Review: Warning: Major Hot Flashes Ahead!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 6, 2013
I recently read and reviewed book one in the Bowen series, More Than Meets the Ink. As I read, I was consistently told that I would love book two even more, to which I replied, "Seriously?" And so now i have my answer, Seriously. Heavy Issues was ZOMG HOT, so my brain got a little short-circuited. And like my review for MTMtI, I'm going to make a list of the reasons why I loved Heavy Issues.*Christy. She is a regular chick, and i could relate to her a lot. She was my age, has had an unhealthy relationship with food, which we've both overcome (thank god), she has self-esteem issues with her body. But, she is also fun, loving, and passionate. And I loved that she didn't try to continually push Cole away. Christy is a woman who embraces her life, wants to live fully. I love that she pushed herself to take a chance, on herself and on Cole. And I loved that she always maintained her self-respect. She wanted Cole, wanted to completely be with him. But she could live without him if she had to.*Speaking of Cole....This man is one BAMF. Seriously, Elle Aycart writes the hottest men. I loved Cole's brother James in MTMtI, and couldn't believe my friends when they told me that I would love Cole even more. I was wrong. Cole is the man all the chicks in town (some of them include really vindictive, aggressive b!tches) , but Cole wants a real, natural woman. Cole hit all my triggers: gorgeous, dark blond hair, very alpha with a dirty mouth. Cole has issues, a doesn't let others in, which makes him a tough nut to crack. Good thing Christy is strong enough to take him on. Her self-esteem, food issues, and quirks are all enough to test Cole, a lot. But Cole accepts Christy for everything she is. Even better, Cole embraces it. All the sexual parts of Cole made me love him. But I have spent sixteen years with the sweetest, most loving man I know, and when Cole took the time to make Christy realize that she is beautiful and special, just the way my guy always has, that is when Cole won my heart.*Heavy Issues is funny! The funny is one of the reasons I really enjoyed MTMTI (senior citizens can be real c*ckblockers), so I was happy to see that it continues in Heavy Issues. It was hilarious that Cole continuously pissed off and freaked out by the women who chase him. And I loved him for it.*Holy crap, this book was SEXY. Once again, i was told that this book was even hotter than MTMtI. Once again, I doubted. Oh boy, was I ever wrong to doubt. Aycart can write some of the hottest scenes I've ever read. That Cole surely knew how to Work. It. Out. In fact, I just looked over all the naughty bits that I highlighted while reading Heavy Issues, and I gotta say, I'm currently having major hot flashes and I can hear my heart beating in my ears. This is one of the hottest books I've ever read.With the first two books in the Bowen Series, I've become a huge fan of Elle Aycart's. She is now an auto-buy author and I can't wait to see what she delivers next.