mum2m1l2c3p4's review
5.0
Tattoos and spray paint
This was a very different story for Ms Darhower, but every bit as fantastic as anything else she's written. This lady has it! Priven Warren FTW
This was a very different story for Ms Darhower, but every bit as fantastic as anything else she's written. This lady has it! Priven Warren FTW
rlp78's review against another edition
4.0
This was my first book by this author and I really enjoyed it.
infoxiication's review against another edition
medium-paced
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
bibliofangirl's review against another edition
4.0
I loved this book. I loved the journey and growing and self-discovery of Reece. He was such an amazing guy and he grew into so much more.
This is a male POV and is different from other books by this author, but it works. It. Totally. Works.
The characters in this book, especially Little Miss, completely steal the show. They are so real and lovable and raw. I feel like they're out there walking the streets of NYC, with their love and ice cream.
The only thing missing from this book is more. I really want more of the story, more of the back story, more of these characters.
I highly recommend this book! It's such a beautiful and sexy ride!
This is a male POV and is different from other books by this author, but it works. It. Totally. Works.
The characters in this book, especially Little Miss, completely steal the show. They are so real and lovable and raw. I feel like they're out there walking the streets of NYC, with their love and ice cream.
The only thing missing from this book is more. I really want more of the story, more of the back story, more of these characters.
I highly recommend this book! It's such a beautiful and sexy ride!
noregrets4life33's review against another edition
4.0
Went ahead and made this a one day read!
A good read with a dancer and a tattooed bad boy and his cute little daughter. Cute with the right amount of angst that didn't allow it to become to heavy.
Recommnended!
A good read with a dancer and a tattooed bad boy and his cute little daughter. Cute with the right amount of angst that didn't allow it to become to heavy.
Recommnended!
julie_loves_books's review against another edition
4.0
This was a refreshing read. I really enjoyed the characters and that they were a little bit different from the norm. Reece is truly the tortured artist with a sketchy past. Not a bad past, but doing what he loves (art) got him in to some trouble that he's still paying for years later. Now, the only art he does, or is capable of doing, is tattooing. Avery is the opposite of him. She's a dancer at Juilliard who happens to stumble in to his tattoo parlor with a friend. They are complete opposites on the outside, but both have a deep love of the arts on the inside.
Reece and Avery have a true connection, but he struggles with feelings of inadequacy. Not only has he let his family down by the trouble he'd gotten in to, but his daughter's mother is nothing but negative towards him...always putting him down. He falls for Avery, but in the back of his mind feels that she can do better. She, of course, does not see it that way.
I love single parent stories, so I enjoyed this one. His daughter, Lexie, is adorable, making it easy for Avery to fall for her as much as her dad. It also showed the struggles of being a single parent and not having a good relationship with the other parent. I felt so bad for him at times. She treated him horribly.
If you enjoy single parent stories and artsy, tattooed dads, this one is worth a read.
Nicknames: Aphrodite, Goddess, Little Miss (his daughter...too cute!)
Goddess. She's more subdued today, wearing a pink sweater and the darkest, skinniest skinny jeans, making her look curvier than ever. I scan her instinctively, exhaling slowly. Jesus, she manages to be even more tempting leaving so much to the imagination, like whatever is beneath those layers of clothes is possibly the eighth wonder of the world, and damn if I don't want to explore it. Conquer it.
She's beautiful. I still can't put my finger on it. She's kind of like sunshine. She's bright. And warm. And yellow. She's yellow. I don't know how else to explain it.
I'm a dancer." A dancer. Of course. It's no wonder her body is so stunning.
“That's cool. I’ve known a few dancers."
“Really?"
“Yeah, sure. Most were just trying to put themselves through college. We do what we have to do, you know? No shame in that.”
“I, uh… what?” She gasps. “You think I… that I’m a stripper? Seriously? Do I look like one to you?" My eyes scan her again.
“You look like you’d make a good one."
"I know you have tattooing and all, but you shouldn't give up on this art."
"I haven't given up," I say. "It gave up on me."
Unlike me, she has no holes. She hasn't been broken and sloppily glued back together. I have, though. My cracks still show.
She has a gorgeous body, albeit a banged-up one. Her feet are particularly rough, and she seems to shift them away when I look down again. It's from dancing, though, battle wounds from fighting through her art, so if anything, it makes her more beautiful to me. She's a fucking warrior. A badass, tippy-toed, dancing warrior.
The sex vixen in the darkness is a blushing angel in the light, a walking contradiction that has me twisted.
"People still judge a book by its cover, Avery. And your story? It's beautiful. You're beautiful. But I'm nothing but a ripped out page, graffiti where some should never be. Don't taint your story with me."
The pleasure of creative freedom, of being able to do anything I dream, to possess and alter any way I see fit, is second only to the thrill of her being my canvas.
Reece and Avery have a true connection, but he struggles with feelings of inadequacy. Not only has he let his family down by the trouble he'd gotten in to, but his daughter's mother is nothing but negative towards him...always putting him down. He falls for Avery, but in the back of his mind feels that she can do better. She, of course, does not see it that way.
I love single parent stories, so I enjoyed this one. His daughter, Lexie, is adorable, making it easy for Avery to fall for her as much as her dad. It also showed the struggles of being a single parent and not having a good relationship with the other parent. I felt so bad for him at times. She treated him horribly.
If you enjoy single parent stories and artsy, tattooed dads, this one is worth a read.
Nicknames: Aphrodite, Goddess, Little Miss (his daughter...too cute!)
Goddess. She's more subdued today, wearing a pink sweater and the darkest, skinniest skinny jeans, making her look curvier than ever. I scan her instinctively, exhaling slowly. Jesus, she manages to be even more tempting leaving so much to the imagination, like whatever is beneath those layers of clothes is possibly the eighth wonder of the world, and damn if I don't want to explore it. Conquer it.
She's beautiful. I still can't put my finger on it. She's kind of like sunshine. She's bright. And warm. And yellow. She's yellow. I don't know how else to explain it.
I'm a dancer." A dancer. Of course. It's no wonder her body is so stunning.
“That's cool. I’ve known a few dancers."
“Really?"
“Yeah, sure. Most were just trying to put themselves through college. We do what we have to do, you know? No shame in that.”
“I, uh… what?” She gasps. “You think I… that I’m a stripper? Seriously? Do I look like one to you?" My eyes scan her again.
“You look like you’d make a good one."
"I know you have tattooing and all, but you shouldn't give up on this art."
"I haven't given up," I say. "It gave up on me."
Unlike me, she has no holes. She hasn't been broken and sloppily glued back together. I have, though. My cracks still show.
She has a gorgeous body, albeit a banged-up one. Her feet are particularly rough, and she seems to shift them away when I look down again. It's from dancing, though, battle wounds from fighting through her art, so if anything, it makes her more beautiful to me. She's a fucking warrior. A badass, tippy-toed, dancing warrior.
The sex vixen in the darkness is a blushing angel in the light, a walking contradiction that has me twisted.
"People still judge a book by its cover, Avery. And your story? It's beautiful. You're beautiful. But I'm nothing but a ripped out page, graffiti where some should never be. Don't taint your story with me."
The pleasure of creative freedom, of being able to do anything I dream, to possess and alter any way I see fit, is second only to the thrill of her being my canvas.
karlijnmerle's review against another edition
4.0
Okay, I'm certain. Tattooed guys are my weak spot. Every time I fall in love with them. I don't know what it is but I happen to love them. Not only the tattoos, but also the person behind it. The reason why he has them, his thoughts en his feelings.
The moment Reece stept in the story, I was addicted. Addicted to his personality, his love for his daughter, his struggles with his past. Reece is a troubled man, but when you look behind it you see a wonderful man you don't want to let go.
“The dream lives on, Reece, and it never gives up on you, no matter what you might think. Dreams sometimes just change.”
The moment Reece stept in the story, I was addicted. Addicted to his personality, his love for his daughter, his struggles with his past. Reece is a troubled man, but when you look behind it you see a wonderful man you don't want to let go.
“The dream lives on, Reece, and it never gives up on you, no matter what you might think. Dreams sometimes just change.”
dragonflyreads's review against another edition
5.0
My first boom from JM Darhower. I really loved that it was in Reese's POV. We don't get enough all-male POV in this romance world. There was no big evil lurking in the dark. It was love and lust and sweet and surprising not ultra steamy. Reese and Avery are a perfect match for each other and little Lexie steals her scenes. Love love love!