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Sebring (Unfinished Hero, #5)

Kristen Ashley

Start date: February 26, 2017

Finish date: March 5, 2017

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Jul 24, 2015 Bev rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: seperation

I really wasn’t sure whether I was going to read this. See I was never a fan of Nick right from Knight’s book. But being it’s a KA book, I caved. And I’m a bit conflicted. Why? KA managed to turn my feelings about Nick around, as I knew she would, but I really don’t know how - I didn’t get to see much of his redemption, this mostly happened off page.

And Olivia – hoo boy if ever there was a time for KA to let loose and give us a character’s history it was Olivia. I did NOT like her at all in the ...more

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Jul 17, 2015 Stacie rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: contemporary

3 3/4 "Dawn is coming" Stars!

Overall I really like the book. I liked Olivia a lot, I guess I got where she was coming from and why she was the she was. At first I thought she needed to grow a backbone, but as events were revealed, I realized she was living in Hell with no rescue in sight; and just trying to survive. Even the desperate, but overly stupid act of approaching Nick in the club, I understood. (view spoiler) 3 3/4 "Dawn is coming" Stars!

Overall I really like the book. I liked Olivia a lot, I guess I got where she was coming from and why she was the she was. At first I thought she needed to grow a backbone, but as events were revealed, I realized she was living in Hell with no rescue in sight; and just trying to survive. Even the desperate, but overly stupid act of approaching Nick in the club, I understood. (view spoiler) But it did not ruin the book for me. I really liked Nick. He was a completely different man than he was in KNIGHT. I wish we had been able to see more of this transformation rather than just being told about it. But he had some really great moments. He won me over completely by the 40-ish% mark. I was ALL in for him and Olivia. She needed a hero. Unfinished or not...

I liked the story line... enemy to lovers to HEA. I know KA is formulaic. But the formula works for me I guess. Most all her guys are pretty much the same. Minor differences, (there are some stand outs- Mitch, Lahn, Joe, Prentice, Max maybe some others) and most of the girls are generally the same too. Maybe emotionally damaged, not always. Always quirky, some sort of underlying strength, though it may not be obvious at first. They eat too much bad stuff! With zero weight gain! Hey, it's fantasy, right? LOL! Olivia actually reminded me a lot of Josie from The Will and I LOVE Josie. There is repetition, and description of EVERYTHING. That is just how Kristen Ashley writes. Either you like or you don't so... there you go.

I thought the sex scenes could have been cut by a lot, IMO. I can't BELIEVE I'M saying that! LOL!! But I kind of got tired of reading about their battle for dominance. Bla bla bla...

The ending did wrap up pretty quickly, but by then, I was ready. And even though I usually love a KA Epilogue, this one seemed to go on forever.

Overall, I enjoyed it and I'm still a KA fan! I can't wait for "Bounty". And I think she has started to write Noc's book from the "Fantasyland" series. I CANNOT WAIT for that! Happy (KA) reading!! ...more

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Jul 14, 2015 Caz Malpas rated it really liked it

Shelves: bad-boy-hero-anti-hero, good-series, couldn-t-put-down, hea-hfn, domineering-obsessive-alpha-hero, sexy-hot-hero, troubled-pasts, buddy-read, romantic-suspense, 3-5-stars

3.5 - 4 STARS!

I enjoyed this book as opposed to absolutely loving, Knight, Creed and Raid. For me it lacked something. It was a bit slow to get going (in regard to the H and h's first meeting whether bad or good, sparks always tend to fly and you normally don't have to wait that long). Don't get me wrong when they did actually meet it was kinda hot.

The suspense aspect of the story overshadowed the romance part and in my opinion a good storyline without the alpha male romancing his woman in true ...more

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Apr 23, 2016 Yvonne V (Naughty Professora) rated it liked it

Sigh.
Nick was an asshole, and now he's not.
Olivia is a hot mess of "I'm worthless, owned by my family, and I don't deserve love" through most of the book.
But what breaks both of them down? Hot sexy times.
No contact outside of bed. No getting to know you. No conversation. Just Nick being a not alpha male and Olivia a broken soul that he needs to save.

It had potential, then got really slow in the middle...then at the end there was some action again. Idk. It was okay. ...more

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