The Price of Temptation

Before I hit the halfway point of this story, I was working on a very different review. You see, up until that point, I thought I was reading at least a four star book and possibly a five. Stephen and Jamie were both likable, bringing out the best in each other, and there was so much romance and seduction in just a few kisses and some flirting. (And there was some delightful matchmaking going on.)

Then, a little past the halfway point, they slept together for the first time (is there some kind of template for M/M romances? Because I am beyond sick of this) which led directly to The Big Misunderstanding. It was stupid, could have been eliminated if these two idiots could have had one short, honest conversation with each other - but, worse than all that?

It led to over seventy pages of them not speaking to each other or even being in the same house. There was kidnapping, sexual assault, rape, threats of torture and murder. And, after all that, what did we get for our trouble?

Four pages for Stephen and Jamie's reunion.

Four pages. And that's including the rescue. Four pages after the absolute heart wrenching, annoying, dragged out previous seventy.

Bleh.

One star because I finished it. Second star for the first hundred or so pages.