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A review by alleskelle
Acting on Impulse by Mia Sosa
4.0
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️3.5 STARS⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
How do you like your romance? Personally, I like it just the way Mia Sosa delivers it! Light, funny and a little sexy! A nice package to uplift any kind of mood!
I’m so grateful for book friends, see, I was in this book funk, nothing grabbing my attention, not the +500 books loaded in my kindle, nor the hundreds (thousands but I must pretend I still have room to buy more) waiting to be stroked on my bookshelves when a friend posted on twitter about this new-to-me author releasing a romance book about diverse characters.
Carter Stone, covert Hollywood hottie meets spirited fitness trainer on a plane and it’s lust—no— love—okay maybe a little bit of both— at first sight. One obstacle : After a bad and very public breakup, Tori Alvarez swore off men and media attention must be avoided at all costs.
I felt like this book needed to be in my possession pronto. It felt like this little meet cute on a plane was exactly what I needed. And it just felt like this kind of light and flirty romance between two strangers was the perfect escape book I was looking for!
Instantaneously, maybe not from page one but rolled in page two and Carter’s POV had me hooked and smiling. I just connected with his cocky and confident demeanor, his cocksure and cheeky attitude but most of all I just clicked with the ludicrous and irrational thoughts of his.
See, it all started with insta lust/love on a plane for him and I just had to know if his predictions would be right and I also had to see how far his embarrassment would go. He’s used to his charms working in a flash with the ladies and never had to work for it, here he seems to forget his current look matches his last role for a movie he just finished and he’s maybe not looking or appearing as confident and bold as he is.
Acting On Impulse is told in dual POV, which let me enjoy the opportunity to know more about the heroine, Tori Alvarez. Fitness trainer she comes from a Puerto Rican family and although successful in her life, she feels an outcast in her own tribe. I loved exploring this sensible side of hers and read about her wonderful family! She was a positively strong heroine, fierce and honest.
I enjoyed the get to know you stage between both characters (my favorite part), the development of a great friendship and the quality banter between Tori and Carter. The chase and seduction dance between them was flirty and had me tapping my foot in frustration, this slow burn was as torturous as it should be.
We also can’t mention a slow burn without a proper… ahem, discharge. But no worries here, the author has it covered!
I knew this book was described as flirty, but I was far from expecting such a level of steam! Damn but Mia Sosa hides a dirty mind behind that lovely pen of hers!
Another thing I must point out about this book is the writing. Fetching and engaging, it just made me devour this book in little to no time. Mia Sosa writes like she would talk to a friend and I enjoyed this interaction in the book, sometimes addressing to us, reader. It felt a little like a third narrator interventions and I enjoyed this dimension.
Altogether, I truly enjoyed reading Acting On Impulse, by why not a 4 stars rating or more?
Well, I guess at some point you could say I felt a little disinterested. Disinterested by the sudden angst development created by the heroine when she decided to cut Carter loose over a simple misunderstanding. Granted it was the perfect plot play to introduce the heroine’s family and secondary characters but Tori’s reaction felt in total opposition to how the author first portrayed her: strong and resilient.
Some of the things Carter would say during foreplay in the bedroom seemed out of character or maybe too sudden-like. For me anyways.
So this is probably reflecting on me and my personal taste and not the content of the book itself, and as you’re well aware, reading is subjective. 3.5 stars is a good and solid rating for me, and as such I’m really encouraging you to read this book, it was fun and flirty (HOT AS HELL)!
I’m very much looking forward the next book in the series, which should be about the best friend/agent Julian, and Carter’s little sister, Ashley. I’m salivating already for this “my best friend’s little sister trope“!!!
I received a review copy in exchange for my review.
More reviews and book talk at :
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With her, I embrace realness, whether good, bad, or embarrassing.
How do you like your romance? Personally, I like it just the way Mia Sosa delivers it! Light, funny and a little sexy! A nice package to uplift any kind of mood!
I’m so grateful for book friends, see, I was in this book funk, nothing grabbing my attention, not the +500 books loaded in my kindle, nor the hundreds (thousands but I must pretend I still have room to buy more) waiting to be stroked on my bookshelves when a friend posted on twitter about this new-to-me author releasing a romance book about diverse characters.
Carter Stone, covert Hollywood hottie meets spirited fitness trainer on a plane and it’s lust—no— love—okay maybe a little bit of both— at first sight. One obstacle : After a bad and very public breakup, Tori Alvarez swore off men and media attention must be avoided at all costs.
I felt like this book needed to be in my possession pronto. It felt like this little meet cute on a plane was exactly what I needed. And it just felt like this kind of light and flirty romance between two strangers was the perfect escape book I was looking for!
Instantaneously, maybe not from page one but rolled in page two and Carter’s POV had me hooked and smiling. I just connected with his cocky and confident demeanor, his cocksure and cheeky attitude but most of all I just clicked with the ludicrous and irrational thoughts of his.
Look, before you decide I’m a shallow jerk for choosing my life partner based on appearance alone, consider this: Sexual compatibility is a strong indicator of long-term wedded bliss.
See, it all started with insta lust/love on a plane for him and I just had to know if his predictions would be right and I also had to see how far his embarrassment would go. He’s used to his charms working in a flash with the ladies and never had to work for it, here he seems to forget his current look matches his last role for a movie he just finished and he’s maybe not looking or appearing as confident and bold as he is.
Acting On Impulse is told in dual POV, which let me enjoy the opportunity to know more about the heroine, Tori Alvarez. Fitness trainer she comes from a Puerto Rican family and although successful in her life, she feels an outcast in her own tribe. I loved exploring this sensible side of hers and read about her wonderful family! She was a positively strong heroine, fierce and honest.
This is wrong, wrong. And risky. And it will complicate my life in ways I can’t even imagine.
I enjoyed the get to know you stage between both characters (my favorite part), the development of a great friendship and the quality banter between Tori and Carter. The chase and seduction dance between them was flirty and had me tapping my foot in frustration, this slow burn was as torturous as it should be.
What do you think will happen if you touch me? The sky won’t fall, the earth will still spin, I promise.
We also can’t mention a slow burn without a proper… ahem, discharge. But no worries here, the author has it covered!
I knew this book was described as flirty, but I was far from expecting such a level of steam! Damn but Mia Sosa hides a dirty mind behind that lovely pen of hers!
Another thing I must point out about this book is the writing. Fetching and engaging, it just made me devour this book in little to no time. Mia Sosa writes like she would talk to a friend and I enjoyed this interaction in the book, sometimes addressing to us, reader. It felt a little like a third narrator interventions and I enjoyed this dimension.
Altogether, I truly enjoyed reading Acting On Impulse, by why not a 4 stars rating or more?
Well, I guess at some point you could say I felt a little disinterested. Disinterested by the sudden angst development created by the heroine when she decided to cut Carter loose over a simple misunderstanding. Granted it was the perfect plot play to introduce the heroine’s family and secondary characters but Tori’s reaction felt in total opposition to how the author first portrayed her: strong and resilient.
Some of the things Carter would say during foreplay in the bedroom seemed out of character or maybe too sudden-like. For me anyways.
So this is probably reflecting on me and my personal taste and not the content of the book itself, and as you’re well aware, reading is subjective. 3.5 stars is a good and solid rating for me, and as such I’m really encouraging you to read this book, it was fun and flirty (HOT AS HELL)!
I’m very much looking forward the next book in the series, which should be about the best friend/agent Julian, and Carter’s little sister, Ashley. I’m salivating already for this “my best friend’s little sister trope“!!!
I received a review copy in exchange for my review.
More reviews and book talk at :
You can find me here too ☞