Review: Awakening
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 2, 2014
Nora Young is a corporate event planner with a degree from Stanford and aspirations to be a lawyer. I never really understood why she didn't continue to law school after college, but she is currently feeling stifled and restless, and wants something more. Her boyfriend Darren is strange. He doesn't seem willing to move forward with their relationship, still living in his own apartment and only seeing her a couple of times per week, though they've been together for three years.At a birthday party for her friend Sophie, she meets a sexy man and has a very erotic dance experience with him. She doesn't get his name, and he disappears. Imagine her surprise when she has a meet with a client that has an upcoming event and in walks her dance partner...or is he? He doesn't acknowledge her as someone he has met before. His name is Ryan Cole, and he's a lawyer for the firm she is planning the event for. He has been assigned to monitor their progress. It was very interesting to watch the relationship between Nora and Ryan develop. Ryan makes her feel things that she's never felt with Darren. It causes problems, and Darren starts throwing out the words marriage and kids...not something she even wants to think about at this point in her life. He is not at all supportive of her aspirations to go to law school.As the relationship between Ryan and Nora progresses, she learns that he is a dark and complicated man. He brings out feelings in her that she wants to explore. Of course there is a crazy ex-girlfriend involved to stir things up.I really enjoyed reading Awakening, though the relationship between Ryan and Nora was not fully developed. The will certainly be more to their story. It is definitely worth following. I look forward to a sequel.*Copy received from the publisher and NetGALLEY.