Trope
Stage Dive, Book #1
Heat Factor: The title refers to music, not a bedroom activity, but the bedroom activity is sexy
Character Chemistry: Great
Plot: 21-year-old celebrating her birthday in Vegas wakes up married to a rock star
Overall: This book is exceptional
Heat Factor: Not quite fade to black, but the sex writing is more focused on the emotions than the mechanics
Character Chemistry: Veering into insta-love territory; maybe it’s fate
Plot: Grace has an identity crisis
Overall: Messy and beautiful
The Bishop Brothers, Book #2
Review of The Bishop Brothers, Book #1
Heat Factor: Considering how much they’re into each other, it’s a pretty slow burn (but with some intermediate stuff going on)
Character Chemistry: I was a little worried because Serena started out determined to show Archer how much she’s worth marrying, but they sorted themselves out
Plot: Serena was supposed to marry Archer’s brother in book one but ended up jilted at the altar, so Archer stepped in to save the day and the business deal
Overall: This book was very chill (except I wanted to rage at Archer’s dad), but also very awesome
Heat Factor: Very steamy. Extremely steamy. Lots of moments containing steam.
Character Chemistry: We have ourselves here a duet (please say trilogy) of books starting with a lovely dose of fated mates and proceeding right on into “seducing my spouse” so I’d say it’s meant to be and meant to stick.
Plot: We start with Izabel’s marriage to Bo, and a whole fleet of waving red flags. As Izabel struggles to understand what’s going terribly wrong in her marriage, she ends up seeing a hypnotherapist specializing in past life regression therapy. Things go nuts. That’s book one. Then on with the second book and my poor heart…
Overall: This duet was really pretty great–extremely sexy with a really creative execution and likeable characters. I’m including a few trigger warnings for violence against women.
Continue reading “Series Review: Forever Eve and After Eve by J.B. Lexington (2020)”Bergman Brothers, Book #3
Review of Bergman Brothers, Book 1
Heat Factor: There’s some pining and petting in the middle and some sex at the end
Character Chemistry: These guys love each other so much they lie by omission to protect the other party. Like, a lot.
Plot: Aiden and Freya are having a tough time. But they also really want to fix what’s going on, so they put in the hard work to make their marriage stronger.
Overall: I really wanted to like this book. Everything sounds great on paper. But I didn’t get that serotonin boost that I’m looking for when I got to the HEA.
