Jill asked this question the other day, but I’m stealing.

And I’m not asking to get ideas what to read next (my TBR pile is out of control, plus, I’ve got stuff to do). No, really, I’m asking so I can rave about Gena Showalter’s Awaken Me Darkly.

While it wasn’t the amazingly, awesomely wonderful book that The Pleasure Slave was, it was pretty damn great! (I adore The Pleasure Slave. Like, it’s become one of my favorite romances ever. I have an unnatural attraction to Tristan - and not just unnatural because he’s fictional.)

I think that was my biggest problem with Awaken Me Darkly. Not enough of the deliciously yummy hero, Kyrin. I knew going in that it wasn’t a romance, but that didn’t stop me from wanting it to be!

And trust me when I say that Mia certianly didn’t need a hero. At point throughout the book I found myself wondering why I liked it so much (liked it so much to continue reading through a migraine that was brining tears to me eyes). I don’t think I’d necessarily want to be Mia’s friend (she’d hurt me), and at times she wasn’t even sympathetic. But Gena’s got a way with words that makes all of this stuff work.

The other day I also read Her Last Temptation by Leslie Kelly, the last Tempt we’ll ever see in the US. For those around the world, it may not be a good book-may not really make sense even-but I liked it a lot. Frankly, if you haven’t been a regular Temp reader, you probably wouldn’t care. And yes, perhaps I shed a tear or 2 at the end.

So, what are you reading, AND would you reccomend it?

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