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A review by thereadingfaery
Hard as Steel by Laura Kaye
4.0
*Check out the original review and more at http://www.confessionsofabookfreak.blogspot.com*
*I recieved an ARC in exchange for an honest review*
"Jessica Jakes had been lusting after Ike Young from almost the day she met him, back when she was a newbie piercer at Hard Ink Tattoo and Ike first came looking for a job as an artist."
This was so much better than I expected. The characters, the writing, the plot. It was great.
"No matter how hot Jessica Jakes was--and she was like goddamn molten lava with her tight Little body, inked porcelain skin, and smart mouth--she was precisely the kind of woman Ike had vowed never to get twisted up with again. A woman in trouble."
Let’s start with the best thing about this novella.
Often in novellas, insta-love happens. I get why, but that doesn’t mean I like it. Thing is, it doesn’t seem real to me. I don’t think you can fall in love overnight, it happens over time. This is one of the main reasons why I don’t often read novellas, unless it’s from a favorite author or series.
That wasn’t the case in this novella, though. Jessica and Ike has known each other for a while, and there’s tension and attraction there already, and a lot of messy emotions. There’s a lot of focus on that, and less focus on the action, which I didn’t mind as much as I thought it would, because the characters and their interaction with each other made it plenty interesting and tense.
I loved getting to know the characters.
They are realistic and have depth, and I couldn’t help but want to know how it would work out for them. Kaye has done something in this novella that I’ve never seen before; she has created something with the characters that I’ve only seen in books, never novellas. I really got to know them, and started to care about them. I couldn’t put it away, because I had to know what would happen to them.
The writing is great.
It really pulls you in and keeps you in until the very last page. At first, I was a little disappointed in the lack of action, but then I realized that the tension between Jessica and Ike was enough to keep it interesting. For the first time ever, it didn’t need more action.
I am thoroughly impressed by this novella. It’s one of the best novellas I have ever read. Hard as Steel is an intense, sweet, sexy read, filled to the brim with emotion and heat.
*I recieved an ARC in exchange for an honest review*
"Jessica Jakes had been lusting after Ike Young from almost the day she met him, back when she was a newbie piercer at Hard Ink Tattoo and Ike first came looking for a job as an artist."
This was so much better than I expected. The characters, the writing, the plot. It was great.
"No matter how hot Jessica Jakes was--and she was like goddamn molten lava with her tight Little body, inked porcelain skin, and smart mouth--she was precisely the kind of woman Ike had vowed never to get twisted up with again. A woman in trouble."
Let’s start with the best thing about this novella.
Often in novellas, insta-love happens. I get why, but that doesn’t mean I like it. Thing is, it doesn’t seem real to me. I don’t think you can fall in love overnight, it happens over time. This is one of the main reasons why I don’t often read novellas, unless it’s from a favorite author or series.
That wasn’t the case in this novella, though. Jessica and Ike has known each other for a while, and there’s tension and attraction there already, and a lot of messy emotions. There’s a lot of focus on that, and less focus on the action, which I didn’t mind as much as I thought it would, because the characters and their interaction with each other made it plenty interesting and tense.
I loved getting to know the characters.
They are realistic and have depth, and I couldn’t help but want to know how it would work out for them. Kaye has done something in this novella that I’ve never seen before; she has created something with the characters that I’ve only seen in books, never novellas. I really got to know them, and started to care about them. I couldn’t put it away, because I had to know what would happen to them.
The writing is great.
It really pulls you in and keeps you in until the very last page. At first, I was a little disappointed in the lack of action, but then I realized that the tension between Jessica and Ike was enough to keep it interesting. For the first time ever, it didn’t need more action.
I am thoroughly impressed by this novella. It’s one of the best novellas I have ever read. Hard as Steel is an intense, sweet, sexy read, filled to the brim with emotion and heat.