Review: Fun book -- good, quick read
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 24, 2014
Heather Wainwright is a movie star with a diva reputation. She has built a shell around herself and keeps people at arms reach, except for her assistant, Lexie. But that shell hides something no one around her takes the time to look for until Seth Rafferty catches a flash of something in her eyes: her past.I did not like Heather while reading Take Two. She was a snob and walked around with such an air of entitlement and privilege that she was hard to like. She still has those airs, as evidenced by her reaction when she learns Seth's role at the charity event they are working, but getting to know her better changed everything I thought I knew about her. She has a real vulnerable streak that she tries so hard to hide from everyone around her, and her reasoning for being so strict about the rules she set for herself became clear. While a lot of what I thought about her changed, I still had to chuckle when Seth started calling her Princess, as a more appropriate nickname for her couldn’t be created.Seth spent much of the book hiding his own secrets too. As a carpenter at the charity event Heather also volunteers for, he wants Heather to be interested for him rather than his status, so fails to mention that carpenter is not his actual job title. He is confident, to the point of being bossy at times, but it works for him when dealing with Heather’s protective wall.Seth and Heather have immediate chemistry that leads to as many missteps in their relationship as it does steamy moments. Though they both try to hold back, there is too much attraction for them to ignore it for long.I loved watching Seth try to take down Heather’s walls, learning what helped her to open up and what caused her to close down again. The secrets each character held back kept me wondering when something or someone was going to break, and how that would play out.This was a fun, cute read and a great summer escape. There were plenty of chuckle-inducing moments to balance out the more serious revelations throughout.I was gifted a copy in exchange for an honest review.