Review: I love Kristen Ashley's work but Play it Safe is by far not her best!
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 19, 2012
Grayson said to Ivey:"I know somethin' led you to that life but I look at you, nothin' hard about you, not your attitude, not your mouth, not your eyes, nothin'. Whatever led you to that life wasn't good but you didn't let it make you hard. There'll come a time when you'll give that to me. And you take your time, Ivey, I'll wait."I really wanted this story to shine but it didn't.I think this is the best "quote" of Play it Safe. Recently I said that Kristen put me straight to reader's heaven. I know she does it all the time and I'm sure she will do it again! But with Play it Safe I came back to reality. Rather unpleasantly. It pains me to admit it but my main problem was that I couldn't warm up to the characters. Grayson is totally pale compared to Tate and other wonderful KA heroes and the heroine was too weepy for my liking! Ok, maybe this is my bad; maybe I just didn't feel it. What I was missing really badly were the great dialogs. I couldn't find them. I liked one of the secondary characters, Lash. He's gay and a very caring and protective guy. Other than that, it is just difficult to point out things that I liked.I didn't like the first half of the story. It fell flat and I was kinda bored. Fortunately it did improve during the second half. However, I caught myself skimming lines and that's not good. I was never really excited, and I never felt this warm and fuzzy feeling in my belly. Good things come to those who wait. Yes, I've waited. I was looking for something special to happen. Obviously, I just couldn't find the KA magic spell this time, and I really hope it'll come back again. Soon.