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Chargement... When I'm Weakpar Aria Grace
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Large Print EditionBook 2 of the Mile High Romance SeriesJamie presents a flamboyant and slutty attitude to the world because he's been hurt before. Even though it's mostly an act, he hides behind his persona to keep people at arm's length. With only a small group of trusted friends, he's vowed to never allow a man to have power over him again. Power to hurt him. Power to take away his freedom. Power to label him as a predator for the rest of his life. Reed and his sister run a home preschool for toddlers. His focus is on getting credentialed so he can take some of the burden from Lucy. He doesn't have time for friends, much less a lover, but when he meets Jamie, he recognizes something in the man that makes him want to get closer. Unfortunately, Jamie's past prevents him from truly integrating into Reed's future. It's not just a matter of the heart. It's a matter of the law. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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The book starts off with a prologue explaining how Jamie ends up in Colorado and why he behaves the way he does. Celebrating his eighteenth birthday he goes to the casino and gambles. There a young man named Michael, approaches him. Michael isn’t all that he seems and next thing Jamie knows, he’s arrested and on Megan’s List. His parents disown him, his college hopes are dashed and the only one who will speak to him is his uncle who runs ‘The Unicorn’ and offers him a job. From that point on Jamie wears a mask. The mask of a flirty, slutty server, so he doesn’t have to come close to anyone, until he meets Reed. I don’t know if the author had intended it, but I felt that Jamie tried to accept his fate but his bitterness at what happened still came through.
One point I have to make is that the casino scene isn’t realistic and the author didn’t do her research. The info is easily available on the web. In Vegas the gambling age is twenty-one. I doubt Jamie would’ve been able to gamble unless he had a fake ID. And I don’t know about nowadays, but kids, even with their parents, couldn’t get into casinos. So I don’t know how Michael was able to get in one unless he was with his parents because his parents found him there. And what are the odds of finding someone in all the casinos unless they’d brought him in with them? The whole casino scene is unrealistic and one needs to suspend belief.
Anyway on to the second MC, Reed. He’s a nice guy, the kind of guy Jamie’s friend Seb says he should date instead of the losers he hooks up with. Reed really likes Jamie but is confused by his hot and cold behavior. He just about gives up on Jamie until he finds out some shocking news. He and his friends confront Jamie and things happen. You’ll have to read the book to find out the rest.
I again enjoyed the author’s characters and the plot, except for the casino scene which isn’t possible. When I’m Weak is a fast, easy read with a surprising epilogue. One could call it a cliffhanger, but it’s more of a lead-in to the third book. I give this story 4 Stars despite the prologue’s issues.