Review: DEFINITELY WORTH READING..WHO KNEW BECKETT WOULD BE SO DELICIOUS?
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 7, 2013
"He didn't care if anyone else had come before him; he just needed to make sure no one would come after. She would be his. He felt it down to his deepest core and knew if he didn't completely love her now, he knew he would very soon. She was his and that was all that mattered to him."I have to admit, I wouldn't have given Being Beckett's a try if I wasn't able to borrow it for free as part of Amazon's Prime program. I didn't know anything about the book or the author but saw someone post about it in a GR group and thought I would give it a try. To be honest, I almost stopped reading it before I really got started. The first part of the book just didn't draw me in. I'm so glad I came back to it because things definitely picked up.The bones of the Being Beckett's were good and the story, although not original, is one I really like and usually works for me. Rich CEO falls hard immediately for younger woman...throw in an old boyfriend, some HOT sex and a zany best friend with some great one-liners and overall I really enjoyed the book. I liked that McKenzie was a young business women, she was smart, independent and seemed to have a good head on her shoulders. And Beckett? Well, he is an easy guy to like. Not only is he handsome and rich, he also shows some yummy alpha tendencies that had me smiling."I want you so badly right now. I want to taste every inch of you and feel you naked against me as I lose myself in you. You have no idea just how much I want you to be mine, to hear you tell me you will be with me and only me."The blurb describing the book mentioned that it was "steamy". Now steamy is definitely a relative term and since I didn't know a lot about this book when I started it, I wasn't sure what exactly to expect. At the beginning I was thinking maybe lukewarm steam. And then Beckett turned it ON. Some of the things that came out of his mouth were just yummy."When I get done licking this off of where I intend on putting it, you will be even cleaner than when we started. I promise. Don't make me ask you again. Take it off."And McKenzie...well she's definitely not a wall flower. Nope, she was a total willing and eager participant and I loved that she went after what she wanted."I want you to do whatever you want to me Beckett. I want to fulfill all of your physical needs..."_______me so hard I split in two Beckett, _______me now!"Being Beckett definitely had everything it needs to be a four or five star read but unfortunately it's just not. The major reason is because of a lack of editing. I hate to say something like that, because I'm not a professional. I'm just a reader that likes romance. But I think the need for an editor is pretty obvious throughout the book and the lack of using an editor really distracts away from the story at some points. Some of the descriptive parts in the book especially towards the beginning when some of the background information of both McKenzie and Beckett were given could have been pared down.Even with the editing issues and a slow start, I really enjoyed this debut novel. I actually decided after thinking about the book for a few days that I liked it more than when I initially finished it. I look forward to reading the next book in the series, Finding Finley, when it comes out. I'm hoping Finding Finley will star McKenzie's best friend, Lola, who I think ROCKS. One last note, I did find out after finishing Being Beckett, that the author Pepper S. Berryman is really the pen name for two sisters and they wrote this book together. I loved reading that they chose to "write under a pen name so they can go to church and not get stared at or shunned" because of the steamy nature of their book. I love that! Skys the limit now girls =)