Review: Reflected in You by Sylvia Day

Title:  Reflected in You
Author:  Sylvia Day
Series:  Crossfire, #2
Publisher:  Berkley
Release Date:  October 23, 2012
Pages:  338
Rating:  

Gideon Cross. As beautiful and flawless on the outside as he was damaged and tormented on the inside. He was a bright, scorching flame that singed me with the darkest of pleasures. I couldn't stay away. I didn't want to. He was my addiction... my every desire... mine.

My past was as violent as his, and I was just as broken. We’d never work. It was too hard, too painful... except when it was perfect. Those moments when the driving hunger and desperate love were the most exquisite insanity.

We were bound by our need. And our passion would take us beyond our limits to the sweetest, sharpest edge of obsession...

His teeth sank into my lower lip with enough force to hurt.“You think you can say a few words and end us? Th ere is no end, Eva.”

REFLECTED IN YOU was absolutely and utterly molded into PERFECTION! Crossfire will forever be an absolute favorite erotica romance series of mine! I just cannot get enough of Gideon and Eva! They blow me away each and every time! I tried to hold off reading this a lot, because I wanted it to last, and that didn't work out so well for me! I just keep devouring these books!

“Baby girl,” he drawled. “I want to sympathize, I do, but the love triangle thing is just too delicious. The determined rock star and the possessive billionaire. Rawr. ”

REFLECTED IN YOU does pick up right after Bared to You. Eva and Gideon are working hard on their relationship because they desperately want it to work and they know it is just impossible for them to live without each other. REFLECTED IN YOU was very emotionally draining. These two face problems with jealously, trust issues, possessiveness and the combination of the three are tearing them apart!

I couldn't imagine that I'd ever fall in love again like I had with Gideon. For better or worse, he was my soul mate. The other half of me. In many ways, he was my reflection.

Eva wants to know about Gideon's past. She makes no secret of wanting to know as do all of us. And it's at a point where she just has to know. I think it's more that she wants him to trust her with him telling her and Eva also gets a lot of insecurities in REFLECTED IN YOU, especially with Ms. Corinne Giroux. Eva really freaks out in this book and it really makes me mourn for her, but I am proud of her by the time the end of the novel nears. She has made huge improvements with her relationship with Gideon,

“Angel.” His lips brushed over my shoulder blade, his hands releasing my wrists to slide beneath me and cup my full, heavy breasts. “My stubborn, beautiful angel. Finally, we get to the truth.”

Oh, man. Gideon. I must say from the beginning until the end of REFLECTED IN YOU I had huge feelings of disappointment for Gideon. By the end of the novel, you get the reasons and it all comes down to Gideon protecting Eva and it makes my heart burn for him and pray by the end of this he gets the happy ending he deserves, but in the middle I was very disappointed with him. With the crazy possessiveness, and being cold, and knowing all these secrets he is keeping from Eva is hurting her and not telling her anything. Yes! A lot of this bothered me, but like I said, by the end, you tell yourself, "how could I have ever had thoughts of disappointment for my Gideon?"

I’m still going to go crazy until you get home. If that means you’re driven a little crazy with my safety pre-cautions, isn’t that part of the give-and-take?” I growled. “How do you make something unreasonable sound reasonable?” “It’s a gift.”

REFLECTED IN YOU was freaking crazy with the relationship drama and wow! By the end of this book, Eva and Gideon are really more trusting of each other and seem much happier because of the trust and the silly insecurities are now gone and the possessiveness? Ha! That will never be gone! They wanna possess the hell out of each other! The ending is jaw dropping and totally had one of those OMFG moments attached to it! PURE LOVE! I am really looking forward to the third book in this amazing erotica romance series, Entwined with You, which thankfully will be out this December!

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Review: Bared to You by Sylvia Day

Title:  Bared to You
Author:  Sylvia Day
Series:  Crossfire, #1
Publisher:  Penguin
Release Date:  May 24, 2012
Pages:  362
Rating:  

Our journey began in fire...

Gideon Cross came into my life like lightning in the darkness—beautiful and brilliant, jagged and white-hot. I was drawn to him as I'd never been to anything or anyone in my life. I craved his touch like a drug, even knowing it would weaken me. I was flawed and damaged, and he opened those cracks in me so easily...

Gideon knew. He had demons of his own. And we would become the mirrors that reflected each other's most private wounds... and desires.

"I'm losing my mind without you.” His lips were gliding down my neck, his tongue stroking over my racing pulse. He sucked on my skin and pleasure radiated through me. “I can’t think. I can’t work or sleep. My body aches for you. I can make you want me again. Let me try.”

HOLY MOTHER OF GOD! I can't tell you all how impressed I am. I mean, there are no words! BARED TO YOU was one of the best erotic romances I have ever had the pleasure of reading and I am already dying for the second book! I seriously cannot stop thinking about this book! All I can say is I am so glad that I picked up this book!

"That's what scares me, Gideon. You don’t know what you’re worth.” “Actually, I do. Twelve bill—” “Shut up.”

Eva Tramell moves to NYC starting a new stop and getting started on her career and lives close to her mother and rich step father. And she is roomates with her best friend Cary, who is gay. They both have very traumatic pasts, but they have a great friendship and love to have fun and all that stuff! Of course, Eva meets our hot and sexy, Gideon Cross soon after and she is instantly attracted to this uber hot bussinessman. IT becomes known that he actually owns the building that she is working in. It becomes a trouble to resist him.

“Why? Why would you do that?”
"You have your way of dealing with jealousy and I have mine.

Gideon Cross is my everything! I love that man! I may just have a thing for rich bussiness men. They may make me a little hot. Especially when he says the most swoon worthy things. He is extremely charming and addictive. Very Highly addictive, I may add. I swear I wish I was Eva! She is so freaking lucky to have such a man! Eva has so many doubts and worries and at times I wanted to shake sense into her that COME ON, HE IS SO PERFECT! But I understand her in a way too.

“I can let you in, Eva. I’m trying. But your first response when I screw up is to run away. You do it every time and I can’t stand feeling like any moment I’m going to do or say something wrong and you’re going to bolt.”

Eva has gone through something so terrifying and she is still healing and it doesn't help that her mother is breathing down her neck all the time. Eva has gone to wanting Gideon, to having him, to having insecruties, and to the point of trusting him with her past, but she is still scared inside too and things need to go one step at a time. But I loved reading how their relationship developed and it got to me emotionally.

He nuzzled my breasts. “When you’re not with me, I feel—Don’t run anymore, Eva. I can’t take it.” He pulled me up to stand in front of him, keeping his cock in me until the soles of my heels touched the hardwood floor. “Come home with me now.”

Gideon has a past too and we don't find out too much about it, because he is not willing to spill the deets yet. But hopefully soon! Gideon Cross is so alpha it makes all us fangirls scream for more! They challenge each other in a way and Gideon is the glue he does not give up on her, ever! He wants Eva, so he is going to have her and that is the kind of male I like for my heroines, one like this! They are so good for each other.

"I have one one type: Eva Lauren Tramell. That’s it.” I rolled my eyes. “Okay. Whatever.”

The sex scenes were absolutely perfect! I have no complains! They were hot! I mean man, oh man! I wanted more! Good thing I bookmarked those chapters. I think it makes an even more difference that these two characters are a little damaged with troubling pasts that they are still dealing with. It makes their moments so much sweeter and emotional. And you will just have to read the book to get the full on experience. BARED TO YOU was just so amazing and one of the best reads of the year for me! I will most definitely be re-reading this and I highly recommend it for all you romance junkies.

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