Review: Holy Hotness - I <3 Jude Anderson
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 28, 2013
Hot, sexy photographer. Beautiful, modest model. They both had reasons to stay aloof and unattached. But once they saw one another, everything changed. This was a fast read that had the chemistry between these two characters oozing out from the camera.For some reason when I read this blurb, I just had to read this book. I think because I wanted to see how a high-profiled photographer, who maintained his no-dating -models policy, fell for a model. What made him break his rule? What made him have that rule? And as soon as I started, I immediately fell for Jude Anderson. Freaking A this man is hot. After just a few words, I was addicted to him and his story. I wanted to know what made him tick and why he settled for a life of one night stands and meaningless sex.Jude was out for his usual night out, one that would end with some random girl in his bed and out by sunset. But then he saw an Angel on the dance floor that he wanted more than just one night with. And it freaked the hell out of him. So much that he went home alone and without his usual company. Brushing it off as a freak occurrence, he tried to move on. But fate had something different in mind for these two. Charley may not have seen Jude that night at the club, but when she finally did cross his path she felt something she hasn’t let herself feel in a while. She also has a past that she has been running from for years.Thus begins a will-they, won’t-they story. Jude wants Charley. Charley wants Jude. Jude doesn’t want Charley. Charley doesn’t want Jude. Despite this back and forth cat and mouse game, it is pretty evident that these two have scorching hot chemistry. It is even more obvious when Jude is photographing Charley during the shoots. Fan me now. These scenes were hot as hell. You could feel the chemistry pouring off the pages during these scenes.In all honesty, I enjoyed this book. Jude Anderson was probably my favorite part of this book. He was everything I want in a book boyfriend. Hot, laid back, demanding, domineering and confident. He made this book good.However, I had a really hard time connecting with Charley. I knew she was hiding something from her past and since you don’t really know what that is until the end, I really couldn’t understand why she was being so cautious with Jude and keeping him in the dark. And then as much as I was glad to finally understand what was hiding in her past, it just didn’t explain her not being honest and forthcoming with him. In my opinion, it didn’t fully tie the story together. But that is just my opinion.I liked this book a lot. I just didn’t love it. I felt that Charley’s back story didn’t explain her reasons for not being honest, even after she knew she fell for Jude. For me, this book was just missing…something.  Jude alone would make this book a 5 star read, but the story was just a 4 star read for me.