Review: so swoon-worthy, sweet and sexy
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 31, 2013
Where do I start? I couldn't wait to start this book straight after reading More Than Meets the Ink and I certainly was not disappointed.Cole and Christie both had deep seated issues that needed some major TLC. Cole was the supreme alpha male, hiding his insecurities behind his bossy, take charge nature, putting walls up to protect his heart from being crushed. Christie had her own walls that stemmed from an emotional eating disorder and subsequent body image issues and I just connected with her straight away. The way she explained why she thought the way she did, endeared her to me. It was so beautiful to see how she gained more self confidence and belief in herself throughout the book. I just fell in love with the way Cole protected her, cherished her and helped her overcome her insecurities. He was just so compassionate, caring, understanding and patient it made me swoon for him.One of my favourite quotes that illustrates this is"My body is covered in marks, Cole."Big Deal. Mine too, sweetheart."She snorted. "Yours are war scars.""Yours too Christy. I waged war with others while you waged war with yourself, It's the same. It's just life; there's nothing to be ashamed of. We both survived. This body tells its own story, and it's an amazing story. You are amazing."Did I tell you Cole had me swooning? Well he did, so much so that my ereader is now called Cole.As with More than meets the Ink, there was plenty of hard and fast, as well as slow and tender, steamy love scenes that left you breathless.Cole is much more dominant and intense than James was but it just worked with his history. I said in my review of MTMTI that James nearly melted my ereader, well Cole melted it and I did see smoke coming out of it at one point as it was self combusting. Definitely a book to read when you won't be interrupted because I just could not put it down. Can't wait to read the next chapter in this series, I just hope the wait is not too long.