Review: Overall, time well spent ...
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 11 16, 2012
For full review including excerpt and dialogue highlight, please visit Reader's Edyn at:readersedyn (dot) blogspot (dot) comReview:This was my first book by Lilly Cain. I chose to read it for a few reasons. The first reason is that it is published by Carina Press and I have had pretty good luck with their authors. Another reason was that it is a novella and so could be quickly read. I like novellas because you get a taste for the author's style without having to invest in a full-length novel without knowing if you would read this author in the future. Chances are that if the novella is good, a full-length novel would be as well. I also have featured Ms. Cain on the blog before and have not yet had a chance to read her, so I jumped on this opportunity.A bit of background ... Travis has to get to Boston fast and procrastinated until it was too late to get a flight to his destination. Enter Alicia. She is a former college classmate and now owns her own modest private jet company. The two connect over the phone as Travis tries to get a flight and Alicia tries to accommodate his needs. Both have a history of competitive tendencies and the years apart have done nothing to tame these proclivities. Almost immediately the competition is back on. And Travis finds himself looking forward to his meeting with Alicia ... someone he would have liked to get to know better; a second chance a possibility now.Alicia is somewhat of the same mind set. However, she is a bit jaded. She has been divorced for about a year from a guy that was a jerk and her memory of Travis, although luscious, is not all that much better. She remembers him as delectable and very much someone that would be fun to hook up with, but his games and deceptions to win while in class still sting. What's a girl to do with someone who she desires and also is a thorn in her side? Set out to seduce him and leave, of course! Sha! That would be my obvious plan of attack. LOLThe inevitable happens and Travis ends up jilted in the hotel room. Except both end up feeling more than anticipated; not to mention satisfied beyond anything each ever thought possible. Alicia may think that she has won this round and that the game has finally come to a close, but Travis has only just begun. And he is playing for much more than Alicia ever thought possible. Unfortunately the two have a lot of misunderstood issues with one another and unless they can put it all on the table and clear the air, much more is just not going to happen. Sometimes stubbornness is not the best quality to have.I enjoyed my time spent with Travis and Alicia. The characters were likeable and the story was fast moving. You can definitely read this fast to kill a couple of hours and come away feeling satisfied. But as much as I enjoyed the read, I felt like there was something within the story that fell flat. I am not sure what it is exactly, but it could be that the characters acted slightly childishly. Travis, as successful as e is in business and negotiating makes a lot of "high school" assumptions and just disappears with his tail between his legs without getting to the bottom of his thoughts. Alicia behaves similarly when she orchestrates her plan to seduce Travis. For a woman who has learned her lesson in love following a divorce and a new, successful outlook on life, she seems to be stuck. I liked tat her character was strong, but paired with the fact that she is gun-ho to get busy in her new life, she reacts initially to Travis in a way that I would describe as the "old" Alicia.Childish behavior aside, the story is still worth the read and a good way to experience Ms. Cain's style if you have not before. If you have, then this story should be an automatic read. I am a little confused about the series title BAD GIRLS KNOW because I didn't view Alicia as a bad girl. But the sex between Travis and Alicia is steamy and the attraction is hot. I enjoyed that each scene between the two was a bit different form the rest. And for only a handful of pages, there was plenty of sex. Overall, this book is a good read that you will likely find enjoyable.(eBook copy provided by author/tour company in exchange for an honest review.)