Review: Just okay
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 1, 2014
Untouched, Silver Creek #2, by Maisey YatesGrade: C+“We just ate our second meal together. I told you about my childhood. You yelled at me. We’re practically a couple.”Quinn Parker is a bad boy and he knows it. After being accused of causing the accident that almost lead to Cade Mitchell’s death Quinn has been barred from the only thing that ever mattered in his life: the rodeo. Quinn is out for revenge and he will use whatever and whoever to get it as long as Cade recants his story and he gets to compete again. Using money from his inheritance Quinn is setting up a ranch that will host troubled young men in hopes of them turning their lives around and hires Lark Mitchell to set up the technology on the ranch. Quinn’s goal is to use Lark against her brother but he never expected the sweet, innocent, sexy woman that shows up on his doorstep and knocks him for a loop.Lark Mitchell is tired of her brothers protecting her and shielding her away from anything that could be painful. Lark knows she needs to venture out of her room and away from her virtual life she has created and join the real world which is why she takes the job at the Longhorn Ranch. Shocked doesn’t even cover Lark’s reaction to her new boss Quinn and she realizes she must work with him or have to run to her brothers for help and money. The more time Lark spends with Quinn the more she realizes he’s not the heartless man everyone makes him out to be and she can’t seem to stay away from him. A relationship with Quinn could destroy her family but not having one could destroy her heart.I have been eagerly anticipating Lark’s book in this series and I was sadly disappointed. I loved the idea of the bad boy and the geek girl and Quinn and Lark fit these roles perfectly. I found Quinn’s honesty to Lark to be a breath of fresh air but I felt sorry for Lark because she is so innocent and you could see her falling for Quinn from their first encounter. I loved seeing how Quinn reacted to Lark and how she brought him to his knees without even trying but that still didn’t make up for some big issues I had with the book.Yes these two have chemistry and the sex scenes where very good but there was a lot that overshadowed those. Lark is a 22 year old virgin and I am so sick of these women still being virgins. Do I think there are 22 year old virgins out there? Absolutely but I have yet to come across one and I don’t believe that Lark would have waited 22 years to lose her virginity. I don’t want virgins in my storylines anymore unless I’m reading historical romance. My other big problem was the age difference between Quinn and Lark. He’s 34 and she’s 22 and to me this is just gross.Every book I come across with a big age difference like this just bothers me and ruins the book no matter how good it is.While I liked this book there were too many things that bothered me to make it great. I found some things to be too predictable and I just couldn’t get past the age difference and virginity. I will continue to read this series because I do want to read Cade’s story and I’m hoping that book is better than this one.