At this point in the year I have read 17 books and it is only the beginning of March! I truly hope this streak continues, but with that said I am quite behind on reviews as I haven’t posted any since January. Will I catch up on all of them? Probably not but now I have some back up reviews to fall onto if needed.
I honestly had no desire to pick this book/series up. Sure I have heard quite a few good things about it but I haven’t really been feeling romance books as of late. However, I met a new friend and she wanted to read something together and this was one that we could agree on and to say I devoured it would be an understatement.
“You were out there this whole time, and now I know you exist, and I can never go back. Wouldn’t want to if I could.”
Elsie Silver, Flawless
About The Book
Author: Elsie Silver
Publisher: Bloom Books
Published Date: June 24th, 2022
Page Count: 400
Main Genres: Sports Romance, contemporary
GoodReads Rating: 4.01
Format: Physical Book
“I’m tired of doing what I should and ignoring what I want. And what I want is you. Inside me. All around me. I want you with me. And I want to be the only one.”
Elsie Silver, Flawless
Synopsis
The rules were simple. Keep my hands off his daughter and stay out of trouble.
But now I’m stuck with her. There’s only one bed. And well, rules are made to be broken.
I’m the face of professional bull riding—the golden boy. Or at least I was, until it all blew up in my face. Now my agent says I have to clean up my image, so I’m stuck with his ball-busting daughter for the rest of the season as my “full-time supervision.”
But I don’t need a goddamn babysitter, especially one with skin-tight jeans, a sexy smirk, and a mouth she can’t stop running.
A mouth I can’t stop thinking about.
Because Summer isn’t just another conquest. She sees the man behind the mask, and she doesn’t run—she pulls me closer, even when she shouldn’t.
She says this means nothing.
I say this means everything.
She says there are boundaries we shouldn’t cross. That my reputation can’t take any more hits—and neither can her damaged heart.
I say I’m going to steal it anyway.
Synopsis From GoodReads
Rating
3.75
Review
As me and my friend were wandering Barns and Noble we realized quickly that we seem to have different tastes in books which there is nothing wrong with. But she leans more towards fantasy and far away from thrillers. Where I am a thriller girly and have only recently tried dipping my toe into fantasy. The safest option for us to buddy read was a romance. While debating what book to pick we had at least 5 people come up to us and recommend this series. So this is for all five of you who said we wouldn’t regret picking this up. (P.S.) While I write this my friend hasn’t even started the book… OOPS…
Do I regret reading this book? No, absolutely not. Did I adore it just as much as everyone else? Well… That’s also a no, but based on the Average GoodReads rating I fell just below the average person in enjoyment, that is not too bad in my opinion.
When I first read the back of the book and found out this was about a Bull Rider I wasn’t all that interested. Look I am from a small country town but the rodeo was not a scene I particularly enjoyed. But for this being about Bull Riding we really didn’t read too much about that particular aspect, Sure we read a few quick paragraphs about his rides but once the comps were over it dove more into small town country life so it really wasn’t in my face as much as I thought it would be which pleasantly surprised me.
I read this book in practically one sitting meaning I read 75% in one day which is extremely quick for me! This is a super fluffy quick read that doesn’t take much, if any, brain power. I would rate the spice at like a 2/5, so there wasn’t too much spice compared to other books I have read but my oh my the pining was so good! The first spicey scene wasn’t till at least half way so we really got to get to know the characters and see them fall for each other which really helped this books rating on my side of things.
I do think these characters made a good couple. I really like that we start of with an uptight main character and get to watch her slowly let go of the “reins” Haha see what I did there? The character development was probably one of my favorite parts of this book.
The biggest issue I had with this book is that we had quite a few side characters but didn’t get a lot of information on them and this is of course because they get their own books later down the line and Elsie can’t spoil anything for their stories. In a way this made me excited to pick up the other books but also left me with burning questions that made it hard to to care about their characters and the roles they play in the main characters lives. I just felt a lack of connection to some of these side characters that hindered this book in its own way. I have heard the series only gets better as you go and I can now understand why.
Do I recommend this book? Sure, if you are interested then go for it but if you are on the edge then I would say you can skip it.
Will I continue this series? Well the second is already in my amazon shopping cart so yeah I will probably continue but only because I am into hockey romances at the moment and “Powerless” is just that!
“If this were my last moment alive, how would I want it to be?”
Elsie Silver, Flawless
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