A review by hollaback77
Acquisition by Chelle Bliss
4.0
Acquisition by Chelle Bliss is book one in a two-part series that will continue in Merger. A lot of authors nowadays are doing this "Duet" trope, having the book end on a cliffhanger and then immediately releasing the next in the series the following month or week. While for some it seems to work and for others it doesn't- this author seems to have caught the market on this book because it was a short and interesting read. It kept my attention and even though I kind of knew who the mole was early on -
because of their skeeviness...I still enjoyed the mysteriousness of it all.
Lauren and Antonio together were a hot couple!! I could just picture him in my mind and what I was picturing made me stop what I was doing and preorder Merger (because I hadn't done that yet!) I mean, it doesn't matter how it ended - if the books not good, I'm not preordering the second one! Some people will get upset because this did end on a cliffhanger, but those really don't bother me much. Now, if you're going to release a year later, then that will bother me. However, the only thing that really bothered me was the s@#$*& content and the heroine going back and forth on how she felt about the hero. Other than those two things - it was a well-executed, well-written book. If you can overlook the fact that it ended on a cliffhanger and wait a month, then it'll teach you patience. The side characters in this are enough that are well-developed and well-rounded, that you'll want to read it. It has some good espionage in it.
I was given an ARC copy of this book by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. All opinions expressed are my own and do not reflect anyone else's.
because of their skeeviness...I still enjoyed the mysteriousness of it all.
Lauren and Antonio together were a hot couple!! I could just picture him in my mind and what I was picturing made me stop what I was doing and preorder Merger (because I hadn't done that yet!) I mean, it doesn't matter how it ended - if the books not good, I'm not preordering the second one! Some people will get upset because this did end on a cliffhanger, but those really don't bother me much. Now, if you're going to release a year later, then that will bother me. However, the only thing that really bothered me was the s@#$*& content and the heroine going back and forth on how she felt about the hero. Other than those two things - it was a well-executed, well-written book. If you can overlook the fact that it ended on a cliffhanger and wait a month, then it'll teach you patience. The side characters in this are enough that are well-developed and well-rounded, that you'll want to read it. It has some good espionage in it.
I was given an ARC copy of this book by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. All opinions expressed are my own and do not reflect anyone else's.