BLURB
Some love stories are a slow burn. Others are quick to ignite, scorching and branding your very soul before you’ve taken that first breath. You’re never given a chance to run from it.
That’s how I’d describe what happened to us.
Everything around me blurred and all that existed were his lips, his touch…
The chase and the heat between us became addictive.
Our nights together were a distraction; one we craved to the point of letting the world crumble around us.
We should have paid attention; we should have known that it would come to this.
We both knew it couldn’t last, but that didn’t change what we desired most.
All we wanted was each other…
MY REVIEW
Part I Do You Want Me the prequel to This Love Hurts, I have to say for me was tough to get through. Told in first person from a triangle of perspectives this romantic suspense is a tedious slow burn, with hints at heated passion. The foreshadowing start adds only confusion in the wait for the story to progress to something meaningful. You learn about Delilah, whose job as an attorney putting monsters behind bars is her life. Cody, an FBI agent who has a work history with Delilah, as well as a mutual attraction is guarded & has secrets in his past to damning to tell. Their history of working tough murder cases that were never solved, a serial killer still on the loose haunts them. Being completely dedicated to work, & connected by these cases, Delilah & Cody take solace in one another "It's easy to hide in work. Even easier to hide under the sheets and get lost, forgetting who we are and what we do." particularly as Delilah works through family drama & controversy, turned to threats at work that putting her in need of protection.
In Part II This Love Hurts, the story really starts to pick up the pace. Enter "...the man I've heard called a ghost, the grim reaper...the angel of death..." the third member of this triangle. Secrets of the past and the events that connect the three characters finally start to unfold. Leaving with one heck of a cliff hanger & a lot of frustration for the reader at finally getting to the depth of the story, only for it to be over. Full of intrigue, mystery & suspense - perhaps a little to much in fact to hold the attention of this reader.
The continuation of this story, But I Need You coming this Fall.
ARC provided in exchange for an honest review.
No comments:
Post a Comment