This book was a fun, interesting, and entertaining insight into the men’s point-of-view while journeying into the mystery to uncover the secrets behind the government imposing a new mandate of arranged marriages and controlling the most powerful emotion - love.
B. Truly had previously released a similarly written book, with the same title, that is told from the women’s point-of-view. But as we know, every story has two sides, so this book was written to tell the men’s side of things and give the men’s point-of-view for the record.
I hadn’t read the ladies side, which I was thinking would be a good thing, as I was worried it would have a lot of overlap. However, even not having read it, it actually seems like though the overall storyline, plot, and characters of course remained the same – the interactions, conversations, and character thoughts were different – making this like a whole new book.
I actually enjoyed the men’s point-of-view side for the most part. As a young, single, female being able to gain insight into the male mind is always intriguing – especially if it can give you an upper hand down the road lol. Unfortunately, I found it more unrealistic at times, as this book had Kincade and Tobias constantly thinking about their ladies and going on and on about them. Yes, it would be nice if that were true – to some degree – but it seems highly unlikely – plus it got annoying.
Also, Kincade and Tobias were a bit short on their details. Typical guy details lol. I’m just used to books with long-winded descriptive details about scenes and settings and with these guys it was like, “the house was blue,” lol.
However, there was a little bit of an exception. B. Truly, was able to do some impressive world-building that was decently described for the guy’s capabilities.
With this book being an adult romance book and being from a guys point-of-view, I knew there was probably going to be quite a few sex scenes – that would be an understatement lol. More like a lot lol!! This book is full of intense sexual content and love triangles. I am not a prude, but this book definitely had me blushing lol…
I really liked the storyline concept and found it very intriguing!
Although, I thought there would be more of a mystery to it, as the guys went undercover to find out why the government created this new arranged marriage mandate and started controlling the most powerful emotion – love. Yes, there was some mystery and suspense, I guess I just wanted more. This storyline and plot were set-up for it and really could have gone that way, but it didn’t fully hit the potential that I thought it could have.
Love is always worth fighting for and I enjoyed following the story and cheering for the characters!
The writing style is fluid, well developed, and at a steady pace.
Please note that this book is strongly rated 18+ as it contains adult situations, adult language, intense sexual content, love triangles, etc.
So, technically this book is the listed as book one in The Tempted Book Series, but it’s more like book one point five, since the woman’s point-of-view is also book one and it came out first. I had not read the woman’s point-of-view book before reading this book. I did not get lost or confused, so this book can be read as a standalone. However, there are so many references to the previous book and it’s best to get both sides of the story. So, I would suggest reading both books, but it seems you can read them in any order.
All in all, I enjoyed reading this book and would recommend this book to all adult, dystopian, romance, urban fantasy readers!
**Disclaimer: I received a complimentary copy of this book and have voluntarily provided an honest, and unbiased review in accordance with FTC regulations.**