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This book has a gorgeous cover. I have such a crush on the cover. These two models resemble the main characters in the book which is nice because sometimes the cover models look nothing like the main characters.
Naked is told from the first person point of view. I prefer romance stories that are told in the third person point of view and this story would have worked a lot better had it been told from the third person point of view. The heroine, a biracial woman, was previously in a relationship where the fiancee broke off the engagement revealing he was gay. They had been together for four years and she didn't suspect a thing even though he had cheated on her with multiple men. After the devastating breakup, she continues to harbor romantic feelings for him and even goes to parties at his house despite the fact he's now in a committed gay relationship. I really didn't understand why she was such a martyr. Then she meets the hero of this story. He's bisexual. She knows he is. He's a gorgeous man who is independently wealthy thanks to selling his tech company. Given his international playboy status with both men and women, I didn't understand what he saw in the rather unsophisticated heroine. The first person point of view completely prevents us from understanding what he's thinking and feeling. The author needed to do a better job explaining why he supposedly changes for the heroine and is no longer interested in encounters with men. I didn't really understand why after her fiancee came out of the closet the heroine chose to enter into a relationship with a bisexual man. Also, there were so many questions, the heroine needed to ask the hero, but she just didn't. She would ask these questions internally, but didn't voice them. Ugh. It's incredibly frustrating to the reader.
The ending came quite abruptly. The shocking revelation is wrapped up too neatly. If you've read Megan Hart's other book, Tempted, you'd know what the shocking revelation is about because that book and this one are connected. The ending of Naked while acceptable didn't leave me with a good impression that this relationship would last. It seemed to me that while the hero loved the heroine, he still is more tempted by men.
This is definitely not your typical romance story. There is no unambiguous happily ever after ending. If you like chick lit or lite romance, you need to stay away from this book. If bisexuality bothers you then this book isn't for you either. Overall, I thought it was an interesting, but frustrating story of flawed, very human characters.
Naked is told from the first person point of view. I prefer romance stories that are told in the third person point of view and this story would have worked a lot better had it been told from the third person point of view. The heroine, a biracial woman, was previously in a relationship where the fiancee broke off the engagement revealing he was gay. They had been together for four years and she didn't suspect a thing even though he had cheated on her with multiple men. After the devastating breakup, she continues to harbor romantic feelings for him and even goes to parties at his house despite the fact he's now in a committed gay relationship. I really didn't understand why she was such a martyr. Then she meets the hero of this story. He's bisexual. She knows he is. He's a gorgeous man who is independently wealthy thanks to selling his tech company. Given his international playboy status with both men and women, I didn't understand what he saw in the rather unsophisticated heroine. The first person point of view completely prevents us from understanding what he's thinking and feeling. The author needed to do a better job explaining why he supposedly changes for the heroine and is no longer interested in encounters with men. I didn't really understand why after her fiancee came out of the closet the heroine chose to enter into a relationship with a bisexual man. Also, there were so many questions, the heroine needed to ask the hero, but she just didn't. She would ask these questions internally, but didn't voice them. Ugh. It's incredibly frustrating to the reader.
The ending came quite abruptly. The shocking revelation is wrapped up too neatly. If you've read Megan Hart's other book, Tempted, you'd know what the shocking revelation is about because that book and this one are connected. The ending of Naked while acceptable didn't leave me with a good impression that this relationship would last. It seemed to me that while the hero loved the heroine, he still is more tempted by men.
This is definitely not your typical romance story. There is no unambiguous happily ever after ending. If you like chick lit or lite romance, you need to stay away from this book. If bisexuality bothers you then this book isn't for you either. Overall, I thought it was an interesting, but frustrating story of flawed, very human characters.
