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3.8 AVERAGE
3.8 AVERAGE
Harper Sloan's writing reminds me a lot of Kristen Ashley's. Since Ashley is one of my faves, naturally Corps Security was a hit. If you like macho men that love their girls fiercely, you will enjoy this. I only have two tiny complaints. First, Izzy gets pissed several times because people treat her as if she is fragile. The problem I had was that she IS fragile. Not that she doesn't have every right to be, but you can't breakdown all the time, and then get mad when someone treats you like you're breakable. Second was the way she, and her bff Denise talked to one another, bitch this, and bitch that. I get it, lots of girls talk that way to each other, just wasn't my thing. Neither of those complaints diminish the books awesomeness though, and I would recommend reading.
I loved the idea of this book the story was great and the writing was too i gave it a 3.5 because i just didn't connect to it. I felt it was a little drawn out. I want to scream at the book come on i get it now hurry up. But i did still enjoy the story and it set up Greg Cage perfectly i wanted to read about him asap i was more interested in him than Axel. Haha but thats just personal preferences.
*3.75/5*
Depuis le temps que ce livre traîne dans ma PAL ... Je ne regrette vraiment pas de l'avoir exhumé, j'ai beaucoup aimé !
L'histoire comporte des scènes assez difficiles à encaisser, quand on lit ces passages, il est impossible de ne pas être complétement retournée/horrifiée par ce que subit Iz.
Iz est un personnage assez équilibré je trouve, malgré son statut de victime, elle n'est pas "faible", elle fait de son mieux pour faire surface, pas forcément de la meilleure des manières, certes, mais elle essaie. Son acharnement à affubler Axel de noms d'oiseaux si gratuitement, dans la première partie, est un peu agaçant, mais quelque part on peut la comprendre. C'est une femme loyale et aimante, sa relation avec Dee et Greg est émouvante.
Axel lui est un vrai homme des cavernes, dans le genre alpha bourru et macho, on a rarement faire mieux. ^_^ Même si sa façon de marquer son territoire est moins flippante que celle de Brandon, j'ai quand même trouvé que tous ses grognements et ses regards qui tuent m'ont paru excessifs, justement.
Axel c'est aussi un homme capable de beaucoup de tendresse et de douceur, un homme torride qui manie le dirty talk à la perfection !
La romance est mouvementée, intense et émouvante, j'ai été accrochée dès les premières pages et j'ai eu bien du mal à reposer mon kindle. Le GROS bonus, ce sont les personnages secondaires, tous très présents et forts réussis. J'ai un gros, un très gros faible pour Maddox, mais il va falloir que je m'enfile tous les autres tomes avant d'arriver au sien ...
Depuis le temps que ce livre traîne dans ma PAL ... Je ne regrette vraiment pas de l'avoir exhumé, j'ai beaucoup aimé !
L'histoire comporte des scènes assez difficiles à encaisser, quand on lit ces passages, il est impossible de ne pas être complétement retournée/horrifiée par ce que subit Iz.
Iz est un personnage assez équilibré je trouve, malgré son statut de victime, elle n'est pas "faible", elle fait de son mieux pour faire surface, pas forcément de la meilleure des manières, certes, mais elle essaie. Son acharnement à affubler Axel de noms d'oiseaux si gratuitement, dans la première partie, est un peu agaçant, mais quelque part on peut la comprendre. C'est une femme loyale et aimante, sa relation avec Dee et Greg est émouvante.
Axel lui est un vrai homme des cavernes, dans le genre alpha bourru et macho, on a rarement faire mieux. ^_^ Même si sa façon de marquer son territoire est moins flippante que celle de Brandon, j'ai quand même trouvé que tous ses grognements et ses regards qui tuent m'ont paru excessifs, justement.
Axel c'est aussi un homme capable de beaucoup de tendresse et de douceur, un homme torride qui manie le dirty talk à la perfection !
La romance est mouvementée, intense et émouvante, j'ai été accrochée dès les premières pages et j'ai eu bien du mal à reposer mon kindle. Le GROS bonus, ce sont les personnages secondaires, tous très présents et forts réussis. J'ai un gros, un très gros faible pour Maddox, mais il va falloir que je m'enfile tous les autres tomes avant d'arriver au sien ...
Found a new author that I am totally in love with! Harper Sloan, can highly recommend the start to this series. If you like Penelope Douglas, then you will like Harper's books.
I am totally in fictional love with Alex.
Throwing myself straight into book 2
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I am totally in fictional love with Alex.
Throwing myself straight into book 2
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The only reason this book doesn't get five stars is because of Izzy. I ended up really disliking her because of her behavior toward Greg. Greg gave Izzy security, he never let her down, and protected her relentlessly. But when he decided to force her to face her past she treats him like dirt. Maybe this shouldn't have changed my rating on the entire book, but I never felt myself gaining new respect for her. She never even apologizes. I won't ruin the book for those of you that haven't read it, but I just couldn't let go of her disgustingly childlike response. I understand that Izzy had been through the ringer in life. But she has some of the most incredibly strong friends loving her and giving her support, I felt that she should have been above this type of reaction.
Over all I really enjoyed all of the supporting characters. The alternating POV, the drama,and the relationship development. And I loved Axel!! He really loved her. And never let her go.
Over all I really enjoyed all of the supporting characters. The alternating POV, the drama,and the relationship development. And I loved Axel!! He really loved her. And never let her go.
I'm giving it 3 stars cuz the sex was really hot, but Izzy was really annoying, maybe even more so than Ana from 50 Shades. Once she actually started talking to Ax, and they were clearly both confused, why didn't they just have the discussion?! No she wanted to get all pissy and come up with an excuse to not talk. She internally saw his face was confused, so she had to know that whatever she was told was lies, so why was she mad at Ax?! I don't mind a little naivete, but she was obnoxious!
This book makes me want to curse until I'm hoarse. This is my way of warning you guys that there is going to be a lot of those in this review. So if those bother you... please don't read on.
The thing that got me so fucking frustrated was the fucking "misunderstanding" that the author fucking refused to solve, no matter how ridiculous it got. In the core of things, you've got two characters who've been fed wrong information that caused their long separation.
Everyone around them sees their two versions don't match up so something's up. But does anyone come up to them and say "Hey, dude, she thought you were dead/Hey girl, he thought you left him?" Err, no. They just sprout some nonsense bullshit about this not being their story to tell and the two "need to talk". This crucial plot point could've been solved eons ago instead of after 70% of the novel if some of their "friends" got over themselves.
Or if the stupid as fuck couple involve in this got over their shit. I mean, seriously, Izzy. Someone told you he was dead but lo and behold he's alive. Wouldn't you want to figure the fuck out? To talk to him and see what the hell happened because obviously someone lied to you? Instead you get it into your head that he abandoned you? And you refuse to talk about it because it seems cut and dry to you? Even when people are vaguely hinting that it's really not? Are you fucking kidding me?
And you, Axel--what. the. fuck. First you're angry at her because after four and a half years of no communication she got married to someone else. Four and a half years. Are you off your freaking rocket? But okay, at least you demand the two of you talk--oh fuck me, you just want to talk about the husband situation. Not the whole what happened twelve years ago. Right.
The thing that got me so fucking frustrated was the fucking "misunderstanding" that the author fucking refused to solve, no matter how ridiculous it got. In the core of things, you've got two characters who've been fed wrong information that caused their long separation.
Everyone around them sees their two versions don't match up so something's up. But does anyone come up to them and say "Hey, dude, she thought you were dead/Hey girl, he thought you left him?" Err, no. They just sprout some nonsense bullshit about this not being their story to tell and the two "need to talk". This crucial plot point could've been solved eons ago instead of after 70% of the novel if some of their "friends" got over themselves.
Or if the stupid as fuck couple involve in this got over their shit. I mean, seriously, Izzy. Someone told you he was dead but lo and behold he's alive. Wouldn't you want to figure the fuck out? To talk to him and see what the hell happened because obviously someone lied to you? Instead you get it into your head that he abandoned you? And you refuse to talk about it because it seems cut and dry to you? Even when people are vaguely hinting that it's really not? Are you fucking kidding me?
And you, Axel--what. the. fuck. First you're angry at her because after four and a half years of no communication she got married to someone else. Four and a half years. Are you off your freaking rocket? But okay, at least you demand the two of you talk--oh fuck me, you just want to talk about the husband situation. Not the whole what happened twelve years ago. Right.
If you'd just opened your fucking mouths and talked then this book wouldn't have been the nightmarish experience it was.
Seriously, I can't handle this bullshit. Especially because the moment they finally put all that crap behind them and talked (a conversation that needed only a minute and a half for both of them to figure out they've been lied to, so why did it have to drag the entire book is beyond me!) the book got good. They got good. I could actually enjoy and occasionally smile at the remaining 25% of the book. It's the only reason I considered maybe giving this three stars.
Even though I hate Axel's entire attitude, and can't understand how a woman who's been through what Iz has can even deal with his possessiveness and jealous-ness. There is sexy alpha-male and then there is taking that a level too high... If I had an abusive husband, I'd probably shy away from other controlling men, even if I knew deep down that they won't hurt me.
But I guess a woman like Izzy, who hasn't overcome one single issue on her own and all her problems simply go away with a man, needs that?
Speaking of which, I didn't find his dirty talk hot in any way. It felt kind of weird and too forced to me, not to mention highly inappropriate considering how Brandon used to talk to Iz. But whatever, whatever floats your boat...
Will I read more books from this author? Maybe. Ultimately, I hated her method of milking the stupid misunderstanding dry, but I had no issue with her writing and I liked the characters. In fact, they interested me ten times more than the sex scenes, all of which I skimmed, and that's actually a good thing.
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
Yes
I read this book years ago but then finally listened to it. Still to this day I love Alex and Izzy. I've got them on my bookshelf for safekeeping. Could the performance by the narrators been better? Sure, but doesn't everyone have one they like more than others, This story has all the feels. You will get upset, you may cry. It will get hot as sin as well.
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes