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mayawata_'s review against another edition
3.0
The writing was great and the plot was unique but it was a little too much gore for me.
wellactjoally's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
sad
medium-paced
3.0
D/s, second chance romance. Family in all its forms. Murder. Social work. Wrestling with kink.
Rape.
Rape.
flyerkelly14's review
3.0
Spicy books with hot scenes. Still felt a little wattpad-y at times with descriptors like “hot button,” but the hot scenes make up for it. The end of the book was pretty predictable, but also had me reeling (like how ARE Reid and Brynn related? If at all? Half step cousins?….)
Excited to keep reading about The Ranch but also am okay with not continuing Reid/Brynn’s storyline
Excited to keep reading about The Ranch but also am okay with not continuing Reid/Brynn’s storyline
booklovermadison's review
3.0
I love Roni Loren, she is one of my comfort reads! This book was... interesting? Not my favorite book I've read by Loren, but I'm excited to keep reading this series in the future.
Rating: 3.25/5
Spice: 4/5
Rating: 3.25/5
Spice: 4/5
girlwithhearteyes's review against another edition
3.75
3.75 stars
I picked up this book because I love Roni Loren’s writing, even if I don’t usually gravitate towards BDSM-themed books.
I really enjoyed the storytelling and the characters (second chance + romantic suspense, FMC needs the MMC’s help to infiltrate a private BDSM resort to find her missing sister), and how the sex scenes moved the plot/ relationships. Parts of the third act felt a little uneven but overall it was an engaging read.
This seems to be Roni Loren’s debut novel which is really impressive, and I can see how her writing has really refined over time — my favourite book (so far) being By the Hour.
I probably won’t read every book in the Loving on the Edge series (personal preferences, the BDSM resort setting is too much for me), but I’ll check out anything where the premise peaks my interest.
I picked up this book because I love Roni Loren’s writing, even if I don’t usually gravitate towards BDSM-themed books.
I really enjoyed the storytelling and the characters (second chance + romantic suspense, FMC needs the MMC’s help to infiltrate a private BDSM resort to find her missing sister), and how the sex scenes moved the plot/ relationships. Parts of the third act felt a little uneven but overall it was an engaging read.
This seems to be Roni Loren’s debut novel which is really impressive, and I can see how her writing has really refined over time — my favourite book (so far) being By the Hour.
I probably won’t read every book in the Loving on the Edge series (personal preferences, the BDSM resort setting is too much for me), but I’ll check out anything where the premise peaks my interest.
clatsch329's review against another edition
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
shannon_cocktailsandbooks's review against another edition
4.0
For me, BDSM books are like a Cracker Jacks prize...you never know what you're going to get. Crash Into You feel into the, "Yay! I love this prize," category. The BDSM is light, compared to some of the other books I've read, but this book is about so much more than the alternate lifestyle our hero and heroine engage in. It's the emotional journey they took to finally embrace what they enjoy and letting go of the past in order to move forward.
Told from both the present day and past, we get the history of Brynn LeBreck and Reid Jamison from their summer fling, to broken hearts and spirits, to solving the mystery around Brynn's mother's murder and her sister's disappearance.
Brynn and Reid have a lot of history. They met while she worked as a receptionist at his uncle campaign office one summer. They both fight their inner demons with their budding relationship (he fears his sexual desires mean he's more like his rapist father than he wants to be and she's from the wrong side of the tracks with a prostitute mother), but once they open up with each other they begin to explore their sexual desires in BDSM and be who they truly are.
But outside forces have a way of ripping people apart and that is what happens with Brynn and Reid.
Move forward ten years and fate pushes Brynn and Reid back together when he starts working at the women's advocacy group where Brynn is a therapist. All their old wounds open up, perhaps the biggest the fact that Reid represents the man who was convicted of killing her mother. But those get pushed to the side when Brynn's sister Kelsey disappears after a pleading midnight phone call for Brynn to meet her.
Brynn and Reid soon find themselves at a BDSM retreat posing as a Dom and his sub in hopes of finding Kelsey. What they get instead is the realization that what abruptly ended ten years ago still burns between the two of them. The problem is, the two of them have so much emotional baggage over their perceived sexual hang ups along with their mistrust of each other, you wonder how they are ever going to get passed it all.
It's Brynn and Reid's story that kept me engaged. I didn't so much care who really killed Brynn's mother or what they had to do with her sister, I just wanted the two of them to realize what they had. There was the old little twist of who Brynn's biological father was and how that lead to the mother's murder, sister's kidnapping, Brynn's abuse....but it was still Brynn and Reid that I wanted to read about on each and every page.
Told from both the present day and past, we get the history of Brynn LeBreck and Reid Jamison from their summer fling, to broken hearts and spirits, to solving the mystery around Brynn's mother's murder and her sister's disappearance.
Brynn and Reid have a lot of history. They met while she worked as a receptionist at his uncle campaign office one summer. They both fight their inner demons with their budding relationship (he fears his sexual desires mean he's more like his rapist father than he wants to be and she's from the wrong side of the tracks with a prostitute mother), but once they open up with each other they begin to explore their sexual desires in BDSM and be who they truly are.
But outside forces have a way of ripping people apart and that is what happens with Brynn and Reid.
Move forward ten years and fate pushes Brynn and Reid back together when he starts working at the women's advocacy group where Brynn is a therapist. All their old wounds open up, perhaps the biggest the fact that Reid represents the man who was convicted of killing her mother. But those get pushed to the side when Brynn's sister Kelsey disappears after a pleading midnight phone call for Brynn to meet her.
Brynn and Reid soon find themselves at a BDSM retreat posing as a Dom and his sub in hopes of finding Kelsey. What they get instead is the realization that what abruptly ended ten years ago still burns between the two of them. The problem is, the two of them have so much emotional baggage over their perceived sexual hang ups along with their mistrust of each other, you wonder how they are ever going to get passed it all.
It's Brynn and Reid's story that kept me engaged. I didn't so much care who really killed Brynn's mother or what they had to do with her sister, I just wanted the two of them to realize what they had. There was the old little twist of who Brynn's biological father was and how that lead to the mother's murder, sister's kidnapping, Brynn's abuse....but it was still Brynn and Reid that I wanted to read about on each and every page.
katmorrisey's review against another edition
5.0
So, so, so good! Seriously, this book had me up late to finish it and then when I did I was like "ohmygod! I can't wait for the next one!" It is, in my opinion, squeal worthy good...and I don't say that very often. And good lord can I order a Reid please? Like stat?! *swoons!* Ok back to being somewhat coherent here. The book has a compelling story and it's well written and the characters are well rounded. I seriously had no idea who the bad guy was til the end, and usually I am really good at figuring that out! Great job Roni and I can't wait to read about Jace! I have a feeling I will need to be by a pool to cool off when I do!
hey_yall_its_reba's review against another edition
3.0
Romance was good but it was def giving one of grace’s book with the trauma