Review: 4 1/2 stars! Love this author. Great mix: humor, paranormal, angst, love
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 20, 2013
The book begins with Tristan as a young child that is obviously disturbed/experiencing some weird type of panic attacks. He is adopted by a loving family and grows up to be a police detective.Marty has been his best friend throughout his life and as they got older, Tristan worked very hard to distance himself from her.This is a sweet sweet love story.it's funny.The antics between Tristan and Marty are witty, funny and enjoyable to read.Tristan is a total tool. But a super sexy, vulnerable on the inside, hard as nails on the outside -type of tool. The type that makes for a great romance novel.Marty is sweet. But when push comes to shove, she can 'bring it'. Can be tough, fights back and is funny.I had no idea what to expect of this book. Took me by surprise at how quickly I was sucked into the storyline.It was really interesting. Funny as heck. Tristan's mom is absolutely a hoot. She is so overbearing (in a loving way). How can we not enjoy reading about super strong grown men in fear of her. Sponge bathing her grown sons? Oh man. I wanted to meet with her and hang out with that woman.The antics between the two main characters sometimes do seemed over the top , contrived and silly sometimes, but it totally worked for me.Tristan's character is incredibly interesting to me. To watch him grow. Slowly breaking free of his self-imposed prison is wonderful. Marty grows as well, but Tristan does even more so.When Tristan and Marty finally get into bed - it's incredibly sexy, steamy and hysterically funny. Yeah, doesn't make sense, but the author makes it a page turner.I was completely engrossed in this book....until...the big 'reveal' of why Tristan is the way that he is, etc.It just didn't fully sit right with me. It was a bit too much to palate. I thought it was just a little too much with the 'supernatural' etc. don't want to give it away. Just wish that it wasn't such an involved tale. Thought it could have been shaved down in complexity of history, etc. Threw my pacing of reading off.But most of the book was more than 5 stars for me : for humor, interesting characters, interesting plotThere is a HEA for the main characters. The book ends leaving it open with another character. Am definitely going to purchase the next book when it comes out.