Review: Sexy Series Worth Reading
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 29, 2014
A Beautiful MessI have owned this book for a couple of months now and I heard so many great things about this. And I am so mad at myself for waiting so long to read this! I loved this book. I was hooked into this story right from the first chapter and I hated to put this down!!There are so many books out now about characters with troubled pasts, but author TK Leigh did an incredible job developing characters that stands out from the rest. Olivia Adler lost her parents when she was a child. Now as an adult Olivia is commitment phobic because she is afraid to lose any more people she loves. But enter sexy Alexander Burnham who saves her from an attacker and changes her life. Alex has had some relationship issues and keeps an important secret from Olivia (a secret that is so huge it will change both of their lives forever). But even though Olivia and Alex are both "damaged" due to their past, I enjoyed reading a story where the characters grew emotionally and were slowly able to love. And for once it was nice to see that the male character, Alex, was more willing to make a change. But Olivia's fears causes problems for both of them.Along with Olivia and Alex's romance story this book is also suspenseful. The truth about Olivia's past is driving me crazy!! And Alex is holding on to an important piece but refuses (and is afraid) to uncover it. That is why my characters rating is 4.5 stars - I was screaming at my Nook for Alex to tell Olivia the truth!! The book ends in a cliffhanger that has me frustrated but I can't wait for the next book, A Tragic Mess!I have heard readers compare this story to Fifty Shades of Grey, but the only similarities I found was the dominating theme. Alex is a successful businessman who prefers to be in control in his life (at work and in the bedroom), but he is also loving to his family and to Olivia. Alex felt free to express his feelings, which was lacking in Christian Grey. Both men are 'damaged' in ways, and their reasons for wanting control are completely different. So I don't think the 2 series should be compared to each other!A Beautiful Mess is a series worth checking out!********A Tragic WreckA Tragic Wreck is the second book of the Beautiful Mess series. In the first book, A Beautiful Mess, fans were left with an emotional cliffhanger, not knowing what was going to happen with Alex and Olivia. With A Tragic Wreck author TK Leigh continues the emotional rollercoaster ride which at times was frustrating. Alex and Olivia are both afraid to love and to get their heart broken (again). And they are also both stubborn! I’ve grown to love these characters, so it was hard to read about the pain they were going through (and the stupid mistakes they were making!). I want Alex and Olivia to be together forever, but they still do have so many issues to work through. But I did like seeing both of them making some progress to living a healthier emotional life, instead of running away from their problems. And there are new twists of the story that kept me glued to this book!!This review is short because I don’t want to put any spoilers! But I do want all of TK’s fans to know that with A Tragic Wreck she has increased the level of intensity for this love story – more heartache, passion, mystery and extremely hot sex scenes so you cannot put this book down!! You have got to read this book!!!********Gorgeous ChaosGorgeous Chaos is the final book in the Beautiful Mess series. This was an incredible finale!!The story did start out slow for me. I was so excited for this book, to finally know when and how Olivia would find out the truth of her past. So I was being impatient. But then the story does pick up half way into the book. There are violent scenes, but the author tastefully chose not to give us the gory details. But it was still disturbing to me. I have grown to love these characters, so it was difficult to read them go through this pain. There was so many twists to the story, it was shocking and kept me glued to the book. It is hard to say goodbye to Olivia and Alex, but I was satisfied with the ending.This review is short because I don’t want to put any spoilers. But if you haven’t read this series I am going to repeat what I said in my review of the first book, A Beautiful Mess : don’t compare this story to Fifty Shades of Grey! The only similarities you will find is the dominating theme. Alex is a successful businessman who prefers to be in control in his life (at work and in the bedroom), but he is also loving to his family and to Olivia. Alex feels free to express his feelings, which was lacking in Christian Grey. Both men are ‘damaged’ in ways, and their reasons for wanting control are completely different. So I don’t think the 2 series should be compared to each other! In fact, if you were disturbed with the “red room” from Fifty you should know there is nothing like that in this series! Fifty wasn’t the first book to have a dominate male character and it won’t be the last. It is hard not to compare books but I’ve learned to not let that cloud my judgement. If I had I would have missed out on so many great books!Beautiful Mess is a series worth checking out!