To start this book was about 150 pages too long. By the end of the book I wanted to tear my eyes out and felt that there was too much plot for an erotica book. It was confusing to keep track of some of the minor characters.

I also was not fond of the three main characters. They were a bit unbelievable and I didn't grow attached to any of them really. Also once the plot wrapped up I was still confused and felt that I had a lot of questions...like first off, is that even legal? Secondly how does one explain that to the children? Third, you really are ok with having that close of a relationship with your sibling?

All and all this book was at about the same level as 50 shades but without less 'inner goddess' and more 'blushing' and 'belleza' that necessary.

Xander Santiago finally gets his story. He’s the billionaire playboy who has used his money and connections to help the guys out in the past. He’s also spent the last year trying to help out his older brother, Javier.

Javi has been drinking his way through most of the last year instead of really mourning the death of his wife. All the while his position as CEO of SI Industries, the family owned corporation, is quickly going downward as he lacks focus and they are not able to deliver on new products for the government.

London, the cousin of Alyssa, has recently moved to Lafayette to try to start her life at the age of 25. She had a terrible accident 10 years prior which has stunted her evolution into an adult. She has many scars both actually and metaphorically.

Xander fears the only way to save his brother is to drug him and drag him to Lafayette to detox and really start to recover. While this rips their relationship further apart, he’s willing to do whatever it takes. To blow off some steam in his normal way, he heads over to Sexy Sirens and is immediately infatuated with the atypical type of voluptuous girl on the stage. After initially wooing London, she runs off and becomes the administrative assistant to Javier. Finally when both men realized they want London and she wants both of them, the healing can begin...Oh and the super sizzling sex. This book is heavy on the physical and the emotional aspects of the relationship. It’s one of the more raw stories by Shayla Black.

DNF 35%. I think I'm done with this series

Ok I enjoyed this one too, I don’t know if I just needed to get in the swing of things with these books or what but I like this book.

Xander and Javier are really struggling. Xander wants to free his brother from his past but he doesn’t know how and Javier can’t forgive himself.

London comes into the picture and it throws both men into a tails spin I kinda loved that. I think the only thing I didn’t like was how long the scar’s thing got dragged out.

I am not 100% sold on brother being with 1 women it’s different for sure. Again great storyline to go with the love story very entertaining.

The narration was ok I really want Christian Fox to narrate again that was awesome.

Review posted: Happily Ever After - Reads
Blog rating: D

London was in a horrible accident as a teen, a car accident that left her in a coma for two years and when she finally recovered, she was told she’d never walk again, never live a normal life. She worked hard for years and proved all the doctors wrong and after undergoing multiple surgeries that’s left her lower back covered in scars, she’s walking and aside from having random blackouts that she takes medication for, she’s ready to start living her life again. She’s living with her cousin Alyssa and ends up getting her first job with Javier, a man who drowns himself in vodka every night and is one drink away from killing himself.

London also meets Xavier, Javier’s younger brother, and within moments of seeing London dancing, Xavier wants her. She’s a virgin and wants to fully live (and to do that she needs sex I guess) and they end up fooling around but never have sex. It doesn’t stop Xavier from wanting her and when he finds out that Javier is also having naughty thoughts about his new assistant, Xavier sees this as way for he and his brother to mend their fragile relationship and for them to both have London. The brothers have been at odds for years ever since Javier demanded that Xavier be a Dom to his then wife Francesca. Javier and Francesca had a loveless marriage and Javier thought that she needed a strong hand and wanted Xavier to handle her. He refused, the brothers fought and Francesca ended up being murdered. Javier blames himself, he blames Xavier and he’s slowly drinking himself to death and as a result, the family company is failing as well. Xavier has his own set of problems, trying to fill a void in his life he uses sex. A lot of sex. Like he’s had thousands of women…thousands. So we have a drunk Javier, man-whore Xavier and London, the insecure virgin they both want.

I had issues with this book from the start. London is so shy, so insecure and because of the accident and her injuries she’s inexperienced. There is no way I could believe that this woman would, within seconds of meeting each brother separately, impact them the way she does. With one look at her, each brother wants her naked, spanked and submitting to them. She makes Javier give up the drinks, she makes Xavier not want to sleep around anymore, they are all in and committed to her. Just like that. And I didn’t buy it or get it at all.

The sex scenes are about what you’d expect with this series. However in the past, the sex felt over the top but still hot. Here, it just came across as over the top. I mean she’s a virgin for crying out loud and sleeps with both brothers during their first night together. There was plenty of “next!” going on in the bedroom that night.

There’s a slight suspense storyline that pulls in Francesca’s killer and ties that in with Xavier and Javier’s business. The bad guy wants Javier to suffer and now that means London is put in danger. This ended up feeling like a very small part to the overall story, even though it does put London’s life in danger, it played out in the background until the final fight at the end. It wasn’t something that had me on the edge of my seat.

Books in the Wicked Lovers series tend to either be hits or misses for me and not a lot of in between. This was definitely a miss. I didn’t buy into the relationship. Even though I expected some crazy sexcapades, it felt weird with two brothers and London just didn’t come across as a strong heroine. At least strong enough to keep up with the brothers and I still can’t understand how she magically made the brothers straighten up as soon as they met her. Also, I’ve left my biggest pet peeve for last: the story takes place over the course of a week. Meeting - to I love you - to marriage talk in a week? Rarely, if ever, does that work for this reader. Not much else worked for me with this story and it’s one in the series I’d definitely recommend passing on.

Review to follow

I have really liked every book in this series, but when I read the synopsis for this one I had doubts whether to pick it up or not. I knew I'd probably like it, but I kept pushing it back. My OCD tendencies would not let me move on with the series either. I finally picked it up and could not stop reading. Sure it was out of the ordinary, that concept of a menage relationship, but it worked in the story so perfectly (after all it is a fictional story). I felt for London and her insecurities. I wanted to hit Xander for being such a whore and Javier for being such an asshole drunk. She put them together and breached a chasm with her love and submission. It was perfect... the way everything just cl8cked and worked.... I really loved it...

It was meh; it wasn't excellent but I wasn't completely disappointed with it either.