Review: Cupcakes, Cages and Cliffhangers
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 26, 2013
This second installment of the three-part Plus One Chronicles is every bit as good as the first book. The heat factor is probably even a little hotter. It is nice to read about lovers who are 28 and 30 not taking the immature route to realizing they love one another. Were Kat and Sloan looking for love? Not really. But both were pretty quick to realize their "plus one" attitude just got multiplied. Side characters Kellen and Drake are back, and more are introduced in this book. Kat's and Sloane's personal demons continue to plague them, but the book shows them as positive characters, hoping for the best and relying on their friends and not family. This book highlight how important Kat is to Sloane. My one complaint is that more fully developing details in their careers would enrich this story more. How does a cage fighter get to be a gym-owning mogul? It takes more than just being an attractive tough guy. And a baker's hours (and lack of income) must be grueling. Fleshing out these elements would give us more depth to Kat and Sloane on a practical rather than just an emotional level.And a big warning that this book ends in a cliffhanger with the plot lines introduced in book one still unresolved. By the time the three parts are put together, it should make one decent-sized book. Would I buy all three? Yes. But readers should know the first two books do not have true conclusions.