Review: Another great installment in the HOT series. Exciting and passionate.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 16, 2014
The synopsis sums up the story perfectly, so I will jump in to my review. This is one series I’m enjoying as more books come out. I also like the ebb and flow from book to book, meaning not every single one is way up there in terms of action versus romance. Dangerously Hot was a nice blend of both but definitely focused more on the romance. Despite that, I liked the location changes between the US and what I assume was a fictitious region in the Middle East.Lucky and Kev made a nice couple. I haven’t read book three, so I’m not sure if the incident in North Africa was mentioned in that book (and I can’t remember if it was mentioned in books one or two either), but I liked that a pre-existing connection between them was already established, which made the progression of their relationship more believable.As far as back story, I thought both characters were fleshed out well, and I understood where they were coming from. Kevin carried a lot of baggage in the form of survivor’s guilt. His abusive father killed his mother and sister before killing himself. But along with that guilt also came a strong protective instinct, especially where Lucky was concerned. That protection only went so far, and when he could have had more with her, he decided he couldn’t be what (he thought) she needed at the time. It would have been easy to peg him as the type of stubborn hero who makes up his mind for both himself and the heroine. However, factoring in that he’d lost his family and later on his best friend, his fear of abandonment was understandable. With Lucky, I got the feeling she was a very likeable person before her life went to hell in a handbasket. What happened to her made her cautious, but not to an annoying point. I liked that she pushed herself in increments to bare her feelings to Kev throughout the story. She wasn’t a whiny, shrinking violet. I liked that she showed some fire as her character arc progressed.The action was decent―more subdued than book one but faster paced than book two. If anything, it served as a catalyst to throw these two together in close confines and lead to the inevitable. The sex scenes were steamy and not too much. They didn’t feel forced and didn’t distract from the plot. One thing I love in my romantic suspense books is when the author dares to push the envelope with the heroine, either all the way or by varying degrees. I believed Lucky’s fear about facing her tormentor, and I admired her strength to see things through until the end, no matter the outcome. Lucky made great strides in going from hiding in paradise to being one fierce female.I had no real complaints about the story, but I did feel that Kevin dwelt a little too long or too often on the fact that he was being “unfaithful” to Marco by wanting and sleeping with Lucky. And in her case, I didn’t really see the big deal of telling Kevin that Marco had planned to ask her for a divorce. So they weren’t soul mates. At least they were in the process of ending things amicably. That was just my personal observation. Don’t let that stop you from picking this up. I'm already looking forward to book five.Disclaimer: Complimentary copy provided by author/publisher via NetGalley for an honest review.