Review: Sexy, erotic and fun
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 10, 2012
Book was provided in exchange for an honest review.Reading romances where the hero has all the hangups and is the jerk until almost the very end where he has that "Ah-Ha" moment can become boring if the story isn't told well. That was my concern when I began More Than Meets the Ink by Elle Aycart.Happily, it wasn't one of those stories. In a complete reversal, it was the heroine who had all the hang ups, who was the jerk until the very end and it was great! After all not all women are born with the desire to fall in love and the ability to recognize a good man among all the losers out there.More Than Meets the Ink isn't just a steamy romance though, there's a bit of humor in it as well. Readers get to meet Tate in the middle of a rather odd situation with her mother. Let's just say it's not the sexiest way Tate could have met James. It isn't all laughs and fun times though, Tate has emotional scars, as well as an independent streak 10 miles wide that runs parallel with a stubborn streak. She shows that while an independent woman is special and admirable, too much independence turns into stubbornness, and can cloud rational sense. In other words, a real woman with real issues.Then there's James, and by the way, I would never have associated the name "James" to a tattooed bad boy. "James" sounds like the name of a smart, quiet, shy, nerdy guy in accounting who has trouble with women. Not Elle Aycart's James. He's an Alpha male all the way and his name is just as misleading as his tattoos. He's a heart melting character. It doesn't take long for him to figure out that he wants Tate in his life permanently and he sets out to prove he's not the leaving kind. With him, it's the little things that he does for Tate that makes him all the more desirable.The chemistry between James and Tate is scorching! The sexual tension in the book is like a blocked valve, the pressure builds and builds until -boom- it explodes and goes back to its original state, only to start building again for the next explosion. And boy are those "explosions" between James and Tate hot.To balance out the sometimes intense relationship between James and Tate, James' brothers, especially Max, lighten up the mood and provided much appreciated humor, as do Tate's sister Elle and their mother Ann. I do hope that Elle gets her own book soon, she makes Tate seem like a kitten in comparison.More Than Meets the Ink by Elle Aycart is an enjoyable book with likeable characters, steamy scenes and a dash of danger. Definitely a book for mature audiences, due to sexual content and language, it is worth taking a second look at in the book store. Especially if you have a thing for men with tattoos and soft hearts.