Review: Loved it
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 22, 2014
I was not going to read this.  I read FALL FROM GRACE  and SAVING GRACE and thought that series was okay.  And  I mean “okay” that the story dragged and the heroine and hero were playing cat and mouse and I just got tired of the game and was bored.  Then I was telling my friend that I was in huge book Blah.  HUGE.  Like the kind that you feel you will never find a book again that will keep your interest or make you NOT want to skim.  My friend replied with “you need to read BRUTALLY BEAUTIFUL by Christine Zolendz.”  I explained how I was not really impressed with her paranormal series.  My friend was like “forget you ever read those books.”So I started this book…mind you not going in with positive attitude.  Then 2% in the book, the heroine’s BFF, “Bree” upset me by making a dumb comment about the heroine not looking at the bartender at the bar blah, blah, blah.  I thought “great, Bree is going to be the typical slutty BFF.” Well, I WAS WRONG!!!  So wrong.  Wrong, wrong, and wrong.  After that scene, I could not stop reading.  I was so disappointed when I had to stop reading.  UGH, how I wanted to ditch the family party I had to go to.  The minute I got home, I ran for some quiet time away from kids and husband (don’t judge) so I could read every word in this book without interruptions.  I loved it.  LOVED IT!!!!  This story was dark, hot, suspenseful, and funny.  Yes. Funny.“Is he really the devil, Mom? But, he was holding a bag of cookies.”“The cookies are for all the monsters I keep in my basement,” I whispered and winked at the little girl.BRUTALLY BEAUTIFUL  had everything I love in my stories:  a great, smart (non-slutty) heroine and a stalky, hot, alpha hero.I love Kade.The heroine, Lainey, is running with her BFF.  That is the opening scene.  They get jobs at a strip club as waitresses and use fake names. The strip club owner has a brother, Kade.  Kade likes to keep to himself.  Kade has his own demons.  Kade is the tortured hero that you just have to love.Kade has no interest in anyone, but there is something about Lainey that keeps him coming back to the bar.  Lainey, just wants to work and mind her own business, but Kade keeps coming into the bar fascinated with Lainey.There were so many quotes that I just loved, but I don’t want to give anything away.I recommend this especially of you love those tortured, hot, protective alphas.