the end.  It ended strangely to me.  Does it take away from the meat and potatoes of this book? No.  These are really just personal preferences - so keep that in mind."I had to trust her to hear what I had to say.  I had to trust her, because the alternative was something I couldn't even think about right now.I had to trust her, because I expected her to trust me."It certainly was a bumpy ride!