Review: OOH!!!  LA!!!  LA!!!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 18, 2013
So this is kind of hard to rate. I love Katie McCarthy's style of writing and enjoyed the story, but it was just a tad too similar to Give Me Love for me to give it many originality points.  Hey, I read a lot of popular authors that use specific formulas (Abbi Glines, Melissa Schroeder, M. Leighton, Michelle Valentine), but they are such great character writers, that readers tend to forgive the repetitive themes.  Katie McCarthy is just such a great character writer, and could easily expand her theme in the next book - which I am hoping is about the hottest guy in the book, Casey.This one is about another of Mac's brothers, Travis and Mac's new assistant, Quinn.  Quinn and Travis have a one night stand and later realize that they will be around each other a lot.  This is great for Travis who wanted more from Quinn, but Quinn has some self-esteem issues along with a psycho abusive step-dad hunting for her which makes her wary of making any long term attachments.  Travis is all alpha male, including being the silent, brooding, somewhat possessive boyfriend while Quinn is independent, wary and insecure because of growing up in an abusive household.  She is also loyal, self-sacrificing and in need of some devoted friends, which she gets with the Jamison crew. The story is mostly written from Quinn's pov, but  I love that we get Travis's POV at the end!Some issues: Too Similar to the First One, so if you liked Give Me Love, this one is VERY formulaic, but not as long and drawn out.  There is the immediate attraction or romance that has some roadblocks to get rolling, there is the dangerous, gun toting bad guy who just can't be caught and there is a girl who thinks she can and should handle it all by herself, despite knowing a crack negotiation/protection team.  There is also the continual interruptions that come just when the sexy parts are getting good - I mean over and over where you kind of just sit back and wait for the fore-play to get interrupted. And it does - continually.  REGARDLESS, I love Katie McCarthy's characters and writing style and will DEFINITELY be in line to buy GIVE ME GRACE when it comes out.I was thinking this series was more like Michelle Mankin's Black Cat Record SeriesLove Evolution (Black Cat Records series), which are also really good.  I highly recommend this story for those who love a good romance and love story.  There was sex scenes, but not very explicit. There was some profanity (f-word, gd, sh**t, etc).Would I/Did I buy it? Yes (2.99)Would I read it again?  ProbablyWould I recommend it to friends? Yes