Review: Well-written, good plot, well-defined characters...
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 29, 2013
My first book by the author and I was impressed. I only had a few qualms, first, who the heck is on the cover?! These women do not look anything like the women described and that was a bit annoying. These are models on the cover obviously because it is a lesbian story (dumb). The title and cover suggest something steamy and erotic, but it's not that at all, and that is not a bad thing. It's more of a drama and romance. Trust me, the romance takes a while and again, that is okay, given the plot, personality of characters and circumstances.My second issue was that we had no idea what Maggie looked like until almost halfway through the story! All we knew was that she was shorter than Alex (the butch/soft butch) . Alex was described almost constantly from beginning to end, I found this just weird. Made it seem like the author was favoring her soft butch character more, kinda reminds me of Radclyffe who does this quite a bit.I liked the characters, they were fleshed out and could stand alone, they were honest, and funny when needed. You could see how they would fall in love and when it came down to expressing how they feel about one another they did it. They had a conversation like sensible people do, granted it took a little while, because they were both stubborn as hell at times, but they got there. Definitely a page turner, I could not put it down, I brought it this afternoon and finished it the same day. Worth the 4 bucks and a nice little escape. The epilogue was sweet and the last paragraph melts your heart if you remember the story Maggie tells Alex about ice, and how it played a role to her survival, and why that little endearment at the end was important to Maggie's father. Read it and find out!