Review: Sexy conclusion to an amazing series, but not my favorite
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 02 3, 2014
I can tell you one thing for sure about this book, IT WAS HOT. And I mean hot! Like filthy dirty talk HOT. But really, can you expect any less from Tessa Bailey? I think not.Did I enjoy it? Yes. Did I love it as much as the other books in this series? Sadly, no...While I enjoyed the super steamy scenes, I failed to get as enraptured in the story as I did the previous books. It never really drew me in. Considering that this is a pretty quick read, being more of a novella length, it took me a lot longer than my usual to finish. I kept putting it down and picking it up, which is just not my norm when it comes to Tessa's books.Matt's tastes are supposed to be dark and wicked, but mainly he just had a penchant for spanking and is demanding/controlling in bed.Now here's the problem for me, I've read books with the darker heroes, and Matt never really accomplished that vibe for me. So he liked a little control and liked to hand out a few spankings. This does not dark make in my book. Yet the entire book he spends brooding about being afraid to unleash his "dark" side on Lucy. Matt, you can rest easy, you were more on the lightly grayish side. But I would be happy to teach your sexy self what dark truly is :)I also thought that the dialogue felt forced. I don't even know how to best explain it. I've loved all the heroes in this series. The dirty talk obviously being my favorite part, and it always had a natural flow to it. It fit the characters. With Matt, that natural flow was missing. When he spoke, it came off as unnatural, it almost sounded to me like during some of the scenes the author was writing outside of her comfort zone. I don't even know if that make sense, but there it is. I'll say that the majority of readers will enjoy this immensely, but those of us that have read darker romances or BDSM will not find this quite as intense.But don't get me wrong, when it came to steam Tessa still delivered...and then some. Matt was sexy as hell and when he put that filthy mouth to work. GOOD LORD. He was just the right mix of dirty talking and rough around the edges.There was a super sweet epilogue which I absolutely loved that was the perfect icing to top the book and series off with.To sum up, I've been a huge fan of this series since book 1, Tessa Bailey continues to be an auto-buy author for me, and I will gladly and greedily snatch up any of her future releases. But this book was sadly not my favorite in the series.*ARC courtesy of publisher in exchange for an honest review*