On the Rocks (Last Call #1)

I kept waiting for this book to get better. It started out with high school drama and continued on. There was a lot of sex — which isn’t a bad thing — but a relationship should not be based on hot sex. That is not love — that’s lust. Yes I get they have known each other all their lives but just because you grew up together doesn’t mean you really know each other. There was no real conversation between Hunter & Gabby — just constant boning. Gabby was not a very likeable person IMO. She was bitchy, foul-mouthed and foul-tempered. I don’t know ANY guy who would find those traits attractive regardless of what she looks like.

Of course the ex-girlfriend needs to come in and stir up trouble and that caused the ending to be very lame. I read it and thought “WTF?” It just was not believable. Correction — the whole story was just not believable.

If you want to kill an afternoon by the pool with a cocktail (which is what I did) then this is the book for you. If you like romance novels with alot of sex but no real substance between the two people involved, than this is the book for you.

I have the second book in the series downloaded on my Kindle but I don’t think I will be reading it.

I couldn’t finish this because it wasn’t possible for me to stomach Gabby any longer. Hunter put himself out there over and over again for her and she refused to step outside of her self protected bubble to realize that he was genuinely good guy. These are adults and she’s acting like she’s in high school.

Holy sh** this book blew my mind. This 5 star read somehow means more because I wasnt expecting it. From the first paragraph I was hooked!

In hindsight I cant say was so surprised that this epic Sawyer Bennet book would be another 5 star read however, I just I didnt expect it to be so erotic.

The sex scene was one of the most intense Ive ever read. It was hot in terms of steam, but what made it above ordinary for me was the deep connection between the hero and heroine.
What I thought would be a cute, romantic read turned out so be so much more. Such a deeper connection than I anticipated prior to reading.

I liked how confident and assuring Hunter was when she told him she was scared. Gabbys young age shows in a lot of ways. The scene where Hunter was speaking about prior sexual partners.

A common discussion amongst adults had Gabby panicking in her own internal monologue. Her naivety was humorous and adorable at times. I didnt find myself getting frustrated with her lack of awareness. You dont know what you dont know. We cant fault her for being scared about conversations shes never had before or being in situations shes never been in before.
Hunter guides her through with his maturity and knowledge due to his being older and having more experience. With age comes growth.

I didnt expect hunter to be so emotionally intelligent. The fact that Bennett captures that, is what really blows my mind. Her writing style transports you to Last Call, sitting on the bar stool with Gabby and Hunter, awaiting their next moves.
Never did I expect to hold my breath waiting to read words as much as I did this read! I needed to know if Hunter would finally tell her how he feels. I needed Gabby to finally put her feelings into words and step up. I was frustrated at times, laughed a lot, had my heart broken a bit, but smiled throughout reading.

The fact that I feel like I know Gabby and Hunter and quite
frankly ship their relationship so badly is an ode to Bennetts writing.

I’ve been wanting to read this for a while. I finally purchased the audio because I like Douglas Berger. He is a great narrator. He and Holly Warren did a great job. However, I feel like I’ve heard a version of this story a dozen or so times. I really can’t stand when the heroine is so stupid. She has gone to college, manages her dad’s construction company, but is such a brat. Her emotions felt immature. She feels at some point she has to ‘let him go to pursue the big time’ when he has repeatedly told everyone he doesn’t want to. umm what? I will say the hero is a good guy. I’m unsure if I’ll keep reading this series or not. I will probably read something newer by SB.

Story 3 stars Narration 3.5 stars rounded up. I liked parts of this book. However, I think it leaned on sex scenes too much. I know some people like that and thats fine. I just wanted a deeper story. Every romance has a problem for the couple happen. In this case, the problem made no sense to me and just was unnecessary. The last part of the book dropped this from 3.5 stars to 3 due to the problem.Not sure but this may have been my first by this author. I will definitely try again someday.

Narration I had problems with. When the male narrator tried to do a female voice it totally took me back to the movie Tootsie. Same voice and it took me out of the story every time. The female narrator had a problem with some(not all)of her female voices sounding just like the main character. There again, it took me out of the story. But, all that being said, it still was pretty good.

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