Review: Tease, indeed it does.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 15, 2014
Everyone seems to be on the Promiscuous bandwagon right now and I was feeling left out, but I hate reading series books out of order (even if they can be read as standalones) so I decided to start with Tease.Liam Cooper, or Coop, as he prefers to be called, is a male escort. He’s twenty-six, single, hot, and fit. He’s making money hand over fist, but not without a good reason. He pays for his mother’s medical care, from the pricey clinical trial to the nursing home, Liam is hoping through some medical miracle he might help his mother after her diagnosis of early-onset Alzheimer’s. But Coop is not a low-priced male prostitute. He’s got a handful of regulars, actresses, singers, business women…all high powered women with money to burn and discretion to consider.Coop is living the good life until everything is turned upside down when someone from the past comes back. Suddenly, Coop is starting to wonder what others might think of his real job (his family thinks he is an insurance salesman) and what being in a committed relationship might do to his current occupation. Then, when one of his clients finds her way to the front of the gossip mags, alongside his photo, everything goes to hell in a hand basket.Tease was a short, easy read. The characters were likeable for the most part, but I really feel as though there could have been so much more exploration, not only with the characters (Coop especially) but with the relationships he had with his clients and his family as well. I felt as though the plot almost seemed secondary to the sex at times. The book was hot, that’s for sure, but having a narrative from a man’s point of view as an escort offers itself a huge opportunity to make for some very interesting reading. I guess I just wish there had been more exploration of Coop’s emotions, towards both his client and his possible love interest. I feel comfortable giving Tease three and a half stars. It was enjoyable, certainly sexy, and well written, but I can’t help but feeling we could have been given “more”.