Review: Why are you not reading this book?
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 21, 2013
The book starts off with a motorcycle chase AND a burlesque show. Now I have mixed feelings about burlesque, but that’s probably better left for another time. For now, let me just give you this public service announcement:Burlesque is not stripping… not really, but it also isn’t innately feminist and empowering. Like everything else in life, you get out of it what you put into it.Okay, now that we’ve gotten that out of the way…*the more you know*And that as well…(in the original review, I linked to the PSA "the more you know")Okay… NOW that we’ve gotten all of that out of the way… no more clever jingles or allusions? Good.Basically the book starts off with a bang. And I don’t mean the chase or the dancing. (That’s an orgasm joke. And it makes me giggle because I’m a 13 year old boy apparently.) Jolie gets almost kidnapped and raped, but Hauk senses the attack (because he has pain-dar which might be the best super power ever, if only for the name) and comes to her rescue.It was at this point that I fell madly in love with this book.See, Hauk blacks out before he Hulks out, and at that point I realized a fact that’s not spelled out until near the end of book two. But that’s neither here nor there, because after Jolie passes out and Hauk blacks out and then tears the attackers and their van to shreds, he picks up the girl and absconds with her to his underground lair. Where they have the most awkward morning after ever.So delicious.But Jolie wasn’t the only intended target, and despite loads of mistrust and some incredibly complicated feelings, she and Hauk end up working together to save the day.5 stars. Straight up. It’s a sweet, funny story with a rich cast of characters that I desperately wanted more of and hey I’m in luck because I’ve got the next title in the series.