Review: Three to get ready...
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 18, 2014
Here it is, the one everyone has been waiting for... and maybe that's the problem. If there's a Beyond series reader who doesn't have a soft spot for Ace I'd like to meet them. Which is why I think I had such a tough time with this one. Like so many readers I had Ace on a pedestal up until BEYOND JEALOUSY and I was pretty excited to see what team Rocha could do with a menage romance but then I read it and found myself not digging it.I think, as with any romance, my biggest problem was that I've never felt particularly fond of Cruz or Rachel. Both felt pretty personality-lacking and that didn't change in BJ. About halfway through the story I realized that unlike previous installments of the series, no amount of kinky sex was going to make this one work for me. Even Ace felt off. With good reason I suppose but the whole love triangle (a true triangle) felt forced. A lot of telling and not enough showing beyond the sex. I think that was the idea as it gets better toward the end but man was that a difficult thing to read.What redeemed this from a lower star rating is that there was a lot going on with the O'Kane's and the overall series arc that was carefully slipped in. I love this world and I love the gang so keeping them fighting for their place in it keeps me reading. There are some confusing revelations about Eden and Cruz and Bren's pasts that I wish had been explained a bit more clearly and may well be important later in the series.While I found BJ lacking in the love, it was pretty frickin' steamy. If you're into BDSM this one will definitely be for you (it's not my thing so that didn't help me much). The chemistry they lack emotionally they certainly have physically. I think I'm going to be the exception among the fans and the rest of you will love it. This one will certainly warm you up for book seven and has plenty of hints as to who that'll be about.Notes: My copy of this book was a complimentary copy provided by the author in exchange for an honest review.