Review: Beth's 3.5 star review
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 29, 2014
The Resistance by S.L Scott is the first book by this author that I have read and after reading the synopsis I couldn’t wait to read this one. Holliday Hughes is the creator of the very popular “Bite Me Lime” and is off to Vegas for a conference and a bit of a getaway vacation to let lose. That is where she meets Mr. Tall-Dark-Hottie, Jack Dalton, and the attraction between the two is instant. Using his smooth lines, he gets her attention and offers to buy her a drink, and maybe more.  Normally what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas but not with Holliday and Jack, after spending the weekend together and her getting to know the real Jack Dalton a bit better, they decide that they want even more, and continue to see were this will take them, they are not ready for this to be over. But living in different places, having lives that were completely different, could they really do more?Holliday was a really good character, for once it was nice to see a successful and independent business woman as the lead female character rather than the normal broken timid girl that most stories have. I enjoyed her interaction with her friends and with Jack, she was loving and sweet and lots of fun. Jack was a mix of things, he had a little bit alpha male to him, a sweet and tender side but also showing a bit of a darker side to him. I must say these two characters were good characters and did have great chemistry, but I struggled to connect with them, I liked them but just didn’t love them.This book was a well written enjoyable read that had a great mix of some fun banter, lots of hot sex and some angst added. Although for me, like with the characters, I struggled to connect to their story and their love, it felt too insta-love  for me.  I lovea hot sexy holiday hook up that has great chemistry, but their strong feelings for each other just came way too quick for me. I would have loved to see more build up to those feelings rather than them be feeling the way they did just after 2 days in Vegas. I also found myself wanting more from the story. When these two were together, all they basically did was have sex, when they were apart all they did was say how much they missed each other, I wanted to see more depth with their feelings and story.I did enjoy the storyline and the few twists the author added to it, I just found it fell flat for me at times and come the end, was left feeling that the book had so much more potential but just didn’t reach it. Final thought, The Resistance was a good enjoyable read I liked, sadly with seeing all the great 5 star initial ratings, I went into this book expecting it to be a great one that I was going to love.*received a complimentary copy from the author/publisher in exchange for an honest review*