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3.68 AVERAGE
3.68 AVERAGE
This was such a quick & steamy read. We have dual pov which we can see how they both wanted each other but something just keep them from going all out. Nothing is easy on a angsty novel I just wish we had more relationship buildup even before her husband died so we could feel the anguish of the H a little bit more.
Enjoyed an angsty, forbidden, steamy romance after so long! Loads of spice alert
DNF. There was too much internal dialog about how much they wanted each other and couldn't have each other. The story didn't move forward. I didn't even get to a plot before I quit.
challenging
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Skip the audio book on this one. The lady narrator is pretty awesome and I would have preferred that she do both protagonists voice. The narrator for Knox was just bad, cheesy bad, making the love scenes legit spit my drink out hysterical. I just couldn't. I fast forwarded through all of the sex scenes where he was the one talking.
With that said... this could be hot but I wouldn't know. This all about the story for me.
Character and plot wise... I thought it was well developed. I thought it was all believable. From the grief, the desire to want more in life, regrettable first impressions, feeling an attraction to someone society would deem wrong or strange, to the vile words spewed by the mom; all of it felt real and possible. I can even say that by the end of this book, after getting all the details of how everything went down, getting with your dead husbands brother/getting with your dead brothers wife is not as taboo as it sounds. Yet, something didn't sit right with me after reading this novel. I walked away thinking "live your life the best way you can". The mood created in this book is that absolutely everything was wrong. I didn't feel like it would have been ok at all. I didn't want to feel that way. I wanted to feel like it is what it is and it's going to be ok because it was meant to be this way.
There were hints of that but it was so little and so late in the book that I still felt bad.
Since reading this book back in Sept, I've read at least 4 more books with this trope and not one made me feel it was taboo and some could have really felt that way. So here is the difference...
Eden kept comparing Knox to his brother/her deceased husband. I mean all the damn time. Even while they were having sex. These other books I read not once compared the person they were with to their ex, who again was the sibling. I mean of course it's going to be freaking awkward too if you keep calling the one you romantically love a sister or brother! Both Knox and Eden did this to save face. This was just not done right.
On another note--- IN THE HISTORY OF NEVER has Ukrainian Village been considered slumming it or a rough part of town. NEVER. I tell you I hate when Chicago things are mentioned. You might say stop reading it but I didn't know that this was based in Chicago.
With that said... this could be hot but I wouldn't know. This all about the story for me.
Character and plot wise... I thought it was well developed. I thought it was all believable. From the grief, the desire to want more in life, regrettable first impressions, feeling an attraction to someone society would deem wrong or strange, to the vile words spewed by the mom; all of it felt real and possible. I can even say that by the end of this book, after getting all the details of how everything went down, getting with your dead husbands brother/getting with your dead brothers wife is not as taboo as it sounds. Yet, something didn't sit right with me after reading this novel. I walked away thinking "live your life the best way you can". The mood created in this book is that absolutely everything was wrong. I didn't feel like it would have been ok at all. I didn't want to feel that way. I wanted to feel like it is what it is and it's going to be ok because it was meant to be this way.
There were hints of that but it was so little and so late in the book that I still felt bad.
Since reading this book back in Sept, I've read at least 4 more books with this trope and not one made me feel it was taboo and some could have really felt that way. So here is the difference...
Eden kept comparing Knox to his brother/her deceased husband. I mean all the damn time. Even while they were having sex. These other books I read not once compared the person they were with to their ex, who again was the sibling. I mean of course it's going to be freaking awkward too if you keep calling the one you romantically love a sister or brother! Both Knox and Eden did this to save face. This was just not done right.
On another note--- IN THE HISTORY OF NEVER has Ukrainian Village been considered slumming it or a rough part of town. NEVER. I tell you I hate when Chicago things are mentioned. You might say stop reading it but I didn't know that this was based in Chicago.
fast-paced
dark
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
emotional
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
The angst was angsting and the tension could be cut with a knife! Ugh - new fave unlocked!
Sin & Ink is one of those books that’s been on my TBR for awhile solely for the cover and I kept forgetting to pick it up. So when I looked through my books for the #sizzlinghotcovers challenge I’m hosting with @inkiereads and @theromanticbibliotheca I knew this one would work.
With a little taboo mixed in due to Eden being the widow to Knox’s brother. While Knox may have been in love at first sight with Eden he has always remained distant from her. He gave her a job at his tattoo shop to get her back on her feet, and she has thrived there.
Being so close to her though drives him crazy. There was so much tension tied into his want for her but also his guilt for his brothers death. Having been the one to introduce him to the MMA world where he was once a champion.
There was a lot of push pull that you could feel the tension until it snapped. And oh boy did it snap bringing all the steam that you could want. A great read and glad I could use it in the challenge.
With a little taboo mixed in due to Eden being the widow to Knox’s brother. While Knox may have been in love at first sight with Eden he has always remained distant from her. He gave her a job at his tattoo shop to get her back on her feet, and she has thrived there.
Being so close to her though drives him crazy. There was so much tension tied into his want for her but also his guilt for his brothers death. Having been the one to introduce him to the MMA world where he was once a champion.
There was a lot of push pull that you could feel the tension until it snapped. And oh boy did it snap bringing all the steam that you could want. A great read and glad I could use it in the challenge.