First let me say I NEED to get back to Roux’s Cut & Run series. I’ve been dragging my feet waiting to see if the rest of it would be published in audiobook format. But sadly it looks like they won’t be so it’s time to read them. SHOCK & AWE has me craving Ty and Zane again.SHOCK & AWE is about two of Ty’s military buddies, Nick and Kelly. We’ve meet them in Cut & Run series and now Roux gives us a taste of them on their own and it was a delectable taste!After researching other reviews it seems that SHOCK & AWE’s story line happens right after TOUCH & GEAUX (which I’ve yet to read, shame on me I KNOW!) But I didn’t feel like I was spoiled on the plot of the TOUCH & GEAUX.I LOVED seeing BFFs Nick and Kelly figure out their new feelings for each other. They are just as hot as Ty and Zane, just in a different way.I’ve been a little burned out on Romances lately. They just weren’t “melting my butter” (huh, maybe I should rephrase that?) They weren’t warming my honey (yeah that’s just as gross but if you read romances you know what I mean.) But y’all Roux floated my “little man in a boat” with Nick and Kelly.OMG when I reached the last page my Nook showed I still had 20+ pages. I thought NOOOO!!! Where’s the rest of the story. It can’t end like this. Then I swiped the page and there was the title page for BAIT & SWITCH, which is a mini story or conclusion to SHOCK & AWE. Sigh, all was right in the world again and I kept reading. A few things got wrapped up in BAIT & SWITCH but some things were left under done and I can only assume it helps set up CROSS & CROWN (which I’m starting after I finish this review.)Ok. I’m off to read more hot men on men romance. If you haven’t tried Abigail Roux you SHOULD! From the Cut & Run series, we’ve got here a couple springing from the Sidewinder team. Nick O’Flaherty and Kelly Abbott finally discovered that they have something that they could share more. The story picked up after the events in Touch & Geaux (Cut & Run Series Book #8) and it was just a quick narration of both men deciding whether they should be pursuing what their hearts was telling them or just remain friends / brothers-in-combat.Shock & Awe to put it simply is a walking sex novella. Really, it’s just sex, sex and sex and less talk. It’s funny (especially Kelly – oh my, he’s kinky! Lol) and it does not require too much thinking. Kelly’s just so adorable especially whenever he’s demanding Nick to kiss him. And I just love his stubbornness – the guy’s horny every time! LOLReally, you just gotta read the whole thing to peek at the fire that started between them and then go read “Ball & Chain (Cut & Run series Book #8)” to read more of the progress in their relationship.Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
What do You think about Shock & Awe (2013)?
One word... amazing. Simply amazing. It definitely lived up to its parent series!
—beau
