Heat Factor: So pure. Like, shy first kisses pure.
Character Chemistry: Off the charts.
Plot: Teen boy has no interest in dating, is dared by his peers to date anyone who asks. Other teen boy asks.
Overall: I am dying of the sweetness.
Invested in You, Book #1
Heat Factor:
Character Chemistry: The meet cute was a great setup, but it didn’t pull through for the story.
Plot: Overblown
Overall: I was constantly cringing.
Hard Play, Book 3
Heat Factor: I’m going to resist this…maybe I don’t want to…please put your hands on me
Character Chemistry: He asks her to be his wings!
Plot: Famous single parent meets a sexy former acquaintance
Overall: So satisfying
Match Set Series, Book #1
Heat Factor: Lots of sexytimes
Character Chemistry: He’s so sweet on her and she wants it so badly
Plot: Tennis players with history struggle through some stuff
Overall: So sweet
Suncoast University, Book #2
Review of Suncoast University, Book 1
Heat Factor: Watch your glasses folks, because this one’s steamy.
Character Chemistry: Drop of a hat, turn on a dime, didn’t know I had a one-track-mind type chemistry
Plot: Scrappy/independent Samantha has to scramble to find a living situation when she’s stuck on her own the summer before college starts. When she finds a room with Levi and his cousin, her problems may be solved – but he’s a barista/songwriter who cooks decadent Italian meals from scratch and he has a healthy relationship with his mom, so you tell ME if this stays platonic. (Nope!)
Overall: Believe me when I tell you that Allie Winters is going to be your new favorite.
Bow Street Bachelors, Book 1
Heat Factor: Warm
Character Chemistry: Have you heard? He’s not romantic, and that makes him extra desirable
Plot: Convoluted
Overall: A promising beginning, but there was too much going on for me to really settle in
If Holly were to review this book, she would call it a Recommended Read. If Ingrid were to review this book, she would write a Rant. Clearly, we needed to review this book together.
Welcome to Dueling Reviews.
Moderated by Erin, who has no emotional investment in this book at all.
Ingrid’s Take:
Heat Factor: It’s scorching…which is fitting, because with the stuff these two pulled in a Catholic church they may very well end up somewhere toasty.
Character Chemistry: I don’t dig what they dig…but they dig it, and each other, a LOT.
Plot: Catholic priest ends up attracted to a woman who is apparently irresistible but has no hobbies or interests or personality and they end up finding a new, sexy spiritual path together.
Overall: This book has some majorly interesting dynamics but I had to put it down out of sheer frustration many times (and not the FUN kind of frustration, either).
Holly’s Take:
Heat Factor: Absolutely filthy, in the best way
Character Chemistry: Father Bell would have chemistry with a cardboard box
Plot: Catholic priest has sex, angst ensues
Overall: I had so much fun reading this book
