Review: Reviewed By Ty for Rate My Romance Blog
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 11, 2013
I received this book as an ARC. I am usually a quick reader, but I found myself getting so frustrated with the characters that I would simply walk away.Meet Axia Blacksille...she is born into money, bearing the Blacksille name, but is also a strong minded business woman who owns her own gym in San Francisco. She went from being a spoiled brat, to a spoiled bitch...strong mentally, physically and emotionally. Axia is a QUEEN BITCH...she craves and savors control of any kind. She is rude,obnoxious and manic. She is very impulsive, never thinks things through. After heartache from her 'submissive' Zane, she focuses on her gym, and swears off love...that is until she meets Lovello Nelson, 28y/o Billionaire Playboy. Lovello finds Axia's beauty breathtaking and makes it his mission to win her over. At first, she is very cold towards his attraction for her,but eventually she warms up to him and the sexcapades begin. Lovello's touch makes her lose control, something she has never experienced with a man, not even Zane. They have a very hot, passionate relationship, but not without drama...Axia blows the tiniest thing out of proportion, overreacting, and making the simplest gesture end in a fight, and usually steamy sex. This became tiring, for me. It seemed to drag on, over and over. Every instant, Axia wanted to throw the towel in, and give up on the relationship,but Lovello continually made it clear he wasn't going where...Past relationships weave their way into Axia and Lovello's lives, causing even more earthquake to their pending doom. Axia's jealousy, bitchiness, and undecisive heart nearly destroys their relationship...she can't move past Zane, and her domineering ways.Again, this book made me so irate, I had to simply walk away, several times. Axia's constant outbursts were too much...over and over...it was predictable and boring. She needs Prozac, and lots of it!! It made the book seem to drag on.But regardless of how annoyed I was with the characters, the book was very well written, and entertaining. The sex was HOT...I loved Lovello's control over Axia, and the passion that poured from his soul for her.I loved the many references to the Bible, throughout the book...my favorite quote from the book, is oh so true, and so sweet...it really makes you think about your own relationship, and smile : " 'At last, this one is flesh and bone of my bone, she will be called woman because she was taken from man.' I just believe that every man out there has a woman who's his. Flesh of his flesh and bone of his bone,because she was unwittingly made from his rib, just for him. And when they find each other, they'll just know." The author was very brazen to have mixed religion with a romance novel,and I liked that.The climax and end to the book, was highly disappointing to me. I felt like the author could have really gave the characters a more deserved HEA, had she not focused so much on Axia's jacked up personality, bitchiniess and psychotic outbursts. Maybe she should have written it from Lovello's POV?Overall,I gave it 4 stars, it's a good, long read, well written, no matter how much I wanted to bitch slap the characters!