Casee‘s review of Sweet Temptation (Sweet Series, Book 4) by Maya Banks.
He was a by-the-book cop who broke the rules in the bedroom…
Micah Hudson has painful secrets he’s run hard from. He has new friends, a new life, but he’s about to be confronted with the one person who reminds him of all he’s tried to forget–Angelina, the sister of his oldest friend David. She knows everything about his past, including how he and David fell in love with the same woman, and how they decided the best way to prevent her from tearing them apart was to share her between them. But then a terrible accident left Micah alone…
She was willing to do anything to make him see the woman she’d become…
Micah lost the two people who meant the most in the world to him. Angelina lost her only family. And she kept her deepest secret close to her heart. Her love for Micah. No longer willing to wait, she decides it’s time to go after him and bring him to his knees. She knows his secrets, his desires, his kinks and fetishes, and she’ll use whatever it takes to reel him in. Behind the easygoing, loves women exterior lies a man with dark needs and passions. She can give him what he wants. But will he decide she’s what he needs?
I am usually a fan of Maya Banks’ work. This one didn’t do it for me, folks. Subliminally I must have known that because this has been in my TBR pile for months. That really speaks for itself since I have really enjoyed this series.
In Sweet Temptation, Angelina goes to Texas to get her man. Not necessarily her man, just the man that she’s always wanted. The man that was married to a woman that he shared with Angelina’s brother. They had been killed several years earlier and Micah comes to visit their graves once a year. Then he goes to Heidi’s House of Pain to get whipped. I have to admit, whipping isn’t my thing. I suppose I just don’t see the appeal.
Micah first sees Angelina at The House. He doesn’t know who she is, but he knows he wants her. When he finds out who is behind the mask, he’s furious. Angelina was his best friend’s sister, a kid that he had no right to lust after. Yet another thing that bothered me. I could understand why Micah had to remind himself that she was David’s little sister. However, that got old considering the things that Micah subsequently did with Angelina.
Which brings me to the final part that I didn’t like. I’m all for a good ménage. What I’m not into reading is a man that brings home three of his friends and orders her to do anything they way. In a ménage, all three parties are engaged. In this situation, Micah just watches happily and Angelina does whatever the men want. That was weird to me.
What I did like about this book was getting to know more about Connor. I imagine his book will be next. I really liked how he stood up for Angelina in the same way that he stands up for Faith. Love Damon and Serena. I still don’t like Julie, but I liked her more in this book than I have in any other (even her own).
3 out of 5.
This book is available from Berkley. You can buy it here or here in e-format.
The series:
I literally just finished this one. I liked it. I did not mind the menage scene. Micah was constantly testing her and trying to push her limits but he took care of her nad did not push her beyond her boundries or give her more than she could handle.
I didn’t care as much for this one either. The menage really bothered me a lot. And I never really felt that Micah cared for Angelina in those encounters. Everything he did seemed to be all about him. I know that’s what he was trying to do to her, but I can’t imagine anyone enjoying that as she supposedly did.
I’m also really looking forward to Connor’s book!
I’m with you Casee but you were a little more generous in your grade that I would have been. I had really liked Micah in all the books prior to this one and I was so looking forward to this story. I was disappointed that for most of the book, he was, IMHO, an asshat. I really felt uncomfortable with the menage scene. 2 of the 4 men were complete strangers to her and I felt it was more of her being used than her being “pleasured”. It felt very much like she was a sex toy and I didn’t like it.
I know what you mean about Connor too – for a little while there I thought maybe Connor, Angelina and Micah would all end up together – I probably would have liked that better. Overall, I felt the plot was thin, Micah’s motivations seemed to change all the time and I didn’t like him for most of the book. I can’t see myself going back for a re-read of this one. However, I have really enjoyed the other books so I’ll pony up for the next one.
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