Sam Mariano

Quickie Review (May Contain Spoilers)

So this book I had high hopes for but I also understood that this is one of her older books just with a newer cover and once you read it you know its not the writing she has been writing with recently. I am not sure how I feel about where she is going with Hannah to be honest. We shall see what happens if I want to continue or not *shrugs* But lets get back to Surrender.

I wanted to love Surrender. In fact, in the beginning it had such a solid start. I was immediately swept into the story and really enjoyed the whole "escape room" premise. However, once we get to the halfway mark, the story went downhill. It wasn't anything specific, the story just fell flat for me. It just seemed like there was so much raw energy to pull you into the story, and then it just fades into the background and I truly just became bored with the second half. It was disappointing to say the least.… (meer)

Quickie Review (May contain spoilers, fair warning upon reading this review)

Staying In Vegas, is the continuation of the Morelli Saga. I was wanting to see what this author would do with this story. I did NOT expect a love triangle at all. This is my least liked trope and was a bit disappointed this author went this way. It just went a weird way and I am not sure how I feel about this story. I will continue with the trilogy so I can find out what happens but will space them out here. But one of my more least favorite Mariano books. I do have high hopes that it will get better with the next books.

If you have read this series let me know if it improves!… (meer)

Quickie Review:

This was not your typical dark romance or even typical Sam Mariano story. So I do think even fans of her work are really going to struggle with this. Also keep in mind that this is a novella, its not one of her full length books. This was probably one of my least favorite books from her. This is not me saying that its a horrible book, far from it. But it just didn't have the flavor of a story that I was going for. I really enjoyed certain aspects of this book but it definitely wasn't quite my cup of tea. I enjoyed some elements. The heroine was sweet yet strong and not afraid to embrace her desires. Our hero was cunning and willing to do whatever it took to claim the woman he wanted. There are some family dynamics in this one that was a bit hard to deal with at times. But I did enjoy where the author took this story and it was definitely one of the more adventurous sexually of her books. So you definitely need to keep an open mind to even be okay with this story. But I really enjoyed how these two just were right for each other. It did have some poignant moments when I least expected it, and I enjoyed the affection that these two held for each other in just the perfect moments.

Overall while this one is definitely not a favorite of mine, I respect the reach iin which the author was going for on it and it had its redeeming qualities.… (meer)