Temptation (The Hunted Series Book 1)

This is so good, couldn’t get enough! On to the second book. This story is a bit of a roller coaster but I haven’t smiled this much in a while and out a story.

I have my ups and downs with this book. It's an ok romance with a lot of steamy scenes and tons of sex, so if you are looking for a hot book, this is a good option. But in terms on the characters and the way the story move forward I find it a bit lacking.The book present the romantic story of Penny, a nerdy, bit shy college student with a little love live experience and a recently break up; and James Hunter, a wealthy, super hot, control freak professor. After a casual encounter on a coffee shop, in a kind of insta-love situation, Penny realize Professor Hunter is her Comm professor. They tried -not so much, really- to keep away from each other with no success and end up caught up in a hot, steamy, secretly, student-teacher romance.The good things first: James is the typical alpha male character: smoking hot, powerful, wealthy, with control issues and tons of mystery and secrecy. It's an stereotype because it works, and if you are into this kind of romance you are going to enjoy him. The narrative and writing style is good, easy to follow, and you can enjoy the reading from beginning to end. I also like tha the author marked the week days in each chapter, what help to follow the timeline of the story.Now, to the bad parts. Penny It's really infuriating, and not in the good way James implied in the story. I starting to really hate this weak female characters that doesn't know when they stand in life. She hurt a friend by leading him to believe she was interested, and all the fights she had with James were for her incapacity to actually have a mature conversation. I'm going to give her a chance to grow, taking into a count this is a long series, and understanding she is young and inexperience. But many of the angst and drama could be help it by a simple and honest conversation. The Professor Hunter thing is tiresome, I swear the 30% of the book is "Professor Hunter", literal. I even omitted sometimes while reading, because it was too much. Also, lately I'm not that into in that insta-love kind of romance, I enjoy more to see a couple grow into each other while the get to know each other, but that's a personal preference and I also enjoy good steamy-sex scene, so it's not that bat.Summarizing, I would rate it 3.5 if I could. It's a good hot, sexy, story... and if you are not looking for more than that is pretty good. Don't expect deep connections, conversations or big character transformations, this is basically a sexy romance, and it's fun in that sense.

I love the characters, the storyline, the romance, the drama even the spicy scenes…. I hate the cliffhangers but that’s a small con which should not be compared to the pros…I recommended this book to my friends and I will be recommending it here….

I’m going to give this 3 stars because I think younger people will probably enjoy this. I was in the mood to read some kind of romantic/sexy book. I chose this b/c of the good reviews. I will get a little bit hypercritical here.. 1. The language is pretty plain and probably barely anything above a fifth grade reading level. That’s fine, but not a very challenging read. 2. The main female protagonist is a young virginal type (shocker), who’s never had a boyfriend. Her self-esteem and self-confidence is so low it drives me crazy. She’s absolutely pathetic and it’s really not believable that an attractive, rich man would actually be interested in someone who thinks so lowly of themselves. She’s constantly saying how invisible she’s always been and basically cringe-worthy how open she is to sharing her childish insecurities. I would’ve enjoyed it more if she had those insecurities but wasn’t regularly over sharing them. 3. I at first enjoyed that Ivy Smoak did not describe Penny’s looks in the first book. This way, the reader can picture whom ever they wanted. I used my imagination the entire first book for he physical features, only to discover in the second book that she is a redhead with freckles and she is pale (shocker again). How infuriating that it was divulged in the first book. I am still searching for a good, age-appropriate romantic book for a young adult audience who are not a teenagers, and a female main character who isn’t pale, dorky, with low self-esteem, virginal, etc. Isn’t anyone else tired of reading about a pasty, quiet female main characters? I’d like to read about someone a little more vivacious doing her own thing. Overall, the books content is explicit, but written as if a 12-year will read it.

I loved reading this book. It had just enough spice and drama for me. Can't wait to start the next book.

Fazia muito tempo que não lia um livro, leve, com uma história cheia de surpresas e que prende o leitor.

I loved how easily the book flowed and the twists and turns was so well placed.This is probably one of my favourite books so far

Romance, erotica, interesting. The protaganist as expected very clearly defined and a man of every woman's fantasy. Fun to read

I heard about James Hunter in the beautiful and very interesting series “Made of steel.” It made me very curious to know who he was. I love the way Ivy’s show the age gap in TEMPTATION this so passionate book. You can see how different the experiences of life is between the immature Penny and the mature Professor Hunter. I can’t blame either of them for their insecurities and fighting for their Relationship and love to survive. Looking Foward to read Addiction, Book 2 in Hunted series by Ivy Smoak.