b_readsromance's review
3.0
It was just meh for me. Not bad, but not amazing. The narrator from the audible was very hard to get used to.
sarastar's review
5.0
This was an awesome read, clever and riveting, steamy read. Leaves you wanting more.
leep_frog's review
5.0
I give this book 4-4.5 stars. I loved this book because of how different it was from all the other books I have been reading. Intriguing for sure! I will have to look out for more books by L H Cosway! :)
jessweck's review
5.0
To date, the best book I've read in 2015! It was so phenomenal it was almost an illusion of my mind :)
sarah1984's review
2.0
8/6 - Am I the only one who sees a correlation between the News International phone hacking scandal and the revelations at the end of this book? This was published in 2014 and the paper was shut down after the scandal broke in 2011, so it's entirely possible it influenced the big mystery Jay was hiding from Matilda.
This was marginally better than [b:Painted Faces|22324795|Painted Faces (Painted Faces, #1)|L.H. Cosway|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1401096227s/22324795.jpg|21999244], but only marginally in that Matilda wasn't as judgemental as Freda and Jay wasn't as inappropriately sexually aggressive as Nicholas. I still had problems with the plot, writing and behaviour of both characters.
Matilda, as the narrator of the story, repeated what she said to us and made little asides that reeked of a desperate attempt to get us to like her because she's 'just like us'; was irresponsible when it came to her own sexual health/safety (M: I'm clean. Are you clean? J: Yes. M: Great! Let's get naked.); waxed lyrical about Jay's looks and called him 'Tiger' in one scene (which made me want to barf); and generally seemed to lack any kind of sense. I can't understand why she didn't at least question the weird coincidence that her childhood next door neighbour who she continues to think about all these years later and her new 'whatever-the-hell-he-is' both went through the same tragedy at around the same age in the same general area - I would have at least been like "Huh! That's weird."
In Matilda's eyes the sun shone out of Jay's ass, but I just couldn't see why. In a scene not far past the halfway mark she tells us 'he’s probably the best person I’ve ever known.', but I can see no reason for her to feel this way. He kept a lot of secrets from her and dumped her (while requesting that they stay friends because he didn't want to lose her completely) so he wouldn't have to lie to her while keeping said secrets, without explaining any of that to her leaving her to come to the conclusion that he liked her body but didn't want a long term relationship with her. All Jay's mysterious behaviour and elusive answers left Matilda with no idea why Jay was behaving the way he was and his continued refusal to give her a straight answer just felt needlessly cruel.
I had a third Cosway book, [b:The Player and the Pixie|34993624|The Player and the Pixie (Rugby, #2)|L.H. Cosway|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1493230447s/34993624.jpg|48003283], on my to read list (fortunately it wasn't also one that I'd picked up as a Kindle freebie like with this one and Painted Faces), but after this second failure I'm not going to bother with a third. Cosway is not the author for me.
This was marginally better than [b:Painted Faces|22324795|Painted Faces (Painted Faces, #1)|L.H. Cosway|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1401096227s/22324795.jpg|21999244], but only marginally in that Matilda wasn't as judgemental as Freda and Jay wasn't as inappropriately sexually aggressive as Nicholas. I still had problems with the plot, writing and behaviour of both characters.
Matilda, as the narrator of the story, repeated what she said to us and made little asides that reeked of a desperate attempt to get us to like her because she's 'just like us'; was irresponsible when it came to her own sexual health/safety (M: I'm clean. Are you clean? J: Yes. M: Great! Let's get naked.); waxed lyrical about Jay's looks and called him 'Tiger' in one scene (which made me want to barf); and generally seemed to lack any kind of sense. I can't understand why she didn't at least question the weird coincidence that her childhood next door neighbour who she continues to think about all these years later and her new 'whatever-the-hell-he-is' both went through the same tragedy at around the same age in the same general area - I would have at least been like "Huh! That's weird."
In Matilda's eyes the sun shone out of Jay's ass, but I just couldn't see why. In a scene not far past the halfway mark she tells us 'he’s probably the best person I’ve ever known.', but I can see no reason for her to feel this way. He kept a lot of secrets from her and dumped her (while requesting that they stay friends because he didn't want to lose her completely) so he wouldn't have to lie to her while keeping said secrets, without explaining any of that to her leaving her to come to the conclusion that he liked her body but didn't want a long term relationship with her. All Jay's mysterious behaviour and elusive answers left Matilda with no idea why Jay was behaving the way he was and his continued refusal to give her a straight answer just felt needlessly cruel.
I had a third Cosway book, [b:The Player and the Pixie|34993624|The Player and the Pixie (Rugby, #2)|L.H. Cosway|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1493230447s/34993624.jpg|48003283], on my to read list (fortunately it wasn't also one that I'd picked up as a Kindle freebie like with this one and Painted Faces), but after this second failure I'm not going to bother with a third. Cosway is not the author for me.
alleskelle's review
5.0
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ 6 HEARTS ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
My casting...
This book is a gem. Please consider reading it!
Review to come...
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My casting...
This book is a gem. Please consider reading it!
Review to come...
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RELEASE DATE : JULY 28th, 2014.
Step right up and meet Jay Fields: Illusionist. Mentalist. Trickster.
rorynne's review
The dialogue was just awkward as fuck, there was no chemistry. Only thing that kept me reading was the novelty of reading about someone gush over an american accent
ireadlikeaboss's review
3.0
"I might tell you that you're mine. But you need to understand that it goes both ways. I belong to you, too."
L.H. Cosway is one of my go-to authors. When I saw that the hero in her next book was an illusionist, I was completely intrigued. I was also a little creeped out. David Blaine is creepy and couldn't picture falling in love with a guy like that. But Jay Fields is nothing like David Blaine. He oozes sex appeal, is incredibly discerning, and has a big heart. Six of Hearts was an entertaining, magical and so full of emotion. I couldn't put it down.
Jay Fields makes his living by tricking people, by making people believe one thing is something else entirely. He finds himself in a world of trouble when one of the volunteers in his televised "Buried Alive" stunt dies of a heart attack hours after leaving the show. Afterwards, an Irish newspaper places the blame on Ja,y accusing him of causing the man's death. But were these two incidents connected? Is Jay responsible for this man's death?
With his public image complete smeared, Jay decides to take down the newspaper that for the lies they printed. Jay finds a local solicitor, Hugh Brandon, who is a seasoned attorney but maybe not the best man for such a high-profile case. There, Jay meets Matilda Brandon, daughter of Hugh and his legal secretary. As luck would have it Hugh is looking to rent out a room in his house and Jay just happens to be looking for a place to stay. Despite driving a car worth more than 100,000 euros, he chooses to live modestly until he can find a place of his own. Matilda Brandon acquired quite the attractive housemate. GAH!
Matilda Brandon is a little bit socially awkward when it comes to guys. She isn't some naive innocent woman (thank heavens). She is on the quest that most are on - to find that sort of toe-curling, butterfly-inducing love. So when she sees this man who is the physical embodiment of sex appeal walking down the street she is quite taken aback. She freaks when she sees him in his father's law office. And then dies when her father agrees to let him move in.
"Do you like me? I ask, hating how insecure I sound."Of course I like you. I enjoy your company a lot.""I don't mean in a friends way," I bolster on disappointedly. Someone liking me as a friend isn't the kind of epic love I'v3e been waiting for my entire life for.His hand goes to my arm as he leans his head on my shoulder, his breath hitting the back of my neck. "You have no idea," he whispers.A minute passes and this his heat is gone. I turn around just in time to see him shutting the door behind him.
Cosway always writes couples very well. In both Painted Faces and Still Life With Strings, she cultivates their relationship and developing feelings in a way that makes me believe that the characters are compatible on a basic level. As a reader, I am able to feel and experience the feelings develop along with the characters.
Matilda and Jay click from the very beginning, despite their differences. I absolutely loved their terms of endearment for one another - Watson and Holmes. Jay calls Matilda Watson for her incessant curiosity, and Matilda calls Jay Sherlock for his investigational skills, which become more and more known as the story goes on.
The building emotional intensity between Matilda and Jay is what propel the story forward and kept me frantically turning the pages. It's that emotional connection between the characters and the building sexual that left me wanting MORE MORE MORE!
"Wow. You're good," I breathe. "I know you took it, I just can't figure out when or how."His smile grows wider as he chews his food. Then his voice deepens as he replies cheekily, "You don't know the half of how good I am."
The longer they denied the physical attraction that was building between the two of them, the more I wanted them to give in to one another. There were so many "almost" moments that left me with the biggest smile on my face, yet frustrated (in a good way) for the characters.
"When have you seen me shuffle a deck?""In those videos I watched of you, remember?"He seems pleased with that answer. "Be honest, you watch them every night before you sleep, don't you?""I do not! I only watched them that one time.""Liar. You love watching me do my tricks. They're liking your own little version of porn. I bet you have a fucking great time watching my videos...in bed."
Jay Fields' endgame took years to plan. At the end, I loved him more for what he went through to achieve his goal.
I received a copy from the author in exchange for an honest review.
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