Review: Frustrating and funny.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 16, 2014
Nate and Lilly are interesting characters to say the least. First introduced in No Strings Attached the duo end up in a one night stand after giving in to their mutual attraction. Nothing wrong with that. They both knew what they were getting into, right? Not so much. Before they ended up in his bed they spend the entire night talking, bonding. I think that’s great. If I’m attracted to someone I would at least like to get to know them a bit more before I up and sleep with them. But for Nate and Lilly, it just doesn’t work.Flash forward a year later and Lilly needs a ride to Vermont to photograph a wedding and her only hope to make it there on time is Nate. The two constantly bicker and press each buttons with no end in sight. It’s obvious to everyone but themselves that they are completely in love with each other. Is it their pride that blind them, or something else? I’m leaning towards pride. Neither wants the other to get the upper hand, to have the other get the better of them.As their journey to Vermont continues they ultimately give in to their attraction again, and again, and again. But as they spend more time together they finally realize their feelings and it scares them both senseless. Nate isn’t going to be around for long and Lilly cannot bear the thought of turning into her mother. They end up finding their peace but it definitely takes love, patience and care.Tempted By The Soldier is a great book if you love the “enemy-to-lover” trope. Nicollette Day got it down pat. She also give the right amount of humor to make a book just that much better. I don’t know what I would have done with this book if I didn’t get to look forward to the funny parts. I just had to know they were coming.Don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed the book. But Lilly and Nate are completely frustrating throughout most of the book. Their constant back and forth of their feelings and how they treat each other? It’s exasperating after a while. I’m happy they got their happily ever after, but it was tough, for them and me as a reader, to get to that point.I also just need to put this out there, Nate is a Marine, not a solider. Soldiers are in the Army.