Review: A scorching read
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 16, 2014
Dominant billionaire alpha males with a past filled with ghosts and demons are a dime a dozen in romance writing these days, so if a writer is going to journey into the genre with a similar storyline and characters, the writing needs to be flawless and the content needs to hook readers from the very beginning. Zara Cox achieves this in her first installment of the Indigo Lounge Series, High.Bethany Green, the book’s heroine, accepts the invitation to the exclusive Indigo Lounge with some coercing from her best friend, Keely. Bethany hasn’t had the best year, and she’s determined to shake off the pain she’s felt at the hands of her ex and go on a once in a lifetime adventure, but what she doesn’t see coming is the mysterious Zachary Savage. Savage is a tortured soul; he has demons that haunt him on a regular basis, so the life that he’s lived is one of routines and arrangements until he sees Bethany enter his building. All it takes is one look…one touch and both Bethany and Zachary are ready to go all in, but will the secrets he has be the end of their relationship before it even really gets started?I loved High. Zara Cox created two fantastic characters in Bethany and Zachary. They’re multi dimensional, so throughout the story, different layers are revealed, and to be able to see their first meeting as well as other important situations through both of their point of views definitely makes them clearer and much more interesting. The connection between them is electric, and the steamy sex scenes illustrate how in sync Bethany and Zachary are. It made sense to have them consumed with one another’s bodies at the beginning; it definitely shows the strong lust they feel for one another, but as their feelings for one another grow, the past starts closing in on them, and Zara does a great job of letting Zach’s past creep up on them until finally, at the end of book one, it’s brought out into the open, not completely, but enough to have Bethany reeling and readers threatening bodily harm with the cliffhanger they’re left with.If you’re looking for a steamy read with strong characters and a bit of mystery to go with it, you’re definitely going to want to pick up High, and fortunately for new readers, you can dive right into Higher to find out what happens to Bethany and Zachary.A complimentary copy of the text was provided by the author in exchange for an honest review.4.5 poison apples (The Fairest of All Book Reviews)