A review by joreadsromance
Hot for Him by Sarah Mayberry

2.0

Slightly depressing romance
2 stars

This is the third in Mayberry's Secret Lives of Daytime Divas trilogy (after [b:Take on Me|35287|Take on Me (Secret Lives of Daytime Divas, #1)|Sarah Mayberry|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1168584798l/35287._SY75_.jpg|35222] and [b:All Over You|35288|All Over You (Secret Lives of Daytime Divas, #2)|Sarah Mayberry|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1266455973l/35288._SY75_.jpg|35223]) but stands completely alone if you haven't read the first two books in the series.

Both Claudia and Leandro are nice enough characters but neither inspired much feeling in me - good or bad. While I completely understood the conflict in the story and even sympathised with the characters, on the whole, the subject of alcoholism was really quite depressing as I'm sure it was written with a great deal of authenticity. This probably wouldn't normally be a problem but when you're hoping for a light, sexy read then it's not really what you're looking for.

Plus, I'll admit that I was a little disappointed that there wasn't more of Grace and Sadie's romances from the first two books in the trilogy. I always think it's nice to wrap up a series with a little reunion and 'where are they now'. An extended epilogue wrapped up in another's story, if you will.

Overall, the book is very readable and I like [a:Sarah Mayberry|19909|Sarah Mayberry|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1299541333p2/19909.jpg]'s writing style. But this story was too focussed on the conflict and not enough on the romance for me to enjoy overly much. Only 2 stars.