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A review by mlvalard
Dirty Games by HelenKay Dimon
3.0
I give this a solid three stars. I liked it. I haven't read the first book in the series and in fact have only read one other by this author: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31869244-guarding-mr-fine . I recognized a few names from that other book, but even without a more thorough knowledge it stood alone well enough. It was a good book, and I enjoyed reading it, but can't quite go as far as great.
The Pros: I liked both of the main characters. Both Finn and Justin had a lot of baggage and issues to work through and boy did it complicate things. The attraction between them shows up very early in the book but the groundwork of a history for it was set in well enough that it felt believable.
I liked the setting. It was a rather unique one in my reading experience and I appreciated it as a place and also as an added complication into an already complicated relationship.
I liked the concept of the issue that brought the characters together and fueled the plot. There was a lot of action and the tension stayed pretty ratcheted up throughout.
The sex scenes were pretty steamy and enjoyable.
The Cons: While I like the concept of the plot, for me... bits of it didn't quite hit where they needed to. It wasn't bad, just there was a -lot- going on in the book and I feel I could have stood to see parts of it drawn out or elaborated on a bit more.
Over all this was a solid and enjoyable read. I feel I might possibly have enjoyed it even more if I'd read more of the series and had the resulting extra knowledge of some of the side characters, but even as a standalone it was well worth reading.
(I received a free eARC through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review)
The Pros: I liked both of the main characters. Both Finn and Justin had a lot of baggage and issues to work through and boy did it complicate things. The attraction between them shows up very early in the book but the groundwork of a history for it was set in well enough that it felt believable.
I liked the setting. It was a rather unique one in my reading experience and I appreciated it as a place and also as an added complication into an already complicated relationship.
I liked the concept of the issue that brought the characters together and fueled the plot. There was a lot of action and the tension stayed pretty ratcheted up throughout.
The sex scenes were pretty steamy and enjoyable.
The Cons: While I like the concept of the plot, for me... bits of it didn't quite hit where they needed to. It wasn't bad, just there was a -lot- going on in the book and I feel I could have stood to see parts of it drawn out or elaborated on a bit more.
Over all this was a solid and enjoyable read. I feel I might possibly have enjoyed it even more if I'd read more of the series and had the resulting extra knowledge of some of the side characters, but even as a standalone it was well worth reading.
(I received a free eARC through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review)