Hero – Working class
Heat Factor: Much of the first quarter of the book is kinky hate sex. Then it’s just lotsa sex.
Character Chemistry: Apparently threats to life and limb are an aphrodisiac
Plot: Will is trying to kill the man Kit is protecting (until he gets the file he wants and can kill his protectee himself)
Overall: If you can buy into the drama, it’s a pretty good spy vs. spy suspense
Society of Sirens, Book #2
Heat Factor: Three explicit sex scenes, including one where a third party joins Rafe and Cornelia.
Character Chemistry: Rafe falls hard and fast, Cornelia fights her attraction.
Plot: Cornelia maaaaaay have neglected to tell her friends that she’s been married for twenty years. And that her husband is now a duke.
Overall: This one dragged.
Heat Factor: Sometimes when you go hiking, you just have go bang against a tree
Character Chemistry: Reluctant, then sizzling
Plot: Susie and Lars find a certificate of divorce with their names on it—dated ten years in the future
Overall: Angstier than the marketing led me to expect, but still an excellent read
Heat Factor: It’s not just a bunch of hot air, this one gets steamy.
Character Chemistry: I mean, it’s basically Tom Selleck and Linda Hamilton in a book involving blimps, how could there not be chemistry?
Plot: Lexy has carved out a space for herself in the very male-dominated airship ground crew industry. But then womanizer Cameron Ramsay joins the crew and throws everything off, with his furry chest and bristly mustache and dimples. How will she manage to withstand the misogyny and his heated glances??
Overall: This was actually fascinating. Cameron starts out just genuinely gross—he lies to her about who he is, asks her out, and then punishes her for rejecting him. But then…
Heat Factor: The kind of sensuality that comes with a lot of emotional but not specific description
Character Chemistry: Mercy
Plot: Georgie’s a mess on the outside, Levi’s a mess on the inside, and their messes complement each other until they crash and make me cry
Overall: I knew this book would give me big feels and tears, and I was right, and it was AWESOME
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