4 Smooches!
Synopsis
THE THRILLING, EXPLOSIVE, AND PROVOCATIVE DEBUT FROM NEW ADULT ROMANCE AUTHOR SETH KING
In a stage of life when everything seems daunting, the fight to find love can still be the scariest thing of all – but in college senior Taylor Haney’s case, it may have just become downright deadly.
I’m bad – but I don’t want to be bad anymore.
In fact, leaving my Nashville life behind and swearing off love for good was the only thing keeping me from falling back into my old ways and fucking up again, and I was doing pretty well at pretending to be good – until I met Taylor Haney, that is.
Now I can think of nothing but Taylor. Her shy smile…the way she fidgets with her hands when she gets nervous…the sounds she makes when I tie her to my bedposts and go to town on her…the way I get a glimpse of forever when I look into her hazel eyes…
And that little lovey feeling is the worst thing of all, because it means I’m breaking all my old rules now – and that means nobody is safe. Especially Taylor.
Because the last girl I fell in love with is currently lying in Brentwood Cemetery.
Review
Alright, guys. There is a new NA Romance author on the block and his name is Seth King. Yesterday, he kindly asked me to share a link of his debut novel, The Goode Fight and I chatted with him a bit and decided he was a nice guy and I would give his new NA novel a try. (It was $.99 and you know I cannot NOT buy a $.99 book 😉 )
So, I have read quite a few debut novels and a lot of them I can’t even make it though the first couple of chapters due to bad grammar and poor writing, usually. A 25 year old Mr. King surprised me. The writing is shockingly good, and the story even better.
Stellen Goode is the talk of Durham; sexy beyond all reason and celibate. Clumsy and silly Taylor Haney wants him for her own, but Stell has a volatile personality and is keeping secrets from Taylor. He scares and excites her in equal parts and she is bound and determined to make him break his vow of celibacy.
Don’t you see the signs? Can’t you see that I’m a monster? Don’t you know what’s good for you?
OK. so a few things that I really liked about this book first; I loved how the sex scenes were all from Stellen’s point of view. It made it extra, I don’t know, hot maybe? Yeah, definitely hot. The way he described his actions, how she felt, and the sounds that she made was extremely erotic. My very favorite of those scenes just happens to be the very first one. The cross, good lord. Whew! (You must let me know when you read that part. I need to know what you think!)
“So, it turns out Mr. Holy has a bad side after all. It’s perfect: he’s like a Christian in the streets and a freak in the sheets.”
Stell is kind of perfect. He is gorgeous and brooding and all alpha male; my favorite kind of book boyfriend really. You know the kind? The one with MAJOR issues! (sigh) I kind of loved him. He was all hard on the outside but a big gooey teddy bear on the inside. He is sweet, thoughtful and most of all alpha and I love me an alpha book boyfriend. Whew, Stellen, you are sexy as sin. 😉
Whatever the female equivalent of blue balls is called, I have them.
I liked Tay just as much. She is clumsy and silly; loves to eat and read. What’s not to like? She goes for what she wants and I do really enjoy that in a female lead.
Let us get to the nitty gritty of what I may not have enjoyed as much about this book. I really REALLY love dialogue in my books. Some books that I read just don’t have enough for me, but this one maybe had a little too much. Sometimes I wanted Taylor and Stellen to skip the idle chit and chat and get on with it, if you know what I mean? LOL! Maybe I was just in a weird mood. Hah! So, basically I just felt like the book was a little wordy in some parts and that the story maybe could have moved a bit faster for my taste.
But, overall it is a really good debut novel from a very young man who I think has a pretty good future in this business. This is not a standalone novel and the books kinda leaves you hanging so be prepared for that! I do need to ask this Mr. Seth King, before I wrap things up! Do you happen to have an earlobe fetish we need to know about? There was a lot of earlobe lovin in this novel! 😉
~Amie
