Review: Different from the rest
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 16, 2013
I spent the whole day reading this book. I loved it. Absolutely loved it. For a number of reasons.It's a horse story. There're not many of them out there, and there's just something about a story with horses that I love.The hero, Grady, frequently acts like an unreasonable male prima donna. When I think he's finally got it together, he hauls off and acts ridiculous again. He's a gorgeous, spoiled, self-centered, rich movie star. And while at times he's nice, he can also get caught up in his own 'self' to the exclusion of all else. The heroine, Amanda, starts out overwhelmed by his looks and that status doesn't change for a long time. He's easy to resist because it's all superficial. Later on, as they--finally--peel away their layers, he becomes so much harder for her to resist. This entire situation is DIFFERENT. Sometimes authors' alpha heroes act selfish and self-centered, but Grady is not an alpha. This guy is different. My love for him grew as slowly as Amanda's did.I loved Grady's daughters. They added so much to the story, and they were delightful. Loved all the secondary characters, including the horses!A last thing that made this book different--an entire summer goes by and Grady and Amanda have still not had sex. Haven't even gotten close. Have only shared a couple kisses. There's lots and lots of sexual tension in the book, and I actually liked having them hold off--for reasons that changed as the characters' emotions changed--until late in the story. It made the story more real. It made the lovemaking a big step.I can't wait to read the author's next book, which will feature one of THROWN's secondary characters.