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3.64 AVERAGE
3.64 AVERAGE
First of all, let me say that the love scenes are super steamy!! I There were so many emotions going through my mind as I was reading this book- excitement, frustration, sadness, joy, etc. I won't give the book away, but I will say that I hoped for a different ending for Olivia. The romantic situation was unlike anything I had ever read before, and the modern lifestyle was something to take in. I felt more in agreement with Olivia's family. Meredith's writing is fantastic, and the book is a fitting end to the Bridge series. I would recommend the book!
Love happened unrealistically fast, so story felt very rushed.
Wow! This series has gotten better with every book and I'm sad to see it end.
Olivia Bridge has spent her life being a "good girl" in the land of privilege. Despite her decision to gain more independence from her parents (who have very specific ideas of how a "lady" should live her life), Olivia has remained the tenuous connection between her two older brothers and her parents. Suddenly, she is faced with an unconventional romance that may threaten her very foundation. Olivia finds herself unexpectedly involved with two men: Will, with a similar background to her own and a life troubled by circumstances he did not create and Ian, her brother's friend whom she has known for quite some time, but considered off-limits due to his reputation with other women. How will she choose between them? Should she have to?
This book was an intense read that I finished in just a few hours. It's a romantic story that is not typical, but remains at different times endearing, sexy, funny, and heart-breaking. I would definitely recommend it to readers who enjoy non-traditional romance.
Olivia Bridge has spent her life being a "good girl" in the land of privilege. Despite her decision to gain more independence from her parents (who have very specific ideas of how a "lady" should live her life), Olivia has remained the tenuous connection between her two older brothers and her parents. Suddenly, she is faced with an unconventional romance that may threaten her very foundation. Olivia finds herself unexpectedly involved with two men: Will, with a similar background to her own and a life troubled by circumstances he did not create and Ian, her brother's friend whom she has known for quite some time, but considered off-limits due to his reputation with other women. How will she choose between them? Should she have to?
This book was an intense read that I finished in just a few hours. It's a romantic story that is not typical, but remains at different times endearing, sexy, funny, and heart-breaking. I would definitely recommend it to readers who enjoy non-traditional romance.
I just really didn’t like this book at all. It was just weird to me and not a good story line and extremely unrealistic. Not my favorite from her.
challenging
tense
fast-paced
Strong character development:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Going into Over the Edge, I knew there was going to be a love triangle. I'm not a huge fan of love triangles in the YA fantasy books I normally read and it's not very common in romance books but I thought I would give it a shot. Apparently, I had the wrong idea of what "love triangle" meant in contemporary romance because as it turns out, love triangle is actually equal to two sexual partners. I don't know what I was expecting exactly but that was not it lol. I honestly thought that Olivia's heart would be torn emotionally between two men, and while this is true, it was the having sex with two people that took me by surprise, and what I must admit, made me a little uncomfortable.
Personally, I don't believe in having more than one partner. It's not my cup of tea and I just don't see how it can possibly work. I know that Olivia, Will, and Ian found a way to make their three-way relationship "work" in the end but I just wasn't able to wrap my head around it. It was definitely a bit unusual and uncomfortable for me and because of that, I wasn't able to enjoy this book as much as I had hoped to especially because I was expecting something a little less... Rated X. I know that there are people in the world that are in open relationships and have more than one sexual partner so I hope I don't offend anyone with this review. Ultimately, this book just wasn't for me even though I did enjoy some parts of the story.
Over the Edge did start off really strong for me in the beginning. I loved the idea of Olivia and Will. As for Ian, I liked him as a character but I just didn't love him with Olivia. Their relationship felt super rushed compared to Olivia and Will. The only moment that showed development between Olivia and Ian to me was when Ian brought Olivia to his father's studio to paint. Besides that, everything between them felt more sexual than anything. Olivia and Will's relationship felt more promising and we could've developed and explored their relationship more if Ian wasn't in the picture. Long story short, because it was a three-way relationship, both relationships felt very underdeveloped. You would think that putting both relationships would make the picture whole, but because we were split between two different men and two different relationships, I felt like I didn't really connect with either pairing.
Don't get me wrong, there were definitely some steamy scenes between Olivia/Will and Olivia/Ian. And even though I wasn't on board with the multiple partners idea, I did find their ménage à trois scenes just as steamy and sometimes even more. Although the steamy scenes did their job, I couldn't connect with either relationship on an emotional level. If I can't ship them as two separate pairs, I don't think I could ship them together as a trio.
It might just be me and my lack of understanding or belief in relationships with multiple partners but I think it's safe to say that this book just wasn't for me. I did find myself intrigued, and I did enjoy some parts of the story but this wasn't my cup of tea. I just had to give this a try because I love Meredith Wild as an author and I adored On My Knees. I was expecting something a little more sweet and fluffy, so it really turned out different than I expected. But I've loved everything else that Meredith has wrote so one bad book isn't going to stop me from reading her future work! :)
Personally, I don't believe in having more than one partner. It's not my cup of tea and I just don't see how it can possibly work. I know that Olivia, Will, and Ian found a way to make their three-way relationship "work" in the end but I just wasn't able to wrap my head around it. It was definitely a bit unusual and uncomfortable for me and because of that, I wasn't able to enjoy this book as much as I had hoped to especially because I was expecting something a little less... Rated X. I know that there are people in the world that are in open relationships and have more than one sexual partner so I hope I don't offend anyone with this review. Ultimately, this book just wasn't for me even though I did enjoy some parts of the story.
Over the Edge did start off really strong for me in the beginning. I loved the idea of Olivia and Will. As for Ian, I liked him as a character but I just didn't love him with Olivia. Their relationship felt super rushed compared to Olivia and Will. The only moment that showed development between Olivia and Ian to me was when Ian brought Olivia to his father's studio to paint. Besides that, everything between them felt more sexual than anything. Olivia and Will's relationship felt more promising and we could've developed and explored their relationship more if Ian wasn't in the picture. Long story short, because it was a three-way relationship, both relationships felt very underdeveloped. You would think that putting both relationships would make the picture whole, but because we were split between two different men and two different relationships, I felt like I didn't really connect with either pairing.
Don't get me wrong, there were definitely some steamy scenes between Olivia/Will and Olivia/Ian. And even though I wasn't on board with the multiple partners idea, I did find their ménage à trois scenes just as steamy and sometimes even more. Although the steamy scenes did their job, I couldn't connect with either relationship on an emotional level. If I can't ship them as two separate pairs, I don't think I could ship them together as a trio.
It might just be me and my lack of understanding or belief in relationships with multiple partners but I think it's safe to say that this book just wasn't for me. I did find myself intrigued, and I did enjoy some parts of the story but this wasn't my cup of tea. I just had to give this a try because I love Meredith Wild as an author and I adored On My Knees. I was expecting something a little more sweet and fluffy, so it really turned out different than I expected. But I've loved everything else that Meredith has wrote so one bad book isn't going to stop me from reading her future work! :)
Really enjoyed this one! Quite different from the first two.
The Best of the Series!
This has to be my favorite of the Bridge series. I love a good forbidden romance. Meredith Wild left no disappoints with Over the Edge! Ian, Will, and Olivia's story is the definition of sexy and sensual with the most swoonworthy guys who'd have any woman happily stepping out of her comfort zone to be with them!
This has to be my favorite of the Bridge series. I love a good forbidden romance. Meredith Wild left no disappoints with Over the Edge! Ian, Will, and Olivia's story is the definition of sexy and sensual with the most swoonworthy guys who'd have any woman happily stepping out of her comfort zone to be with them!
MFM. Unlikeable characters. No relationship development. Lackluster sex.
Olivia was insecure and weak and lied to herself. She was not forced to exchange sex for Will to maintain her design dream. She was not getting paid so she did not have the threat of losing her job. She could have gone to her very protective brother to defend her building design. That is why she didn't tell her brother about Will's offer. No, Will was playing a game with her and she did not own it for what it was. She wanted to play too.
Olivia had a history of going along with her family like the dutiful daughter. She did the same with Will and submissively went along with his sexual power plays, including bringing Ian into the game.
Will was a manipulative soulless pig and was proud to admit it. Ian was friends with Olivia's brother and they had saved each other lives as fire fighters. He only felt a tad of guilt and disloyalty before joining Will in sharing Olivia. Both guys were such man whores it was doubtful they could be monogamous.
It was unbelievable instant love for these unlikable characters. There was no relationship development. There was no togetherness - no page time where they functioned together as a trio - except for sex. It was weird. Will actually spent more energy protecting his business partner and former fuck buddy Jia. These three individuals had very obvious personal and family issues that were never addressed, much less resolved. It was all rather shallow. The ending was rushed and the epilogue sounded as though they didn't even live together.
The sex was so non descriptive it wasn't even hot. Very disappointing because the main reason for reading a ménage is for the sex.
Olivia was insecure and weak and lied to herself. She was not forced to exchange sex for Will to maintain her design dream. She was not getting paid so she did not have the threat of losing her job. She could have gone to her very protective brother to defend her building design. That is why she didn't tell her brother about Will's offer. No, Will was playing a game with her and she did not own it for what it was. She wanted to play too.
Olivia had a history of going along with her family like the dutiful daughter. She did the same with Will and submissively went along with his sexual power plays, including bringing Ian into the game.
Will was a manipulative soulless pig and was proud to admit it. Ian was friends with Olivia's brother and they had saved each other lives as fire fighters. He only felt a tad of guilt and disloyalty before joining Will in sharing Olivia. Both guys were such man whores it was doubtful they could be monogamous.
It was unbelievable instant love for these unlikable characters. There was no relationship development. There was no togetherness - no page time where they functioned together as a trio - except for sex. It was weird. Will actually spent more energy protecting his business partner and former fuck buddy Jia. These three individuals had very obvious personal and family issues that were never addressed, much less resolved. It was all rather shallow. The ending was rushed and the epilogue sounded as though they didn't even live together.
The sex was so non descriptive it wasn't even hot. Very disappointing because the main reason for reading a ménage is for the sex.
First off, let me just say, oh, my goodness. My fingers are still virtually scorched from scrolling the pages of this smoking hot book. Meredith Wild, you might have broken my e-reader with this one. Seriously, seriously steamy, y'all.
Okay, so, this book. I already knew Olivia from the other Bridge books, and was happy to see that she would be getting her own story. Olivia is really striking out on her own for the first time, finally removing herself from her parents' orbit. When she meets Will Donovan, she's ready to stand her ground to get what she wants, but, Lord, so is he. It was clear after their first dinner that there was going to be all sorts of shenanigans going on.
Will's got his own share of backstory. As the son of Bill Donovan, he's determined not to let his father misdeeds bleed over into his life. Used to calling all the shots and doing things his way, and not expecting at all to fall so hard so fast for Olivia, but fall he does, and he is a goner.
A moment of disclaimer here: I love Meredith Wild, so I'm going to happily read any and everything that she writes. So, did I really, really read the blurb for this book? No, not more than a cursory glance, because I knew that I would be diving in the moment that I could. So, I am going to also reveal that I was more than a little surprised by the appearance of one Ian Savo, and the role that he plays in this book. And, just, oh, my gosh. *fans self* Will's and Olivia's relationship just wouldn't be complete without Ian, and he certainly quickly earned a place in my heart. This is not the first time that I've read this particular trope, but, dang, Meredith can write some group activity like nobody's business.
Meredith has written another book that I throughly enjoyed, and that I will happily recommend. OVER THE EDGE is well-crafted, populated with characters that grabbed me from the moment that I met them, and is one heck of a ride. 4.5 white hot stars for this book. You really do not want to miss this one, so check it out now. NOTE: This is the third book in Meredith's Bridges series, and, while it can be read as a standalone, I highly suggest reading the others first, just so you know the backstories on everyone.
***ARC generously provided for an honest review.***