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Knight (Unfinished Hero, #1)

Kristen Ashley

Start date: June 15, 2014

Finish date: June 30, 2014

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Jan 28, 2013 Saunders rated it really liked it

Shelves: alpha-controlling-man, series, 2016, erotic, favourites, re-read-at-some-point

Kristen Ashley is a new author to me so I am not familiar with her books or writing style.

I wasn't sure what I was going to read especially with the warning at the beginning of the story - I really did not want another bad BDSM story that turned me off. It didn't. The story was erotic, it had explicit sex scenes, dirty talk and language and yes some light bondage but I liked it and it was not as bad as the warning made it out to be (and I have read worse).

Knight - a perfect name for this alpha m ...more

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May 29, 2013 Robin rated it really liked it

I loved the characters in the book. I wished it was longer to explore more of their connections. I thought the whole Daddy thing was odd. I pushed it my mind because this is fiction. Somehow I found myself caring about them. I thought it was an interesting story since it was a story that contained dominance there was so much sincerity in the devotion they had. It just made me realize how in any relationship that has to be the buildings blocks to a committed relationship. I feel like I am droning ...more

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Jul 18, 2012 Nance rated it liked it

Shelves: erotica, nance-rr-2012-challenge, contemporary-romance, books-read-2012

***Erotica with Definite Explicit Language and Sexual Overatures***
Okay, so I just finished reading this a few minutes ago, and I had to write this review so I don’t lose what I have to say. With that being said, I normally love Kristen Ashley books, but I just felt kind of disappointed with this one. I wanted to read this novel so badly, and when reading the first few chapters, I thought this was going to be tender and sweet with a magnificent male-domineering badass in the forefront. But, what ***Erotica with Definite Explicit Language and Sexual Overatures***
Okay, so I just finished reading this a few minutes ago, and I had to write this review so I don’t lose what I have to say. With that being said, I normally love Kristen Ashley books, but I just felt kind of disappointed with this one. I wanted to read this novel so badly, and when reading the first few chapters, I thought this was going to be tender and sweet with a magnificent male-domineering badass in the forefront. But, what I got out of it was a lot of possessiveness and one-sided bossiness from the male lead character. I just didn’t get his whole idea of not letting the female lead have anything to say about absolutely anything...and I mean anything! She also didn't seem to stand up to him when she felt strongly about something, just eventually agreeing that he knew best...she just was a little timid and weak to me. And the weird vocabulary, like her having to refer to him as “Daddy” was kind of strange.

Anya Gage meets darkly gorgeous but intimidating Knight Sebring at a party in his apartment hosted by his brother Nick, who projects a nasty and a manipulative side. Knight, disgusted with his brother’s actions, especially when he sees how he’s treating Anya and her friend, Sandrine, throws him out of the apartment that they were sharing, which, in hindsight, belongs to Knight. After abandoning Nick, Knight focuses all his attention on Anya, while running his nightclub, Slade. Now this is where it gets a little hard to believe. He showers Anya with all sorts of gifts, but will not let her make her own decisions...from gifts of phones, to clothes, to getting some improvements made to the apartment building where she lives. He also complained about her multiple jobs while attending school, and, last but not least, told her how to dress. Now who does that? I get that this is fiction, but it just does not seem even remotely believeable. And I know that this is a shorter novel than Ms. Ashley normally writes, but where is the romance, the sweetness, the powerful chemistry between the two. Sex is not just chemistry...it’s all the little stuff besides, and just giving extravagant gifts does not cut it.

**Possible Spoiler** I really thought that this novel had a lot of potential especially when he sent her three beautiful dresses, along with matching shoes and clutches, and Anya called him and left a voicemail saying,“Honey you haven’t even kissed me yet.”...and he responds to this by leaving work and just randomly arriving at her apartment in the middle of the night and kissing her breathlessly, and saying, “Now I’ve kissed you babe, feel better?” he asked, his voice rough and so...f***ing...beautiful.” (pg. 133). Now that had definite “swoon” written all over it!

Towards the end of the novel, however, there is a bit more emotion, when Anya accepts Knight for who he is, and she professes her feelings to him, and in his own strange way, he declares how he feels about her, even when facing the final cherished gift that he gives Anya, which is included in the epilogue. I hate saying how I was disappointed with this novel because, like I said, I have read a number of Ms. Ashley’s novels, and I have loved them all. I’m still looking forward to giving the Unfinished Hero series another chance when the next novel is released possibly August, 2012.
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Sep 20, 2012 Lynn rated it liked it

Oh.
My.
God.
Ok alright.
OK.

So yeah I was totally in heat when I first started reading this one. Knight and all his big macho Alpha Male sexiness completely got to me. I could honestly see for a while what it was all about and then eventually I was like

As I continued to read the book his orders just started to get on my nerves and eventually even the sexiness of a man in charge left me with a bad taste in my mouth. I'm going to be honest and say that I pretty much lost all interest when the whole ...more

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Apr 29, 2014 Shan ~A~ rated it really liked it

Shelves: 1st-in-series, erotic, completed-series-trilogy

This is the shortest book by Kristen Ashley I have encountered thus far. It is also the most sexually graphic.

Anya had a crappy upbringing and now she lacks confidence, and Knight started with a crappy childhood but ended up with a pretty great life, but the memories and things learned before the good life are the things that made him who he is now.

After meeting Anya the man is hooked and so is she.

The have some ups and downs, and since Knight defines anti-hero, you can just imagine what those ...more

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