Review: I loved it something fierce!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 19, 2014
You know the book was amazeballs when half the damn book is highlighted in your e-reader! And yep... I am still a fighter guy book slut! I love them. Give me book where a guy needs to wrap his hands to fight and I am a goner!Although you can read these books as standalones you will appreciate so much of the book, soo much more if you read them all in order. So, I am going to go ahead and say that if you haven't read Seducing Cinderella (book 1) or Rules of Entanglement (book 2) go and read those before reading this.This book centres around Kat, the sister of Vanessa (main female character of book 2, Rules of Entanglement). At the culmination of Rules of Entanglement we know that Kat has disappeared and Vanessa doesn't know where she is. Vanessa also is not a fan of Kat's boyfriend and suspects that growing up Kat was sexually abused by one of her mother's boyfriend's. This is a big part of the story because of the amount of guilt that plagues Vanessa and how the events of the past have affected their relationship as sisters.Starting this book we find out that Jackson, Vanessa's fiancé, has reached out to his friend back home, Irish, to find Kat and look out for her. When he does, she is nothing like what he expects. She is supposed to be a favour to a friend, but his instant attraction to her is something that surprises himKat is living under a fake name and Irish gets a job at the bar she works at to keep an eye on her, and he also recruits his buddy Xander to help out. This was a great part of the story for me. I love bromances! I love the way guys interact and these two had an awesome camaraderie. Plus, Xander is hilarious!It doesn't take long for Kat's past to catch up with her and when it does.... Irish to the rescue... so what happens when they are together all the time? I loved their "getting-to-know-you" phase. I thought it was great to see and I love how even though he may not realize it, she has been just as attracted to him, as he has to her from the beginning.Kat has a really great mind. I love that like other books in this series we got dual POV's which I LOVE. She has attitude, and as much as she is confident, she is also fragile. But I love that her feelings for Irish never wavered too far. She looks at him like a protector... and it doesn't hurt that he is a big, badass, tattooed and pierced sexyman.Because of the dual POV's we know the obstacles facing Kat and what Irish is doing to protect her, but what had me wanting the whole book was Irish's story. He is so closed off and it really pulled me along as I read because I just wanted more and more about him, and the author did a great job of giving us little tiny bits about him throughout the story until she dropped it on us about 80% in.All along he keeps reminding us that he is protecting her, but maybe what she needed most was protection from him. His lack of self-worth had me wanting to cuddle up to him and tell him everything will be all right (while simultaneously tracing his tattoos with my tongue... don't judge! He's hot!)And best of all was his South Boston accent. Ugh... *Book Boyfriend Love*Quote:"I've never been so hard in my life."Ahv nevah been so hahd... God, what his accent did to her. It might not be cultured or sexy like French or Italians, but it turned her on something fierce.That line alone had me reading all his words in this crazy accent that I make sound soo terrible. And FIERCE just because my word of the month... be warned, I think every review I do going forward will say FIERCE in it somewhere for the next little while.I love these books, this series is so enjoyable to read and its fighter-guys! Ugh I love them! Each book in this series has its own flavour. This was much more serious compared to the others, and dealt with serious subject matter. My favourite book in this series is still Rules of Entanglement because I love the goofy-fun loving kinda guys like Jackson, but this book was an awesome read and I highly recommend it!