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isalaur's review
3.0
This is a prequel novella and while it has some tugs of interest I really needed more to get me truly invested in the characters and the storyline; to make me want to continue on in the series.
The big shocker would have been an interesting moment had we a)not been getting dual POV and/or were we not aware of the genre we were reading. As it is it’s expected and not anywhere near what it could have been. Personally I’d have ditched the dual POV to keep the reader in a suspense for a while.
The big shocker would have been an interesting moment had we a)not been getting dual POV and/or were we not aware of the genre we were reading. As it is it’s expected and not anywhere near what it could have been. Personally I’d have ditched the dual POV to keep the reader in a suspense for a while.
cadiva's review
4.0
Intriguing sneak peak into a seriously hot spy romanc
This is thrilling, it's like a little bite at the cherry when you know you want to take the whole thing.
I absolutely loved the little twist, very clever, and now I can't wait to get stuck into the full novel.
This was a perfect teaser with just enough given away and one plot line still wrapped up in a short package.
This is thrilling, it's like a little bite at the cherry when you know you want to take the whole thing.
I absolutely loved the little twist, very clever, and now I can't wait to get stuck into the full novel.
This was a perfect teaser with just enough given away and one plot line still wrapped up in a short package.
danielle_s's review
2.0
Read for 2019 Romanceopoly for the Freedom Friars (read an adult LGBT book) space.
I was intrigued by the concept of this -- a hitman falls in love with the bodyguard of the man he's out to kill, but it fell short of the execution for me. I didn't realize that it was just a (short) prequel that wouldn't go into the actual story, but it managed to be just a bit too smutty/dirty for my taste, especially for a book where I wasn't able to become connected to the characters. I will give it shock points for a twist that I never saw coming halfway through (though the twist definitely helped clarify questions that I'd been asking since the beginning). I'm not sure if I enjoyed this enough to pick up the sequel, but it wasn't the worst way to spend half an hour.
I was intrigued by the concept of this -- a hitman falls in love with the bodyguard of the man he's out to kill, but it fell short of the execution for me. I didn't realize that it was just a (short) prequel that wouldn't go into the actual story, but it managed to be just a bit too smutty/dirty for my taste, especially for a book where I wasn't able to become connected to the characters. I will give it shock points for a twist that I never saw coming halfway through (though the twist definitely helped clarify questions that I'd been asking since the beginning). I'm not sure if I enjoyed this enough to pick up the sequel, but it wasn't the worst way to spend half an hour.
dsutton12's review
2.0
Read for 2019 Romanceopoly for the Freedom Friars (read an adult LGBT book) space.
I was intrigued by the concept of this -- a hitman falls in love with the bodyguard of the man he's out to kill, but it fell short of the execution for me. I didn't realize that it was just a (short) prequel that wouldn't go into the actual story, but it managed to be just a bit too smutty/dirty for my taste, especially for a book where I wasn't able to become connected to the characters. I will give it shock points for a twist that I never saw coming halfway through (though the twist definitely helped clarify questions that I'd been asking since the beginning). I'm not sure if I enjoyed this enough to pick up the sequel, but it wasn't the worst way to spend half an hour.
I was intrigued by the concept of this -- a hitman falls in love with the bodyguard of the man he's out to kill, but it fell short of the execution for me. I didn't realize that it was just a (short) prequel that wouldn't go into the actual story, but it managed to be just a bit too smutty/dirty for my taste, especially for a book where I wasn't able to become connected to the characters. I will give it shock points for a twist that I never saw coming halfway through (though the twist definitely helped clarify questions that I'd been asking since the beginning). I'm not sure if I enjoyed this enough to pick up the sequel, but it wasn't the worst way to spend half an hour.
rhodered's review
4.0
Fun, quick, sexy. Very tropey - the leads are both classic types, the bad guys are without nuance, the spies inhumanly skilled... but hey, fun, quick read. NOTE: This is reproduced as chapters 1-8 in the follow-on book. So you don't have to get both.
ariadna's review
5.0
JSYK, this 60-page story are the first 8 chapters of [b:Enemies like You|34939537|Enemies like You (Enemies with Benefits #1)|Joanna Chambers|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1493276904s/34939537.jpg|56207276]. It's currently free on Amazon and deffo worth checking out.
Listen, as soon as I heard Joanna Chambers was dropping an M/M contemporary about an enemies-to-lovers story, I high-tailed it to snag both this story as well as the novel. FWIW, the first couple of chapters are a bit dizzying/confusing and then the penny dropped and I legit went WHAAAAAA? and *__________* and @_______@ ALL AT ONCE!!!!
P.S.: The book is a MILLION KINDS OF YUMMY, ZOMG!!
Listen, as soon as I heard Joanna Chambers was dropping an M/M contemporary about an enemies-to-lovers story, I high-tailed it to snag both this story as well as the novel. FWIW, the first couple of chapters are a bit dizzying/confusing and then the penny dropped and I legit went WHAAAAAA? and *__________* and @_______@ ALL AT ONCE!!!!
P.S.: The book is a MILLION KINDS OF YUMMY, ZOMG!!
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