A review by thenaptimewriter
Beyond the Limit by Cindy Dees
4.0
I received a complimentary ARC of this book via Netgalley but all opinions provided are my own.
Beyond the Limit is a sizzling, action-packed romance by new-to-me author Cindy Dees. It’s the story of two heroes—people willing to take any risk to save Americans—falling in love, & it was engrossing from start to finish.
Books with uber strong heroines are one of my catnips, and this book has that times three. Three highly determined, fit, and strong women learn that one of them will go through BUD/S training and become the “face” of the female SEAL, no matter what.
Sherri Tate is one of those women. She’s beautiful, and she feels like she’s been limited in some ways by how people perceive her. For her, this opportunity is a chance to serve her nation, to save people, and to prove that she has what it takes.
Then there’s Griffin Caldwell, a SEAL and one of her trainers, who would probably rather wear a powder blue suit every day, hungover—like he is the first time we meet him—than work with & support a female SEAL.
There’s also the insta lust between them, which is soon blazing out of control despite the risks associated with them indulging in it. But is there any way that this thing between them could be worth the possible danger to their careers? Particularly since Sherri is just getting started on the SEAL track?
Dees adeptly captures how physically and mentally stressful SEAL training is for Sherri and her fellow trainees. She writes action really well—the scenes have a physicality and vividness that made me even more invested in Sherri’s outcome. Sherri is a warrior, capable of handling nearly everything they throw at her. I loved it.
Ditto for the physical scenes between Sherri & Griffin. They’re so good together: the secret ways they support each other, the passion between them, and how they’re kind of perfectly matched.
But I was kind of bothered by their relationship while training—the lengths he goes to to make sure she’ll succeed to the next round. Even while I understood that they were both playing the game, it also didn’t really seem keeping with either of their characters for me. I had trouble believing that she would be satisfied moving through training like that, with advantages that other people didn’t have.
I’m looking forward to checking out some of Dees’ other books, because the aspects of the book that worked for me really worked for me. Thanks to Netgalley for my copy!
Beyond the Limit is a sizzling, action-packed romance by new-to-me author Cindy Dees. It’s the story of two heroes—people willing to take any risk to save Americans—falling in love, & it was engrossing from start to finish.
Books with uber strong heroines are one of my catnips, and this book has that times three. Three highly determined, fit, and strong women learn that one of them will go through BUD/S training and become the “face” of the female SEAL, no matter what.
Sherri Tate is one of those women. She’s beautiful, and she feels like she’s been limited in some ways by how people perceive her. For her, this opportunity is a chance to serve her nation, to save people, and to prove that she has what it takes.
Then there’s Griffin Caldwell, a SEAL and one of her trainers, who would probably rather wear a powder blue suit every day, hungover—like he is the first time we meet him—than work with & support a female SEAL.
There’s also the insta lust between them, which is soon blazing out of control despite the risks associated with them indulging in it. But is there any way that this thing between them could be worth the possible danger to their careers? Particularly since Sherri is just getting started on the SEAL track?
Dees adeptly captures how physically and mentally stressful SEAL training is for Sherri and her fellow trainees. She writes action really well—the scenes have a physicality and vividness that made me even more invested in Sherri’s outcome. Sherri is a warrior, capable of handling nearly everything they throw at her. I loved it.
Ditto for the physical scenes between Sherri & Griffin. They’re so good together: the secret ways they support each other, the passion between them, and how they’re kind of perfectly matched.
But I was kind of bothered by their relationship while training—the lengths he goes to to make sure she’ll succeed to the next round. Even while I understood that they were both playing the game, it also didn’t really seem keeping with either of their characters for me. I had trouble believing that she would be satisfied moving through training like that, with advantages that other people didn’t have.
I’m looking forward to checking out some of Dees’ other books, because the aspects of the book that worked for me really worked for me. Thanks to Netgalley for my copy!