Review: 3.5 steamy stars!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 5, 2014
I picked up this book because I signed up for an ARC of the second in the series, Promiscuous, which will be released on February 8th. However, when I read what it was about, I was instantly intrigued. The idea of a male escort being the main voice heard throughout - I mean, where can you go wrong? Ok, ok so there are plenty of ways that premise can go wrong. Luckily, Missy Johnson did not disappoint in her follow through.We are introduced to Mr. Liam Cooper and holy heck did I want to get to know him. The idea of a male point of view always impresses me because the norm is so often that of a female or a dual view point at the very least. I loved Missy's writing style. When her character is speaking, it's almost as if you are a friend and he's speaking quite colloquially to you. It made the story feel more personal in a way. Because of how informal the language and structure was, you saw this whole other side of Coop. As a male escort, he's confident (and maybe sometimes cocky) and always trying to portray whoever the client wants him to be. However, through these instances where he's talking to the reader in a way, we are able to see a much more vulnerable side to the character.As for the other characters, I was intrigued but not necessarily invested in any of them. I was curious and I liked how they played into the story, but nothing about them stood out to me. This truly was a story about Coop and his journey to finding his love and making the hard choice.I thought the story was cute and the sex scenes were definitely hot and steamy! I blushed reading through a couple of them and trust me, I never get flustered over something like that!I guess I should also write a disclaimer that I am biased about this book. The reason Coop continues to be an escort is to pay for a trial and medical care for his mother who is suffering from Alzheimer's. My husband's grandfather was taken from us because of this disease so that really made me understand his emotions and motives a little but more than maybe I would have under other circumstances.Overall, I love me some Coop and really liked the story. Book 2 is centered around one of his famous clients, Bethany, but I'm anxious to see where it goes. Missy sure caught me in her web with this one!