Review: I could see the appeal, but this one just wasn't for me.
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 02 24, 2014
While I enjoyed this book to a certain extent, I have to say I was a bit put off by how quickly things moved with Rafe and Courtney. There was pretty much no substantial preamble, they denied their feelings for like a second, and then went for it. Now I'm saying this having never read any of the other books in the series, so I don't have any connections to any of the characters, but with companion novels, this shouldn't even be an issue.Also, I don't know how true this is in the BDSM community, but Bell made everything seem so methodical and open, which surprised me. I always thought these things were handled more discretely, so it was weird to see Courtney and Rafe so open and nonchalant about it, especially around their friends. Not to say that it bothered me, or swayed me in any particular way, I'm all for the "whatever floats your boat" motto, just wanted to point that out about the book. And again, I'm no BDSM expert, but everything felt pretty tame to me, and often times a bit cheesy. The sex scenes had some steam to them, but it didn't stir anything in me.I don't think this was a good fit for me, as far as Brazens go, but I'm sure fans of Bell's series will still enjoy this. It felt more like these two were a couple due to circumstance, enjoying each other's company because they were just there (and attracted to each other), and I didn't really feel a connection to any of them. As much as I wanted to like this, it was a miss for me.