Review: Oh my...I am hooked!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 21, 2013
4 "Blue Eyes" KissesWow...yeah, I have no idea what is going to happen with these books and that excites me! I love the concept, I am intrigued by the characters and the story line is so unique.Candy Tapers is living a s#^tty life. She graduated college with high hopes only to come to the realization that while you may have the best plans and intentions those don't always work out. Stuck working as a stripper, renting a disgusting room from an even more disgusting guy, barely living and struggling to make ends meet.`The lights have become a blanket of sorts, wrapping me in their warmth, shielding me from whatever is out there to hurt me. They block the faces that stare, the eyes that follow my movement. I used to squint when they came on, would duck my head to avoid the glare. But ducking takes me under the glare and reveals the world behind the lights, and that is a world I don't want to see.'Nathan Bane Dumont...Blue Eyes - or that's what we know him as until the very end of the novella. He's an enigma. A man of very few words but the words he uses...Mmmm...he knows what he wants and he usually gets what he wants. And turns out...he wants Candy! He's strong, silent, hot, demanding, alpha, brooding, mysterious and I want him badly. I don't know what it is about him, maybe the fact that I have so many unanswered questions and not knowing is just eating away at me.`My view of love is an unfair one, created by Nicholas Sparks novels, Lifetime movies, and Michael Buble love songs. I recognize it for what it is - a fairytale fantasy, at least for a girl like me. Maybe I will be Julia Roberts, and a dashing, dignified Richard Gere will fall madly in love with me and whisk me away to a lifetime of diamonds, caviar, and True Love. But it is a long shot, and the last few years have proven that I carry poor odds.'I will mention Drew because...he piques my interest. He is one of Nathan's bodyguards and basically watches over Candy since she arrived at Nathan's house. Well...there are lots of things about Drew that make me wonder...make me raise my eyebrow...I'm rarely wrong in my predictions and if I am right then I am super excited about what is to come! There is something more there...I can feel it.`What he demands, I will freely give, his orchestration of our sex uncontested. I don't want to battle with him, I want to pour out my body for him to use in any way he sees fit. I have tasted submission to him and love the release of control.'This is a quintessential Alessandra Torre book for me. Gorgeous writing...captivating and alluring characters and a plot that keeps me on my toes the entire time. There is a huge twist that I did not expect towards the end of the book and then...because this is a very carefully sculpted series - we are cliffed! But we are cliffed with purpose! The set up leading to the next book is well thought out and executed.`Life in a fairytale sucks.'Another thing I have come to expect from Alessandra is completely delicious, eyes rolling in the back of your head fabulous, need to change your panties hot sex. Super hot. Like...damn...I wish I wasn't reading this book in public hot. Erotic sex scenes in a book with substance and plot...works for me! So ready to dive into To Hold - ready to see what other twists Nathan has in store for me. I'm hooked!