Becoming Elite

Reread/Listen September 2016 = 4 Happy StarsWhat a difference a mood makes and in this case a superb narrator [a:Nick J. Russo 8141120 Nick J. Russo https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png]I'm revising my rating because I rate based on my level of enjoyment and this time around I loved everything about this book. Maybe I was wrong before or wrong now but I was a very happy girl today having this book as company. ;-)My deep love for Ethan continues unabated and I've come to understand or accept his helpless attraction to Maximilian. We all have our Achilles Heel. Yes I still do think that Max is a bit of an ass but he seems very intent on satisfying every one of Ethan's desires when they come together once again towards the end and after a mutually fulfilling sexual encounter Max actually says to Ethan "Did I please you?" and that makes me tally him in the plus column. Let's hope in the next books [a:Tricia Owens 953273 Tricia Owens https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1474564769p2/953273.jpg] makes good on this promise and that she tells us more about him so that I can grow to like him for himself.A special mention to Larry and Bob. Two of the best guys and friends that anyone could have and Ethan is lucky to have them in his corner.I'll be moving on to the next books, particularly as they become available on audio by [a:Nick J. Russo 8141120 Nick J. Russo https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png] He makes me happy. :-)**********Really a 2.5 but I feeling generous so 3* (April 2016)Maximilian & Ethan???I had enough fun while reading this and I really liked the character of Ethan and his humdrum life back in Indiana. I liked that though he kept it on the DL he knew who he was and what he liked so I was a bit disappointed when he fell hook, line and sinker for the pretty face that is Max.Granted we don't get to know too much about Max in this installment, I guess to tease him out in future episodes, but for me it's a case of ... meh. Don't really care enough to follow through, especially since I've read the blurbs to the follow up books and they seem way drama Queen heavy. So I'll wish them good luck and if I ever think of them again I'll imagine them living in happy bliss.