Everest

I enjoyed this one more than I thought I would. I found it to be very well written. The pace was OK. The first half of this book was S-L-O-W for me. Part of the reason for that was my irritation with the hero and his indecisiveness. That said, the plot was still very engaging and kept me turning the pages and the second half kicked up the pace quite a bit. There was a nice bit of suspense that came into play in the second half as well and that added an extra layer of intrigue to the story. There was also an incident that made me cry (OMG did I cry), and I'll be honest I am still not sure how I feel about it. I get the purpose it served, but I would have rather it hadn't had happened. I wouldn't say this was overly angsty and there was no OM drama. There was some OW drama, but it didn't bother me as much as I thought it would. This was a bit of a slow burn with the first sex scenes coming in at 50%. When we do get some action, the scenes were suitably hot. There was a good cast of secondary characters. I loved Singer's BFF, and I ADORED Aaron, Lars, and Frank. They all need to get books of their own.




The main characters were OK. I can't say I liked this hero very much for the first half of the book. He came across flighty, wishy-washy and easily distracted. He waxes poetically about how much he wants Singer and the connection he feels for her at a party, but then he let another woman pull him away from her and then goes on to date said OW. And it's not like she disappeared into thin air. It's mentioned they saw each other several times over the course of the year because they run in the same circles. When they meet up again a year later he is so hot and cold and back and forth. It drove me nuts. I wanted him to grow a f-ing pair of balls and man up. We are also never given a legit reason to why he just walked away from the connection in the first place. All he really says is “the bubble popped and the moment had passed.” Seriously dude?? I think had the author used a lighter hand with his feelings for Singer when he meets her at the beginning I would have had an easier time understanding how he turned and walked away. I will say though that once he got his head out of his ass (around 50%) he became a fantastic hero I adored quite a bit. Singer I loved right from the start. She was honest and open. Was a great friend and wore her heart on her sleeve. The first half of this book I wanted her to stop letting Ethan jerk her around with his hot and cold act. But that is about the only negative thing I can say about her. She was a great heroine. Last, this was all wrapped up in a sweet ending that brought things full circle and left me with a smile on my face.

So yea, I was a little nervous going into this one after reading a couple of reviews, but I ended up enjoying it a lot. I think the first half of the book could have been condensed a little (it was quite a long book) and that would have helped it pace-wise, but yours truly is giving this one a solid two thumbs up and I look forward to reading more by this author.