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3.67 AVERAGE
3.67 AVERAGE
Why oh why did I wait so long before reading this one, it's been sitting on my kindle for ages. I love pretty much everything from this author.
First of all: thank you for being the book that broke the Sucky Romance Curse I was under.
This is a Good romance book.
We have an original and kind of unexpected starter and then all the steps are well followed.
The couple had TONS of chemistry and the sexual tension is well balanced with the cuteness and affection side of the relationship.
I liked how it was paced, didn't feel rushed.
The angst did took a huge part of the book but it was and external born angst, not miscommunication bullshit. So points for that!
What makes this book memorable?
The couple itself.
Paul is 45 years old, a Navy Captain and he wants to become and admiral.
Sean is a 24 years old students that works as a taxi driver to have some cash.
Huge age gap that is not glossed over, it's a plot point but it's not a relationship breaker. This is absolutely an healthy, respectful relationship okay? I loved this because exactly how well the author handled it.
Paul is suffering from his old injuries from his time as a pilot and the way disability was portrayed and how Paul was expecting judgement and instead got support and honest affection...be still my heart.
Sean is a Navy brat and that was a source of pain for him, giving up on friends and relationship and his home over and over again...and because Paul is his father Commanding Officer now even Paul is taken from him...THIS is the angst point and yes!
Not the age, not the miscommunication but actual real life bad luck.
And Sean stands up for himself! Great!
The end was a bit too much of a fairy tale and a bit dramatic but over all I ship it enough that I can coo at it and take it in stride. Over all suuuuper nice!
I'm currently reading book 2 and if the talk about disability and PTSD interested you here I would recommend Afraid to Fly too because that topic becomes focus and in my opinion is greatly handled ^^
This is a Good romance book.
We have an original and kind of unexpected starter and then all the steps are well followed.
The couple had TONS of chemistry and the sexual tension is well balanced with the cuteness and affection side of the relationship.
I liked how it was paced, didn't feel rushed.
The angst did took a huge part of the book but it was and external born angst, not miscommunication bullshit. So points for that!
What makes this book memorable?
The couple itself.
Paul is 45 years old, a Navy Captain and he wants to become and admiral.
Sean is a 24 years old students that works as a taxi driver to have some cash.
Huge age gap that is not glossed over, it's a plot point but it's not a relationship breaker. This is absolutely an healthy, respectful relationship okay? I loved this because exactly how well the author handled it.
Paul is suffering from his old injuries from his time as a pilot and the way disability was portrayed and how Paul was expecting judgement and instead got support and honest affection...be still my heart.
Sean is a Navy brat and that was a source of pain for him, giving up on friends and relationship and his home over and over again...and because Paul is his father Commanding Officer now even Paul is taken from him...THIS is the angst point and yes!
Not the age, not the miscommunication but actual real life bad luck.
And Sean stands up for himself! Great!
The end was a bit too much of a fairy tale and a bit dramatic but over all I ship it enough that I can coo at it and take it in stride. Over all suuuuper nice!
I'm currently reading book 2 and if the talk about disability and PTSD interested you here I would recommend Afraid to Fly too because that topic becomes focus and in my opinion is greatly handled ^^
"He shoved my jeans and boxers down over my hips, and the weight of my belt, wallet and phone dropped it all to the ground with a quiet clink of the buckle hitting gravel." Now you can just hear the clink of the belt. LA Witt's writing just brings the action to life - you can see, hear and feel every word, every sound her characters utter. "And I was coming. I blinked, and the next thing I knew, I was in the middle of a can't-breathe, can't-moan, can't-fucking-move orgasm." One of the reasons I so enjoy romance is because I want to watch my MCs actively fall in love and that's what happens to LA's MCs. Sean and Paul, two very different men in more ways than one, move toward that all encompassing love through heartache, each realizing that their relationship is all kinds of wrong - but they fall in love anyway. There was a little bit of repetition with the back and forth but it was believable. Great secondary character in Travis who is featured in book two of the Anchor Point series. Just loved the end - emotional, sweet with a little bit of unknown. Brilliant read!!
This was an intriguing May/December romance. The age, job, and internal conflicts were repeated too often but not horribly so, and it ends really well. The title is perfect. I'm happy I read it and I wish the second in this series lived up to this one.
Romance & lust across the generations. L.A. Witt writes well, and the affair is hot and...not unconvincing. But I need more in a book. The conflict here is entirely environmental - Paul is Sean's father's boss. But that aside there isn't any grit to the story. And as soon as Paul *and* Sean's father decide to retire so that Paul can be with Sean the story is over - oh, apart from one of my pet peeves, the OTT public proposal . A bit meh, unfortunately.