Smashbomb

Search

Search results

All (3688)

Content

Scanner - Document and Receipt PDF Scanner

Business and Productivity

(0 Ratings) Rate It

App

Scanner is currently the fastest and most powerful tool for scanning documents and QR-codes. You can...

Sudoku Master Edition

Games

(0 Ratings) Rate It

App

***APPLE-FEATURED GAME OF THE DAY 09/25*** THE WORLD’S BEST SUDOKU GAME WITH FULL APPLE PENCIL...

English Spanish Dictionary C.

Reference and Education

(0 Ratings) Rate It

App

USERS LOVE IT! 5 STARS “The synonyms allow me to quickly suggest more appropriate words to my...

Note Always

Productivity and Entertainment

(0 Ratings) Rate It

App

The Apple Pencil is so amazing! Note Always is a notebook app designed for this wonderful device. ...

Foundation iPhone App Development: Build an iPhone App in 5 Days with iOS 6 SDK

Nick Kuh

(0 Ratings) Rate It

Book

Taking a hands-on learning approach, Foundation iPhone App Development: Build An iPhone App in 5...

Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated The Professional (The Game Maker, #1) in Books

Sep 5, 2019

3.5 stars.

*I received this copy via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review*

As a huge fan of Kresley Cole and her Immortals After Dark series, I was interested to see what this new book would be about since it was a contemporary romance.

From the first chapter I was fascinated by Natalie and her “manalyzer”, managing to figure out every guy in the bar just by watching them for a few seconds. That is, apart from Sevastyan who she can’t read and instantly catches her attention. Things quickly move along after this and she get’s spirited away to Russia to meet her family, but not without a few hot–and I do mean HOT–scenes between her and Sevastyan.

One thing I did like about the book was that the author didn’t do the typical Mafiya man as Natalie’s dad. In fact, I quite liked the man that was described; he seemed like a nice guy who had a love of clocks and family.

For the first half of the book it was kind of serene, everything was going well. Okay, that’s not quite true. There’s a sexual tension between Natalie and Sevastyan that despite the distance they’ve put between them is only growing and I have to tell you I couldn’t wait for it to blow.

I feel about now that I should mention that I’m not the hugest fan of erotica; I tend to get bored of the continuous sex. Depending on what’s going on and how much I like the characters is how I judge the scenes between them. I happened to like both Sevastyan and Natalie and the sex between them but the dirty talk while in bed always had my eyes rolling. That, I’m not a fan of.

After the half way point it seemed to concentrate more on the sex and the BDSM lifestyle, which I found a little boring after a while. BDSM is not one of my favourite things to read about and in small doses I don’t mind but it took up a fair bit of the book.

With about 15% to go, I got a little excited as some information came out that had me wondering what Natalie would do with it. Relationship difficulties coming to a head I wanted to know how it would all play out. And after another round of sex, we found out some things about Sevastyan’s past.

I’m glad I read this, simply because Kresley Cole is a great author and I was interested in reading something of hers that wasn’t paranormal. I read books for the romance and like to see it happening on paper/screen. The first half was great, it just wasn’t quite for me with all the sex and BDSM themes running through. If you’re a fan of it, then I’d check this out.