Review: The beginning of Cash and Nic...
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 15, 2014
Sweet Girl takes us back to the beginning...to Nicola, Roman, and Cash in college. Nicola is Roman's little sister who has a crush on her big brother's best friend, Cash. They were lifelong friends that were now sizzling with sexual tension. She was supposed to be off limits, but Cash had a hard time staying away and his interest developed into more than something brotherly.But Cash has a reputation as a man-whore. She has her own fan club and an overprotective brother and nosy room mates.There's hidden feelings, over protectiveness, jealousy, secrets and sneaking around. The relationship between them was not supposed to happen but they were powerless to stop it. But they both were afraid of how people would react especially big brother, Roman. And Nic is also dealing with a questionable work situation that will change her life in more ways than she realizes.I loved the younger versions of Nicola and Cash. They were sweeter, softer, vulnerable, but they had undeniable chemistry and a strong connection. We already know how strong it was based on what happens in the second Titan book Garrison's Creed. But they are much different then when they are older: seasoned, tough, emotionally closed off, and still internalizing the hurt as a result of their past. And now we see even more how they go to that point since we know more about what happened before. And a young Roman is so different too. Definitely not quite as astute as his older counterpart.Even though this story technically was not needed in order to connect with Garrison's Creed or the rest of the series, I have to say that I enjoyed gong back to these characters when their love began. It has more of a New Adult feel to it rather than the action-packed, romantic suspense of the rest of the series. But it was a sweet story of first love and heartbreak with a little twist of suspense. It gives us the bigger picture between Nicola, Cash, and Roman and makes Garrison's Creed that much more meaningful to see this couple get a second chance to get it right. It made me want to go back and read Garrison's Creed again.I have to say that I got totally sucked into this series and read most of them in a few days. I just kept one-clicking and moving on to the next couple. I love the sexy, strong, alphas and the tough women of Titan. The stories are full of action and suspense, but also connections, emotions, humor, and challenging love stories. I am looking forward to finally getting Roman's story in Hart Attack and also Parker's story in the future.I was gifted a copy in exchange for an honest review.