Review: is that going in blind is often part of the joy of experience - so if you want to be ...
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 22, 2014
This is the second time I've read this serial series and beyond wanting to dress up the review a bit, I wanted to revisit the first Alessandra Torre read that I experienced to look at with new eyes.NOTE: As this is the review for the full four part book, I will keep this as spoiler free as possible. But one thing I've learned about books by AT, is that going in blind is often part of the joy of experience - so if you want to be completely surprised, just one-click this baby now and read no further.Alessandra Torre hands down is one h*lluva writer, she has this knack for creating some of the most erotic and down right dirty sex scenes while still ensuring that the story can stand on its own. This series, when thinking back to my first read left a slightly different taste in my mouth. But upon revisiting it, I hit parts in the story and aspects of Nathan that I had not remembered and those rose colored glasses certainly had to come off. It's not that he was ultimately an a** throughout the story - he had moments where he was spectacular (and some of those even occurred when he still had his pants on), but there were a few were his coldness like a punch to the gut.This little series is a fantastic read for those lazy afternoon where you want to get lost in a book.To Have.Candy has fallen on hard times. Not just the kind that make you not want to get out of bed in the morning - but the kind that results in giving some creepy guy a handy-j in the backroom. Working at the Crystal Palace as a stripper, only one client has caught her attention. He's come in before, demanded a private show and left Candy wanting more. But now he's back and this mysterious stranger wants far more than a private dance and after a night with this man, it's all spelled out for her in black and white just waiting for her signature.To Hold.Candy has agreed to the terms that Nathan has laid out. She'll give up every part of her past except for one connection and live the good life, well as good of a life she can manage while feeling like a caged prisoner in her new setting. Nathan has his demands of her body and those are the moments that she can't get enough of - but these encounters push her to her breaking point. Longing for comfort and not just the cold shoulder, she begins to look at her surrounds with a new outlook - one that could backfire on her.As she attempts to piece together the reasons why he came to her - why he wanted her, she fears something far more dubious in being planned.Till Death.Now that the thoughts of danger have entered her mind, she must find out what Nathan is hiding. But what she finds is not what she was expecting. As she discovers the true reasons for Nathan's request the game changes and she now holds the cards, able to make her own demands. Demands that she hopes will shift the way that Nathan sees her.Do Us Part.Nathan has one piece of everything he's been wanting. Just one final piece must fall into place for him to have everything he's desired for so long. As Candy struggles with losing her heart to a man that still hasn't let her in fully - she realizes that things might not work out the way she wants them to. As these two both have to face the reality of what they truly want, what they want to fight for and what they are willing to give up - their story is brought to a conclusion with the twist that could change everything.