A joy to read.

At Your Most Beautiful by Harper Bliss

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


I was pretty much speechless after the first nine chapters, that had enthralled me with the absolutely longest, but also sweetest yet hottest drawn out sex scene I have read so far. After page after page of hot yet sweet if not always exactly tender but definitely more love-making than sex I was craving more of the story, intent to know how these two unlikely lovers would find a way to be together. Or possibly not. But this is a Harper Bliss novel, so at least I was reasonably sure of a happily ever after. In any case I could not stop reading and finished it more than well after midnight.

The character development Harper wrote here didn’t have any of the usual second chance romance drama, it was believable and well worked, never letting you doubt one or the other of the two ladies love, even if Maya tried her best to dissuade herself from trusting her heart. I was reminded of an episode in a book by well known psychologist Paul Watzlawick, “The situation is hopeless but not serious (the pursuit of unhappiness)" in which someone needs a hammer and goes to ask a neighbour to borrow one, but then within only minutes comes up with so many refusals, that he sais to the neighbour when he opens his door “Just keep your fucking hammer, then.” and turns around and leaves.

If we are honest with ourselves we all know that kind of thought pattern in some form or other. Fortunately Maya’s love, with the help of Quinn’s determination and good arguments from Maya’s gay neighbour, turns out stronger than her fear and – as is always the case if you move in the right direction – destiny’s help gets her to face the music, as they say.

The way Quinn follows her pursuit of the woman she loves is very passionate but also mindful of what she perceives Maya wants or better needs to finally believe in what they both feel is sweet even though sometimes brazen, yet always tender. It is a joy to read!



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