Asking For Trouble
by Tessa
Bailey
Rating:
5 of 5 stars
My
Review:
I didn't
think there was a way that Daniel and Story could have been knocked
off the top-couple-of-the-year for me, but Brett and Hayden are right
up there. These two sparked off each other every time they were
together. There was still a lot of dirty talking, but Brett and
Hayden did so great feeding off each other. Brett wasn't the same
sort of dominant personality as Daniel, but Hayden was also a lot
more aggressive. I absolutely loved these two together.
Brett
and Hayden are so alike personality-wise. They say things at the same
time, even when they don't like each other. And a night of Hayden not
backing off gets the book off to a really hot start.
They
both have some misconceptions about the other and as those start to
fall away, they convert their energy into lust for each other. I
thought their connection felt very real and I loved that Hayden was
this strong, take-no-prisoners personality. Brett takes care of
everyone he knows, but doesn't let his friends see that part of him
and he's really at loose ends that Hayden doesn't need to be taken
care of. He thinks she's this prissy socialite who does nothing all
day. She thinks he's an uncouth jerk. They both couldn't be more
wrong about the other and it's so great to see each new facet of
their lives be exposed to each other and to us.
I don't
even think I can file this one on my kindle until after I've read it
again. It was just that good. I love Tessa Bailey's writing and so
far, I think I love this book best of all. If you love dirty talkers,
who are still caring, emotional, and connected to their friends and
family, pick up this book and I'm sure, like me, you'll be reading it
a couple times in a row.
His Risk To Take
by Tessa Bailey
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
My Review:
After reading the
second book in this series, I decided I had to come back and read the
first one. The description didn't grab me right away and I'll admit,
the book took a while to grab me too. Troy is a very dominant,
confident male and at the beginning, Ruby doesn't seem to have much
positive going for her.
But I really
liked where Troy and Ruby went in this story. They're both broken,
hurting people and they find a way to overcome and heal together.
And the sex is pretty hot, if you like dominant male sex. Troy's got
a filthy mouth, so be prepared. But he's also not skeptical about
his ability to love, which I really liked. He doesn't sit pretending
that he probably doesn't like Ruby all that much and he's not a jerk.
A couple times I felt like his dominant tendencies got in the way of
him and Ruby having a relationship; he's not good at keeping her
informed about what's going on, but he gets upset when she takes
things into her own hands. I felt it was sort-of unintuitive for him
that he got upset because Ruby “didn't trust him”, but he didn't
really give her a reason to either since he kept her in the dark.
Ruby grew on me
and I was pleased that I never felt like smacking her. She skates
the edge of the law, but she has good reasons and I always understood
where she was coming from. She was the reason I almost didn't read
the book (because I didn't think I'd like her), so I was pretty
impressed that her character didn't annoy me while I was reading.
She was strong and did what she felt was necessary without second
guessing herself. I loved that even when she wasn't sure if she
could love someone, she found a way to put her feelings into action
even if she couldn't say the words.
For me, the very
best part of this book is the ending. It was simply perfect. That's
where you really feel it was all worthwhile. Sometimes the dominant
sex felt like it kept you from seeing the rest of the story, but the
ending wiped that all away and I was completely in love with both
Troy and Ruby. Overall, I like book two of this series better than
this one, but this is still a worthwhile read.
Asking For Trouble