Title: My Sweet Demise
Series: The Demise Series #1
Author: Shana Vanterpool
Genre: New Adult Contemporary Romance
Release Date: January 5, 2016
Blurb
Desperation makes a girl do crazy things…
When twenty-one year old Raina O’Connor is kicked out of her room on short notice, she’s thrown into a frantic search for a new place to stay. As the situation becomes more urgent, her choices have dwindled to her least favorite option—ladies’ man, Kent Nicholson.
Kent Nicholson loves women, just not as a roommate…
When a gorgeous blonde with big hazel eyes answers Kent’s ad for a roommate, his red flags start flying. He’s looking for a wingman, not a chick who will put a damper on his game or drench his apartment in pink. It’s clear she’s in a bind, and something about her makes him break his own rules. But when he reluctantly accepts, it’s with four concrete conditions.
Be his wingman. Don’t get in his way with other girls. No bitchy attitudes. And most importantly, she can’t fall for him.
Pretty sure this was the world’s worst idea—ever…
Trust is something earned. Raina learned that the hard way when her father broke her heart as a child, making it easy to steer clear of relationships. But living with Kent somehow stirs emotions Raina has always forbidden herself to have. Plus, he’s everything she never wanted—untrustworthy, pigheaded…and gorgeous. Something tells her Kent isn’t free of his own secret scars…
Love can drag you down and spit you out, and be worth every second.
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Finally the lock sounds and light spills out of the open door. I examine the person on the other side of the threshold fearfully. He looks around my age, normal…and hot. I frown at him. Where are the cats? Where are the weird smells and that creepy I’ve got bodies older than you in my basement look the last guy gave me? I peek around him and spot a relatively decent-looking apartment. No fur, no plastic tarps, and his serial killer’s outfit must be at the drycleaners.
After establishing that my life isn’t in immediate danger, I examine him. After all, looks can be deceiving. Beneath his mussed light blond hair may be a man who is far more dangerous than one and his cats. He isn’t wearing a shirt. Considering this heat, I don’t blame him. His black jeans elongate his lean legs, emphasizing his height. I start at his toes for some reason, long, pale toes, and work my way up, noticing how his jeans hang off his narrow hips and how those hips lead up to a set of perfectly taut muscled abs set within the most delicious V’s I’ve ever seen. His chest and biceps both bulge slightly, as if he works out to look hot but not enough to show off. I follow his chest up to his long pale throat, past his strong jaw, and over a pair of sculpted, soft, pale pink lips.
Swallowing hard, I finally meet his eyes. They are bottomless and black, and like motor oil, they gleam in the light.
I inhale sharply and step back further.
After establishing that my life isn’t in immediate danger, I examine him. After all, looks can be deceiving. Beneath his mussed light blond hair may be a man who is far more dangerous than one and his cats. He isn’t wearing a shirt. Considering this heat, I don’t blame him. His black jeans elongate his lean legs, emphasizing his height. I start at his toes for some reason, long, pale toes, and work my way up, noticing how his jeans hang off his narrow hips and how those hips lead up to a set of perfectly taut muscled abs set within the most delicious V’s I’ve ever seen. His chest and biceps both bulge slightly, as if he works out to look hot but not enough to show off. I follow his chest up to his long pale throat, past his strong jaw, and over a pair of sculpted, soft, pale pink lips.
Swallowing hard, I finally meet his eyes. They are bottomless and black, and like motor oil, they gleam in the light.
I inhale sharply and step back further.
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Stars: 5
Heat: 3
My Sweet Demise by Shana Vanterpool was a 5 star read.
Romance, Ugly cry, Mind Games, Hot Alpha, Controlling Sister
“You better not let any bad guys into my apartment. I’m the only one allowed.” He grins at me and winks one blank eye. In the dark his eyes are insanely magnetizing.
My emotions were all over the board with this great read.
“I love to punish women. Be careful.” “Why do you like to punish them?” “Because you’re all bad, lying, whores,” he says simply.
Raina has been kicked out of her apartment by her roommate is looking for a place to live.
She finds herself at Ken’s apartment, he originally was looking for a male roommate but gives into Raina as long as she follows certain rules. These rules include being his wing-woman to help him hook up with the ladies.
Raina is introduced to a lifestyle that she has been trying to avoid due to a traumatic childhood. (Parties, drinking, drugs, etc.)
We discover that Kent is also suffering from something in his past as well. He uses woman like toys and drinks to forget.
KENT. Handsome, spoiled, unfaithful, and drowning in issues I don't want to unearth.
Kent is hot and cold with Raina which really confuses her. There is so much drama wrapped around these two, not only by themselves but also with some secondary characters that cause problems as well. I really did not like Raina’s sister, she was so controlling of Raina. And don’t get me started on Kent’s family, ugh.
Love can drag you down and spit you out, and be worth every second.
Raina was a very strong person, I was so glad that she defended herself very well against troublemakers and stood up for what she believed in. If you want a great sexy, fun and dramatic read definately 1-click. I really enjoyed My Sweet Demise, and I can’t wait for the next book. Thank you Shana Vanterpool for the great read.
ARC provided by author in exchange for an honest review. Reviewed by MAustin from Alpha Book Club
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