Low Tide Bikini

So before I start this very ranty review, I want to say that I do think this author is a terrific writer and I will for sure be checking out some of her others books. That said I LOATHED the hero in this one with the passion of a thousand white hot suns...



So already in the prologue, we get pages and pages of this guy whining about being in love with ZOEY his best friends wife. Apparently, Zoey and Declan have invited Jared as a third into their bed on several occasions, and now the loser is all in wovy dovy with her and has to leave because he can't stand to see them so happy. Blah...Blah...Blah. Dude even sheds tears as he leaves! SO OMG, already I feel the heroine is second best, and we haven't even met her yet!



But OK, we are now six months in the future, and the heroine comes into play. Oh, the hero is STILL whinging about Zoey now and then, but I was warming up to him and Naomi unitl... Declan calls to tell the hero Zoey is pregnant. For a few seconds the hero thinks “maybe it's mine” and gets all excited (WHAT THE EVER LOVING FUCK!) Alas no it isn't his, so what does he do? He blows off Naomi and goes and gets drunk. Naomi finds him and cleans up his vomit and puts him to bed etc. Now, if that wasn't bad enough, this little diddy then takes place...

He wanted to apologize for last night and then this morning. He shouldn't have touched her this morning. He'd woken from a dream—a memory, really—of one of his first times with Zoey, and a boner the size of Texas. He'd taken advantage of Naomi, used her to screw Zoey out of his system”