Review: Loved it!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 4, 2014
I want to start by saying that this was my very first book by Shanora Williams.  It did not disappoint.  This was a story  of tragedy and destruction.  I loved the realism of this book.  It wasn’t fluffy.  It didn’t sugar coat the life of a man running an illegal business or the people that he loves and how it affects them.London is blissfully unaware of a lot of things in her life.  Things like what her brother does for a living.  How he makes his money and who he works for.  He has been taking care of her for a long time, but she has no idea how.  Her life drastically changes in moments and she finds herself under the protection of her brothers friend, Ace.  Ace is mean and self serving and obviously involved in illegal activities, but London cannot squelch her attraction to him and Ace cannot seem to stay away from London, even though he is hiding something.Ace is a really bad dude.  It was hard to love him most of this book.  He was manipulative and sneaky.  Cocky and archaic, while still being sexy as sin.“It’ll be tough getting her to listen, but if there’s one thing I know about myself, it’s that I can convince anyone into anything.Especially a woman.”London is really naive most of the book and mostly I just felt incredibly sad for all the loss and heartache she has had in her short life.  She wants to trust Ace and finds him irresistibly attractive but a tiny part of her knows that he isn’t just keeping her around to protect her.The sexual chemistry between these two is simply off the charts!  It was raw, dirty, and rough.  Oh so hot!“Because I’m gonna make sure I’m the best you ever f&^%$#@ had.  And by the time we’redone–after these three months–you won’t regret anything but the fact that you’re going home and that you’ll be far away from the only man that can truly satisfy you.”Shanora really kept me guessing most of this book.  What did he do for living?  What was he keeping London around for?  The questions go on and on and I just kept turning the pages.  I did not really expect the outcome of it all.  I have seen reviews about how everyone hated the ending of this book.  I did not.  I thought it was fitting.  I needed to trust and love Ace and I just quite didn’t but that ending sealed the deal for me.  I now love him and want more.  I loved that ending.  It was perfect, but I sure wouldn’t mind another book. (crossing my fingers)Amie