Reviewed by Anabela.m
TITLE: Pretty Wild
SERIES: Boys in Makeup Book 3
AUTHOR: Christina Lee & Riley Hart
PUBLISHER: Self-published
LENGTH: 297 pages
RELEASE DATE: March 19,2021
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Clark
I see myself as mature and responsible for a twenty-four-year-old—I have a steady job, a comfortable apartment, and eventually I’ll find the right guy to settle down with. Some might find this boring, but at least I know what I want. That is, until reconnecting with a childhood companion flips my preconceived notions upside down. Skylar was my first real friend—my first crush too—and twelve years later, he’s still the same gorgeous and charismatic free spirit. I’m easily sucked back into his orbit, my protests futile when it comes to his amusingly harebrained ideas. I can’t let myself fall for him, though, because I’m searching for forever and he only wants casual.
Skylar
If you’re looking for a good time, I’m your guy. I love hookups, shaking my booty at the club, and having fun. I’ve seen how love can hurt and have mended too many broken hearts to risk my own.
Still, having Clark back in my life makes me feel grounded…and sort of mushy inside. It’s not only because his chunky glasses turn him into an adorably hot Clark Kent. It’s also how he makes me feel like I can be more. Which is why hooking up with him is a bad idea. But resisting him becomes impossible, and before I know it, each touch, kiss, and night spent together only makes me crave more.
We want different things, so there’s no way this will last. But Clark makes me consider breaking my rules and trying this boyfriend stuff for real. What’s a guy to do when his best friend steals the heart he’s afraid to give? I guess it comes down to potentially hurting him, or losing the only guy I’ve ever really wanted. Pretty wild, right?
REVIEW:
After finishing all three books in this series, I’ve come to the conclusion that one author wrote all the boys in makeup and the other wrote their love interests. There was a clear distinction between their mind processing and how they dealt with their feelings, the boys more prone to ruminate on their issues like a loop in their heads, while their counterparts had a more clean cut and direct way to disentangle their emotions. Pretty Wild was much of the same, with each of Skylar’s chapters reminding me why he didn’t do relationships and Clark’s more to the point and linear.
The plotline of the book was simple: boy reconnects with boy, they share an appartment, attraction ignites and feelings bloom. Simple turned complicated by fears and doubts, especially Skylar’s. Simple, because you see him and Clark just click together, even though their upbringings and personalities were as opposites as the moon and the sun. Complicated, because they’d rather give in to their sexual chemistry rather than admit that their connection and emotional need for each other is undeniably strong. They created sparks whenever they touched, but also each became the other’s biggest supporter and they completed each other in a wonderful way.
So, the reader just has to have fun waiting for them to unreservedly open their hearts to one another. I liked Skylar and Clark individually and adored how they belonged together as a couple. I enjoyed reading about their troubles and joys, seeing them dealing with their families and I was excited to watch them interact with their friends, the characters from the previous books in the series. For me, Pretty Wild was an entertaining, sweet, steamy and lovely reading experience that I wholeheartedly recommend.
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