NiCoLeTa E. {Addicted To Books}'s Reviews > Stroked Long

***4 "I was made for loving you..." stars***



This was my first Meghan Quinn's book and i have to admit that i wasn't expecting anything like that!!!
From the blurb already, i thought that we will have a quick, sexy and funny reading, but it was more than that... and i freakin' loved it!!!

It was also very emotional and with a wonderful story!!!
The protagonists were lovely persons with lots to give to each other, even though that they couldn't be more opposite personalities....
But in a strange way, it was working just fine with them!!!


“I want to kiss her.
Fucking badly.
I want to know what it feels like to be intimately entwined with someone so pure and true as her. I want to feel her warmth against my frigidness, get lost in the soft, silky feel of her skin and hold her as if she’s mine for the keeping.”

Ruby Hearts was a wonderful person!!! She was so colourful and full of life... She was sassy, funny as hell and a little bit weirdo.... Yep, she was!!!!

She was mumbling all the god damn time, but that characteristic of hers was sooo adorable!!!
She was very generous, very kind, very patient and she had only smiles to give to the others...
Her personality was magnetic in a strange way...

She was also an artist!!! And she had a thing for Bodi Banks!!!

“He's so handsome.
He's so broken.
He's so tempting.”

Bodi Banks was an Olympic gold medalist in swimming and sooo hot!!!
Perfect body, perfect abs, perfect face.... He was a drool worthy man!!! And most of the time, he was walking around with only a small spandex (Sorry, naylon and lycra!!! Bahahaha...)

But there were more than that to Bodi...
He had dark shades on his past, shades that made him a little bit weird, anti-social and obsessive...
Bodi was cocky and very sure of himself inside the pool, but outside of there, in the real world he was awkward as hell and he was feeling uncomfortable...

He was like a small boy inside the body of a gorgeous man...

"When I’m in the pool, I zone out. It’s my one and only place where I can feel complete calm."

“I choose not to expose others to my demons and insecurities. Who would want that anyway?”

So what will happen when those two contradicting characters will be put together to work for an art foundation????
Ruby is infatuated by Bodi before even she get to know him.... But what about Bodi, who wants to continue living his life in the same old routine that he is feeling comfortable with???

What will happen when Ruby is starting to change this routine and throw him out of his calm waters???
Will Ruby accept his tendencies and his obsessions??? Or will she run away once she found out the real Bodi???
Is there a hope for those two???


"She makes me feel more alive, like there’s a possibility of getting out of this little box I’ve been living in. The self-imposed and very necessary prison keeping me functional, keeping me safe. Others too.
She’s also a risk.
A huge risk, and I’ve been trying to tamp down that thought and not allow it to grow. Warning bells have been signaling, reminding me that she would want to change my routine, that she would push me to move forward in life. I’m not sure I would be able to do that."

I loved both Ruby and Bodi very much!!! Even though that they were the polar oppsites, they were having lot of chemistry between them...

Ruby was making me laugh all the time like a crazy person and i adored the way that she was facing Bodi and his weird actions...

“Why does my heart hurt so much? There is something about Bodi that runs deep in my bones, that causes me to feel the pain he’s feeling, or the panic, or his awkwardness. It’s as if our bodies are spiritually connected.”

As for Bodi??? God, my heart was aching for his behalf... It was so sad to witness all those insecurities and the low self- confidence that this wonderful man was having, even though that he was like a God in the pool!!!

But i enjoyed very much the man that Bodi was becoming when he was alone with Ruby...

“I want to spend more time with her and that terrifies because more time means more exposure to the true monster I am.”

"I’ve never felt this consumed by a woman before. I’ve never opened myself up to a woman before.
I like it.
I’m becoming addicted to it."

I can't tell you more, but believe me that there are lots of more things inside this book!!!
It was a light, funny and sexy book, which was being able to give humanity lessons and i liked it for that reason...

It was so heartwarming!!!
I also liked the Olympics vibe that we witnessed in here...
I liked all these sexy men with their tiny swim suits...

And i liked very much Eva and Lauren!!!! They were amazing persons!!!
Em... I really have to read Reese's story and i'm dying to read Hollis's book, as well!!!

"I will cherish the fuck out of her.
I will spoil the fuck out of her.
I will worship the fuck out of her.
But most importantly , I will love the fuck out of her . . . until my dying day."

***ARC kindly provided via NetGalley for the exchange of an honest review***