Review: Hot, Surly, Cop Alert
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 27, 2013
A emotional distant guy, a damaged soul. Gruff, and rude to keep people at a distance. I do tend to gravitate to these sort of hero's. It is just so satisfying to see them morph into a better, happier person. That is exactly what I was expecting when I started to read 'Taming Johnny'. So I wasn't surprised Johnny was a jerk towards Emma. That was par for the course. After a while, I did start to wonder how far an author can take this. When do you expect the hero to start showing his softer side and give back to heroine?  Because there has to some 'give' to make it a relationship and not just sex.  As the book went on I was more and more anxious for Johnny to do this, and believe me he held out.As you see things from his point of view you can see he is aware of the cues from Emma she needs more. But he decides to ignore them. She gives and gives and he takes. At times he seemed straight out mean towards Emma. That's when I realised the difference for me. A hero can be cold and distant but mean just makes you think they are undeserving of the heroine. Of course it made you wonder if Johnny could ever give Emma what she needs. I am not saying Johnny doesn't improve as the book goes along. I have to say he does come though and in is own gruff way.Kaylie Newell is good at showing the little things that  build the attraction between these two.  Physically coming together is the easy bit. But the emotional fall out of that is the hard bit to watch. You want to look away because you can see heartbreak on the horizon but you just can't help yourself. Johnny is an enigma and the prologue make you curious as to whats going on with Johnny.  By half way through the book I had a few different scenarios  for Johnny's personality running though my head. His emotional distance is explained, you just have to be patient  to find out!Ok, it might seem like I am gripping about Johnny's character a lot here and while a few times I wanted to strangle Johnny. I liked this book. Emma was a great character strong, but realistic with her own issues. The writing was well thought through and the story complete. I would defiantly read more from Kaylie Newell.