I found the story-line pretty interesting, the male lead intrigued me especially with his being a fencer - and the description of him being so physically powerful was titillating. I like Francesca as well and happy that the story is written in 3rd person so that the reader is able to see the inner workings of all the characters. BUT, I was surprised to find the story was only 2 chapters long. My fault, I guess, for not paying attention and I don't mind a teaser which I thought this was. Imagine my surprise when I returned to Amazon to purchase the next series only to learn that this entire story is broken down into several series per every two or three chapters! Well, the buck stops here! No thank you! The story isn't original enough for me to pay $16 to 18 for all the pieces via an electronic read. I've read the "50 Shades" trilogy (which I enjoyed), I've read "Beautiful Disaster" (it was a disaster but not beautiful) and I've read "Bared to You" (another trilogy which I haven't decided if I want to read book two). This book will end the same way as those, or as all erotic romance novels do, the difference is the middle part and how the characters make it to the end, whom I happen to like, I really do! I want to see how Ian and Francesca make it to the end but not piecemeal.If they (the author & publisher) decide to compile the story into one fantastic novel, or a decent triology (which, quite frankly, I'm beginning to tire of triologies), then perhaps I will read it. Otherwise, I'm moving on to authors who finish up their stories in one good solid book!** At first I gave the book a two star rating because of how the entire story is split up into mini stories at $1.99 each but decided the two stars didn't give enough credit to the author's creative ability to tell the story, create the scenes and flesh out the characters. I couldn't give it more than three because the author and publisher should be made aware of how disappointing (and disgusting) it is to have this book butchered up and dispensed to readers in such a fashion. ** Okay, let's see. When I started reading this book I wanted to understand how it made it as a bestseller for New York Times. It's not my typical book to read, I am more into fairy tales, fantasy, and dark romance fantasy or the classics. Anyway, I started reading it and I couldn't agree more with the reviews that say the female character is kind of flat, and the male character falls into the category of this kind of book's males; rich, amazingly handsome, he feels alone, and he has a thing for kinkiness. All these things are right. Being half way through the first chapter I was like "Why am I reading this again?"However, I have to say that this book isn't like Fifty Shades of Grey. I have read parts of it and I still can't believe people pay money to buy such a thing. Reading Because You Tempt Me isn't that bad because the author can actually write. She doesn't give endless dialogues. She describes. I actually liked many of her descriptions. The first chapter was flat when it came to characters and situations. The second chapter was much better. I could feel like I could see a background to the characters.As I said it's not my typical book, but it did keep my interest and made me blush many times. I am planning of reading the second book, too. I hope it will keep my interest too even though I worry that I will be blushing until and after I finish it.
What do You think about Omdat Je Me Verleidt (2014)?
Interesting plot although comes across as a "Fifty Shades" wannabe . Not very well written.
—Annagleba
