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3.89 AVERAGE
3.89 AVERAGE
¡OMG Max Stella! Un playboy inglés suelto en NYC, que una noche en una disco conoce a una mujer que le vuela la cabeza, pero ella ni siquiera le da su nombre, hasta que la ve almorzando con su amigo Bennet Ryan y su prometida Chloe Mills y decide saber más de ella.
Sarah Dillon, viene de una ruptura con su novio de toda la vida y no quiere saber nada con ningun tipo, pero Max Stella, el amigo de Bennet con quien estuvo una noche en la disco, le produce cosas que harán tambalear sus planes.
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Mi Puntaje: 4.5 Marinas
Sarah Dillon, viene de una ruptura con su novio de toda la vida y no quiere saber nada con ningun tipo, pero Max Stella, el amigo de Bennet con quien estuvo una noche en la disco, le produce cosas que harán tambalear sus planes.
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Mi Puntaje: 4.5 Marinas
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
✨Beautiful Stranger✨
4/5
This was a good, quick read. I like the authors, they work well together. This book had good balance of the push pull before the HEA. I do wish the ending was a little longer. But it was a good quick read.
4/5
This was a good, quick read. I like the authors, they work well together. This book had good balance of the push pull before the HEA. I do wish the ending was a little longer. But it was a good quick read.
“Women don't always want to be treated like we're delicate, or rare, or somehow more precious. We want to be wanted. We want sex to be just as raw as you do.”
Rereading this series on audio this year is really the beast decision I have made. It has been so long since I have read them, and they are just so fun.
Exhibitionism is a kink that really needs to be in more books, if I do say so myself. If you haven’t read this series, you should.
The beginning was great, loved the characters and the dialogue and just everything. I almost thought I liked it better than the first book in this series. But for some reason I was just a little freaked out when the story progressed. The public sex stuff was a bit weird for me. It made the rest of the book just "eh" sometimes, but I still liked the ending and the story overall but it just was not the best because of that.
I don't read a lot of romance. I tend to get prickly about established tropes, and then my reviews upset my romance-loving friends. But I read enough reviews of this book that made me think I might be able to overlook the usual tropes. I wasn't disappointed.
Sara Dillon leaves her cheating ex and her entire life in Chicago for a new job in New York City. On her first night out, she flirts with a man at the bar, and finds herself incredibly turned on by the notion of him watching her dance. When she encounters him on her way back from the bathroom, she deflects his attempts to take her home or to his car, but that doesn't mean they can't have sex. She had no idea she had an exhibitionism fetish, but she's more than willing to explore it when she runs into the guy again.
The book starts off with a lot more sex than I usually expect in romance novels. Somehow, the scenes never feel repetitive; there's something different in each of them, and each advance the relationship or characterizations in an important way. Despite the sheer number of sex scenes, they never feel gratuitous.
For the first half of the book, it's unclear that Max Stella, the titular stranger, is only responding to what turns Sara on, rather than shaping her desires. That becomes a lot more obvious as the story goes on, but initially, it made me mistrust him, and turned some of his remarks far creepier than intended. Every time Sara told him how "nice" he was, I cringed, thinking it was a case of an author trying to make up for bad characterization with contradictory dialogue.
But, no. The initial impression of Max as just another arrogant alpha is a mistaken one. It certainly matches Sara's preconceptions, but I don't think the story would've suffered for showing Max's squishy center from the beginning.
I'm glad I skipped the first book in this series. What I see of the relationship between Chloe, Sara's best friend, and Bennett, makes me want to hand Chloe a list of domestic violence warning signs. Granted, I'm only seeing their relationship filtered through Sara and Max's impressions, but I don't want to see it any closer than that. The series seems to have used up all of its alphahole on Bennett, thank goodness.
Overall, this book played with my expectations, and got me invested in these two characters. I didn't expect to like this book nearly as much as I did.
I listened to Beautiful Stranger on audio, narrated by Grace Grant for Sara's sections, and Jonathan R. Cole for Max's. If you have a thing for British accents, the audio is worth a listen. Though, a warning: I listened to this driving around for work, and often arrived at work sites blushing madly. Did I mention there's a lot of sex in this book? On the audio, it amounts to a scene every half an hour. Guess how long it takes me to drive between work sites?
Sara Dillon leaves her cheating ex and her entire life in Chicago for a new job in New York City. On her first night out, she flirts with a man at the bar, and finds herself incredibly turned on by the notion of him watching her dance. When she encounters him on her way back from the bathroom, she deflects his attempts to take her home or to his car, but that doesn't mean they can't have sex. She had no idea she had an exhibitionism fetish, but she's more than willing to explore it when she runs into the guy again.
The book starts off with a lot more sex than I usually expect in romance novels. Somehow, the scenes never feel repetitive; there's something different in each of them, and each advance the relationship or characterizations in an important way. Despite the sheer number of sex scenes, they never feel gratuitous.
For the first half of the book, it's unclear that Max Stella, the titular stranger, is only responding to what turns Sara on, rather than shaping her desires. That becomes a lot more obvious as the story goes on, but initially, it made me mistrust him, and turned some of his remarks far creepier than intended. Every time Sara told him how "nice" he was, I cringed, thinking it was a case of an author trying to make up for bad characterization with contradictory dialogue.
But, no. The initial impression of Max as just another arrogant alpha is a mistaken one. It certainly matches Sara's preconceptions, but I don't think the story would've suffered for showing Max's squishy center from the beginning.
I'm glad I skipped the first book in this series. What I see of the relationship between Chloe, Sara's best friend, and Bennett, makes me want to hand Chloe a list of domestic violence warning signs. Granted, I'm only seeing their relationship filtered through Sara and Max's impressions, but I don't want to see it any closer than that. The series seems to have used up all of its alphahole on Bennett, thank goodness.
Overall, this book played with my expectations, and got me invested in these two characters. I didn't expect to like this book nearly as much as I did.
I listened to Beautiful Stranger on audio, narrated by Grace Grant for Sara's sections, and Jonathan R. Cole for Max's. If you have a thing for British accents, the audio is worth a listen. Though, a warning: I listened to this driving around for work, and often arrived at work sites blushing madly. Did I mention there's a lot of sex in this book? On the audio, it amounts to a scene every half an hour. Guess how long it takes me to drive between work sites?
Okay I LOVE Max!!!!! I can just hear the charming British accent while I am reading. And all the British terms! I love those too. And his mum works with him, that's just too cute.who knew male perfection came in an awesome British package. Someone please tell me he has atLeast one flaw,. I seemed to have missed it.
Sara, I liked her but to me this was Max's book.
Was the story deep? Ummm sure? Was it smexy? Hell yes!!!
The ending was far too rushed. It was like wham bam....THE END.
I know we will hear more in the books to come. I actually already read book 3 but what we do hear about Max and Sara seems to be a large jump with a lot of missing 'stuff'.
Sara, I liked her but to me this was Max's book.
Was the story deep? Ummm sure? Was it smexy? Hell yes!!!
The ending was far too rushed. It was like wham bam....THE END.
I know we will hear more in the books to come. I actually already read book 3 but what we do hear about Max and Sara seems to be a large jump with a lot of missing 'stuff'.
adventurous
emotional
funny
fast-paced
emotional
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
At least the main characters in this one don't loathe each other the whole time, but it's still more sex than story and I skipped lots of parts. I should probably not finish this series.