128 reviews for:

Ruthless

Gina L. Maxwell

3.75 AVERAGE

reese_sga_spych11's review

5.0

Ruthless was A-FREAKING-MAZING!!!! I was in love from page one and honestly as soon as I finished the story, I went back and reread the book. Both characters were beyond incredible and so was this story.

Addison and Roman met when their best-friends got together. Addison wanted Roman from the get go, but Roman said he doesn’t get involved with friends. Too bad for Roman, because Addison doesn’t take no for an answer. When Addison lures Roman into an alley of a club for a quickie everything has changed, but they try and pretend nothing has. Soon everything becomes complicated because Addison is now working for Roman at his law firm and they’re both trying to pretend that they don’t still want each other. Plus, Roman has a kink where he likes to share his women and he doesn’t want to be disappointed. Then Addison surprises him and BAM all bets are off and they begin falling for each other faster than before.

Ruthless was yummy. Ruthless aka Roman is a male stripper who hides his kinkiness behind cooperate suits. He left his job working under his father to become the man he wanted to be and he couldn’t be happier, except he wants a woman who doesn’t mind sharing herself with him and another man. Everything seems perfect when he meets Addison, but they work together and are friends, which makes things complicated. I like how Roman struggled a bit with his kink and Addison and with how he felt about her. He wasn’t perfect and he made mistakes as all people do in relationships. That aspect made Roman more relatable, more sexy and made this book more amazing. Despite this being fiction I never want a character where I can’t find anything redeeming or relatable about them and that definitely wasn’t a problem when reading about Roman from both his POV and Addison’s.

Addison was beyond hilarious. I found her so amazingly funny I often found myself putting the book down to laugh. She calls herself the honey badger which just cracks me up. She goes after what she wants despite her insecurities, and she doesn’t take crap from anyone. When Roman was a huge douche canoe to her, which he so totally was, she just said “see ya” and left. She didn’t try and moon after him or anything. She didn’t beg. She was strong despite all her insecurities which just left me loving her.

Ruthless is amazing. I highly recommend it for the many reasons I just listed, but if you’re just here for the clip notes I’ll give that to you. HOT sexy alpha male(10x), amazing female lead, character growth, and an actual story. Plus, my favorite dual POV! Gina Maxwell hit all my boxes with this story.
adventurous informative fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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abhishek_putran's review

3.5
emotional funny 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: No
hopeful lighthearted fast-paced
dark emotional tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

mar50's review

3.5
adventurous funny medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

reader8008's review

4.25

Lots of spice 
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous tense medium-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