BLURB
From New York Times
bestselling author Kylie Scott comes the second sizzling stand-alone novel in
the Dive Bar series! When his younger brother loses interest in online
dating, hot bearded bartender Joe Collins only intends to log into his account
and shut it down. Until he reads about her. Alex Parks is funny, fascinating,
and pretty much everything he's been looking for in a woman—except that she
lives across the country. Soon they're emailing up a storm and telling each
other their deepest, darkest secrets...except the one that really matters. When
Alex pays Joe a surprise visit, however, they both discover that when it comes
to love, it's always better with a twist.
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EXCERPT
“I wanted to talk to
you a bit more about what happened between us online,” he said, his mouth a
serious straight line. “How I came to use my brother’s profile.” Ugh. “I’m
pretty sure I found out everything I needed to know last night.” “I didn’t mean
to lie to you, Alex.” “Once is a mistake.” I crossed my legs, kicking my black
leather bootie back and forth. So I was a little aggravated. Sue me. “Months’
worth of e-mails is not. You could have introduced yourself to me, Joe, told me
who you really were. You chose not to. Christ, no wonder you kept putting off
meeting. I should have known something was wrong.” “You’re right. I shouldn’t
try to sell you excuses.” A big sigh from my “friend.” “Truth is, I’m not used
to being the bad guy. Usually I’m the one cleaning up my brother’s messes.”
“Lucky me.”
This book is a reminder of what got me into this author in the beginning! I fell in love with Stage Dive series and all the heroes and heroines that stemmed from it and this one was a lot of the same.
Title: Twist
Author: Kylie Scott
Author: Kylie Scott
Genre: Adult Contemporary Romance
Series or Standalone: Standalone Series (Dive Bar #2)
Rating: ★★★★
Reviewer: Melyssa
This book is a reminder of what got me into this author in the beginning! I fell in love with Stage Dive series and all the heroes and heroines that stemmed from it and this one was a lot of the same.
What
I enjoyed most about this story was the character differences from a lot of the
romances I’ve been reading as of late. We don’t have a doormat girl and we
definitely don’t have a super alpha guy. Did Joe portray some of those
characteristics at times? Sure. Every guy does. But there was something softer,
gentler about him, that made me pretty much fall head over feet right off the
jump. Sure, this book starts with an omission of truth on his part, but boy howdy
does that man make up for it in spades. Then we’ve got Alex. The banter between
these two, the attitude she had even if she was socially awkward and living her
life more sheltered and away from people due to past experiences, was fantastic.
She wasn’t typical in the slightest and honestly, I felt a kinship to her
purely because of the awkwardness. I’ve lived it, still live it on the daily so
it was easy to connect with her.
The
steam level here was on par with the authors previous works, but it’s a steam
level that’s worked into over time, the right amount of time for me personally
as the reader, and not just jumped into right away between the two. Definitely
worth the wait when it happens and scenes I didn’t feel the need like in some
books to skim over, because they seemed to fit each moment they were brought
into.
I
had issues a tiny bit with the actions of both Joe and Alex toward the ending
of this story. While understandable for the most part, there were elements here
that I felt didn’t need to be there in order to create the right amount of
drama. I think the reasons Joe gave at one point, were enough on its own. I
didn’t see a need for secondary characters playing a part in it at all the way
they did, but it wasn’t enough to totally turn the read around for me.
I
loved this, much like I loved her earlier series and I can’t wait to see where
she goes next with Dive Bar. In fact, I’m downright giddy about it.
My
thanks to the author, NetGalley and all others involved in letting me read an
ARC of this story. This was a journey I’m glad to have taken.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Kylie is a New York
Times and USA Today best-selling author. She was voted Australian Romance
Writer of the year, 2013 & 2014, by the Australian Romance Writer’s
Association and her books have been translated into eleven different languages.
She is a long time fan of romance, rock music, and B-grade horror films. Based
in Queensland, Australia with her two children and husband, she reads, writes
and never dithers around on the internet. You can learn more about Kylie from http://www.kylie-scott.com/
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