Amazon recommended this to
me because I bought everything Tammara Webber has written (you should
definitely read all of her stuff, it’s pretty great).
The scorching tale of one girl, two brothers and a love triangle…that’s not.
Olivia Townsend is nothing special. She’s just a girl working her way through college so she can return home to help her father run his business. She’s determined not to be the second woman in his life to abandon him, even if it means putting her own life on hold. To Olivia, it’s clear what she must do. Plain and simple. Black and white.
But clear becomes complicated when she meets Cash and Nash Davenport. They’re brothers. Twins. Cash is everything she’s always wanted in a guy. He’s a dangerous, sexy bad boy who wants her in his bed at any cost. He turns her insides to mush and, with just one kiss, makes her forget why he’s no good for her.
Nash is everything she’s ever needed in a guy. He’s successful, responsible and intensely passionate. But he’s taken. Very taken, by none other than Marissa, Liv’s rich, beautiful cousin. That doesn’t stop Olivia from melting every time he looks at her, though. With just one touch, he makes her forget why they can never be together.
Black and white turns to shades of gray when Olivia discovers the boys are hiding something, something that should make her run as far and as fast as she can. But it’s too late to run. Olivia’s already involved. And in love. With both of them.
Both brothers make her heart tremble. Both brothers set her body on fire.
She wants them both. And they want her.
How will she ever choose between them?
(via Goodreads)
Ignore the first 2 parts of the synopsis, just about everything that
wasn’t related to the main characters fucking/thinking about fucking/trying to
fuck was glossed over. And since it wasn’t erotica, a plot would have been
nice. And since there wasn’t a plot, more than a token attempt at character development
could have been made. Olivia never learns anything/grows up/has an epiphany/does
anything but whine about how much she likes these boys/can never have these boys.
And Cash/Nash are never developed beyond their super-secret secret, which didn’t
even come into play until at least halfway through the book.
And hooray for manufactured conflict, Olivia’s ex-boyfriend was a bad
boy and he hurt her feelings so she’s sworn off bad boys forever. Yeah sure, having your heart broken sucks balls,
but here’s a protip: just because a boy has tattoos doesn’t make him bad. BEING
AN ASSHOLE WHO CHEATS ON HIS PREGNANT GIRLFRIEND makes him bad. Also, guys in suits are not necessarily good
guys either.
There were few terrible grammar/editing distractions and the story was
well-paced (mostly). The author was definitely heavy-handed with the exclamation
points and italics but that’s more a style issue than anything else (reading
about people who are that excited! about!
everything! was exhausting). I will admit that this was kind of
compulsively readable; I almost missed my bus stop because I was reading. The
dudes were super foxy and the sex scenes were pretty steamy. However, and this
is a BIG however, the last quarter of the book takes a sharp turn from
oh-this-is-mildly-entertaining to holy-shit-WTF. And then the epilogue crashes into
now-this-is-a-suspense-novel-what-the-hell and surprise-there’s a-sequel!
Should you read this? If you like reading about people who are magnificent
jerks and you’ve got a couple of free hours and don’t need to go to the dentist
or something, sure. If the ending wasn’t so utterly bizarro, I’d have left off
the caveat about the dentist. Regardless, I’m glad I borrowed this and didn’t
use the last of the Amazon gift card I’ve been saving for a rainy day.
Series: As yet untitled
Next book in series: To be announced
P.O.V.: First person, present; alternating narrators
Language: Salty
Sexy business: Plenty and
semi-graphic
Cash and Nash? Seriously? I would never be able to get past that. NEVER.
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