Review: Book 19 will need to have more substance to it
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 10, 2014
Genre: Contemporary RomanceCharacters: I thought that Easton could potentially be my favorite of this series but now I’m not entirely sure. He is so hot and cold…I think I will go back to Brysan and Scarlett.Kennedy Sanders seems to rely more on her beauty than her brains in this book – she seems to play hard to get with Easton but then serves herself on a silver platter. I want to ask her where her self-respect is but then again I am not even close to being a submissive. We find out more why she ran away from her predictable, boring life to NYC.Easton Rathers puts his job before a relationship with Kennedy. Fair. He doesn’t know her. Then the tables turn and Easton pursues Kennedy. You glint an insight to how a relationship between the two of them would be. It makes me wonder if Easton will drop his alpha-Dom wall a little to let baby bird Kennedy in.Kennedy’s neighbor is putting the moves on her left and right and it’s kind of turned a little creepy towards the end. I wonder if Easton will have to put his boxing skills to use in Book 19.Writing Style (POV): This book is written in Kennedy’s present day POV.Background: The waters are rocky between Nicole and Kennedy and Kennedy and Eason throughout this book. I wonder if this is actually the calm before the upcoming storm or if they are in the storm now. It’s hard to tell. Nicole admonishes Kennedy for her secretive behavior and pushes her out of her life…for now. Easton is angered that Kennedy ‘used’ him and pushes her away…also for now. There are breaks in his exterior but he still has thick walls that will need to be broken down.Cliffhanger? HEA? There will always be a cliffhanger in all of Kelly Favor’s books followed by a HEA, so come to expect that. This book wasn’t such a large cliffhanger as book 17 since we now know the reason behind Kennedy’s secrets and pursuit to work for Red.Evaluation: I was frustrated with Nicole during her breakfast with Kennedy. Yes, Kennedy was sneaky and should have been honest up front…but Nicole’s life was turned upside down just as much as Kennedy’s was. I wanted to flick Nicole in between her eyes and tell her to wake up. She wasn’t the sweet character she normally is but rather a jealous hard ass. I would have figured that by book 18, Nicole would be able to trust Red.I would recommend this series but I think $2.99 is a high price for 80 pages…I think the stories have gotten seemingly shorter since the first books of ‘For His Pleasure’, which is extremely disappointing since this series has substance to it.