Fire In His Eyes

by Mj Nightingale

[Nadz@Totally Addicted to Reading]

Fire In His Eyes When I received this book in exchange for my honest opinion, I was not sure what to expect as this was my first time reading M.J. Nightingale’s work. Fire in His Eyes got my attention at the very beginning. It started out with the female protagonist, Monica, having a traumatic experience at age seventeen that would have a devastating effect on her life.Fast forward thirteen years later we see Monica being encouraged by her sister to get her groove on. She had lived a life that has been void of passion, however, all this was would change the night she met Victor.Initially I liked Victor but after a while he became quite tiresome. My respect for him went down a notch when, after being intimate with Monica he told her that he not looking for a committed relationship and that she should not fall in love with him. I thought he was selfish. It was obvious that he had secrets, which he was not willing to share with Monica. He did not want her to fall in love with him, but then he did not want her to be involved with anyone else. He keeps saying that he does not want to hurt her which I thought was ironic as that was exactly what he was doing. I found him to be indecisive as it was clear that he did not know what he wants.
At first it was easy to emphatize with Monica based on what happened to her as a teenager. Over the years with the help of counselling she was able to move past the pain and trauma. However, her naivete and weakness revealed itself when she met Victor. I was quite taken aback that she had been willing at first to have unprotected sex with a man whom she had just met, especially in light of what she had been through in the past. However, she redeemed herself when she told him she had changed her mind. She allowed Victor to have too much control over and allowed him to treat her like his regular booty call. She was so in love that she was willing to accept any treatment from him. There were times when I wished I could hold Monica and try and shake some sense into her. Well, it was a relief when these two finally came to their senses.The love scenes were hot and sizzling which makes this book suitable for readers 18 and over.This may not have been one of my favorite reads for 2014