Review: Wish I had stopped reading when I had a chance
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 11 27, 2013
This novella had so much potential based on the blurb alone. I thought it was be a quick read that was a sweet, hot friends to lovers romance. Unfortunately, this book was all over the place and really difficult to follow. Kim was very unlikeable and David, while he could have been great, was weird and scheming. I nearly stopped reading multiple times, but I stuck with it because I was hoping something better would happen. I guess I’m just a glutton for punishment, although it did have its moments.Kim is 24, yet sometimes she acts like she’s 12. The going through puberty thing could have been funny, but instead it was handled poorly. She thought she was going crazy because of her raging hormones. Ummmm…what? Then when David and Kim finally get to the massage that we are teased with in the blurb, she orgasms from his words alone…or from him kissing her scar, that was kind of unclear, but it certainly had nothing to do with anything sexual happening. And she’s never had an orgasm before in her life.Oh and then after this amazing orgasm that was super unbelievable, he just happens to have a condom in the massage room…oh because couples sometimes rent the rooms and this high end spa is actually a happy endings spa on other occasions then the one between Kim and David. Then he slams into her…ummm, no finesse, no anything and then freaks out cause she was a virgin and didn’t tell him. First of all, rough sex can be fun, but this whole massage into love thing was supposed to be him seducing her and showing her what she was missing. There was literally no foreplay, except for the talking/scar kissing orgasm.I wish I had stopped reading right in the beginning and just DNF’d this. Don’t even get me started on the corporate espionage subplot that could have been left out of the entire story. This novella was far too ridiculous for me to enjoy it and now I feel bad for having to give it an unfavorable review. There was a ton of potential for something hot, but unfortunately, this book was not.Arc provided by the publisher via Netgalley