Review: 4.5 Stars
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 10, 2014
I'm happy. As in, really, really happy! In fact I'm so happy that I probably would have happy danced my way through this book if I wasn't so invested in the story. That's right. I said story. In my review of TRY #1 I said that a real storyline and emotions was what was missing from that first book. Well I just finished the sequel. And, TAKE? It had it all.Where did all these feels come from?? Though I obviously had my hopes for TAKE to be better than TRY, it still ended up outdoing my expectations. I felt so much whilst reading this book; It really did have the emotional edge that was lacking in the first book, and my attention was tightly held from start to finish.While TRY was more about Tate exploring his sexuality, TAKE is very much about the exploration of the characters. Ella Frank digs deep into both men in the second book in the TEMPTATION series, and we get to see the real them. We find a vulnerability to Logan that we never knew existed, and it will make you look at this promiscuous playboy in a completely different light, as we find out the events that shaped him to be the man he is today.And we finally get to see Tate's struggles involving his new found sexual preference. You can't really imagine what a straight man goes through when he realises he's gay, because it's not just an adjustment for him, but he also has to deal with the negativity that follows from people surrounding him, but the author does a great job in portraying it all to the reader. She brought the characters and their thoughts and emotions to life wonderfully.In my review of TRY, I spoke about the sex first, because it was very much the focus of the book. Well not this time. It's coming in last this time around, but that doesn't mean it's any less steamy. In fact, the intense passion that Tate and Logan share might have even taken the heat levels up a notch! I bet you didn't think that was possible after book #1!I am so glad that the author decided to carry on writing about these two men because as it turns out, not only can they blow your knickers off with how hot they are together, but they will also burst open your heart with their beautiful love story.