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Playing Hard To Forget
Ethan Robertson never asked to be the latest in a long line of werewolf hunters, but the war between his family and the werewolf Kinnairds has raged on for a millennium, and he is expected to fight like all the Robertsons before him. But then he meets Liam Kinnaird, a gorgeous, mysterious werewolf Ethan falls hard for. Despite the danger, they carry on a torrid affair until a terrible explosion destroys everything, including Liam and Ethan's memories of their time together. Twenty years later, Ethan is embroiled in battle once again and catches a glimpse of Liam. It triggers intense, erotic dreams that Ethan thinks might not be dreams at all. But he's never been anything but enemies with Kinnairds. He's certainly never been in love with one. Or has he?
200 pages, Paperback
First published December 26, 2014
About the author
Piper Doone
4 books12 followersPiper Doone hates filling out bios and makes up, like, 90% of what she puts in them. She was born on a pirate ship in the year 1723 and raised by Vikings in a small village off the coast of Liechtenstein. Her goals include taking over a small country and bribing the people who give out Oscars to retroactively award several to the cast of the 1996 comedy classic Down Periscope.
She has a mad passion for mid-century and Polynesian design, New Wave music, and Hayley Mills movies.
Her favorite bands are toad the wet sprocket, Queens of the Stone Age, and The Rolling Stones, but when no one's around, she's rocking Spice Girls like it's 1998. She also has a soft spot for Canadian folk god, Gordon Lightfoot.
She'll try to name some obscure indie movie as her favorite, but it's really The Mummy and she'll have a crush on Brendan Fraser forever.
Her TV weaknesses are Law and Order: SVU reruns and randomly finding terrible Australian and Canadian kids' shows from her childhood in the 90s.
If she could eat only one type of food for the rest of her life it would be Cuban food.
Her favorite books in the whole world are The Princess Bride by William Goldman and Something Rotten by Jasper Fforde.
She once was an extra on the mediocre 90s Sci-Fi show Seaquest DSV and was robbed of an Emmy that year for best .5 second cameo on a television show.
She left a terrible career in professional sports for a more reasonable career in sports marketing because she can have her own spinny chair in her office.
She is a proud Southpaw and a Scottish, ginger archer who has heard every Brave joke you can imagine. She has a weird, long-standing crush on Kurt Fuller (of Wayne’s World, Supernatural, and Psych fame) she can’t and won’t explain even though he's not only old enough to be her dad, he's older than her dad.
She is married to a curly blond haired French-Canadian guy who looks good in a tie and suspenders. They have two kids, a dog, a cat, and three hedgehogs.
She has a mad passion for mid-century and Polynesian design, New Wave music, and Hayley Mills movies.
Her favorite bands are toad the wet sprocket, Queens of the Stone Age, and The Rolling Stones, but when no one's around, she's rocking Spice Girls like it's 1998. She also has a soft spot for Canadian folk god, Gordon Lightfoot.
She'll try to name some obscure indie movie as her favorite, but it's really The Mummy and she'll have a crush on Brendan Fraser forever.
Her TV weaknesses are Law and Order: SVU reruns and randomly finding terrible Australian and Canadian kids' shows from her childhood in the 90s.
If she could eat only one type of food for the rest of her life it would be Cuban food.
Her favorite books in the whole world are The Princess Bride by William Goldman and Something Rotten by Jasper Fforde.
She once was an extra on the mediocre 90s Sci-Fi show Seaquest DSV and was robbed of an Emmy that year for best .5 second cameo on a television show.
She left a terrible career in professional sports for a more reasonable career in sports marketing because she can have her own spinny chair in her office.
She is a proud Southpaw and a Scottish, ginger archer who has heard every Brave joke you can imagine. She has a weird, long-standing crush on Kurt Fuller (of Wayne’s World, Supernatural, and Psych fame) she can’t and won’t explain even though he's not only old enough to be her dad, he's older than her dad.
She is married to a curly blond haired French-Canadian guy who looks good in a tie and suspenders. They have two kids, a dog, a cat, and three hedgehogs.
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April 20, 2015
A Hearts On Fire Review
2.75 HEARTS--The paranormal erotic romance of "Playing Hard to Forget" by new author Piper Doone features two men who fall in love in their twenties and continue to love each other for over twenty years. Warning: MF sex scenes (secondary and main character), cheating. This book has a lot of elements: GFY NA, enemies to lovers, amnesia, 40+ older main characters, long lost lovers and the two warnings I mentioned. (I don't mind het sex BTW) Was it a smooth ride? Not really. Some parts were better than others. I had to rate the book by parts to get my final rating.
The first half: 3.5 Hearts (including the prologue which was the best of the book and the historical note at the end - very cool history lesson, Ms. Doone)
The main themes - enemy falling for enemy, young, hot new adult lust (the love wasn't fully believable to me) and Liam's otherness. Liam was the standout character for me just because he embodied wolf like characteristics. On a level of 5, he was in the 3.5-4 range. He could have turned it up a notch for me, but his way of scenting Ethan, his quick reflexes - I enjoyed.
I think the bigger issue with this first half is that straddles the campy and serious side of the fence in different areas and it did mesh well to me. I could just take it at face value and read: two boys whose families are enemies, see each other, have (a lot of) sex and then fall in love lazily.
Hot right?
But I wanted depth and exposition for example the jokey archery team was unnecessary. Ethan could have just been written as a expert archer and left it at that. The archery was interesting without the foolish antics from minor characters. Fiona read older than 15 and he trying to act like a teen read forced, instead of natural. A lot of the interactions rad forced to me. And Ethan never giving any inkling of being attracted to a man just jumps into being attracted to Liam, no problems, no hesitancy. And this is set in 1991, in the south, the boys are holding hands, making out in public...no issues, no hesitancy. And let's get into the non reaction from Ethan's crazed bigot of a father. He was more upset about the wolf factor than the gay factor...though he could just be accepting but the man didn't seem that accepting of much.
But Ethan and Liam had a lot of sex...while driving, in the forest, in Ethan's house, motels...all over. The forbidden aspect made the sex scenes hotter.
So not looking into part one too deeply, it's good-ish.
The second half: (a very generous) 2 Hearts
Let me get to the parts I have no issue with before I get into the weaker second half: cheating - that part was decently written. I don't mind it especially when it ends with the right characters in a HEA. But everything else? The flashback/sex dreams - I started groaning after the 2nd one and they kept getting longer. We have a lot of different plot points thrown into the second half...and it read messy. Most of the issues were given a quick explanation here and there but it didn't mesh well for me.
Fiona turned into this super mega villain that everyone is afraid of. Ethan was hurt and let his little sister take charge for 23 years. Why? He didn't seem to be as weak in the first half as he did in part two. What happened to him that he just sat in the backseat of his life? He has amnesia for a certain part of his life (the months where he and Liam were a couple) but did he forget himself in the process? It seemed so. He was repugnant, everything I dislike in a MC. I barely tolerated him in the first half but the second half? No thanks. I think Liam could've done a lot better.
And Fiona's reasoning after reading the big reveal? She flip flopped, either she wants him dead or she doesn't. Sloppy villain. And speaking of sloppy tactics...Ethan's way of handling Fiona and not having tabs on her? *stares*
Everything was a big let down in the second half, not enough depth, very easy explanations or excuses. And the daughter who is 14 read older than her age too.
There were a few story minor story inconsistencies but it wasn't glaring. If you're a reader who just wants a beginning and HEA, don't truly care how you get there, then you might like this. I'm not looking for unique shifter erotic romance, just solid shifters with an interesting back story, maybe some action or adventure and an ending worthy of the main characters.
This didn't cut it for me.
2.75 HEARTS--The paranormal erotic romance of "Playing Hard to Forget" by new author Piper Doone features two men who fall in love in their twenties and continue to love each other for over twenty years. Warning: MF sex scenes (secondary and main character), cheating. This book has a lot of elements: GFY NA, enemies to lovers, amnesia, 40+ older main characters, long lost lovers and the two warnings I mentioned. (I don't mind het sex BTW) Was it a smooth ride? Not really. Some parts were better than others. I had to rate the book by parts to get my final rating.
The first half: 3.5 Hearts (including the prologue which was the best of the book and the historical note at the end - very cool history lesson, Ms. Doone)
The main themes - enemy falling for enemy, young, hot new adult lust (the love wasn't fully believable to me) and Liam's otherness. Liam was the standout character for me just because he embodied wolf like characteristics. On a level of 5, he was in the 3.5-4 range. He could have turned it up a notch for me, but his way of scenting Ethan, his quick reflexes - I enjoyed.
I think the bigger issue with this first half is that straddles the campy and serious side of the fence in different areas and it did mesh well to me. I could just take it at face value and read: two boys whose families are enemies, see each other, have (a lot of) sex and then fall in love lazily.
Tell me, are you thinking of me when you're alone in your bedroom? God, I hope so, because that face you make when you come, I'd really like to see that face when you're under me. I'd like to make you come myself instead of watching you think of me from a distance."
Hot right?
But I wanted depth and exposition for example the jokey archery team was unnecessary. Ethan could have just been written as a expert archer and left it at that. The archery was interesting without the foolish antics from minor characters. Fiona read older than 15 and he trying to act like a teen read forced, instead of natural. A lot of the interactions rad forced to me. And Ethan never giving any inkling of being attracted to a man just jumps into being attracted to Liam, no problems, no hesitancy. And this is set in 1991, in the south, the boys are holding hands, making out in public...no issues, no hesitancy. And let's get into the non reaction from Ethan's crazed bigot of a father. He was more upset about the wolf factor than the gay factor...though he could just be accepting but the man didn't seem that accepting of much.
But Ethan and Liam had a lot of sex...while driving, in the forest, in Ethan's house, motels...all over. The forbidden aspect made the sex scenes hotter.
So not looking into part one too deeply, it's good-ish.
The second half: (a very generous) 2 Hearts
Let me get to the parts I have no issue with before I get into the weaker second half: cheating - that part was decently written. I don't mind it especially when it ends with the right characters in a HEA. But everything else? The flashback/sex dreams - I started groaning after the 2nd one and they kept getting longer. We have a lot of different plot points thrown into the second half...and it read messy. Most of the issues were given a quick explanation here and there but it didn't mesh well for me.
Fiona turned into this super mega villain that everyone is afraid of. Ethan was hurt and let his little sister take charge for 23 years. Why? He didn't seem to be as weak in the first half as he did in part two. What happened to him that he just sat in the backseat of his life? He has amnesia for a certain part of his life (the months where he and Liam were a couple) but did he forget himself in the process? It seemed so. He was repugnant, everything I dislike in a MC. I barely tolerated him in the first half but the second half? No thanks. I think Liam could've done a lot better.
And Fiona's reasoning after reading the big reveal? She flip flopped, either she wants him dead or she doesn't. Sloppy villain. And speaking of sloppy tactics...Ethan's way of handling Fiona and not having tabs on her? *stares*
Everything was a big let down in the second half, not enough depth, very easy explanations or excuses. And the daughter who is 14 read older than her age too.
There were a few story minor story inconsistencies but it wasn't glaring. If you're a reader who just wants a beginning and HEA, don't truly care how you get there, then you might like this. I'm not looking for unique shifter erotic romance, just solid shifters with an interesting back story, maybe some action or adventure and an ending worthy of the main characters.
This didn't cut it for me.
December 28, 2014
4 star review by Rhonda
Hello and Seasons Greetings dear readers. I am so thrilled to share this author with you. Piper Doone certainly knows how to keep you turning the pages with her story about Ethan Robertson and Liam Kinnaird, members of opposing families in a feud that goes back a thousand years. A feud started inadvertently by a Robertson ancestor named Straun, a humble hunter who saved the life of his king by killing the wolf threatening to kill him. Accolades, riches and land were given to him by the grateful king with neither of them realizing that the wolf killed was a werewolf. He was a father, a son and a husband and his family swore revenge on the blood line of the Robertson who killed him and left his head upon a spike on the spot where he was killed. What makes this storyline so interesting comes at the very end of the book in the author’s notes. It turns out it’s a true story in that her ancestor Straun, really did save a king from a wolf and really was heralded and rewarded. The werewolf part is pure fiction but it made for a nice surprise that this story was taken from family folk lore.
So let’s peek in on what Ethan and Liam have going on shall we? They meet while in their teenage years fully acknowledgeable that the man they are standing in front of is the enemy and that they should end the other before he ends him first. Luckily though, despite years of training to do just that, the human Ethan cannot kill the wolf Liam. A connection flies between them forming a bond that neither seems to want to truly break. They embark on a dangerous series of liaisons meeting in the woods, at hotels, motels or an abandoned warehouse for as long as they can. They find out it is not easy keeping their relationship secret when your family members are either wolf hunters or wolves with very good sense of smell. Soon, it is sad to say, they are forced apart in a very explosive way and are forced to go their own separate ways. And of course it wasn’t simply a pact to stay away from each other for safety sake, they are spelled by a witch, paid for by both families, so that they can get their family members back in control.
They all get what they want of course and twenty years go by before our young lovers find each other again. But now the spell is getting weak and the two men are confronted with flashes of the past and once again are drawn to each other in ways they cannot understand. Enter the families. Aren’t families just wonderful when they think they are doing the right thing and things go crazy instead? In fact Ethan’s sister Fiona has been steadily losing her marbles for years and when the two men reconnect, she loses the few she had left. She considers it her mission in life to end Liam and Ethan’s relationship anyway she can as well as kill Ethan for what she considers a betrayal to the family name.
What happens when Fiona drags Ethan’s children into the fight? Oh, did I forget to mention that Ethan is now married with children and a wife? Complications! Is there any hope of a reconciliation between the men with their combined family histories? The history on this story is a wonderful addition to the story, her character portrayal and building is spot on and I give her two thumbs up on not being a bore by describing everything in excruciating detail to try to get her word count up. The book is just long enough to be truly entertaining without making my eyes cross trying to keep awake. Bravo Ms Doone. I look forward to more from you, and recommend this book.
A copy of this book was provided in exchange for an honest review. Please visit www.lovebytesreviews.com to see this and many more reviews, author interviews, guestposts and giveaways!
Hello and Seasons Greetings dear readers. I am so thrilled to share this author with you. Piper Doone certainly knows how to keep you turning the pages with her story about Ethan Robertson and Liam Kinnaird, members of opposing families in a feud that goes back a thousand years. A feud started inadvertently by a Robertson ancestor named Straun, a humble hunter who saved the life of his king by killing the wolf threatening to kill him. Accolades, riches and land were given to him by the grateful king with neither of them realizing that the wolf killed was a werewolf. He was a father, a son and a husband and his family swore revenge on the blood line of the Robertson who killed him and left his head upon a spike on the spot where he was killed. What makes this storyline so interesting comes at the very end of the book in the author’s notes. It turns out it’s a true story in that her ancestor Straun, really did save a king from a wolf and really was heralded and rewarded. The werewolf part is pure fiction but it made for a nice surprise that this story was taken from family folk lore.
So let’s peek in on what Ethan and Liam have going on shall we? They meet while in their teenage years fully acknowledgeable that the man they are standing in front of is the enemy and that they should end the other before he ends him first. Luckily though, despite years of training to do just that, the human Ethan cannot kill the wolf Liam. A connection flies between them forming a bond that neither seems to want to truly break. They embark on a dangerous series of liaisons meeting in the woods, at hotels, motels or an abandoned warehouse for as long as they can. They find out it is not easy keeping their relationship secret when your family members are either wolf hunters or wolves with very good sense of smell. Soon, it is sad to say, they are forced apart in a very explosive way and are forced to go their own separate ways. And of course it wasn’t simply a pact to stay away from each other for safety sake, they are spelled by a witch, paid for by both families, so that they can get their family members back in control.
They all get what they want of course and twenty years go by before our young lovers find each other again. But now the spell is getting weak and the two men are confronted with flashes of the past and once again are drawn to each other in ways they cannot understand. Enter the families. Aren’t families just wonderful when they think they are doing the right thing and things go crazy instead? In fact Ethan’s sister Fiona has been steadily losing her marbles for years and when the two men reconnect, she loses the few she had left. She considers it her mission in life to end Liam and Ethan’s relationship anyway she can as well as kill Ethan for what she considers a betrayal to the family name.
What happens when Fiona drags Ethan’s children into the fight? Oh, did I forget to mention that Ethan is now married with children and a wife? Complications! Is there any hope of a reconciliation between the men with their combined family histories? The history on this story is a wonderful addition to the story, her character portrayal and building is spot on and I give her two thumbs up on not being a bore by describing everything in excruciating detail to try to get her word count up. The book is just long enough to be truly entertaining without making my eyes cross trying to keep awake. Bravo Ms Doone. I look forward to more from you, and recommend this book.
A copy of this book was provided in exchange for an honest review. Please visit www.lovebytesreviews.com to see this and many more reviews, author interviews, guestposts and giveaways!
December 30, 2014
I really enjoyed getting to read Liam and Ethan's story. While yes there are wolves involved, it is more a growing in love story and over-coming intense hatred. There were many obstacles but they did not detract from the story instead they added to the intensity of the book. It was very much a story of vendettas and hope for the future.I would consider this book to be very re-readable.
December 27, 2014
I really felt this one. Every moment, every emotion. Finished in less than a day and is on my reread list which says much.
April 9, 2015
There are many werewolves/shifters stories involving war among different packs, against vampire or, such as this one, human hunters. The story began rather promisingly, if somewhat drone, with the background setting at prologue. With such elaborate beginning, I was rather hopeful for a good story. I mean, a thousand years feud, right? This was gonna be an awesome dynamic book! Alas, that was not what happened.
The story was told as third person from Ethan’s POV. About the first one third of the book consisted of sex scenes; self masturbation, mutual masturbation, giving head on the road – while the other was driving (that had to be hazardous on so many level!), the cherry popping of anal penetration, you name it. While I understand these were young men with high libidos, having most pages dedicated to their fornication in details was just too much. And these two characters were supposed to be enemies, but with one look Ethan, the reluctant young human hunter, got so enamored and obsessed with the gorgeous werewolf. He didn’t even realize he was gay until this lust at first sight and started to jerk off while fantasizing about young Liam. Throughout this heated liaisons, I wasn’t even sure Ethan know who Liam was and what his place among his pack.
I hoped the tide would change at the second part, twenty three years later after their separation and the explosion that made them lost their memory of each other. That hope was soon dashed. The similar thing happened despite the fact that they were older who should’ve known better, hated each other (enemies, you know), one was married with two kids, and they got confused by the pull of attraction. At this point I really dislike the MC, Ethan. Jerking off to some guy’s fantasy while your wife slept beside you? Got a guy off somewhere then had some rough sex with your wife to release your frustration? You, Mr. Robertson, were a cheating jerk.
Weak plot, bad story line, hated the characters, and not even the culmination of the story where confusions cleared up, trouble solved and mutual pack (pun intended) reached, could make me like this book. At least there were females on both sides, human and wolves, not acting too badly, too bad this happened near the end.
Guest Reader Review at Boys in Our Books
The ARC is provided by the publisher for an exchange of fair and honest review. No high rating is required for any ARC received.
The story was told as third person from Ethan’s POV. About the first one third of the book consisted of sex scenes; self masturbation, mutual masturbation, giving head on the road – while the other was driving (that had to be hazardous on so many level!), the cherry popping of anal penetration, you name it. While I understand these were young men with high libidos, having most pages dedicated to their fornication in details was just too much. And these two characters were supposed to be enemies, but with one look Ethan, the reluctant young human hunter, got so enamored and obsessed with the gorgeous werewolf. He didn’t even realize he was gay until this lust at first sight and started to jerk off while fantasizing about young Liam. Throughout this heated liaisons, I wasn’t even sure Ethan know who Liam was and what his place among his pack.
I hoped the tide would change at the second part, twenty three years later after their separation and the explosion that made them lost their memory of each other. That hope was soon dashed. The similar thing happened despite the fact that they were older who should’ve known better, hated each other (enemies, you know), one was married with two kids, and they got confused by the pull of attraction. At this point I really dislike the MC, Ethan. Jerking off to some guy’s fantasy while your wife slept beside you? Got a guy off somewhere then had some rough sex with your wife to release your frustration? You, Mr. Robertson, were a cheating jerk.
Weak plot, bad story line, hated the characters, and not even the culmination of the story where confusions cleared up, trouble solved and mutual pack (pun intended) reached, could make me like this book. At least there were females on both sides, human and wolves, not acting too badly, too bad this happened near the end.
Guest Reader Review at Boys in Our Books
The ARC is provided by the publisher for an exchange of fair and honest review. No high rating is required for any ARC received.
January 5, 2015
This story really did it for me. The plot behind it, the chemistry was there between the characters and you could just cut the thickness of it with a knife.
I'm a lover of shifter stories, but this one held a special, spicy edge with the whole memory loss idea. I finished this story in almost one sitting.
Kudos to the author!
I'm a lover of shifter stories, but this one held a special, spicy edge with the whole memory loss idea. I finished this story in almost one sitting.
Kudos to the author!
January 3, 2015
Bittersweet love story with HOT sex and tragically flawed, real characters who aren't the typical perfect romantic story leads. Interesting plot twists and, thank god, not cliche.
February 7, 2015
REVIEWED FOR PRISM BOOK ALLIANCE
This was a little like a fairytale when it started. In my mind I could hear “once upon a time” as we learn about a wolf that was killed and a feud between the Robertson and Kinnaird families that lasted a millennium. The Robertson’s were hunters and the Kinnaird’s were werewolves and both families were destined to be enemies for eternity.
Ethan Robertson’s father Charles is the fanatical leader of the hunters and actively looks for wolves to persecute. He follows his own rules and expects the same from his son and daughter. Although Fiona, Ethan’s sister, may have taken on the family mantra Ethan wants to do nothing more than study and lead a quiet life.
Liam is the son of the pack alpha and when he and Ethan meet history is made. For the first time ever a Robertson and a Kinnaird don’t want to kill each other but they actually become friends and then lovers. They are both young and a little idealistic but neither grasps the lengths in which Ethan’s family will go to when they find out their secret.
When Charles is killed Ethan sends Fiona away and hopes to make sense of his life. Fiona however has other ideas and it will be 20 years before Ethan sees Liam again and then he is just a stranger, a wolf that needs to be killed. There is dark magic at play in this story and a very determined sister who wants to ensure that memories stay hidden and lost.
This is a story of love conquering all but before that can happen the two people involved need to remember that they were ever in love in the first place and work out why they can’t remember the happier times.
This was a little like a fairytale when it started. In my mind I could hear “once upon a time” as we learn about a wolf that was killed and a feud between the Robertson and Kinnaird families that lasted a millennium. The Robertson’s were hunters and the Kinnaird’s were werewolves and both families were destined to be enemies for eternity.
Ethan Robertson’s father Charles is the fanatical leader of the hunters and actively looks for wolves to persecute. He follows his own rules and expects the same from his son and daughter. Although Fiona, Ethan’s sister, may have taken on the family mantra Ethan wants to do nothing more than study and lead a quiet life.
Liam is the son of the pack alpha and when he and Ethan meet history is made. For the first time ever a Robertson and a Kinnaird don’t want to kill each other but they actually become friends and then lovers. They are both young and a little idealistic but neither grasps the lengths in which Ethan’s family will go to when they find out their secret.
When Charles is killed Ethan sends Fiona away and hopes to make sense of his life. Fiona however has other ideas and it will be 20 years before Ethan sees Liam again and then he is just a stranger, a wolf that needs to be killed. There is dark magic at play in this story and a very determined sister who wants to ensure that memories stay hidden and lost.
This is a story of love conquering all but before that can happen the two people involved need to remember that they were ever in love in the first place and work out why they can’t remember the happier times.
February 17, 2015
How could something that started off so epically good end up so epically bad.The main male characters faded into the woodwork like yesterday's news while the villainess Fiona shone front & center like a fallen star.She should have been hung from the highest tree midway into the book.
I felt little or no connection between the adult versions of the boys & that's were the book fails in the second part as everything rushes towards a resolution.
I felt little or no connection between the adult versions of the boys & that's were the book fails in the second part as everything rushes towards a resolution.
July 6, 2016
Godawful.
January 6, 2015
Very good. Good plot. Good writing. Good characters. Good twists. Finished in about a day and will def. reread.
January 25, 2015
4.5 out of 5 stars.
January 25, 2015
Great book!!! Loved the characters, and the story! I like how it's wolf verses hunter. I would recommend it!!
March 7, 2015
We have Ethan, a young college kid that has been born into a hunter family. His father, Charlie is a leader and teaching his children the family ways of killing and hating wolf shifters. His much younger sister, Fiona acts like she doesn’t like it, but you quickly find out she is following in her dad’s footsteps. Ethan on the other hand doesn’t agree and feels that this feud has gone on long enough. Liam is a shifter and also agrees with Ethan. They quickly fall into a private love affair that Fiona finds out about. Once the punishments are handed out can Ethan and Liam overcome the family’s divides?
This book started out with such great promise. Young love, wrong sides fighting for what’s right. I enjoyed these two, Liam and Ethan sneaking around talking, fighting for the greater good. But then we get this twenty plus year gap in which Ethan starts fighting again, even though he doesn’t agree. Gets hurt in a bomb blast, becomes straight? Gets married has kids forgets about Liam, and lets his much younger sister manipulate his life and the lives around him for the worse. All the while Liam keeps his promise to stay away. But then shows up, and now Ethan develops a back bone? Just didn’t work for me.
I was given this book in exchange for an honest review by Crystals Many reviews
This book started out with such great promise. Young love, wrong sides fighting for what’s right. I enjoyed these two, Liam and Ethan sneaking around talking, fighting for the greater good. But then we get this twenty plus year gap in which Ethan starts fighting again, even though he doesn’t agree. Gets hurt in a bomb blast, becomes straight? Gets married has kids forgets about Liam, and lets his much younger sister manipulate his life and the lives around him for the worse. All the while Liam keeps his promise to stay away. But then shows up, and now Ethan develops a back bone? Just didn’t work for me.
I was given this book in exchange for an honest review by Crystals Many reviews
November 21, 2015
3~3.5/5
I enjoy some aspect of the story, but others felt a bit silly. The first half of the book was nice, but I can't say the same about the later half. I feel like so many things were happening in the second half when they didn't have to. However it was a fun read.
I enjoy some aspect of the story, but others felt a bit silly. The first half of the book was nice, but I can't say the same about the later half. I feel like so many things were happening in the second half when they didn't have to. However it was a fun read.
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