Synopsis:
This is book 2 of the 'In Deep'
series, which needs to be read in order.
Brielle
What would you do if you met a man that made you burn like wildfire
from the inside out? Burn so hot that with one touch you forgot to breathe?
And if you knew that he had dangerous secrets? Would you be able to
walk away?
I couldn’t. As strong as I know I am, I kept going back for more of
him. That body… those eyes…
I saw him for the first time on my very first day in Vegas, and even
then I think a part of me knew, because I couldn’t look away. It was like that
moment when you see something flying towards you and you know it’s going to hit
you before you can ever move out of the way, so you just watch, transfixed, as
it crashes into you. Cristos Vicario: owner of the illustrious Adagio hotel and
casino and reputed billionaire playboy. He sure as hell wasn’t what he seemed
on the surface. That man had secrets. No one knew what a dark and dangerous
world he lived in, and when I finally saw him for what he was, it was already
far too late. I found myself inextricably tied to him forever. The course of my
life altered. My entire world changed forever as he took away my freedom and
gave me the key to my dreams in one fell swoop.
How could I have known that the one man who should have been my
greatest nightmare would become the one thing I couldn’t live without? And all
I had to do was forgive him…
Cristos
I was only living for one thing, one goal, one endgame… until I saw
Brielle. And when I touched her, it was all over for me… I just didn’t know it
yet. Not until I broke all of my rules for her, one after another, and that
still wasn’t enough. I wanted more.
I wanted it all. Yeah, what I did to her was pretty much unforgivable.
I know that now. Some small part of me might have known it then, too, but it
didn’t matter. I had to hold on to her. I would have done anything to keep her…
and I did.
Now I’ve put her in danger, dragged her into my world, and I don’t know
whether to push her away or hold her tighter. Letting her go would be the right
thing to do… but every time I try to do the right thing… I can’t.
When I take her, it’s always hard and desperate, as if she’ll disappear
if I can’t make her feel the same things I feel... if I can’t force her to care
about me enough that she’ll look past everything else and see into my heart.
Last night, after she fell asleep, still wrapped in my arms, I rested
my lips against the top of her head and inhaled the scent of her as she slept.
Trusting me, even though she shouldn’t. “I don’t deserve you”, I whispered.
“But I want you. God, I want you so badly.”
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Review:
Again, the Fifty Shades déjà vu,
but fewer this time. I also liked this book so much better than the first,
because this is where everything went down: the action, the secrets, the
conflict—everything.
In Deep ended right in the middle
of everything, and I can’t start In Deeper fast enough just so I won’t have to
be tortured about what happened next. It started right where In Deep ended. I
lost precious sleep over this book, and I’m so pleased that I am not
disappointed with how things worked out in the end.
I liked Brielle and Cristos’s
chemistry. This is where Cristos has toughened his resolve to get involved with
Brie completely, though his past and other issues are conflicting with it,
which is a total bummer.
I still haven’t decided if I
liked Brielle. It seemed like there is not much to learn about her, since there
is no big revelation about her character. I like my heroine mysterious, too,
and I always enjoy it when they have something to surprise me with.
Cristos is the biggest mystery. It
seemed like he gets more messed up in the head as the book progresses, but it I
am satisfied with how the author pulled off his character. Despite his really
weird messed up ideas, the resolution in the end justified it, I think. He surprised
me with his biggest deception stunt, which has to be the most messed up idea in
the history of messed up alpha males. Still, he’s realized it all in the end so…yeah.
One thing I’m disappointed about,
though: the falling action. The ending felt rushed, and I think the last
conflict wasn’t really necessary. It just gave the ending the impression of
being rushed. I could have done without it.
Final verdict: I liked the plot,
the rising action, and the resolution. I’m not fond of the climax and the
falling action. The way things went down in this book made the first book (somewhat)
unnecessary. This is where things got really interesting and almost everything
is here, so I felt like In Deeper could have done without In Deep.
*Complimentary copy provided for
an honest review
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