Review: Worth the *long* wait
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 29, 2013
Delaney Diamond is back at her best with this light, sexy story involving an uptight but emotionally vulnerable woman Talia pitted against a man who turns out to be the perfect foil to her; the laidback, Cuban hottie, Tomas. Personally I feel the author's strengths also lie in her ability to create realistic, alpha male Latin hotties and she did not disappoint with this one.What was good:Talia was nicely fleshed out. The author has a way of getting to the heart of the matter without superfluous words, we understood Talia easily and could empathize with her.Tomas was also very well written, a commitment-phobe who suddenly finds himself falling for what was meant to be just another conquest. He was funny, strong, tender when he needed to be and sexy.Peripheral characters added depth and dimension, you knew enough about them to give context to their roles and never too much that they drew the story off on a tangent.Sexy scenes were uber hot. whew!Realistic drama, Talia had issues around her family, specifically her grandmother who was an absolute tyrant but you never felt it was contrived. Tomas also had pain in his past and again it all seemed real, I liked that the author touched on the struggles immigrants face.It was also interesting and effective the way an upper class girl was paired successfully with a blue collar Cuban immigrant! Typically not a wise pairing in real life but hey, Ms Diamond pulled it off.What I did not like:The length! While somewhat longer than Ms Diamonds other books, I still want more. To be fair the story flowed well and the conclusion was nicely paced without being rushed but I still wish the author would bring out a nice meaty, long(er) book.In all, I highly recommend this book and look forward to the next one; I suspect Jay Santorini (Talia's boss) is about to get a story of his own:)