I enjoyed this story but I think it could have been so much better had the characters not been so caught up in the past. ~ Slick, Guilty Pleasures
Description:
Her New Year’s resolution was seduction.
Doctor Ashley Hanes has one mission and one mission only—end her annoyingly long dry streak and ring in the New Year with a bang. Literally. When her long lost and oh-so-sexy ex-best friend, Ethan Pierce, shows up as if he hadn’t broken her heart all those years ago, suddenly she doesn’t want to bring home just any man. She wants Ethan.
What should have been one night of blow-your-mind make-up sex quickly turns into another. And another. Before long, Ashley thinks maybe she and Ethan should reunite for good. If only the elusive bachelor will stop running from his tortured past and trust a future in Ashley’s arms.
Review copy provided for an honest review
This is one of those book where I liked both the characters and who they are at this point in their lives. I like their situation and what brought them together at this point in time, but what disturbs me is the inability to get over, get past stuff that happened 9 years ago when they were in high school. I’m sorry but I’m very much a believer that when something in your life goes wrong you deal with it and move or you get therapy and figure out. People carry too much baggage around and let it impact their lives today; it’s not healthy and at times it’s just flat out childish. So, while I enjoyed Kiss Me At Midnight I didn’t love it because both characters were too hung up on what happened in high school making them both appear somewhat immature for the responsible adults they both are suppose to be.
Ashley Hanes and Ethan Pierce were best friends in high school until one day Ethan refused to talk or do anything with Ashley anymore. She’s never quite gotten over the rejection. Ethan’s young heart was shattered when he saw Ashley kissing another boy when he had finally made up his mind to pursue her and tell her how he felt. Cutting off all communication was like cutting out a piece of his heart but he did it and he moved on and away as fast as he could. When they meet nine years later on New Year’s Eve thing get very interesting, very quickly.
It was easy to like both Ashley and Ethan; they both have accomplished a great deal in their lives and are happy and productive. However, they have this history that neither one of them can seem to let go. One thing that is quite evident is the steamy chemistry circling around them. There is no denying they want each other and decide to spend one night getting each other out of their system while Ethan is in town for the holidays. I enjoyed their time together and the way they worked through their past issues and rediscovered each other as adults. The obvious friendship they had is still present but soon they both realize feelings they didn’t want creeping in and causing some confrontations and hurtful verbal exchanges.
I enjoyed this story but I think it could have been so much better had the characters not been so caught up in the past. Neither one seemed to want to focus on what they have accomplished; they were more interested in dredging up the past over and over. A good read that could have been so much better.
3.5 Stars
Thanks Slick.