Review: Deserving of so many superlatives . . . Wow, for starters . . .
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 24, 2013
I LOVED this story.  It's a home run for all the right buttons it pushed within me.  Sensual, sexual, emotional, passionate, compassionate, and on and on.  PLUS, the book cover actually matches the characters!  Holy cow.  Seriously, that rarely happens, and ya'll know it.  But the trio on the cover look exactly as Jack, Rory, and Spenser are described.  Yay!But about the book...For the better part of 2013 I've only been reading M/M romance because I had just gotten so bored with traditional pairings that when I came across the gay romance section of the Kindle store I dove in.  I needed something different, but still emotionally satisfying.  And since I'm a hetero woman, I still desired men to be at the heart of my stories.  The women I'd been reading about were just not doing it for me as "heroines" I wanted to follow or identify with.  So I dropped them all together.  And I've been quite content with the many novels and short stories I've purchased this year.But when I read the synopsis for "Polished", it sounded so interesting that I decided to open my heart up to a new heroine and the beautiful bisexual men in her life.  So happy I did because Rory is a doll.  I loved her open, caring heart; her desire to give the man she loved what he needed sexually to feel complete; her willingness to explore and embrace her own hidden needs; and her ability to expand her heart to make room for another equally deserving man in her life.  Rory rocked it, in my book!Spencer and Jack were just icing on the cake.  Spencer needed desperately to face his bisexuality so he could take his relationship with Rory to the next level.  And Jack needed to find a way to channel the confidence he possessed in the bedroom into his professional life so he could break the hold his father had on him and stand proudly on his own.  Each ultimately found what they needed in each others arms, with Rory completing their beautiful love triangle.  Yes, their lifestyle is different, but their love for each other is as real and as strong as in any relationship.And the best thing of all?  The author gave us a story where the men absolutely CHERISHED this woman they love.  I mean, it was palpable that she embodied their beating heart, that without Rory they would be lost, so they never did anything without including her of having her consent.  This aspect of the story was a thing of beauty to read.  As was Spencer and Jack's ability acknowledge their love for each other and share it wholeheartedly.Loved it.