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Have you ever been so involved in a book that you can't put it down and then when you finish it, you look around and wonder why everyone else is going about their normal life - unaffected? This is this book and this series... I read the whole series in about 4 days. Even though the POV is different than I normally like, I was really drawn into this book. I will be looking for more of Katy Evans' books!

2.5 stars Brooke is an ex athlete who gets hired by Remington who is the star of a dangerous underground fighting circuit. She’s responsible for keeping his body in good working order so he can demolish his next opponent. I’ve always been a little cautious when it comes to books that are hyped up to the max. I skimmed several 5 star reviews before I saw a lot of quotes from this book that I felt were pretty bad so I put it off for a couple of months. With the next book coming out and the hype back up full force I decided to go ahead and try my luck with it. I was about 50% through and honestly didn’t get all the hype. There was little interaction between Brooke and Remy for the longest. It’s like whenever they were around each other it was more about how Brooke’s body was reacting to a look or a brush of body parts. The only thing I really got from Remy was that he’s quiet, dark, troubled and has serious anger issues. There were times where I felt like I could stop reading and be content from what I gathered. Brooke is basically a sex starved female who needs to get laid. You would think she was a virgin or something the amount of clinching she was doing. She stayed “moist” between her thighs and thinking about sex with Remington basically. When the deed finally did happen I got NOTHING from it which basically confirmed I wasn’t swooning over these two like a lot of other people were. Overall I just didn’t like the writing so maybe that also affected the way I felt about their story. The “licking” and “scenting” was just too much for my liking. I will say the little drama we got was pretty interesting. I didn’t mind Mel for what she was.

The first two chapters had me squirming and I knew I had to commit myself to the series, but then the writer starts reciting every muscle in the body to a point that I had to skip some chapters to get to the good stuff. All in all, it was a good read.