I think the genre of this was supposed to be adult romance, but I call it like I see it. Which is fine, if that’s what you’re looking for. I was hoping for more story than sex with this one, so I was disappointed.

The Pros & Cons

The tropes were predictable — best friend’s sister, stalker mystery (which wasn’t really mysterious), bad boy, virginal girl — who suddenly turns into not-so-virginal girl the moment he enters the picture. The “best friend” was nowhere around for most of it, so the title and overall premise left me wondering if parts of the story were tossed in JUST to hit the tropes.

I don’t mind a trope or two, if there’s something different in it. The “different” in here only seemed to be that despite “needing” a bodyguard (the whole premise of the plot) — woop! woman power!… and possible *spoiler alert* — she ends up having to save herself.

…Which is probably because her “bodyguard” seemed to only be popping in for the sexy times, for the most part. He was off doing a zillion other things, leaving her unprotected a lot. So plot-wise, it had some bits lacking there. I kept hoping for more story, but all I got was more sex.

Like I said — GREAT… if that’s what you’re looking for. And sometimes it IS what I’m looking for. Just not with this book, as there was potential to have a LOT more drama and conflict. For instance, I hoped that the relationship would have been discovered by accident by their friends and families… rather than it just being TOLD over the phone. I could see many more moments like this where I needed MORE STORY… I could see MORE happening… but… it just didn’t. The folks who love the sexy bits have a lot to enjoy — and it is sizzling — but it was a bit much for me.

Conclusion

Nevertheless, the writing itself is quite good, the story is easy to follow and keep turning the pages, and there are punches of humour and laugh-out-loud moments, so I did enjoy the book overall. I may pick up another in the series, but I just hope it has a bit more story than this one.

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