ARC Review: Reflected in You by Sylvia Day

Reflected in You

by Sylvia Day

(Crossfire # 2)

Sylvia Day has done it again.  She can seriously write a sensual and sexy story.  She can also write with a lot of emotion and show us a damaged side to her characters that you can easily connect with.

REFLECTED IN YOU picks up pretty much where BARED TO YOU left off.  Gideon and Eva are dating and have been going at it like monkeys, staying mostly at his place after the mess with Cary.

This is a difficult review to write because there were many things that I liked about the book and some that I wish I would've liked better. 

Gideon is hot and dominant and sexy as all hell.  This book will make you fall in love with him all over again, in spite the fact that sometimes I felt like clubbing him over the head.  He's comfortable in a suit and boardroom as well as jeans and t-shirt at a concert.  He's willing to fight for the woman he loves and to keep her by his side.  Although, I have to say that if it had been me throughout the book that he would talk to like he did...I might be in jail for assault charges.  But once things are revealed at the end, all was forgiven.

How Eva stood up for him.  My heart broke completely for Gideon when he finally opened up to Eva about his past.  And I just loved that she went on that little rampage and put everyone in their place who had ever messed with Gideon's life.

The sex.  Yes, I said it.  The sex.  Because wow, just O.O WOW! LOL  At the concert, in the bathroom, in the limo.  Gideon is a God and he knows what he's doing.  I'm so jealous of Eva.

Eva grew a pair of balls towards the end of the book, which I thought was fantastic and made me jump up and down because I was totally on her side and rooting for that to happen.  I had been complaining throughout the book that I wanted her to take more charge and see some growth, and I finally did get that.

The storyline in this book was excellent.  There were enough normal conflicts between Eva and Gideon while also having a small mystery element  after Cary gets attacked.  I actually didn't expect that to go down like that.

I feel that a measure of healing started happening in this book for both.  And although it seems sometimes things have to get worst before they get better, I can't wait to see where Ms. Day will take us in the last installment of this trilogy.  Anxiously awaiting.

Favorite Quotes:

"I found myself pinned to the hallway wall by six feet, two inches or hard, hot male."

"It was a look that screamed SEX. Hard, deep, endless, mind-blowing sex."

"You're the greatest risk I've ever taken." He pressed his lips gently to mine. "And the greatest reward."

"Gimme that coffee. I want to be caffeinated when I kick your ass."

"You know...I love you madly."

 "People get over love. They can live without it, they can move on. Love can be lost and found again. But that won't happen for me. I won't survive you, Eva."
 

*ARC provided by Netgalley

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Covers to Covet

Deeper Into You

by Sylvia Day

(Crossfire # 2)

Gideon Cross. As beautiful and flawless on the outside as he was damaged and tormented on the inside. He was a bright, scorching flame that singed me with the darkest of pleasures. I couldn't stay away. I didn't want to. He was my addiction... my every desire... mine.

My past was as violent as his, and I was just as broken. We'd never work. It was too hard, too painful... except when it was perfect. Those moments when the driving hunger and desperate love were the most exquisite insanity.

We were bound by our need. And our passion would take us beyond our limits to the sweetest, sharpest edge of obsession...

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October 2, 2012

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Review: Bared to You by Sylvia Day

Bared to You

by Sylvia Day

(Crossfire # 1)

First of all, I picked up this book because I like Sylvia Day and I thought the cover was hot.  I was intrigued to read an erotic story by her and quite frankly I barely skimmed through the blurb.  I loaded it on my tablet and then well, got sidetracked.  Then all of a sudden there's all this buzz about this book and I hear it's being compared to Fifty Shades of Grey.  And that got my attention again.  I enjoyed Fifty Shades for the most part even though I didn't necessarily found it erotic and the writing wasn't 100% to my liking.  So I started reading Bared to You with a certain preconception of what the story would be like and knowing that I would enjoy the writing better because I like this author!

Now... what can I tell you about it after reading it?  This book is very Fifty Shades but better.  I almost wish Fifty wasn't there to outshine this story because of all the publicity.  We basically have a very rich and very tormented man, Gideon Cross.  He owns practically half of Manhattan and things always go his way.  He comes from an abusive past and hasn't done well in his relationships with women, as well as his family.  He's very possessive, domineering, stubborn and at times selfish and quite stalkerish.

Then there's Eva Trammell.  She's young, recently moved to Manhattan from California and just got her first job in a building that happens to be owned by Mr. Cross.  She also comes from an abusive past and still deals with overprotective parents while trying to find her own way and live her life without fear.  Of course she is instantly mesmerized by Gideon.

Even though I think Gideon is very sexy and they have great chemistry together, I found myself at times thinking he is just a bit too much.  Too overpowering, too crazy deluded, too...well... creepy.  And then there's the fact of the ex-fiance and the good friend and how he somehow thought she should be ok with him having such important female friends in his life while she just sat quietly next to him and "behaved".  So yeah I got a bit ticked off with Gideon Cross at times.

I think they have a lot to go through and grow together and individually to make their relationship work in the long run and I think it'll be fun to read.

Now onto the Fifty Shades issue.  Is it similar?  Yes.  Is it better? In my opinion, absolutely!  It's written perfectly, the characters, the scenes, everything flowed perfectly and caught my interest from the get-go.  And Sylvia Day can surely write some hot scenes!  A friend told me that this book was inspired by Sylvia's Seven Years to Sin story, and that she wanted to take that premise and write a contemporary story.  So I'll be checking out that book as well soon!

I am looking forward to the second book in this series.  I do hope to see more character development and some emotional connection between Gideon and Eva.  I am also looking forward to reading more about Cary, Eva's roommate.  He was another interesting character.

Favorite Quote:
"I'm going to possess you, Eva. It's only fair since you've possessed me."