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missysreadingcorner's review against another edition
5.0
This book was much more exciting and dangerous than the first two books, which I enjoyed. The sex scenes were sweet yet hot. I chose to listen to the audio version of this book and I'm glad I did. I'm a fan of John Solo's work and he did a great job with the different voices, especially Spook. I can't wait to start the next one.
frothy's review against another edition
3.0
I never got a sense of what this guy looked like. Otherwise the story was pretty good.
apostrophen's review
3.0
Okay, I'm struggling a bit with this review. Here's the thing - the Bronco's Boys series has been fun so far. The first book, [b:Inside Out|18690234|Inside Out (Bronco's Boys #1)|Andrew Grey|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1382253058s/18690234.jpg|26536012] was a blast - a former mercenary (now bouncer) and a wee fellow who is ticklish and decides to base a comic book character on the mercenary have a meet-cute and a romance and despite some familial upset and the mercenary's dark past, they make it. The second book, [b:Upside Down|22822208|Upside Down (Bronco's Boys #2)|Andrew Grey|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1406443274s/22822208.jpg|42374889] had another mercenary/assassin type show up and ask the first one for help, and in the meanwhile he connects with and gets entangled with one of the wee guy's friends. You see the pattern - big burly guys and the four fabulous twink-ish fellows, and I think it's a fun idea.
In the first two books, there are some dangerous moments for the love interests of the former mercenary types - a gun held on someone, a potential kidnapping - but the resolution comes pretty quickly and the characters gather around and the romance plays out in a fun way.
In this book, I was surprised and jarred by the inclusion of a sexual assault. It really threw me far away from romance, and the reconnection with the love interests that happened thereafter felt off and too immediate. I'm not saying the "danger" tone wasn't present in the other two books - it was - but this one pushed it to a place I wasn't expecting, and the fact that the rape didn't quite happen (it almost does, but gets interrupted) didn't really lessen that jarring effect. I really wasn't expecting something quite that dark in a romance.
Now, I listened to this as an audiobook, and I was out and about when I got to that scene. Had I been reading a book physically, I might have just put it down. I kept listening (I think I was walking the dog) and so I finished the book - but it really changed the overall feel of the narrative for me.
Speaking of the audibook performance, the same reader as for the first two books was back, and this time the voices were quite a bit better (though Spook from book two still has that awful Christian Bale "Batman" voice). Tristan and Harry were a good couple, though I wanted to shake Tristan a few times and beg him to grow up. He came across as very immature compared to the other guys in the fabulous foursome.
Also, while Harry is a great guy he's no Bull (or Spook). Harry himself didn't really accomplish much, in fact - I think I would have preferred Harry turn out to have had a military background himself, or something like that, because basically all he did in this book was burn some CDs and ask Spook and Bull for help. Bull and Spook are the agents of change in this book, not Harry. Compared to the other two, Harry comes off as kind of boring and plain.
I feel like I've said very little positive about this audiobook, and I want to make sure that's not the overall tone I'm leaving you with. I did enjoy this, but compared to the other two, Harry fell a little flat and the story as a whole had a much darker tone. I'm definitely going to pick up the fourth audiobook as well - I want Kevin's story (and I'm hoping the cop is the romantic interest there), but I won't really mind if Harry and Tristan are barely present for book four.
In the first two books, there are some dangerous moments for the love interests of the former mercenary types - a gun held on someone, a potential kidnapping - but the resolution comes pretty quickly and the characters gather around and the romance plays out in a fun way.
In this book, I was surprised and jarred by the inclusion of a sexual assault. It really threw me far away from romance, and the reconnection with the love interests that happened thereafter felt off and too immediate. I'm not saying the "danger" tone wasn't present in the other two books - it was - but this one pushed it to a place I wasn't expecting, and the fact that the rape didn't quite happen (it almost does, but gets interrupted) didn't really lessen that jarring effect. I really wasn't expecting something quite that dark in a romance.
Now, I listened to this as an audiobook, and I was out and about when I got to that scene. Had I been reading a book physically, I might have just put it down. I kept listening (I think I was walking the dog) and so I finished the book - but it really changed the overall feel of the narrative for me.
Speaking of the audibook performance, the same reader as for the first two books was back, and this time the voices were quite a bit better (though Spook from book two still has that awful Christian Bale "Batman" voice). Tristan and Harry were a good couple, though I wanted to shake Tristan a few times and beg him to grow up. He came across as very immature compared to the other guys in the fabulous foursome.
Also, while Harry is a great guy he's no Bull (or Spook). Harry himself didn't really accomplish much, in fact - I think I would have preferred Harry turn out to have had a military background himself, or something like that, because basically all he did in this book was burn some CDs and ask Spook and Bull for help. Bull and Spook are the agents of change in this book, not Harry. Compared to the other two, Harry comes off as kind of boring and plain.
I feel like I've said very little positive about this audiobook, and I want to make sure that's not the overall tone I'm leaving you with. I did enjoy this, but compared to the other two, Harry fell a little flat and the story as a whole had a much darker tone. I'm definitely going to pick up the fourth audiobook as well - I want Kevin's story (and I'm hoping the cop is the romantic interest there), but I won't really mind if Harry and Tristan are barely present for book four.
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