Review: 2.5 Stars
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 28, 2014
Carina is a 19 year old college freshman who has caught the attention of the campus playboy. Jaxon, a junior with an almost cult like following, has had Carina but wants much more. She is hesitant to pursue a relationship with him because of his reputation and scandalous behavior. She ended their brief sexual relationship before she could form attachments to him and get her heart stomped on. However, Jaxon is not taking no for an answer. Carina is humiliated when one of Jaxon’s over the top sexcapades ends up online and brings attention to her with it.Valentino is a local club owner with a few scandalous secrets of his own. He has a brief encounter with Carina and one of her female friends and is very interested in seeing much more of Carina. With his fancy car and home, great manners and conversation and his looks she cannot deny him. Will his secrets scare Carina off or will her willingness to play be exactly what he and Carina need?This one was a little hard for me. First of all the sex in this book was H-O-T. The story for me was a little bit all over the place and I found it difficult to connect to the characters based on their believability. Carina was painted as this Irresistible vixen and that did not come across at all.Jaxon and Carina together were nothing but drama and ridiculousness. During their short time together the gross misuse of the term man-whore was the least of their problems. I felt like Carina was judgmental and a little too proper for Jaxon and his playboy ways. However, shortly after the relationship ends Carina jumps into an open relationship with two men and various other partners. This made her time with Jaxon seem strange. I felt like the two were very similar in sexual escapades and yet she judged him mercilessly for his habit. If the two were equally matched sexually then why was she so hard on him? I still don’t know.The second half of the book was a much more cohesive story. Carina’s relationship with Valentino and Marco was fun, risqué, and super sexy. I liked these three together and the chemistry they had. I loved their adventures and the way they were easy together. I read the blurb for the second book and I’m interested to know where this all ends up but I don’t know if that interest is enough to propel me to read it.The highlights for me were the costume shop and various parties the girls got to dress up for and the sex. It was hot and it may have been what kept me reading ;-)