Review: 5 epically fantastically humorous loving stars. Amazing!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 18, 2013
I find it funny to look back....on May 20, 2013 I posted my Amazon review for Kiss This. I wasn't a reviewer with HEA and I had only been reading for a few months, so I wasn't really writing reviews that were really `seen' by anyone. This was my review:10 stars!!!I *LOVED* this book!! So very well written and the story just flowed effortlessly. I could follow it and get immersed in the feelings and the emotions being poured out on the pages. This was a beautiful love story that showed ups and downs, fear and love, compassion and determination. I just loved it!!! I can't wait for Jay's story!! Thanks Hadley!!!See that? I knew I wanted Jay's story....and bad. I knew I would love it. So, let me just say this: Hadley did NOT let me down.I am a huge fan of Hadley's....this is not in question. I have been a fan since I read The Fighters Block and Kiss This. The banter and wittiness that she infuses into her stories is not like any other authors that I have seen....and I love it! So, knowing this book was the next one that I got the pleasure of reading....I knew I was in for a treat.Jay is a smart arse. He's funny as hell and is very charismatic. Jay sure can make the girlies swoon, but he's a lover and a leaver. He doesn't need a woman....he has too much going on. Too much on his plate and his dreams are what he is working towards. He is young after all, and so he knows he has time.Jay lives by a motto.....one that `protects' him:'Women were his hand of cards; he had to play the game just right so he didn't lose.''And so he didn't get made the fool.'Relationships with chicks were just too 'eff'ing complicated to deal with. ~JayThat's all fine and dandy....until you run into the ONE girl that can take your smart mouth, cocky attitude and big ego and match it. And "she" did it....oh boy, did she ever.  If you read Kiss This, you will probably be able to guess "who" I am talking about, but if you haven't, you may be lost!! Go back and read that book before trying to read this one! These are all standalone books in a series, but you get so much from each book moving forward.'She was like the gorgeous best friend in high school that you were too afraid to date because just being friends with her was already too good to be true. It's not that you never thought about what it'd be like to have her in your bed.....''You just didn't 'eff'ing go there.'We got to see a very protective alpha side to Jay....and one that we saw before, but it came out rather hard core in this book. By the time the book was over, I saw a whole different side to Jay and he was just  a super funny, egotistical smart arse. Yep....but you will fall more in love with him....HARD. We got to see some super sweet sides of him too....ones that I didn't think he was capable of!!!"What's going on, baby doll?" he asked quietly.'Oh holy hell, he smelled so amazing. And his voice, asking her something so simple, just melted her from the inside out. She could cuddle up against him any darn second of the day and feel like she was in heaven.'He didn't always make the right decisions and he certainly learned a few hard lessons....ones that no one should have to learn in such a hard way.  Jay has to learn to work through his pain and isn't too sure how to do it....and why "she" keeps hanging on. Jay feels he doesn't deserve her love and affection and pushes her away.....until he realizes he may have made a mistake."I can't tell you, Jay. You know why?" Her green eyes were full of tears and they bore right through him. It did a 'eff'ing number on his chest but paralyzed him at the same time. "Because if I have to tell you, then this," she motioned between the two of them, "isn't meant to be."My heart went through the wringer a few times with this book....I laughed, I got emotional (remember, I don't cry) and I got upset with Jay.  The dialogue kept you laughing, the storyline kept you intrigued and the characters made it all worthwhile. This was an amazing story and I rank it right up there as one of my favorites, YET AGAIN, from Hadley Quinn.I rate this book 6 epically fantastically humorous loving stars. Amazing.