Scan barcode
A review by themarishale
A Taste of Seduction by Mary Campisi
5.0
Beguiling, intriguing, and steamy!
SUCH. A. GOOD. READ!
Alex and Francie are just the sort of characters I love to read—flawed, but earnest and endearing. They’re both terribly likable, even when Alex is behaving like a starched brute, and I found myself honestly rooting for them.
The intimate scenes are super steamy, though the language is what I would consider clean (“penis” instead of “cock,” etc), and the author provides a reasonable timeline of encounters prior to them engaging in anything sexual so the initial interaction is a wonderful relief of tension for the reader (and our protagonists!). Their road to HEA is not without peril, and even though the reader sees the trouble brewing, it is still done well.
There is a part I found to be a little confusing, with regard to the male antagonist of the story and how he so willing ran off despite the character arc, BUT he seemed a coward under all that psychopathic behavior, so it wasn’t terribly jarring. The female and male antagonists get their comeuppance, though we have to wait for all the threads to be neatly tied up via the epilogue.
As an aside, the epilogue scene of our two protagonists is adorable!
Honestly, I feel like A TASTE OF SEDUCTION is a title I’ll be adding to my “re-read” collection, I enjoyed it so much.
SUCH. A. GOOD. READ!
Alex and Francie are just the sort of characters I love to read—flawed, but earnest and endearing. They’re both terribly likable, even when Alex is behaving like a starched brute, and I found myself honestly rooting for them.
The intimate scenes are super steamy, though the language is what I would consider clean (“penis” instead of “cock,” etc), and the author provides a reasonable timeline of encounters prior to them engaging in anything sexual so the initial interaction is a wonderful relief of tension for the reader (and our protagonists!). Their road to HEA is not without peril, and even though the reader sees the trouble brewing, it is still done well.
There is a part I found to be a little confusing, with regard to the male antagonist of the story and how he so willing ran off despite the character arc, BUT he seemed a coward under all that psychopathic behavior, so it wasn’t terribly jarring. The female and male antagonists get their comeuppance, though we have to wait for all the threads to be neatly tied up via the epilogue.
As an aside, the epilogue scene of our two protagonists is adorable!
Honestly, I feel like A TASTE OF SEDUCTION is a title I’ll be adding to my “re-read” collection, I enjoyed it so much.