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zaza_bdp's review
3.0
Une nouvelle en guise de mise en bouche avant un tome qui s'annonce explosif et sans doute riche en rebondissements. Je dois avouer qu'au début j'ai eu de gros moments de solitude concernant l'un des personnages, j'avais l'impression de ne plus rien comprendre, d'avoir mal lu le résumé et/ou d'avoir été trompée sur la marchandise, jusqu'au grand moment WTF de la nouvelle !
Un moment de lecture assez chaud, mais j'avoue être perplexe de voir Will, l'incarnation de l'apha pur et dur, dans une position aussi ... vulnérable. Je trouve que ça ne colle pas avec l'image de macho qu'il donne au début ...
On verra la suite donc.
Un moment de lecture assez chaud, mais j'avoue être perplexe de voir Will, l'incarnation de l'apha pur et dur, dans une position aussi ... vulnérable. Je trouve que ça ne colle pas avec l'image de macho qu'il donne au début ...
On verra la suite donc.
a_reader_obsessed's review
3.0
3.5 Sexy Stars!
That was one hot appetizer to the main course!
What do you get when you mix an ex-military bad ass bent on revenge, with a British spy posing as one of the bad guys “protecting” said enemy? A heady original setup as these two clash and break every single damned rule!
Basically, a free teaser billed as a prologue but really, it’s just the first few chapters of [b:Enemies like You|34939537|Enemies like You (Enemies with Benefits #1)|Annika Martin|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1493276904l/34939537._SY75_.jpg|56207276].
I was titillated, and I’m definitely curious to see how this dynamic plays out!
That was one hot appetizer to the main course!
What do you get when you mix an ex-military bad ass bent on revenge, with a British spy posing as one of the bad guys “protecting” said enemy? A heady original setup as these two clash and break every single damned rule!
Basically, a free teaser billed as a prologue but really, it’s just the first few chapters of [b:Enemies like You|34939537|Enemies like You (Enemies with Benefits #1)|Annika Martin|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1493276904l/34939537._SY75_.jpg|56207276].
I was titillated, and I’m definitely curious to see how this dynamic plays out!
beckyrendon's review
4.0
Tease...this is such a tease
I was confused. Now I'm turned on and confused.
Let's just say that this book has a few surprises even with the blurb spelling it out. This prequel definitely sets a mood and my grabby hands are waiting for Enemies Like Us.
I hope that it won't be nearly as...restrained...😆
I was confused. Now I'm turned on and confused.
Let's just say that this book has a few surprises even with the blurb spelling it out. This prequel definitely sets a mood and my grabby hands are waiting for Enemies Like Us.
I hope that it won't be nearly as...restrained...😆
wildfaeriecaps's review
5.0
Not really my sort of thing at all but it was diverting all the same? Will admit to being curious about the series now.
timitra's review
4.0
Enemies With Benefits
It was not what I was expecting but it was a pleasant surprise nonetheless. I'm looking forward to seeing what happens next.
It was not what I was expecting but it was a pleasant surprise nonetheless. I'm looking forward to seeing what happens next.
bookish_notes's review
2.0
I know this is intended as a short short to introduce the characters in the full-length novel that's being published next month, Enemies Like You. Even as far as shorts go, I can see the potential for the main story, but I'm just not really feeling the connection between Will and Kit. The way we're introduced to Kit is confusing and I hope that more is explained in the novel of how he got his job as a Russian billionaire's bodyguard.
We first meet Will. He's an ex-military man who is now CIA's plan B to kill the Russian billionaire, Polzin. He has no experience as a spy, but after many of the world's best professional hitmen failed in their tasks to kill Polzin, Will's personal vendetta against the man works out in the CIA's favor. They now have someone willing to walk into something akin to a suicide mission to kill Polzin.
The real danger to Will is that there are rumors as to who Polzin's bodyguard is. Someone ruthless and lethal. But no one knows what the bodyguard looks like. Kit isn't what I expected, judging from the descriptions of him and the cover of the full-length novel. Kit's story is more intriguing than Will's, but his...role as Polzin's bodyguard is confusing to me. Or rather, how he got his role playing Polzin's model girlfriend? I thought that we were going to be introduced to a gender fluid character, but it doesn't seem like it after reading Kit's role in this whole thing.
This story isn't quite an enemies-to-lovers storyline. It's building up to be an insta-lust story between the two men who should be enemies. I just really wouldn't say it's an enemies-to-lovers trope from what I've read this this prequel/prologue. The sex scenes are okay?Personally, I just feel like it escalated very quickly between the two characters while there's still so much backstory to unpack. I just found myself skimming towards the end of this story.
One thing to note is that the stories are in first person, and Will (American) has Americanized spellings in his chapters, and Kit (British) has British spellings in his chapters. It kind of throws me off, but I guess I understand why the authors chose to do this.
I'll probably still pick up the full-length novel when it's released May 15, 2017, but so far, I'm not fully convinced of Will and Kit's relationship in this prequel. Maybe Enemies Like You will be able to draw me back into a world of spies and assassins.
We first meet Will. He's an ex-military man who is now CIA's plan B to kill the Russian billionaire, Polzin. He has no experience as a spy, but after many of the world's best professional hitmen failed in their tasks to kill Polzin, Will's personal vendetta against the man works out in the CIA's favor. They now have someone willing to walk into something akin to a suicide mission to kill Polzin.
The real danger to Will is that there are rumors as to who Polzin's bodyguard is. Someone ruthless and lethal. But no one knows what the bodyguard looks like. Kit isn't what I expected, judging from the descriptions of him and the cover of the full-length novel. Kit's story is more intriguing than Will's, but his...role as Polzin's bodyguard is confusing to me. Or rather, how he got his role playing Polzin's model girlfriend? I thought that we were going to be introduced to a gender fluid character, but it doesn't seem like it after reading Kit's role in this whole thing.
This story isn't quite an enemies-to-lovers storyline. It's building up to be an insta-lust story between the two men who should be enemies. I just really wouldn't say it's an enemies-to-lovers trope from what I've read this this prequel/prologue. The sex scenes are okay?Personally, I just feel like it escalated very quickly between the two characters while there's still so much backstory to unpack. I just found myself skimming towards the end of this story.
One thing to note is that the stories are in first person, and Will (American) has Americanized spellings in his chapters, and Kit (British) has British spellings in his chapters. It kind of throws me off, but I guess I understand why the authors chose to do this.
I'll probably still pick up the full-length novel when it's released May 15, 2017, but so far, I'm not fully convinced of Will and Kit's relationship in this prequel. Maybe Enemies Like You will be able to draw me back into a world of spies and assassins.
papercranestitches's review
4.0
I'm used to authors releasing a #0.5 in a series after they've released Book 1 - either as a way to "rewind" and reward readers with additional scenes of the characters they already love from the full-length novel, or, as a short story about secondary characters from Book 1 that, despite the author's original intention, demanded their own story. But [b:Enemies with Benefits|34949954|Enemies with Benefits (Enemies with Benefits, #0.5)|Joanna Chambers|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1493068648s/34949954.jpg|56277587] is neither of those things; it is an extended prologue - the first 8 chapters of Book 1, released as a teaser in anticipation of the full-length novel.
And it's good. It establishes the characters fully and makes you want to pre-order the shit out of the full-length novel in order to find out how these two men - who have the same goal, yet find themselves on opposite sides of this conflict - work things out. It's also well-paced, well-written and super sexy (manties, forceful blow jobs and self-gratification in the shower, oh my!).
But now that Book 1 is released, there is ZERO POINT in reading this "novella." Skip it and pick up [b:Enemies like You|34939537|Enemies like You (Enemies with Benefits #1)|Joanna Chambers|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1493276904s/34939537.jpg|56207276] instead.
And it's good. It establishes the characters fully and makes you want to pre-order the shit out of the full-length novel in order to find out how these two men - who have the same goal, yet find themselves on opposite sides of this conflict - work things out. It's also well-paced, well-written and super sexy (manties, forceful blow jobs and self-gratification in the shower, oh my!).
But now that Book 1 is released, there is ZERO POINT in reading this "novella." Skip it and pick up [b:Enemies like You|34939537|Enemies like You (Enemies with Benefits #1)|Joanna Chambers|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1493276904s/34939537.jpg|56207276] instead.