Review: Fantastic story, characters and writing!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 16, 2014
Strip Me Bare was one of those books I live for. It was by a new to me author with an interesting plot- first loves ripped apart only to find each other five years again inside the strip club as he's shaking his money maker for strange women. Can this work? An emotionally closed off law student and a dancer who disappeared five years ago without a trace? The answer is YES it works! It works so much I've already read this book twice this week alone. I loved Ryan and Alana, I loved them individually and I loved them together as a couple. I loved Alana's cousin, Emily and her Uncle John. Alana's dad, Judge Remington, I wouldn't really give you two cents for. He wasn't very fatherly.A lot of the story takes place in NY and Marissa describes everything and everyplace in perfect detail, you feel like you're there. I could smell the street vendor pretzels and the roasted nuts (my favorite is the roasted nut cart on 40th)Like I said, I loved Alana, she was smart, loving, protective of Ryan, strong and determined. She was supportive, while she wasn't crazy about Ryan's profession she supported him 100% in it. He explained his reasons for doing it. He told her it's just a job and he showed her it was just that; a means to an end.*sigh* Ryan, how can you not love him! He's selfless (we learn just how much when we learn the reason behind his disappearing act) and he's completely head over heel in love with Alana. More than just telling her that he shows he constantly. He makes her feel loved and secure. She is IT for him and him for her despite their background difference. One of the things I liked most is once they decided to give their relationship another try they were together. No on and off  again, I love you but I can't be with you. They were solid and faced whatever trials came their way together. I truly do think this is a book more should know about, the writing flowed easily, it was engaging and kept me swiping that Kindle screen. I laughed at the conversations between Alana and Emily and swooned with Ryan's professions of love. I even learned to like Judge Remington at the end *gasp*With each reading of Strip Me Bare I read in one sitting, lost in the world of the Princess and the pauper.I can't wait for the prequel, Stripped From You to see how Ryan and Alana's relationship began five years prior!