C. R. Ellis

A really enjoyable love story
4 stars

This is the first book by C.R. Ellis that I have read - and in fact, it’s also the first book that C.R. Ellis has written. It’s a match made in heaven.

Which is exactly the way that I felt about Jade and Emmett. They meet quickly, have instant attraction, and 24 hours later they properly have the feelings for each other. And, I’ll be honest - I believed it. Sometimes, no matter how hard an author tries, I’m not buying what they’re selling. But two thumbs up here - I believed in their feelings from the first. Even if they themselves didn’t!

The book is written in first person with us getting alternating viewpoints from both Jade and Emmett in complete chapters. None of this alternating paragraphs malarky.

I really enjoyed the writing style in the story. Ms Ellis writes a fast paced, fun story that involves you from the get-go and really pulls you into the tale. Emmett was just mysterious enough with his back story - not drawn out - not melodramatic - just enough. He was also a little bit of a dream boat! A bit swoon-worthy and someone I wanted for my very own. Sorry Jade.

Having said that, I did also really like Jade. She was straight forward and smart but her feelings were exactly how I could imagine myself feeling if I was around a man like Emmett. If she was real, I would want to be her friend - which is probably the best compliment I could give a heroine.

Together the pair had great chemistry, great banter and I can’t tell you how much I adore cute little nicknames between a hero and heroine. Tiny - his name for her - was sweet…but Boston - her name for him - give me the feels every time Jade said it.

Add into the mix some humour (the stick throwing incident was hilarious!), some sexy times (love me some sexy times), some colourful language (yay for f-bombs!) and you’ve got the ingredients for a really enjoyable love story with a little bit extra thrown in for good measure.

I also have to add that I’m normally not a fan of names with the same first letter in the same story - Jade and her best friend Jasmine being the example here. And no, I’m not joking when I say that I honestly can’t seem to differentiate between characters with the same first initial in books. It’s normally a no-no for me - but for some reason it didn’t affect me in this story. Maybe I’m evolving!

And speaking of Jasmine, throughout the whole book there are hints dropped about a history between her and Dean, Jade’s brother. Imagine my excitement when I realised that the next book in series, When Light Leads to You, is Dean and Jas’s story. Giddy times!

The only reason that I didn’t give this book 5 stars is a little bit personally superficial. It’s just another admittedly strange quirk of mine. As I’ve mentioned, the writing was excellent and the conversation between the characters flowed naturally…but sometimes there was just a little bit of flowery language added into the mix. There’s a very clear ‘romantic chat’ line for me and at times Emmett and Jade’s conversations edged over that. But fear not, I say the same thing about the language in Pride and Prejudice!!

I could have also done with a wee bit more of detail during the climax of the storyline involving Emmett’s family but it still all resolved satisfactorily so I guess I was just greedy for more of the story.

And as an FYI, every time an author - or anyone - uses the phrase “off of”, a British person pops their clogs. Just saying.

For a first book this was an absolute delight. It has a little bit of everything including a great couple, lots of love and a satisfying ending including an epilogue - woop! I’d highly recommend it and I’m off to grab Jas and Dean’s story and continue the series. 4 stars.… (más)