REVIEWED BY CINDY
TITLE: Taking a Chance
AUTHOR: Emjay Haze
PUBLISHER: Torquere Press
LENGTH: 165 Pages
RELEASE DATE: February 2, 2016
Blurb:
Recent college graduate, Ethan Moore, flies to San Francisco for a job interview with an advertising firm. That evening, he goes to a gay club where meets a gorgeous man who seduces him, but then leaves his hotel room in the morning with only a note. A few weeks later, Ethan begins his new job and discovers that the man he slept with is his new boss, Chance Harlow. He’s fallen for the playboy, but wants to keep their relationship strictly professional. He’s failing miserably as Ethan keeps succumbing to Chance’s advances.
Ethan is selected to accompany Chance to Bali for a huge account and will be spending ten days at a luxurious resort with the man he’s fallen in love with. Chance has made his intentions known, and he won’t pressure him, but if Ethan doesn’t want him, there are plenty of men who will. Ethan struggles with this until one evening they are in the hot tub with two hot swingers who want to play. Ethan flees after watching Chance make out with one of the men. Will Ethan finally give in to the playboy, or did his actions finally lose him the man he loves.
Review:
So, I picked this book and I was very excited to read it, but the first thing that comes to mind when I read this was “where in the hell was the editor?”
I wanted to like Ethan, but his character is so wishy-washy it drove me crazy. He kept thinking “sleeping with the boss is wrong” and then throwing himself into Chance’s arms. I would have had way more respect for him if he had even tried just a little to stick to his guns without stomping around pouting like a little boy.
Chance is just kind of arrogant and even when he falls for Ethan, he’s so concerned with how he’s “changing” and he takes way too long to realize that it’s for the better. And a bit of a problem for me was the fact that he’s in a position of authority over Ethan but seems to have no problem with badgering Ethan into doing what he wants or threatening to have sex with someone else to make Ethan jealous.
The question about the editor comes into play because the words “babe” and “baby” are used almost 200 times in this 165 page novel and while I have no problem with pet names between lovers, this was way too much. The writer couldn’t seem to pick a point of view and hopped heads from character to character, including Ethan, Chance and Chance’s other employee (and ex-lover) Brad. Top it all off with people communicating through what seemed to be telepathic “looks” all the time and I had a very hard time finishing this story.
When I picked the story, I loved the premise and maybe with some stronger characters that I could have gotten to know a little better and like, I would have enjoyed it a lot more.
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