Another hot, fun romp from Jasinda Wilder.
I read Duke's book, which gave the teaser for Puck's book, and I can honestly say I couldn't picture a squat, bald, bearded man, with a missing finger as a sexy, alpha hero. I kept picturing the bald, bearded, dwarf from The Hobbit (which one, right?!).
While it took a bit of work to imagine him through the heroine's eyes, Jasinda did a wonderful job of dragging the reader, by their hair and tits, into the romance. I loved Colbie, she was so much freaking fun! She said what was on her mind, she was as tough as nails, and she was intelligent and quick-witted, which meant she gave as much as she got, and boy was it tantalizing. She and Puck rubbed on together perfectly, which made the story that much more un-putdownable.
I started reading this book at midnight. I didn't turn off the light and roll over until 5:30am. I lost precious sleep, but it was worth it to read such a great book after the literary turds I'd read earlier.
There are a few things that made the story a little 'eh' for me. Puck lost the tip of his middle finger, and then he cauterizes is while on the run from vicious mercenaries... So, with all the below-the-belt, finger-banging, is he getting vag juices all over his healing digit? After the scene where he fixes up his finger, his nubbin is not mentioned again, though he does use his fingers, voraciously, in his smexy times with Colbie.
Also, the fact that Puck was shorter than Colbie... Back to The Hobbit... I was picturing the dwarf and the elf together, and it was off-putting. But when I forced my mind to read the scenes without the internal JRR Tolkien references, the book flowed hot and wet.
I loved the secondary characters from the previous books in the series. They are all so combustable but hilarious together.
Well done, Jasinda. Another fabulous book that robs me of sleep and sanctity.