Showing posts with label Forbidden Men Series. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Forbidden Men Series. Show all posts
Obviously my stalking skills need some work because somehow Linda managed to publish this book without me obsessing over it for the 3 months leading up to it. And that almost feels like I received an unexpected gift. I opened up GoodReads one day and there it was.
So naturally I one clicked it but between kids and birthdays and Christmas it took me way too long to get to read it. I also was maybe a little unsure if I could handle it. Getting a whole book from the alternate POV is super hit and miss for me. And I loved my forbidden men so much and Mason's story was hard to hear from Reese's POV. So much could crush me here.
But big girl panties were securely pulled up and I remembered that Linda had never let me down and in I went. Only to try talk books to my hubby and strangers in the checkout line and the dog every time I got dragged away from my book.
Mason was just as amazing from his POV as he was from Reese's. And I think it helped that it's been so long since I read Price of a Kiss that I wasn't mentally comparing the storyline I was just remembering a first love.
The novellas at the end were an amazing touch and I am going to up my stalking game to get my grabby hands on The Revenge Plan because that teaser has me dying for more. And although I didn't think the forbidden men series needed it this book did complete the circle so beautifully I am glad I read it. But now I might have to try find time for a reread because remembering Tinker bell and Ten and Sarah and everyone else falling in love has made me want to re-experience it again.
I have no idea how Linda Kage does it. Every
single one of these Forbidden Men have owned me. I sincerely could not sit down
and say a single one of them is my favourite as each of them has broken off and
kept their own piece of my heart.
And it isn’t like in most cases where the men are
amazing and the women are just meh. The leading ladies in these stories have
been as kick arse as the amazing men they love. I find with my goldfish memory
that series like this tend to get lost on the mountain with me because I can
never remember who is who and how they all mix together. But that isn’t the
case with this series. Every single person is such an integral part of the
whole as soon as I read their name I am flooded with memories.
There is such a feeling of family and belonging
that although each book is focused on one couple you still get all the members
of this weird and wonderful “family” of people I just can’t ever get enough.
And the fact that each book has an extra special little side meaning makes me
feel even more connected.
But I guess I should tell you about this book.
What can I say? I was worried I might meet a little of the ick factor when
reading this. I mean we knew Colton from when he was little and now he is all
grown up and sexy and sleeping with Julianna. I was worried I might feel like a
pervy aunty. But of course not. Linda never lets me down and he was just
beautiful. He has that Gamble gene of protective, possessive, alpha male
without ever sounding like an idiot.
Then there is Julianna. We all knew she was hung
up on Brandt so maybe she didn’t deserve Colton. But again Linda delivers and I
never once felt like she was anything but perfect for Colton. And I loved
watching her fight her own preconceived notions of who she should be with. Her
inner strength and depth of character were amazing and I just adored them
together.
And as always the little side stories of the
Forbidden family broke my heart and gave me hope all at once. Now the only
question is who do we get next? And of course how fast can Linda write?
Check out my other Forbidden Men reviews here
Check out my other Forbidden Men reviews here
Oh god. I think knowing what Caroline
and Noel went through I always just assumed that Brandt and Colton had been too
young to have experienced their own issues. I mean other than the poverty and
neglect their mother forced them to live through but reading that prologue had
me heartbroken before I even started.
Don't get me wrong I know going in that
Linda is going to have me ugly crying for half the book but geez ease a girl in
a little.
I have been obsessed with the Forbidden men since the very
beginning so how this book snuck passed me I don’t even know but as soon as I
saw it on my GR feed I immediately one clicked it and cleared my calendar and
damn was it worth every second of pretending I couldn’t hear the kids calling
me.
The never ending prologue was amazeballs I loved seeing
them grow from first meeting to present and seeing the families around them that I
feel so invested in grow and change. Especially seeing it from a whole new
perspective in Brandt and Sarah’s eyes.
And seeing how all the things that all the other couples went through in
an outside perspective made me relive the read so I almost got the feeling of
re-experiencing all those books again and damn the feels were awesome.
“Ten? You think Caroline is sneaking off with Ten? No way.
That’s whack.”
I felt like I knew these characters going into the book so
to see them as adults in their own story was perfect. And while I did know their history and parts
of the background there was so much that had not been told or had been told
from a different perspective leaving their part of it out. And then there was
the NOW part of the story that hadn’t been told yet. That showed us not only
Sarah and Brandt but everyone they love.
Everything I love about this series was front and foremost
in this book. Brandt lived up to the Forbidden Men title and in some aspects he
even exceeded it. He had the possessive, alpha thing nailed. & although I
would have much preferred him to have not been so promiscuous before he was
with Sarah it was so understandable it was never really an issue.
“I just want one time,
one experience to check off my bucket list. And then we can go on as if it
never happened.” As if it never happened, huh? Right. Just fuck the girl of my
dreams, the person I loved above all others, and then carry on and forget about
it.
Sarah was so strong and determined I couldn’t help but love
her to pieces and there were so many times I felt my heart break for her during
this book but she never stopped fighting. But damn did she have to have so many
struggles? Now I know that most of that was part and parcel of her cerebral
palsy and I in no means wanted to see that downplayed I just wanted Brandt to
be able to wave a magic wand and have her life be sunshine and rainbows.
“He...Seth called me...the c-word.” Reese gasped. “Cunt?” I
laughed softly and shook my head. “No. Cripple.”
And now I just have to up my author stalking since I have
obviously been slipping and I can’t wait for Colton’s story.
I can’t believe I almost missed this book. I
mean how the hell does something like that even happen in this day and age? I
have been besotted with this series from day one. I mean the writing style, the
characters, the emotions, the story lines ………………………… Swoon
And Asher. If you have read this series you know every
character is intertwined with each other in some way or another and finding out
in the last book how the mysterious Asher fits in with the crew was
breathtaking. I seriously did not see that coming but damn did it have me on
the edge of my seat wanting to know more.
So as soon as I saw this was releasing I one
clicked it then waited with baited breath for it to be sent to my kindle and as
always I was left further in awe with Linda Kage’s amazing talent.
Remy was perfect for Asher in every way except
for one small thing, he thinks she is a he who has fast become his closest
friend. So how is Remy going to unveil the small fact she has a vagina along
with the fact she has fallen in love with him?
On top of all that there is his feelings for
incubus shirt girl and his new found affection for Eliza to contend with. All
while trying to get to know his “new” brother and come to terms with all the
things going on in his life and the emotions he is feeling about it all.
While I loved this book and it is another
awesome addition to the series it wasn’t as sad or emotional as the previous
ones, which isn’t to say it didn’t have the same depth of emotions it just
didn’t make me cry massive, ugly tears. And watching the other couples grow
their families is always welcome. But now I am absolutely anticipating the next
chapter in these amazing Forbidden Men and their families’ lives with the Story
of Brandt and Sarah.
If you haven’t started this series yet you
absolutely must. Although they all can be read as stand alones every book has
been perfect so I highly think you should read them all in order and get to
know each and every one of these men and their beautiful women.
Check out my reviews on the other Forbidden Men here
But first one click them all so you can jump right in
Check out my reviews on the other Forbidden Men here
But first one click them all so you can jump right in
OMG
OMG OMG OMG.
I have been fangirling over this series and the amazing
talent of Linda Kage since I first picked up Price of A Kiss. From that first
book I was so beyond hooked, I can’t even explain without making some weird
high pitched sound only dolphins could interpret, but I am going to try to write
a review to sum up the absolute perfection of this novel.
When I first saw that there was finally a release date I
jumped on the ARC begging line and luckily for me I think Linda felt sorry
for my patheticness and granted me one. But before I had a chance to even look
at mine one of my GR friends posted a comment stating this was different from the
rest of the series and to be prepared. Well that had me shitting my pants, I
mean why the hell would Linda change perfection? And what was I going to get if
it was different to my beloved Forbidden men?
But you know I have no patience so I tried to lock myself
in a dark room with my kindle and find out all there was to know about the new
ex-con bartender we super briefly met in A Perfect Ten.
And from the first page I was back in my happy place and to
be honest now that I have finished it I think this book was in true form to
every other book in the series.
If you are a fan of the Forbidden Men series then you are
going into this knowing all of the characters are interconnected and generally
in more ways than one, but in this one the connections aren’t ones we already
know of so that’s a little different. Also this book takes place in two time
frames which isn’t the usual but damn did that work so perfectly I can’t
imagine any other way of being told this story.
Like all the other novels in this series there is heartache
and devastation but I honestly had a near breakdown when I woke up 2 hours
early this morning to try and finish this book before we had to go out only to
get to 80% and run out of reading time. Not only was I out of time but I was
ugly crying so hard I could hardly keep my eyes open to read the next word. So
be warned read this when you have the time to sit and enjoy it.
Now don’t get me wrong this book had so much emotion it was
almost soul destroying but it also had everything we can expect from all our
favourites and then a few more twists and turns to keep us all on our toes. It
had so much love and friendship and support it was hard not to smile but it
also had Ten’s crazy comedy and a few surprises to keep us all on baited breath
for Ashers book. Which fucking hell that teaser was just plain mean Linda, so
you better have that one almost ready or I may end up camped on your lawn going
through your trash to find out what happens next.
But in all honesty this series has been perfection from
start to not quite finish so if you haven’t yet read Price of A Kiss one click
it right now and if you’re already a die hard fan of the series like I am you
really should have this pre ordered already and trust me you are going to love
Knox and City so hard.
Check Out My Reviews on some of the other Forbidden Men by clicking the pics below
I have loved Ten from the second book when we first met him
and we really got to see how far he would go for his mates and yeah he has
always been a little bit on the man whore side of things and there is no
doubting he was a little bit damaged and had a tendency to be a big bit of an
acehole but that’s all part of his charm. He is the crude joke at the funeral,
the loud voice in the library but he is also the best person to have at your
back. He is loyal to a fault and the more I saw of his rude, obnoxious man
whoring ass the more I had to know him and the deeper I fell in lust for him.
He has been a major background character for a while now
but even so he managed to make himself known and from the second he saw
Caroline we all knew they were meant to be.
We met Caroline just as she breaks and then we got to watch
her pull herself back together and grow into her own strength. There were so
many times I wanted her to realise her self-worth and give Ten a huge reality check and move on
without him but she never once doubted what she wanted and I think that made me
love her more.
Caroline was the perfect mix of vulnerable naïve virgin and
seductress. And having watched the covert foreplay between her and Ten in the
last book it was hard to see them still no closer to being together at the
start of this book.
From the get go Ten knows she is out of reach, there is no
way Noel will let his man whore mate date his damaged sister but add
to that Ten’s complete belief he will never be good enough for her I was sure
this book would kill me from angst overload but it didn’t happen.
Ten spent a lot of time trying to prove he was unworthy of
Caroline then apologising for upsetting her when he succeeded. I could feel his
desperation for the one thing he knew he couldn’t have as she became the one
thing he couldn’t live without and I spent the first half of the book trying to
guess when the sky was going to fall on these two and Noel was going to clue in
that his beautiful baby sister was madly in love with his best mate that I
think I was almost sick with nerves.
But of course Linda didn’t get me stalking her windows at
night by writing the predictable over played angst and her Forbidden Men aren’t
just sexy they are also strong, loyal, sweet, amazing men so the sky didn’t
fall when and where and how I expected and the things I thought I knew about
these characters was just slightly left of centre so I ended up even more
besotted with them all and even more anxious for the next instalment.
But as Linda is so good at once they finally did get
together the sexual chemistry was panty soaking and the complete love was heart-warming.
So well played Linda, you had me laughing, you had me
crying, you had me shell shocked and devastated, you had me waking my husband at 2am and
jumping him and then waking him at 9am trying to explain to him why the book
was so epic. You have had me in a book coma for the entire day as I continually
obsess over everything that happened in A Perfect Ten, And now you have me
writing a review at 11pm cause I can’t get it out of my head long enough to do
anything productive.
This series has got the absolute best characters and the
angst and drama are so superbly written it’s actually hard to put into words
how perfect they all have been in entirely different ways but all as equally
epic as each other. They all had the smoking hot, panties dripping sex scenes
perfectly mixed with all of the heart and love and sweetness you could want.
For a NA book they are an amazing blend of romance and Erotica.
I was expecting
Asher’s story to blow us away next but I am only slightly disappointed to see we
have to wait on that as we are getting a new man at Forbidden before Asher
man’s up and tells us his tale.
So until next round I guess we will have to re-read.
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