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3.5 AVERAGE
3.5 AVERAGE
So, this was another hot book with some frustrating, some expected, some annoying and some hot attributes. So, when you have a book that illicits all of that, you can't go wrong, right? RIGHT.
I was truly frustrated at throughout the first 35% of the book that Ava had all of this wonderfully witty and deep inner dialogue but she only muttered two to three word responses to Jesse. Ugh, he's supposedly dying to be with the woman of few words on some deep level? I wasn't buying it.
The whole instant attraction that leads to hot sex and then some sort of deep love is often a bit unbelievable. In this case I was beginning to think that was what was going on here too, but as the book progresses the reader learns that it's all because of what's going on the part of Jesse's life that we can't see...it's an ah ha moment.
I'm a real sucker for the Brits and this book truly fed my obsession for them...so much great wit!
This was a solid book and I truly enjoyed it. I needed a vat of ice cubes the entire time I was reading it though, so HAWT! I just can't believe that I have to wait for book 2! But, I will be happily devour that when it arrives!
Love this author!
I was truly frustrated at throughout the first 35% of the book that Ava had all of this wonderfully witty and deep inner dialogue but she only muttered two to three word responses to Jesse. Ugh, he's supposedly dying to be with the woman of few words on some deep level? I wasn't buying it.
The whole instant attraction that leads to hot sex and then some sort of deep love is often a bit unbelievable. In this case I was beginning to think that was what was going on here too, but as the book progresses the reader learns that it's all because of what's going on the part of Jesse's life that we can't see...it's an ah ha moment.
I'm a real sucker for the Brits and this book truly fed my obsession for them...so much great wit!
This was a solid book and I truly enjoyed it. I needed a vat of ice cubes the entire time I was reading it though, so HAWT! I just can't believe that I have to wait for book 2! But, I will be happily devour that when it arrives!
Love this author!
I’m in the minority on this one. I absolutely hated Jesse. I thought he was an over the top control freak. I thought he went too far and I was uncomfortable with the way he acted. And how many times do I have to read “watch your mouth”?? Really? He wouldn’t even tell Ava his age. I just felt he was rude and immature. And, who was Ava? I didn’t feel she had a backbone or an opinion and was basically a doormat. There was a ton of sex, and because I didn’t like the characters I just couldn’t connect with anything they did. Pass on this series.
Oh my God I'm in bits...need to start book two asap...bloody brilliant book that's left my heart shattered in a thousand pieces...
Loved it.
Plot: good - rich man 50 Shades of Grey-esque
Characters: likeable
Typos: noticeable and distracting at times
Love scenes: fantastic
Reality factor: everything about this genre is far-fetched, but I love it anyway
Worth the price? $2.99 - yes
Would I read it again? Yes - already Pre-ordered book #3
Life changer? No
Plot: good - rich man 50 Shades of Grey-esque
Characters: likeable
Typos: noticeable and distracting at times
Love scenes: fantastic
Reality factor: everything about this genre is far-fetched, but I love it anyway
Worth the price? $2.99 - yes
Would I read it again? Yes - already Pre-ordered book #3
Life changer? No
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
Okay, so if this book wasn’t a billion pages long (Close to 500) I would have rated it 5 stars! The actual plot, left me itching for more, but I was also left itching for more due to the lack of answers! Basically, this book is so long because the sex scenes take up a great deal of the book.
Basically, we have no clue how old Jesse really is, as he plays some little game telling her every time she asks that he is one years older from the original 21 answer he gave (he seems to think she will run if she finds out his age) but in the end it’s not his age, its his profession that makes her run. The entire book you can tell he owns some gentleman’s club where they go to get their rocks off not a fucking hotel. Seriously, she’s the most oblivious bitch I’ve ever encountered. Basically, she’s obvious to the fact he’s an alcoholic, and hates when she drinks and refuses to drink with her, but he is nice enough to always give her a glass or two of wine whenever they’re social, which I think is super nice considering how controlling he is. But no, she likes to get sloshed in his presence, thinking its just him being an ass that he gets so angry.
He also, from the moment he has sex with her, claims her as his and she doesn’t really realise what that means and stupidly says yes, then wonders why he won’t leave her alone. She also doesn’t realise, thinking because he’s hot its impossible, but he doesn’t date or do the relationship thing, he roots and boots and keeps it that way. How he finds that many women is beyond me. But when you got the goods and the money I guess anything is possible!
So her main issue is Sarah, who is his business partner. She’s always trying to weasel her way into Jesse’s day, get between them because of her clear jealousy that he’d be with someone more than once.
Anyway, by the time she figures out what The Manor actually is, she loses her shit at Jesse for purposefully deceiving her, which is mega stupid. Wouldn’t you not want her to work at a place if you were worried she would find out. She gave him the option when she tried not to work for him, and he perused her to make it happen. He brings it on himself. However, Jesse seems to have a major issue with people abandoning him, maybe because his parents disowned him? I’m unsure so far, but basically once she leaves, he drinks himself into oblivion, which is where we are left, with Ava scared for the person he has become, and him blaming her for his drinking because she left him. I’m sorry Jesse, I love you immensely, but you should have been through counselling for the alcoholism, and we both know only you can be held accountable for your actions, not because someone else did something that made you feel a certain way.
Basically, they both rely on each other for happiness, and then it’s gone because of a lie. If that wasn’t reason enough for Jesse to stop hiding things, he’s a fucking twat. Because dude, you love her, yet she knows literally only your name. Sigh. No matter the length, I will continue this series, as the characters and plot intrigue me, but a fellow Goodreads friend informed me my answers don’t come until the last book, so I’m in for a wait.
Basically, we have no clue how old Jesse really is, as he plays some little game telling her every time she asks that he is one years older from the original 21 answer he gave (he seems to think she will run if she finds out his age) but in the end it’s not his age, its his profession that makes her run. The entire book you can tell he owns some gentleman’s club where they go to get their rocks off not a fucking hotel. Seriously, she’s the most oblivious bitch I’ve ever encountered. Basically, she’s obvious to the fact he’s an alcoholic, and hates when she drinks and refuses to drink with her, but he is nice enough to always give her a glass or two of wine whenever they’re social, which I think is super nice considering how controlling he is. But no, she likes to get sloshed in his presence, thinking its just him being an ass that he gets so angry.
He also, from the moment he has sex with her, claims her as his and she doesn’t really realise what that means and stupidly says yes, then wonders why he won’t leave her alone. She also doesn’t realise, thinking because he’s hot its impossible, but he doesn’t date or do the relationship thing, he roots and boots and keeps it that way. How he finds that many women is beyond me. But when you got the goods and the money I guess anything is possible!
So her main issue is Sarah, who is his business partner. She’s always trying to weasel her way into Jesse’s day, get between them because of her clear jealousy that he’d be with someone more than once.
Anyway, by the time she figures out what The Manor actually is, she loses her shit at Jesse for purposefully deceiving her, which is mega stupid. Wouldn’t you not want her to work at a place if you were worried she would find out. She gave him the option when she tried not to work for him, and he perused her to make it happen. He brings it on himself. However, Jesse seems to have a major issue with people abandoning him, maybe because his parents disowned him? I’m unsure so far, but basically once she leaves, he drinks himself into oblivion, which is where we are left, with Ava scared for the person he has become, and him blaming her for his drinking because she left him. I’m sorry Jesse, I love you immensely, but you should have been through counselling for the alcoholism, and we both know only you can be held accountable for your actions, not because someone else did something that made you feel a certain way.
Basically, they both rely on each other for happiness, and then it’s gone because of a lie. If that wasn’t reason enough for Jesse to stop hiding things, he’s a fucking twat. Because dude, you love her, yet she knows literally only your name. Sigh. No matter the length, I will continue this series, as the characters and plot intrigue me, but a fellow Goodreads friend informed me my answers don’t come until the last book, so I’m in for a wait.
Having completely fallen in love with Jodi Ellen Malpa’s “One Night” series, I doubted I would like this book as much. There’s no love quite like your first love, right? Still, I kept an open mind and immersed myself in the world of Ava O’Shea and Jesse Ward.
Ava and Jesse are drawn to each other from their first meeting and they have insane chemistry. However, Jesse is controlling and secretive and Ava is afraid and uncommunicative. Everything is perfect when they are in bed but then Jesse places unreasonable demands upon Ava, Ava agrees to his demands while in the throes of passion, Ava leaves and ignores Jesse’s phone calls, Jesse goes crazy and gives Ava a “reminder f*ck”, and then everything is perfect in their world again. Rinse. Repeat. It’s all very repetitious. The book plods along like this and you feel you don’t really get to know very much about the characters which is fair, I suppose, because Ava falls in love with Jesse even though she knows very little about him. She doesn’t even know his age because he makes a game out of keeping it a secret. Jesse is obviously keeping many secrets and maybe it’s because I read “One Night” but I guessed Jesse’s biggest secret from the beginning. Once the secret is out, the pace starts to pick up and I finally became more invested in the story. I’m beginning to think this is a Jodi Ellen Malpas signature.
The saving grace of the book is the compelling cast of characters. In addition to Jesse and Ava, we’re introduced to Ava’s quirky roommate, her loveable co-workers, and Jesse’s intriguing friends.
So the big question is are the characters and the cliffhanger enough to make me want to read the next book? Ordinarily no, but the quality of Malpas' writing is superb. This series also has a huge fan base so I’m going to give it a shot. We’ll see how it goes.
Ava and Jesse are drawn to each other from their first meeting and they have insane chemistry. However, Jesse is controlling and secretive and Ava is afraid and uncommunicative. Everything is perfect when they are in bed but then Jesse places unreasonable demands upon Ava, Ava agrees to his demands while in the throes of passion, Ava leaves and ignores Jesse’s phone calls, Jesse goes crazy and gives Ava a “reminder f*ck”, and then everything is perfect in their world again. Rinse. Repeat. It’s all very repetitious. The book plods along like this and you feel you don’t really get to know very much about the characters which is fair, I suppose, because Ava falls in love with Jesse even though she knows very little about him. She doesn’t even know his age because he makes a game out of keeping it a secret. Jesse is obviously keeping many secrets and maybe it’s because I read “One Night” but I guessed Jesse’s biggest secret from the beginning. Once the secret is out, the pace starts to pick up and I finally became more invested in the story. I’m beginning to think this is a Jodi Ellen Malpas signature.
The saving grace of the book is the compelling cast of characters. In addition to Jesse and Ava, we’re introduced to Ava’s quirky roommate, her loveable co-workers, and Jesse’s intriguing friends.
So the big question is are the characters and the cliffhanger enough to make me want to read the next book? Ordinarily no, but the quality of Malpas' writing is superb. This series also has a huge fan base so I’m going to give it a shot. We’ll see how it goes.
CW/TW: emotional and sexual abuse and manipulation, non-consensual sex, stalking.
What in the actual hell? These two need therapy. Separately.
I cannot classify this as a romance in any way, shape or form. This was a novel about an abusive relationship, sexual and emotional manipulation, non-consensual sex and stalking.
That being said, I was invested in finding out what happened. Would Ava get the backbone to drop Jesse's ass? Would Jesse's friends have an intervention with him about his stalkerish ways? Is Jesse redeemable at all? Unfortunately, the jury's still out. We were left on a cliffy.
The combination of this being classified as a romance novel and the abusive content between the H/h makes me uncomfortable giving this a rating of any kind. If this was general fiction or a thriller I might feel differently.
Read with caution.
What in the actual hell? These two need therapy. Separately.
I cannot classify this as a romance in any way, shape or form. This was a novel about an abusive relationship, sexual and emotional manipulation, non-consensual sex and stalking.
That being said, I was invested in finding out what happened. Would Ava get the backbone to drop Jesse's ass? Would Jesse's friends have an intervention with him about his stalkerish ways? Is Jesse redeemable at all? Unfortunately, the jury's still out. We were left on a cliffy.
The combination of this being classified as a romance novel and the abusive content between the H/h makes me uncomfortable giving this a rating of any kind. If this was general fiction or a thriller I might feel differently.
Read with caution.
