Review: Sexy and sweet fun!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 3, 2014
*****3.5 stars*****There are a ton of hot young rockstar romance stories out there, and even some with beautiful young ladies who take the stage for their story. But with Far Too Tempting, we have a nearly-thirty divorcee mom whose star is rising while her confidence tanks. I liked that this was something different, and I was definitely rooting for Jane, complications and all!Jane was still riding the high of her Grammy win when everyone from her fans to her manager starts asking what’s next, and it was almost bittersweet. Sure, she’d made this incredible album about the heart-crushing pain her ex husband had put her through, but now what? I could completely understand where Jane was coming from here, I mean it’s always easy to come up with words that will move and captivate when they’re coming from deep pain. And, incidentally, I felt the same about Lauren Blakely’s writing when she was describing Jane’s thoughts on heartache, which was cool. The problem for Jane, though, was that she was trying to move on, trying to maybe even find someone to love, and that didn’t bode well for her creative juices.When Matthew Harrigan requested an in-depth interview, where they would have to spend many hours together while he crafted his story, there wasn’t a doubt in my mind that the British hunk would win me over. He was that perfect combo of sweet and sexy, and lord knows Jane deserved someone like him to make her believe not all guys were untrustworthy. They had their bumps along the way, though, and there were times where Jane went from writer’s block to singer’s gold mine just because of her waffling feelings for Matthew.Overall, I really enjoyed this story. It didn’t grab my emotions and keep me drawn in at every moment, but Matthew and Jane were likeable characters and their story was a fun and entertaining read!Quotes:Pain has a funny way of subsiding, eventually, so you can survive. It has this way of not suffocating you every single day. Sure, some days you’re still blindsided by a memory, a feeling, a song. But other days, you realize you can get through and get by and not feel the claustrophobia, the fear that you’ll never be normal again. ~Loc 187And yet, there is no argument more pointless—none in the entire universe—than the one that begins with the words, “But you said you loved me.” ~ Loc 203It was like that moment when you pass from buzzed to drunk to wasted. You lie down on your bed, you close your eyes, and the bed starts spinning. The alcohol has won and it’s taking you on a bumper-car ride, leaving you bruised and broken. ~Loc 1242