Sledgehammer (Hard to Love, #2)

by P Dangelico

[Eve1972]

This is an OK cover. It's fairly generic but the hero does wear a suit, so it's a good representation of him. Good composition and title work as well. The yellow makes the title POP on the black and grey background.

This book is going to be a pain in the ass for me to review. It started off great and it ended great. The middle...not so great. It was funny and charming from beginning to end. The heroine was a hoot. The writing was good. The hero seemed sweet (if a little underdeveloped) but then at 40% I just started to lose interest. This couple hadn't even kissed yet (gotta wait until 53% for that) and nothing was really happening. I was bored. I needed these two to do SOMETHING to move this "relationship" to the next level. Even after the first kiss, we remained stuck in limbo until 73% when they FINALLY get it on.



I am not a fan of a slow burn. Never have been. Never will be. Oh, I can stomach it if there is a lot of sexual tension, but honestly, these two felt more like best buds that found each other attractive than two people who couldn't keep their hands off each other. On top of that this book REALLY needed Ethan's POV badly. Having no idea whatsoever what the hero was thinking or feeling disconnected me from him and frankly, his character felt underdeveloped because of it.

After they finally have sex it did pick back up again. I even shed a few tears near the end. So, the first 40ish% was good. The last 28ish% was good. The middle 30ish% bored me to tears. You can see why finding a fair star rating for this one is a bit tricky for me. Since I did enjoy over half the book, I am going to settle on a 3-Star rating for this one and call it a day.