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A review by a_novel_ty
Claiming Her Heart by S. Taylor
3.0
I have a soft spot for books that feature badass female characters with occupations that are typically occupied by a male. I’m talking mechanics, bodyguards, hitmen, and in the case of Claiming Her Heart, security specialists.
Raised by their contract killer father suffering from a broken heart after the murder of their mother, Alisha “Silver” Garner and her brother James, had quite a unique upbringing. Instead of using the skills her father taught her and brother to follow in his footsteps, she utilized the abilities taught to her to start her own business as a freelance security expert, offering her services as a personal bodyguard and security detail in special situations. James however, turned from the life altogether, choosing to instead go to college for engineering and start his own tech company with his best friend and college roommate Carter Tate. The same best friend and roommate, who has been obsessed with Silver after only one encounter with her eight years ago. It's only after Carter gets the attention of a stalker, that he is re-introduced to Silver and is given a second chance to claim her heart when she is hired to personally protect him and figure out who his stalker is.
I really wanted to enjoy this book more than I did...but at 28, I have little to no desire or patience for the insta-love trope. And to be honest, that is the only reason this book isn’t getting 5 stars right now. I liked the premise, I loved the characters, and I enjoyed Silver and Carter's chemistry. But their relationship progressed entirely too fast and in a way that was wholly unrealistic and unbelievable.
After only 5 days of being in one another's presence, with barely any real conversation between the two, there were declarations of “I can’t live without him” and “she’s mine for life” and I’m just like BRUH! ya’ll don't even know how old the other is! And that's not an exaggeration...they LITERALLY didn’t know how old the other was when they were making these declarations.
And don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying that two people can't meet and be utterly and madly in love with one another within a week. But there is a way that kind of whirlwind romance and love story has to be told, and that was not done with this book. I saw nothing between these two characters to make me believe they would have any reason to more than just like or have lust for one another. So the fact that there were all of these deep feelings and intense emotions, threw me off.
I was also disappointed by the very obvious villain at the conclusion of the story. I literally said out loud at one point “please don’t let this person be the culprit” because it was SO obvious and telegraphed.
Great premise, decent writing, awesome chemistry, and a fair amount of exposition considering the length of the book, but then it fell apart in the romance department for me.
Raised by their contract killer father suffering from a broken heart after the murder of their mother, Alisha “Silver” Garner and her brother James, had quite a unique upbringing. Instead of using the skills her father taught her and brother to follow in his footsteps, she utilized the abilities taught to her to start her own business as a freelance security expert, offering her services as a personal bodyguard and security detail in special situations. James however, turned from the life altogether, choosing to instead go to college for engineering and start his own tech company with his best friend and college roommate Carter Tate. The same best friend and roommate, who has been obsessed with Silver after only one encounter with her eight years ago. It's only after Carter gets the attention of a stalker, that he is re-introduced to Silver and is given a second chance to claim her heart when she is hired to personally protect him and figure out who his stalker is.
I really wanted to enjoy this book more than I did...but at 28, I have little to no desire or patience for the insta-love trope. And to be honest, that is the only reason this book isn’t getting 5 stars right now. I liked the premise, I loved the characters, and I enjoyed Silver and Carter's chemistry. But their relationship progressed entirely too fast and in a way that was wholly unrealistic and unbelievable.
After only 5 days of being in one another's presence, with barely any real conversation between the two, there were declarations of “I can’t live without him” and “she’s mine for life” and I’m just like BRUH! ya’ll don't even know how old the other is! And that's not an exaggeration...they LITERALLY didn’t know how old the other was when they were making these declarations.
And don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying that two people can't meet and be utterly and madly in love with one another within a week. But there is a way that kind of whirlwind romance and love story has to be told, and that was not done with this book. I saw nothing between these two characters to make me believe they would have any reason to more than just like or have lust for one another. So the fact that there were all of these deep feelings and intense emotions, threw me off.
I was also disappointed by the very obvious villain at the conclusion of the story. I literally said out loud at one point “please don’t let this person be the culprit” because it was SO obvious and telegraphed.
Great premise, decent writing, awesome chemistry, and a fair amount of exposition considering the length of the book, but then it fell apart in the romance department for me.