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rachael_45's review against another edition
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
melodicfate's review against another edition
3.0
3.5 stars.
This was just the thing I needed. Quick, steamy, and an overall easy read. I didn't connect with the characters extremely well, but they were both likable enough. Lucy was an awesome attorney, with intelligence. She was also a reader of romance novels, which I liked. Gideon was an alpha hero, and sometimes so much so, it annoyed me. I mean, telling someone what they can't wear...nope. But still, he wasn't a bad guy, despite his weird insistence to the contrary. He knew right from wrong, and did his best to treat Lucy with care. Overall, I liked the friends-to-lovers plot. The story told the tale of how Lucy, insecure because of her cheating boyfriend who also made her feel bad about herself, made an agreement with Gideon who knew her ex was cheating, and who had always loved her from afar. Lucy made a contract with Gideon to find her a husband, as well as offer her lessons in intimacy. I thought it was well-done overall, and I'm intrigued to look up Katee Robert's backlist.
This was just the thing I needed. Quick, steamy, and an overall easy read. I didn't connect with the characters extremely well, but they were both likable enough. Lucy was an awesome attorney, with intelligence. She was also a reader of romance novels, which I liked. Gideon was an alpha hero, and sometimes so much so, it annoyed me. I mean, telling someone what they can't wear...nope. But still, he wasn't a bad guy, despite his weird insistence to the contrary. He knew right from wrong, and did his best to treat Lucy with care. Overall, I liked the friends-to-lovers plot. The story told the tale of how Lucy, insecure because of her cheating boyfriend who also made her feel bad about herself, made an agreement with Gideon who knew her ex was cheating, and who had always loved her from afar. Lucy made a contract with Gideon to find her a husband, as well as offer her lessons in intimacy. I thought it was well-done overall, and I'm intrigued to look up Katee Robert's backlist.
beckiebookworm1974's review against another edition
4.0
🌟🌟🌟🌟STARS
ARC-BOOK REVIEW
Release Date-22/2/18
Make Me Want (Make Me, #1) by Katee Robert was such an enjoyable read.
It tells the story of Lucy Baudin and Gideon Novak (love the name, Gideon BTW).
When Lucy needs a husband to progress in her job at her law firm she calls in a favour from former friend Gideon.
Gideon once the best friend of Lucy's former fiancee and also the individual that had broken the news of Lucy's fiancee's infidelities is wallowing in guilt.
Not only did it take him a month to come clean to Lucy about her cheating fiancee and break her heart in the progress he has also been madly in love with Lucy for years.
So when she calls in a favour how can he say no.
Gideon is a very successful headhunter by profession but he can honestly say that this is the first time he has been asked to procure a husband for a client, not that this would stop him from completing this unusual task, he would do anything in his power to make Lucy happy.
On top of this said ex-fiancee has done a massive number on Lucy making her doubt her whole appeal and worth as a woman in all the ways that actually matter and as a result of this Lucy asks Gideon to be her coach in all things sensual.
Gideon agrees on one condition he gets Lucy exclusively for the duration of these lessons.
But It's not long before all the rules are being thrown out the window as the two former friends begin to connect in ways that Gideon has been dreaming of for years.
So "Make Me Want" was a fantastic read, it has such flow and ease about it that I had no trouble getting lost here.
I loved both the main characters and was rooting For Lucy to see Gideon as the only contender for her love and affections.
And Gideon himself I just wanted him to spill the beans and reveal all in regard to his heart's desire.
They were both such easy characters to like and feel a connection with.
Which I'm happy to say I did, feeling so invested in the outcome of there overall relationship practically from the beginning here.
It also helped massively that Gideon's and Lucy's chemistry was extremely explosive setting the pages alight with its intensity.
It was also so refreshing to simply read a book where the characters laid themselves bare, exposing their vulnerabilities without apology.
There were few secondary characters here but what did appear were great and added an additional flavour to the overall story.
So I found "Make Me Want" to be a fabulous new contemporary that in my opinion delivered on all fronts.
I found it a fresh sexy addition to its genre and am happy to recommend this enjoyable tale.
I was provided with an ARC of "Make Me Want" By Netgalley of which I have reviewed voluntary.
All opinions expressed are entirely my own.
Reviewed By Beckie Bookworm.
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filipacarvalho's review
lighthearted
relaxing
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
4.25
saschadarlington's review against another edition
4.0
Make Me Want is the first novel I’ve read from Harlequin’s new Dare line:
“Harlequin Dare stories push the boundaries of sexual explicitness while keeping the focus on the developing romantic relationship. Come meet the sexiest men alive!” from Harlequin.
So, honestly, I didn’t know what to expect. Many of the sexually explicit novels I’ve read in the past few years have blurred together because they offer nothing new, each seeming to have jumped on the Fifty Shades of Grey bandwagon so it’s like hearing a tune covered over and over by different singers without change-up or finesse.
read more: https://saschadarlington.me/2018/03/01/review-of-make-me-want/
“Harlequin Dare stories push the boundaries of sexual explicitness while keeping the focus on the developing romantic relationship. Come meet the sexiest men alive!” from Harlequin.
So, honestly, I didn’t know what to expect. Many of the sexually explicit novels I’ve read in the past few years have blurred together because they offer nothing new, each seeming to have jumped on the Fifty Shades of Grey bandwagon so it’s like hearing a tune covered over and over by different singers without change-up or finesse.
read more: https://saschadarlington.me/2018/03/01/review-of-make-me-want/
fatkidatheartreads's review against another edition
lighthearted
3.0
"Whatever version of your future you're aiming for, make room for me."
Gideon was such a good 'teacher' but I needed him to grovel more. That ending left me feeling a little unsatisfied. Also, no matter how many times the author described Lucy as a white woman with blue eyes, I kept picturing her as a hot black woman. I don't even know why 😂😂 but it worked better that way...at least for me.
Gideon was such a good 'teacher' but I needed him to grovel more. That ending left me feeling a little unsatisfied. Also, no matter how many times the author described Lucy as a white woman with blue eyes, I kept picturing her as a hot black woman. I don't even know why 😂😂 but it worked better that way...at least for me.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
kthudson15's review
emotional
lighthearted
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? No
4.0
verityw's review against another edition
3.0
***Copy from NetGalley in return for an honest review****
Extremely hot and steamy, this is a modern take on the marriage of convenience trope, with a side helping of secret crush, friends to lovers, inexperienced lover and matchmaker who falls for his client. That all makes it sound quite complicated and cluttered, but really it's not until the final denouement which feels a little rushed and not quite as well worked through as you'd want. My first book by this author and I enjoyed it enough that I'd look out for more by her.
Extremely hot and steamy, this is a modern take on the marriage of convenience trope, with a side helping of secret crush, friends to lovers, inexperienced lover and matchmaker who falls for his client. That all makes it sound quite complicated and cluttered, but really it's not until the final denouement which feels a little rushed and not quite as well worked through as you'd want. My first book by this author and I enjoyed it enough that I'd look out for more by her.
stephinthestacks's review
emotional
hopeful
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5