Monday, 23 December 2019

[Review] Eyes On, by Esme Brett



Title Eyes On
Series: --
Author: Esme Brett
Publisher: Esme Brett
Number of pages: 59
Publication date: November 21st 2019

Synopsis:
A steamy and sassy novella.

Ever pretended to be a stripper to save someone from an awkward situation? Taylor Francis hadn’t. Until he had.

Francis runs a successful event company and lounge bar. Greta Winters is an old-money socialite. Their paths would never usually cross: Francis avoids women in Greta’s tax bracket like a New Yorker avoids Times Square. But in the face of unexpected public embarrassment, he won’t leave her to the wolves.

The impulse rescue sparks an attraction Francis can’t get out of his head. But Greta is wary of being charmed by this too slick, too smooth, too gorgeous lothario. Which would be much easier if his voice didn’t make her think of sweaty limbs and twisted sheets. Mostly his limbs. And her sheets. And his –

Damn. She’s in trouble.

[16,000-word contemporary romance with a HEA. Contains graphic language and on page sex.]


Review:
I received an eARC at no cost from the author, and I am leaving a voluntary and honest review. Thank you.


This book is written by an amazing bookstagrammer, @feministromance , and that’s how I found out she was writing a book, and I volunteered to read her novella, Eyes On, knowing it would be written in a sassy, funny, sexy way. And it was!

As I’m sure you’ve noticed, I mostly read historical romance, and so this contemporary novella was just the break I needed.

Fair warning: if you don’t like sex on the page and strong language, skip the book. It’s well written, but it will not please everyone – as with all books, of course.

This book has a plus-size heroine, a man who embraces all that she is, safe and consensual sex, amazing sexy times, witty banter, what more could you ask from a short erotica novella?

For me, it doesn’t get the 5* because I feel like novellas are too short to really get into the characters, and Esme gave us so much info that could have been expanded for a longer story… Anyway, that’s just me, novellas and I just don’t see to match as well as we should.

I don’t want to give nothing away, as the synopsis already says all you need. So, if this is your kind of book, don’t walk, run to buy it!