Review: A breath-taking read
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 26, 2013
While romance novels get published by the horde and there are so many out there that it’s sometimes difficult to find one that’s worthy of your reading time, sometimes a book comes along that makes you so enthusiastic to recommend it to friends. One such book is Liv Bennett’s ‘An Illicit Pursuit’—it will push all your buttons and will leave you actually craving for more. I’m not kidding.At the heart of ‘An Illicit Pursuit’ is, of course, something that’s utterly illicit (once you get to that part of the story). Adam Garnett is something of a ladies’ man: attractive, a go-getter who knows what he wants and aggressively pursues it. He sets his sights on a rising country music star: Pat Stevens. But Pat isn’t actually “single and free to mingle”—she loves her boyfriend Zach very much, although not everything is going along very smoothly between them. When Adam comes along, emotional confusion sets in—although Pat braces up to resist Adam’s charm, her defense is like a medieval wall getting the constant assault of a battering ram. This game of seduction that Adam unleashes upon her is, at turns, breath-taking to watch and deeply arousing as it unfolds and progresses, especially as Pat’s defences start to crumble. While I’m not allowed to spill the beans, let me suffice this to say that even if you’re not an avid fan of the erotic romance genre, you will find ‘An Illicit Pursuit’ exceedingly entertaining.And of course, there’s Bennett’s writing—easy to understand, with a cadence and diction that are really pure gravy, Bennett writes with the seasoned confidence of an author who knows how and where to push her reader’s buttons. Every page shines through with her literary talent, especially in those tight places where emotional plot twists are just peeking around the corner.‘An Illicit Pursuit’ is actually part of Bennett’s ‘The Pursuit’ series, and if you love this book as I do, you’ll be glad to know there’s more where this comes from. Overall, I love this book to shreds—this is one of the most enjoyable romance novels I’ve read recently, and it will leave you with a delicious sense of longing and fulfilment—that is, until you order the next Liv Bennett book, and the cycle starts again. A resounding five-star rating for this one.