Review: Great new kind of romance
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 7, 2014
**Note:  I received a complimentary copy from the author and Dreams Come True Promotions in exchange for an honest review**THE RAVE WORTHY:  This book tore me to pieces in the best possible way.  I could relate to Lilly and her past on a level that I would not care to admit.  Lovell did a fantastic job linking the reader emotionally to her characters.  I hated the kind of man Theo was in the beginning, but fell in love with him about half way through.  As far as Lilly, her strong individuality and personal journey was inspirational.  I can not say enough how lovely it was to have a new take on this kind of romance.  I have nothing against innocence and adolescence, in fact some of my favorite books feature main characters that fit that description.  However, I'm down right tired of the virginal, naive MCs being taken down by the big bad billionaire.  Besieged offered such a wonderful alternative by giving us two very broken and flawed main characters without apologizing for the fact that she is often just as damaged as he.  On the technical side of things, I usually hate when writers try to break down that fourth wall.  In this case, it's only slightly tapped on in a way that totally works for me.  You're in the characters head, and occasionally they talk at you, but Lovell keeps it to a minimum as to avoid that awkward one-sided conversation.THE GRUMBLE WORTHY:  I'll admit, about half way through once Lilly accepts her fate of falling for Mr. Sexy Pants it got a bit boring.  There were a few too many sex scenes, to the points where for a while there it's almost all there was to the story.  We got it-- they are both super hot and have sex a gazillion times.  I'm super jealous of her, I won't lie.  But at the same time I think the sex started taking away from the story for a while.  What really took away from this book for me was the lack of editing.  So many errors were distracting.  That being said, most readers probably aren't going to notice this as much as another author with an editor always pouncing on her for such things.