NMmomof4's Reviews > Slave to Love

3 Stars

Overall Opinion: This book started off with a bang, but sadly didn't keep in that track for me. Unfortunately, I felt like it became boring and uneventful. I liked the overall premise since I love a workplace romance sometimes. While I enjoyed their flirty banter at the beginning of the book -- I missed it in the second half. I get that they had put their working hats on and decided to wait until the job was done to pursue a relationship, but I wanted more! I thought that their big relationship crisis was avoidable with some good ol' communication, and that the separation was not necessary. I wouldn't say that this had anything that would make me upset or rant, but it wasn't the best either -- just meh.

Brief Summary of the Storyline: This is Sierra and Hale's story. They meet when Hale hires the company that Sierra works for. Hale is immediately stand-of fish (which we learn later is because he is tongue-tied by Sierra), and Sierra doesn't get a good first impression (other than the fact that she is really attracted to him). She ends up being lent out to Hale by her boss for a project he has at his Austin, TX location. Sierra quickly lets Hale know that she doesn't "sh!t where she eats" and they form a flirty friendship, but also agree to explore their feelings further once she no longer works for him. There are some funny moments, some work colleague issues, some sexy times, some secrets being revealed, and a separation for the couple...but they find their way back to each other and get heir HEA ending.

POV: This alternated between Sierra and Hale's POV.

Overall Pace of Story: Ok. I did find myself skimming in about the 3/4 mark. It became more technical about their work and I became bored with the details. I thought the book started out great, fizzled down, and then ended with a cute full wrap up epilogue.

Instalove: No. Instalust for sure, but I would say that their stronger feelings developed over a good amount of time.

H rating: 3 stars. Hale. I liked him, but I wanted him to be more upfront with her about some things to prevent some unnecessary drama.

h rating: 4 stars. Sierra. I liked her drive and her integrity in her work. She was sassy and I enjoyed her relationship with her friends.

Sadness level: Low. I didn't need any tissues here.

Heat level: Moderate. They are intimate towards the ending of the book, and think it was kind of meh.

Descriptive sex: Yes.

Safe sex: Yes and no. There is a birth control conversation, but std status wasn't discussed but only implied.

OW/OM drama: Yes, but really minimal.(view spoiler)[There is a colleague of the h and aggressively hits on the H, but he doesn't reciprocate at all. There is a picture that the h sees of the OW on the H's lap suggestively (and obviously without wearing underwear) that was taken right before he pushed her off. (hide spoiler)]

Sex scene with OW or OM: (view spoiler)[No (hide spoiler)]

Cheating: (view spoiler)[No (hide spoiler)]

Possible Triggers: (view spoiler)[No (hide spoiler)]

Closure: This had pretty good closure with a cute epilogue. I would call it a HEA ending even though I wanted more time with them as an official couple.

How I got it: I paid the $3.99 on Amazon.

Safety: Safe with exception
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- Does Not have cheating
- Does Not have a descriptive sex scene with OW/OM
- Does have the h pushing the H away, but only because of a communication mistake he made
- Does have a ~3 month separation between the h and H
- Does Not have abuse
- Does Not have OTT sad parts
Does have a HEA ending. (hide spoiler)]