Playing with Fire: A Bad Boy College Romance

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Consent - let’s talk about how obvious consent (like rape) was handled vs less obvious consent. At one point a gorgon tries to rape Bailey and she calls it out for what it is - rape, and defends herself and defends her defense. The intense and electrifying chemistry between them is, wow. Can one die of spontaneous combustion? AND THE BEST KISS I HAVE EVER READ I swooned so hard! First, let me say that I have read most books from the author and I can safely say that this is probably my favorite one in terms of characters. Playing with Fire a Novel by Tess Gerristen was a beautiful, fast paced and extremely satisifying read. i didn't hate it but i also didn't love it, mostly, i just didn't feel anything. but that's probably a me thing i don't know.

All The Stars for "Playing With Fire"!!! I absolutely loved this book! Major feels! I was still crying during the author's note. I listened to the audio version. Julia Whelan is the narrator of one of the two points of view. She is my absolute favorite narrator. There are two storylines going on in this novel. The historical fiction aspect is a complete 5! The other storyline was a mystery and that was a 4.5 for me. Although I didn't figure the mystery part out so I'm giving this novel in total a 5!

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i actually liked Grace's character development when she finally had the confidence to face her fear and even though i can't connect with her character i still like that she cares deeply for her grandma. West, oh boy, West owns my heart. I’m sorry, but HE IS MY TOP HERO. He had so many layers and depth. Like most of her heroes, he is broken, but he is a bit more surly than the average Shen alpha. And although this demeanor may by similar to previous heroes, he is NOTHING like them. His complexity and layers are many, and the transformation to open his heart had me falling for him. West shows a woman how a man should court a woman and love her fully. It definitely read like Audrey was just a one dimensional villain because she cheated on Quinn. Look, she’s a whore so she has to be the villain, even though no motivation was ever really explained. It made no sense and while I don’t condone cheating, it felt very slut shame-y to make her the entire book’s bad guy simply because she cheated on her husband (who married her for selfish reasons and wasn’t even attracted to her?? - again, issue of consent - why did she marry him? Was she in love with him or did she know she was just a prop to ward off other women for him?). Pause your whole life for this book! If you're not already in love with L.J.'s writing this is the one that will make you fall hard! Playing with Fire is about Redemption, forgiveness, self love and finding the one person who sees your flaws and accepts them wholly. I don't know if the content and what these two go through is making me particularly emotional but this book cut deep! Their broken pieces and tattered hearts and bruised souls will reach right out to you.

She takes it home along with the gifts for her husband and 3-year-old daughter, their long-awaited and much-loved child. She plays the waltz for the first time one afternoon and is frightened by what seems to be its evil influence. There, Julia uncovers a heartbreaking, long-buried tale of tragedy and devastation - a discovery that puts her in serious danger. Some people will do anything in their power to keep the truth silent... I was in love with West St. Claire. Madly. Wholly. Obsessively, even. He was the most complex man I’d ever met—sweet, caring, kind, responsible. But also violent, aggressive, offhanded, and cruel."DISCLOSURE: Thank you to Random House UK, Transworld Publishing, Bantam Press via Netgalley for providing a digital ARC of Playing With Fire by Tess Gerritsen for review. I unreservedly apologise for taking so long to read this. All opinions expressed in this review are entirely my own personal opinions.

Julia doesn't understand what is happening to her daughter, but she thinks she knows what's causing it. She is terrified for Lily, and for herself, but what scares her more is that no one believes her. Grace and West's love story is one of a kind, they stole my heart in the sweetest way possible. LJ nailed the small-town romance. What trope can this woman not write? The writing was bang on, the plot was FANTASTIC and the ending gosh! The sweetest way to kill me. West and Gracie are here to steal hearts y’all.Do you think heroine will be bullied by him? She may suffer and struggle to make money for ten years while he is living his best life all because of him. Shit, I’m crossing my fingers for something like that, that’s a total redeemable act, he may grovel for a couple of months so yesss book boyfriend coming. Everybody knows us women get off on being treated like shit. However, there is a correlation between all these incidents and Julia is determined to find out what it means. This book was so bizarre. I don't even know how to respond. Do I castrate it for its numerous imperfections? Delight in its hilarity and romantic tension? Shake my head and give up attempting to understand it? Maybe all three? Poignantly written, this book showcases the indomitable human spirit. It encapsulates the strength one individual can possess, and it holds so many lessons about letting go, moving on, being happy, and living fully. It is without a doubt one of my favorite reads of 2020 and will be a reread for years to come.

Sometimes a book finds you when you don’t even know you needed. Sometimes the theme developed is something you needed to hear when the world feels like it weighs a ton on your shoulders. Playing with Fire by LJ Shen was the book I didn’t even know I needed. It’s a small town romance so I can’t stop thinking about small town scandals. Wouldn’t it make the hero the goddess of love if he ended in a sex film with five girls? Uh la la, I’m drooling thinking about what a remarkable stamina he would have This book had SO much potential! In the beginning, I loved it and thought it was easily going to be a 3 or 4 star book for me. The book takes place in both Italy and the US. It also takes place in present day and during WWII. We have two narrators, two points of view, and two stories that do come together in the end.

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The review above give details about how this book is ridiculous and how the hero is a total irredeemable piece of shit I read this because I had a fabulous holiday in Italy where I read an excellent novel set in WWII Florence which swept me up into a world I didn’t want to leave. When I saw this was set in Italy during the war I thought it might provide a way of prolonging my holiday… We switch between present day Brookline, Massachusetts with violinist Julia Ansdell, and the late 1930's in Venice, Italy with violinist Lorenzo Todesco, composer of Incendio.