Review: Matt is hot, hotter than all other heroes in this series
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 3, 2014
We’ve gotten to know Matt through this entire series. He’s the sullen and silent sniper who seems to be the antithesis of Brent, the hero of the previous book in the series, ‘Asking for Trouble’. He’s all broody and moody and other words ending in ‘oody’. He’s been tasked with fetching Brent’s sister, Lucy, and bringing her to New York. Upon seeing that big hunk o’ spunk, however, Lucy concocts a plan to pose as her friend Sasha in order to get Matt into bed without worrying about affecting his pesky moral compass. Oh God, it’s not as confusing as it sounds, swear. So they embark on a wonderfully dirty relationship, as Lucy attempts to find her feet in the city and Matt tries to get over his hangups about his proclivities (they’re super-hot proclivities. He’s not a furry or anything).I love guy-falls-for-his-BFF’s-little-sister books, but they’re done so often I worried that Bailey wouldn’t make her story special enough to stand out. This line of thinking proves what the doctors have been telling my mother for years: I’m an idiot without any kind of faculties for reason or logic. This is Tessa Bailey, after all. Matt is hot, hotter than all other heroes in this series (there is some mild sugar kink, which, if you think how amazing Bailey’s dirty talk skills are in her vanilla book, is pretty spectacular – filthy-whisper-wise). Lucy isn’t quite as immediately likeable as the series’ other heroines, considering she starts her adventure with a lie. Moreover, she starts out on her relationship with a battle-scarred, untrusting good guy with a lie. But we get over it, because Bailey is so bloody good at this writing lark.As the relationship progresses, Matt becomes more worried about his desires and what Brent will think of their hook-ups. This is something that tends to annoy me about brother’s BBF-little sister romances. I can’t help but think they need to man up. Why does their pu$$y-ass fear about her brother’s reactions take precedence over how they feel about each other? But it forces Matt to come clean to himself about his wishes, and also leads Lucy to make her voice a bit stronger when it comes to challenging her brother. See? Contemporary erotica isn’t all filth!So, to sum up: if you enjoyed Bailey’s previous books, if you like your heroes dominant and filthy-mouthed and if you like your books addictive, read this.