Review: Review: Brook Street: Thief (Brook Street, #1) by Ava March
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 24, 2013
Title: Brook Street: Thief (Brook Street, #1)Author: Ava MarchCover Artist: N/APublisher: Carina PressReviewer: MonikaGenre: HistoricalPairing: GayLength: NovelHeat Rating: ♨♨♨♨Rating: ★★★★☆Blurb:London, 1822It was only supposed to be one night. One night to determine once and for all if he truly preferred men. But the last thing Lord Benjamin Parker expected to find in a questionable gambling hall in Cheapside is a gorgeous young man who steals his heart.It was only supposed to be a job. Cavin Fox has done it many times-select a prime mark, distract him with lust, and leave his pockets empty. Yet when Cavin slips away under the cover of darkness, the only part of Benjamin he leaves untouched is his pockets.With a taste of his fantasies fulfilled, Benjamin wants more than one night with Cavin. But convincing the elusive young man to give them a chance proves difficult. Cavin lives with a band of thieves in the worst area of London, and he knows there's no place for him in a gentleman's life. Yet Benjamin isn't about to let Cavin-and love-continue to slip away from him.Review:I love historical. I don't love how the MC's have to keep their relationship secret but I do love how they will do anything to be together.Cavin, what a great character. The so called bad boy thief manages to steal Ben's heart, much to his surprise. (I should mention here he stole my heart too.)*sigh* Ben, sweet, sweet Ben thinks he may be attracted to men rather than women so before he has to "find a wife" he goes to a gambling club to see if he really is attracted to men and there he happens upon Cavin. Sparks fly! There is so much heat between these two I'm surprised my Kindle didn't catch fire.I'm not a big fan of the insta-love or insta-lust we read about so much in M/M Romance but I loved these guys, enough that I let it go right out the window! If I looked really closely at this story I bet I would find little things that I'm not fond of normally but this story had that something that got me involved with the MC's right away and I just didn't care. I wanted them happy and together so badly.This is a very simple story, about how a poor boy (Cavin) who's a thief meets a rich boy (Ben) that's trying to figure out his life. Our heart stopping poor boy is looking for a way out of the life he's been living after he meets our sweet rich boy who wants nothing but to have the heart stopping poor boy in his life forever. Oh I forgot to mention Cavin has this kid he looks out for named Sam. Sam is like a little brother to him and he wants to get Sam out of the thieving business and away from the man who controls both of them, a despicable man that now wants to use 13 year old Sam to service men.Thief made me smile and cry I can't wait to read the rest of the books in the series.I recommend this to all the romantics out there.