Review: 4,5 stars a very good read but not over the top amazing
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 9, 2012
More than Meets the Ink von Elle Aycart2011 Elle Aycart publishes her first book: More than Meets the Ink. 2012 Heavy Issues is her second one, of a series as it seems about the Bowen brothers. I just finished the first one and am really curious about the second one even if I have other reads planned I might just continue.I am reading a lot of romance, young adult novels and erotic stories; a lot are about bad boys and steaming sex, some about bad exes fewer about death. So in order for me to like the book it should not fit in a simple pattern but something should be different and keep me reading and eventually smiling.The story:One year ago Tate has lost her father and brother in a car accident. Since then she is the only one from her family (mother and sister) who took over the family's Italian Restaurant. Things are really not easy for her. Her boyfriend dumps her because she has ste her priorities wrongly (he is not her top number one priority). The suppliers are not keeping the quantity and quality of the supplies, a fire erupted in her kitchen, she is being stalked and she has more and more problems paying her bills. So when she takes some days off to be with her mother in Florida the neighbor's son James Bowes becomes her biggest temptation. But he is the perfect bad bay tattooed and therefore really bad news for her. But as she can't resist temptation she offers a just sex arrangement.After his divorce James does not do relationships so only Sex is the ideal solution to calm his desires. Or at least at the beginning because he can't get enough of her and will do all it takes to accept that she also can't live without him anymore.The characters are great, really! Deep and tender, fragile and amazing: James is not really a bad boy, even when he seems bully his explanation at the end why he pushed Tate makes sense and makes his so much more amazing. Tate is fragile and afraid, but still very proud. The two make so much sense together, they are genuine and credible.One could be disturbed by Tate's remarks about James's type of guy, the bad boy type because of his tattoos. But as he is not disturbed by it, even makes fun of it, I couldn't have a problem with it either.The sex scenes are numerous, hot and tingly; their words are the most erotic of these parts. I really enjoy that they don't watch their language, sometimes it is quiet vulgar but it works for the erotic part as well as the characters so why not?I am not sure if I liked the suspense part. I could have gone without it, but it was well written and it makes a lot of sense.The writing is very fluid and nice. The story is easy to follow without being shallow. The little events next to the main storyline such as James's golf game with his father, spices the story up a lot and as a reader I enjoy this.I hope you will enjoy the read as much as I did... and please feel free to commentMBTM