Review: 4.5*. A different kind of anticipation
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 8, 2011
4.5 stars.I like stories like this. Ryan refuses to commit, going through an endless string of anonymous one-night stands. When he meets Jayden, the seduction is a sort of challenge and it doesn't seem much different from his usual hook-ups, even if Ryan himself can't deny the guy is simply gorgeous. Ryan is used to setting the rules of the games, but Jayden seems to be able to make Ryan bend them enough to unsettle him a little bit - especially the no-repeat rule.Jayden is irresistible, patient, brilliant, sunny, open, honest. He tries to be as close to Ryan as possible, trying to make him see that surrendering to love is not too bad, that there are risks worth taking, but Ryan is too afraid to let himself go. When Ryan realizes that Jayden is worth having, it's too late, because Jayden has found the perfect guy for him. And this time it's Ryan who has to learn to bare his heart to be able to conquer Jayden.The only thing that didn't convince me was the fact that many things happen but in a relatively short time span - days or weeks - while I think making the characters suffer a few months would have been more interesting. I also think that it takes a little bit to get used to the third-person present-tense point of view, but I liked it in the end.I loved both characters - especially Jayden. Their story is a story of seduction and counter-seduction, where both have to pursue the other at one point. Even when it's clear that there was love/lust at first sight, they have to work to win the other man over. The building of their relationship (sorry Ryan!) is balanced because they both have to make an act of faith to make it happen. I think it's a story of anticipation, where the anticipation is not for the first moment of physical intimacy, because sex is not the issue, the two are incredibly compatible, but it's anticipation for the emotional intimacy, when they bare their souls, not their bodies.I want to read more by this author.