Review: Denial (Meet Me in the Dark) by Jade Dare

                                                                    

Print Length: 155 pages

Publisher: Jade Dare (May 23, 2022)

From Goodreads.com: Denial.

It’s what sends Lexa rushing from the room whenever Ezekiel and Jeremiah enter it, and has for months now. She knows nothing good can come from giving in to the feelings that fill her anytime they’re nearby. She’s fine with the desire that they make thrum through her, but she has sworn off anything that has to do with the heart for as long as she can remember. Two sexy brothers are not going to make her go against that.

When she’s attending her best friend’s wedding, and loses her room card, she’s left with having to ask to stay in the room across from hers. The only problem is that the Wright brothers are in it. With the only options being to sleep in the hallway or knock on the door, she rises her hand.

They invite her in all too easily, with smirks and lingering stares. Once she’s inside, they offer a single night with them...between them. After a few intoxicating kisses and torturous touches, she accepts. She can feel though, that come morning, nothing will be the same.

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My Rating: 2 stars out of 5

Honestly, this one was pretty disappointing for me. To begin with there, there were numerous grammatical errors that pulled me out of the story, but that wasn't even the worst part. The worst part was the absolutely out of character way Lexa (and to a certain extent Ezekiel) acted. For the entirety of the first two books, we learn that Lexa is absolutely closed off to the idea of love, this book explains in bigger detail just why. And yet, the very first time Lexa has sex with the brothers she starts having feelings for them. And those feelings grow each and every time they sleep together. No honey, that's not love, that's lust. And maybe I could have overlooked that, if the sex scenes weren't one, at least eighty percent of the book, and two, repetitive to the point of being boring. 

Seriously. I never thought a threesome could be boring, but here we are. There was nothing exciting about them, or even different. And so help me if I had to read about gel being pressed against her "tight ring" or how badly it hurt to be taken that way one more time, I think I might have thrown my kindle. As it was I began to just quickly flip through those scenes as to not have to subject myself to anymore of the drivel. 

On the plus side, we do get to see more of the others from the first two novels (Sophie, Law & their son Shawn as well as Charlotte and Jackson), so that was nice. I also liked seeing the different events that Lexa pulled off. And the glimpse into the future that was an epilogue was fun as well, even if I knew what was going to happen due to reading the first two novels. 

At the end of the day, while the last two books missed the mark for me for different reasons, if they sound like you're cup of tea, I recommend giving them a shot. You may just enjoy them more than I did.