Review: Third Time's the Charm
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 16, 2013
I really liked the first two books in this series, but there were always little things about them that I wasn't a huge fan of - mostly the danger elements because there seemed to be enough going on between the two characters that the danger just took away from the romantic development.  This book I LOVED.Zoe a.k.a. Oops is Brice's (Damaged Goods) little sister, which also makes her Trevor and Cade's (A Table For Three) cousin.  She's the baby of the family, she's adored, protected and cherished.  And she's been in love with big bad Gage Hollister, her brother's best friend and a seriously intense Dom, since well... forever.  She's saved herself for him, has had no experience with relationships or sex because she's saved herself for him, and at age 20 she's managed to manipulate the situation so that she can stay with him for her first adult trip to New York.Now, when I first started reading this book I had to groan because... seriously, she's SO innocent and so certain of her love for Gage and omg there are so many ways this could either 1. blow up in her face or 2. end up being super cliche and obnoxious.  Ms. Reese manages to completely circumvent the cliche and obnoxious because while Zoe might be  in love with a man that she hasn't seen in three years and saving herself for him, she's also not a pushover despite the fact that she's a submissive.And unfortunately for Gage, she's grown up into a complete knock out and he's struggling like hell to keep his hands off of a young woman that he once considered a baby-sister.  Of course, once she's his he starts to realize exactly how hard it would be to let her go.The pacing of the plot and the romantic development was perfect.  The sex was super hot.  I loved that there was a lot of exploration and discovery on both their parts, even if Gage was leading the way.  The reasoning behind Zoe's safe word got a chuckle from me.  And I was really glad that there was no extra 'danger' side plot, the focus was entirely on Zoe and Gage's relationship and how they were going to deal with friend/family reactions considering that Gage is about a decade older than her, she's never had another relationship and Brice, Trevor and Cade know EXACTLY what dirty and debauched things Gage will want to do with her.  That plus Gage's own struggles with his emotions are all the conflict you need.Lots of hot kinky sex, yes there's a sharing scene but since it's Gage and it actually advances both the plot and the character development you should just sit back and enjoy how seriously hot it is, and plenty of BDSM elements including a chase scene that veers into Non-consensual fantasies and is also (imo) super hot.Loved it.