Review: 3 & 1/2 stars from Kota for Kota's Book Kollection
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 22, 2014
This was my first experience with Ms DeMuzio’s work.. so of course I started at the start!  As Bad Girlfriend is Book 4, it was only fair that I got myself caught up on books 1-3.So without going in to too much about each individual story what I can say is there are definite shared themes within all of the books.The First and Last Series begins with Taryn and Wyatt’s story in Safe With You.  Taryn is the daughter of a Senator, so people were interested in her story.  She had a serious relationship before meeting Wyatt, but its fair to say that is over and done with.This story is kind and sweet, this story has been told before, but Ms DeMuzio certainly told it in a way that engaged you.  The characters were reasonably well developed and you had an understanding of what drove them.  As with all of Ms DeMuzio’s books in this series, the path to their HEA is fraught with speed bumps.The second book in the Series Just One Reason follows the story of Grady and Lindsay.  Lindsay is Taryn’s cousin and best friend, so we met her in Book 1.  It seemed a natural progression that her story would be told.  This book really upped the ante on the emotional content.  The angst was also much more palpable, but again these characters manage to work their way to their HEA.Book 3 is Fourth Down, this is Ford and Poppy’s Story.  Again Ms DeMuzio has cover issues that tug at the heart strings in this story.  Hugely emotional issues that while they engaged you, just missed the benchmark a little bit on their impact.  Don’t get me wrong, I really enjoyed this story, I just found I didn’t reaction to the emotion of it as much as I did Lindsay and Grady’s story, and frankly I think I should have.And finally here we are at Bad Girlfriend.  This is Brooke and Adam’s story.  Adam is new to town,  Brooke is a local, but only just making friends with this group of people.  Brooke has a bad girl reputation and is unlucky in love, Adam is a nerd in a really sexy way…  and as like with the other characters, opposites attract.Bad Girlfriend is a story of learning to love yourself and forgiveness for past behaviours.  It is also about finding that one, again not without obstacles.  These ones of the narrow minded kind, but they provide some variation to the themes of these stories.Ms DeMuzio’s writing style is engaging, these books are entertaining reads, without significant depth of attachment for me.  They were good books – the characters are well developed, they all come with a depth of experience that ensure you are not able to judge a book by its cover.There is sizzle…  but they didn’t really sizzle for me (you know what I’m talking about here girls…) yet I am confident that it will melt the heart and maybe the panties off many readers.  I think that Ms DeMuzio is a talented writer and her stories flow, the time gaps are seamless and each story is about finding your soul mate.In enjoyed the stories, but they didn’t rock my world.  I am rating Each Book in the series 3  hearts.  On our scale that makes them a Good read.[...]