Review: Sex on the beach with a hero who's "drop-dead, macho, muscle-man gorgeous"
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 2, 2012
If you're not reading this romance at the beach, it will make you wish you were. On the beach, rolling around in the sand with Daniel, maybe wrestling to see who gets to be on top, you or the bronze god who's now holding you down. There is a very sexy scene where he and the heroine do just that, sex on the beach, and I wanted to push her out of the way and take her place. Before the book even begins, there is this, "Warning: Big, hot, tattooed Hawaiian hero who likes it rough- in bed and on the beach."And that is Daniel, big and tough-looking like a warrior from old. When I read books, I like to picture the characters in my head, and for Daniel, I kept picturing Jason Momoa (google that fine thing and see what I'm talking about). Daniel's got that exotic Hawaiian look, tanned skin, hair in plaits and clubbed at the neck, tats on his body AND on his face, a short beard and mustache, muscles bulging all over the place... And on top of all that, he's that gruff hero, almost rude at times, as he pushes the heroine away, thinking he's too rough and mean for her.Daniel does like his sex rough, with some forcful headboard-banging, even bed-breaking, but I wouldn't say it's the scary kind of rough, more like hard and fast, urgent and needy. You know, just the good stuff. So don't let the 'rough' scare you away. It's a big man who likes to eat a woman up, who likes to bite and nibble and leave a few bruises and hickeys. Going back to that gruffness, this is one hero who does need to be domesticated. It takes a while, but Claire does end up roping him in.As for Claire, she's that curvy heroine I do appreciate. She's blonde, busty, and has full/wide hips and butt. There are times she wonders if she's too full-figured but soon realizes Daniel's the kind of man who likes cushion for the pushin'. I also like that Claire knows she's not the 'ideal' body type but that never stops her from rocking a bikini. If there is one thing that bothered me a little about her, it's that she seemed a little young or immature at times, like sticking out her tongue or making faces, but that's just me. I don't usually find that cute or sexy. The author does write Claire as to-the-point, tough, and able to take care of herself.We see characters from book 1 againWalking in Fire, and if you've read that book, you know this series has that PNR element to it. Here, Daniel is a guardian warrior/protector of the ocean; think Aquaman and all that entails. There is even a cute wink to that in the story. About the danger element in the story, it continues along the same lines as in book 1, and it was more slow-paced and more secondary to the romance for me, not quite as exciting as my longing to see Daniel and Claire be together.Rolling in the Deep appealed to me with its interracial romance; the paranormal and the Hawaiian myth; the tropical/beachy setting; and with the gruff hero, that tatted bad boy. A very enjoyable and sexy romance that made me long for the sun, sand and surf, and for a hot, hunky Hawaiian who's looking for his perfect match, in bed and out, in the water or on the beach.