Review: could have been longer for me.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 10, 2013
Deceitfully Yours. Bethany Bazile.ARC supplied via Netgalley.I found this an interesting book - part erotica, part romance and part thriller/adventure/mystery. I do like a novel that has more than just a simple easy plot, so I was intrigued by the premise of Deceitfully Yours. I always admire how a good author makes the reader like someone who on the face has qualities we dislike. Its that way for me with Kylie, she's in a life of crime, cheating and stealing, setting out to seduce in order to gain the confidence of the victim and steal from him. To me that's really horrible and yet, who hasn't trusted the wrong person, made a mistake? In Kylie's case its a big mistake sure - and one that's trapped her in the life she despises. Jude is supposed to be just another mark but he soon becomes far more and we're brought some sensual, erotic, sex scenes. I did have a bit of a problem with how rapidly things moved between them, I've seen the "insta love" work in novels but it didn't quite gel here - they're both determined its nothing but fun - though for different reasons and yet it becomes more very very quickly. Somehow that rang a bit false to me. Still, the story continues, Kylie gets more and more trapped between her heart and her reasons for being with Jude. I did really get to grips with Jude, for someone in his position he seemed very nave in some ways, and his determination not to get emotionally involved went down the drain without much of a fight on his part...I thought he was a strong type who'd make more effort to hold out.There's a twist I didn't see coming towards the end, and I do love a good breakup :) gives me the angst I need to enhance the HEA. The ending is quite hurried too - I felt it seemed rushed, glossed over a bit. Its those two things that mark down the star rating for me - has the elements of a riveting, seductive, romance with the edge of suspense but didn't quite make it for me. Its quite short at 238 pages and I feel maybe the story would have been better of it was a longer novel - give all those plots time to work out properly without the rushed feeling. But that's just me and my love for longer books, I just feel this one would have suited that format better...Priced at 2.64 for 238 pages/390kb its a reasonable price.Stars: three and a half.