SPOILER ALERT: I’ve found that I really like stories about taboo relationships between a woman and her boyfriends dad. Penelope Douglas’ Birthday Girl is the absolute best of this type of book. I rate this book, His Father as 3.5.
Tempest (h) aka Pest met Maddox aka Mad, while volunteering to help those in need, in other countries. They become best friends. When their time is up, Mad invites Pest to stay with him at his dad’s until her visa expires and she has to return to England. Mad plans to go with. Mad’s dad is Sargent Wolf (H). He loves his son and is excited about having him home. He’s a wealthy man that runs an international shipping company with his best friend Cassius. Sargent went through a horrible marriage/divorce from Mad’s mom, due to her drug addiction. It left a bitter taste in his mouth and he refuses to love or live with another woman again. Sargent is also bitter about having Pest in his house, even though it’s temporary. All he wants is to have his son to himself to spend time together since he was gone for a year.
Sargent can be an annoying cuss and gives Tempest a hard time, quite often. He has no real reason to dislike her. He doesn’t want her to lure Maddox away from home and he’s under the impression that they are more than friends. Sargent and Tempest are very attracted to each other and both try to hide it from Maddox, each other and Sargent friends. Long story short. They end up sleeping together, the son finds them in bed and is truly pissed. He’d already told his dad and his friend Devon to leave her alone. Dad’s friend and business partner, Cassius is the person that plans the humanitarian trips overseas and is also Mad’s godfather. He has no idea that Sargent’s ex wife was in over her head with drugs, which led him into a partnership with some very unsavory people. There’s lots of hidden drama in this book and to me it didn’t fit. It wasn’t cohesive and it annoyed me. When the crap hit the fan due to Maddox, Sargent tries to protect his son, his business and Pest. I finished the book, wondering why the author chose that particular scenario as the major issue in the story. Pest was a free spirit that rarely wore bras, had minimal clothing and for the “sake” of art, she loves drawing nudes, lol. She got naked when she was drunk or high because she believed she was “one with the Earth”, lol! However, Maddox never got an erection around her until his dad questioned him about the relationship he had with Pest. Then he said that he believed they would’ve gotten married in the future. I was confused. The ending was supposed to be happy but it felt anticlimactic to me.
3 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️Ok so this wasn’t one of A.E. Murphy finest. It wasn’t horrible, but usually I’m so sucked in by A.E. Murphy books that I can’t put them down and this book just didn’t have me doing that..It was actually on the boring side that I skimmed through some pages.I also didn’t get that electric of the charts chemistry feeling between her characters like I normally do.One thing I love about A.E. Murphy writing is how she makes you feel what her characters are going through and that even fell flat in this book.A.E. Murphy did give us her signature arrogant/cocky hero, because Sargent was for-sure a arrogant s.o.b. I liked how he was honest with Tempest about his feelings. Tempest was sassy at first, but at some point in the story that changed and she started getting a little sappy… I actually was hoping her and Maddox would’ve gotten together and not Sargent. I felt more chemistry between them then I did with Sargent. Which I’m super A.E Murphy didn’t change up the story on her readers with her famous twisted and shocking ending. I was kinda disappointed that she hadn’t.As for the storyline, like I said it was kinda boring and it just didn’t really keep my interest. I felt like parts that needed more information were rushed and parts that we really didn’t need were dragged out.Basically the story was them having sex and the hero not wanting to commit.Audiobook review: As for Keira Stevens I love her narrating and give her a 4 star, but Logan McAllister not so much. This was my first time listening to him and my last..not only does he Narrate horribly, but he sounds like he’s 80 years old! He Definitely was not a good choice for this book.
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Cloves_JP
The Sargent is ruined by the Tempest
Reviewed in the United States on September 6, 2018
Taylorpriziola
Just okay....
Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2021
3 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Ok so this wasn’t one of A.E. Murphy finest. It wasn’t horrible, but usually I’m so sucked in by A.E. Murphy books that I can’t put them down and this book just didn’t have me doing that..It was actually on the boring side that I skimmed through some pages.
I also didn’t get that electric of the charts chemistry feeling between her characters like I normally do.
One thing I love about A.E. Murphy writing is how she makes you feel what her characters are going through and that even fell flat in this book.
A.E. Murphy did give us her signature arrogant/cocky hero, because Sargent was for-sure a arrogant s.o.b. I liked how he was honest with Tempest about his feelings. Tempest was sassy at first, but at some point in the story that changed and she started getting a little sappy…
I actually was hoping her and Maddox would’ve gotten together and not Sargent. I felt more chemistry between them then I did with Sargent. Which I’m super A.E Murphy didn’t change up the story on her readers with her famous twisted and shocking ending. I was kinda disappointed that she hadn’t.
As for the storyline, like I said it was kinda boring and it just didn’t really keep my interest. I felt like parts that needed more information were rushed and parts that we really didn’t need were dragged out.
Basically the story was them having sex and the hero not wanting to commit.
Audiobook review: As for Keira Stevens I love her narrating and give her a 4 star, but Logan McAllister not so much. This was my first time listening to him and my last..not only does he Narrate horribly, but he sounds like he’s 80 years old! He Definitely was not a good choice for this book.
Ok so this wasn’t one of A.E. Murphy finest. It wasn’t horrible, but usually I’m so sucked in by A.E. Murphy books that I can’t put them down and this book just didn’t have me doing that..It was actually on the boring side that I skimmed through some pages.
I also didn’t get that electric of the charts chemistry feeling between her characters like I normally do.
One thing I love about A.E. Murphy writing is how she makes you feel what her characters are going through and that even fell flat in this book.
A.E. Murphy did give us her signature arrogant/cocky hero, because Sargent was for-sure a arrogant s.o.b. I liked how he was honest with Tempest about his feelings. Tempest was sassy at first, but at some point in the story that changed and she started getting a little sappy…
I actually was hoping her and Maddox would’ve gotten together and not Sargent. I felt more chemistry between them then I did with Sargent. Which I’m super A.E Murphy didn’t change up the story on her readers with her famous twisted and shocking ending. I was kinda disappointed that she hadn’t.
As for the storyline, like I said it was kinda boring and it just didn’t really keep my interest. I felt like parts that needed more information were rushed and parts that we really didn’t need were dragged out.
Basically the story was them having sex and the hero not wanting to commit.
Audiobook review: As for Keira Stevens I love her narrating and give her a 4 star, but Logan McAllister not so much. This was my first time listening to him and my last..not only does he Narrate horribly, but he sounds like he’s 80 years old! He Definitely was not a good choice for this book.
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Helen
Wanted the heroine to love the nice son not the horrible dad
Reviewed in the United States on October 18, 2018Top reviews from other countries
Loz83
Relationship Drama between Father, Son, & the Girl..And! Russian Mobsters
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