Review: I want to be conquered by Drew McKinley
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 29, 2014
***I was given a copy of this awesome book in exchange of an honest review***“It wasn’t an option for me, to stay in one place, make friends, and live. I had to keep moving.”First, I want to say that I was lucky enough to witness the growth of this story into what it now is. I read bits and pieces given to me by one of my fave Aussie ladies and author and I fell for Drew and I fell HARD! I also fell for this story because it’s not your usual girl-meets-boy story and they fall in love, break up, get back together and the end!It’s so much more than that. It’s a story about finally finding something you were positively sure you never wanted nor needed. Love. It’s about accepting that being all alone is not what a human being needs and admitting it’s okay to rely and lean on others.So, the book starts with Amelia/Mia, who is a chameleon character. She changes her identity and physical features very often, in order to hide, to blend in and stay incognito. She’s been on the run for the past six years and it has always worked just fine. She’d just up and leave wherever it was she was living. No friends, no relationships because it was easier to run that way.See, one would think Mia is weak for doing that but she’s not. It’s in our genes, the fight-or-flight instinct. It’s always been. She’s afraid and she’s been through so many horrible things and she thinks she’s guilty of all that happening.“I stopped living in the past a long time ago. What if is just that, I guess: living in the past, because you wished your future could have been different.”But her entire world is turned upside-down when she falls into Drew’s arms in the small town she had recently settled in. From that moment on, she’s slowly but surely falling for the sexy Scotsman.“Ye really need to stop makin’ a habit of falling for me. Ye’ll give me a big head like, and I might get the wrong impression.”*sound the bagpipes*Drew McKinley is the sexiest, sweetest and funniest Scot I have ever read about. He’s perfect, simply put. No, he’s not prim or proper. He owns a bar and he has a little bit of OCD and wow, he’s certainly possessive and doesn’t give up when he wants something. And he has demons of his own we only get glimpses of. But all those things? They make him perfect. He’s the kind of character that is realistic and believable.“Ye said I cannae kiss ye. Ye dinnae say anything about pawing ye.” --- Paw away, Drew. Paw away.Ahem. Sorry. Got distracted by that sexy brogue.All in all, I give this book four and a half “strapping” stars! The story is not rushed, it slowly builds up and it isn’t insta-love. The characters simply click. You pretty much have everything in it. Funny scenes, HOT ones – there’s this scene with Drew and no clothes AND another one where he’s showing off his roots *waggling brows* - and towards the end, it will blow your mind. I haven’t seen that one coming but thank God, it was just a false alarm!The only thing I can add to this is: there will be MORE Drew! Can’t wait to find out more about him!Favorite quotes:“Ye think I’m purdy?” He bats his eyelashes at me, and I burst out laughing.“I’ll go all Scot on yer a***.” --- YES, please!“I’ve got ye, love… I’ll pull ye out of the darkness.” --- *swoon*