Mystery Man (Dream Man, #1) in Buddy Read Zone

Feb 19, 2012 Saly rated it really liked it

Shelves: cops-law-enforcement-security, read-in-2012

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Rating 3.5
Practically all my GR friends have been reading this author & urging me to, so last evening I gave in, first off I should have started reading the book earlier since it was huge and then there were moments when I didn't understand what was being said because of the way it was written but that aside I did enjoy the book despite the problem I had with the arrogance and stupidity of some characters.

First of the heroine, in this day and age of STD's, she continued to sleep with a man whose Rating 3.5
Practically all my GR friends have been reading this author & urging me to, so last evening I gave in, first off I should have started reading the book earlier since it was huge and then there were moments when I didn't understand what was being said because of the way it was written but that aside I did enjoy the book despite the problem I had with the arrogance and stupidity of some characters.

First of the heroine, in this day and age of STD's, she continued to sleep with a man whose name she didn't know for one and a half years, I mean fine she picked him up & after the first day he was gone, he kept returning and not finding this creepy enough to stop, she let him and then later on the book she feels dirty because she finds out that she was kind of in a line of booty calls and she never once attempted to deepen whatever they had or even talk to him.

Other things about her, she loves her dad and step-mom. She also realizes that Mystery Man(is like her dad, bossy) who acquires a name after her half sister lands herself in something that has a biker gang, FBI, police and bad guys looking for her. He actually kind of gets up in her face for walking into a biker gang lair to find out about her sister and Gwen feels angry about how he confesses that he has been keeping an eye out on her, violating her privacy when they don't really have a relationship and suddenly he is like you are mine.

Of course after this guys are all over Gwen, while the hero thinks that even when the heroine is telling him no, it actually means yes.

The hero Hawk's behaviour is something no woman would stand for in real life but I guess in fiction things are kind of okay. Also the fault for their non-relationship also lay with the heroine a bit. I didn't like the fact that Hawk says she was his but he has no problem saying there were other women during the time period she was his sex-toy.

Then, there is the fact that he wants the heroine to open herself to him completely forgetting the lessons she learnt from her failed marriage and cheating ex, even when he only offers her token from his life when he feels like.

There comes a moment he breaks up with her, just when Gwen is opening up, what I find weird was that she up & walked off with another guy & lived with him, sleeping with him in his bed(not having sex) and letting him kiss her, I dunno this just came off as weird.

Of course the hero tries to make up for it, telling her why he is the way he is, that he lost his wife and daughter and expects the heroine to immediately fall over on him, which she doesn't, she needs time to process which he doesn't want to give her.

The book was filled with flaws and despite them I did enjoy it but it went over the top with everything. ...more

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Jan 27, 2012 ~V~ rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites, contemporary-romance

Omg!..i loved this book!! I will admit, at first, the "H"..Hawk..was almost too Uber Alpha for my taste...to the point that he came off as an overbearing arse..with scarey stalker-ish tendencies..teehee...reminded me a lot of Seth from the 1st book in Shannon McKenna's McCloud and friends series! Well, as the story went on he totally grew on me and i ended up LOVING HIM!!!...his endearments for Gwen...sweet pea..*sigh*...how he would answer her questions with just "babe."..which drove her absolu ...more

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Mar 05, 2012 Natalie rated it it was ok

2.5 stars

Loved the love story, the hero was delicious
But the whole suspense thing sorta bored me

Will definitly read more Kristen Ashley books again
Her writing was fabilous
And the dialouge freaking hilarous

But the herine annoyed me to death
Hence the two stars

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Feb 16, 2012 Jessica rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites, kindle, 2012-reads, ooo-la-la

So very good Hawk and Gwen had a a very heated yet very strange relationship. Personally it frustrated me that they waited a year and a half to start the real relationship but in the end I was happy with the way everything turned out.

UPDATE: I re-read this book after reading the Rock Chick's book because of the fact that Lee was in this book and I am happy I did because that part of the story works more that I know more about those characters, and how they show up in every book of the Dream Man ...more

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Feb 22, 2012 Lindsay rated it it was ok

Shelves: a-s-a-p

Review to come.

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Aug 03, 2012 Yona Racheva rated it really liked it

Shelves: young-and-new-adult-romance

mmm loved it.

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Feb 03, 2012 Vallsykes rated it really liked it

Shelves: omg-can-u-stand-him-alpha-male, author-kristen-ashley

Wavering btwn 3 1/2-4 stars here. Thought no alpha hero of KA's worlds could be better than Tate. Yet, reading Mystery Man, Hawk has come in as a close second. Loved the heroine, Gwen, in this one. She seemed ditzy/too girly at times,but I thought she learned quickly and didn't make too many stupid errors. She also provided a good balance for the sexy Latino machismo that was Hawk, I mean he liked her semi-diva act and liked to keep her in her diva shoes, etc. He was all about control, she was a ...more

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May 14, 2012 Margaret rated it liked it

I had really high expectations for this after seeing so many positive reviews, but I was a bit disappointed,
Hawk Delgado was a bit too much of a caveman for me and I couldn't get back the way he spoke. He just didn't sound very intelligent and neither did the rest of the men in the book. And I really didn't feel much for Gwen - she was a little too ditsy at times.
It was mostly enjoyable, but certainly not one of my favorites. ...more

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