Review: A Surprising Twist
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 10, 2013
Lennox's friend, Becki, came to me asking if I and my blogger partner would promote Illicit. Since I am a curious being by nature, I thought that perhaps it would be a great idea to buy this book and quench my curiosity. I was not disappointed. Was it a perfect read? No, but it definitely had potential, and successfully did what it was meant to do. It played with my emotions, it held me captive, and I found myself with tears in my eyes and a runny nose by time I finished.The storyline got a little hectic around three-fourths of the book, but made a complete 360 by the end. I was not expecting the ending it had. I was so legitimately surprised that I ended up crying because I was surprised. Was it a good thing? To a certain point, yes because the book ended up being a memorable, nothing like the dime a dozen stories you end up reading when you're a blogger.Was it a bad thing? A little,just because of the fact that I felt a little betrayed that I wasn't warned about the drastic change of story the book would have by the end of the book. That doesn't mean I didn't enjoy it, just means I would've liked a tiny inkling.The protagonists of the story are Katie, who is so endearingly called "Katie-Kat" by the male protagonist, and Danny, the man at the other end of the phone. Danny texts Katie, thinking she's another woman he had met and was given the phone number to. Turns out she's just a girl at the other end of a wrong number. You get this theme throughout the storyline.Lennox dives into the story without introduction, without beating around the bush. She immediately begins the story with the first texts, clearly wanting the reader to get hooked from the first page. I'll admit, I was hooked from the first line. Katie started out as a very likable character, but somewhere in the middle she became a little insufferable and I found myself feeling bad for Danny.Danny was a little too clingy at first, and their relationship was like a race horse that couldn't wait for the gunshot to trigger. I was a little overwhelmed, but it just ended up benefitting the emotional storyline Lennox was trying to convey. Danny had to be the sweetest man alive. Despite his unusual connection with Katie, I found him very endearing and willing to do whatever it took to make Katie fall for him.The sexy scenes were sexy, how can I say they weren't! The only issue I had with them was the fact that I felt I had read it all before. Maybe it was because it felt Lennox rushed over them. I get it,k  heat of the moment, fast, but it would've been nice to see them take a little more time asking the bed.Overall, Illicit was a fun, fast, interesting read. I was taken with the amount of emotions that were involved in the story. Lennox has my respect for being able to bring me into the story like she did. 4 STARS of pure talent!