4,25 stars

Guaranteed Sunday. Sweet, funny, warm, and achingly slow burn. Just what the doctor ordered. ( )

I loved both main characters. The banter between them was fun. And true to Anyta Sunday-style, it was very slow burn.
At first I found the plot too complicated, but I got over it.

The main problem for me was that in the first half of the book, there was no indication of the attraction. At least not that was said out loud or in the narration. You had to look for it with a magnifying glass. I guess I'm used to characters who are always expressing themselves right from the beginning "uh I like this guy, he's hot, I wanna bone him". There was nothing like it here. There was barely a mention of "a lock of hair fell into his eyes" and "oh he smells citrusy". It was only hinted at in very subtle ways that Pax was attracted to Cliff. You had to see behind his words. Cliff too, for that matter. He gave little hints with his actions.

But. I was fine with that. I thought they might slowly get to touching and hugging, than kissing. And it would have been a mellow read without sex, or even fade to black. Except around the halfway point, they jumped each other. It came out of the blue. And I didn't feel this sudden change. It was weird. Not saying I didn't like the sexy times. Coz, yeah once they reached the bed the chemistry was great. :) It's just that there was no... uhm... it's like they skipped a step. (This situation reminded me of Mary Calmes' All Kinds of Tied Down. But there at least the reader was aware of the attraction. You had to be blind not to see it. Ha! :) And it was said in the narration too. Here, not a peep.)

Also the last few chapters were a little cheesy. But overall I had fun. ( )