review Fighting Temptation (Men of Honor, #1)
4 Tempting Stars.
Julie moved with her grandparents when she was 17, after the death of her mother. She makes good friends and she falls in love with Jaxson. He’s only her best friend and neither of them wants to jeopardize their friendship… until Jax announces he’s leaving to join the Seals. Julie decides that is the moment to share her true feelings, but he tells her that he doesn’t deserve her. Now, six years and some drama later, Jax is back in town. And he’s decided to get back the girl he let go once. Julie doesn’t want her heart broken again… but when someone keeps stalking her and making clear that doesn’t Jax back in her life… she may have no choice but to trust Jax again, even if only to save her life.
KC Lynn is a new found author for me, but I can definitely tell she is one who came to stay. I like her stories, her characters and for some reason, in her books the “insta-everything” completely works for me. In this one I have some annoyances with the hero (see below), but other than that it was a sweet, romantic and steamy book and in the end of the day, that’s all I’m asking! So if you want to book with hot tattooed and alpha Seals, nice heroines and you’re a fan of a second chance love story, this is definitely a good choice.
Rating: 4 Stars.
Characters Development: Julie was a great heroine. She was sweet, fierce and loyal. She never gave up on Jaxson, even when he would be an obstinate asshole. I really, really liked her. So this is a rarity for me… but this time my problem was with the hero. Don’t get me wrong, I really liked him and he was a great alpha-male, but I hated how he fought his feelings for so long and kept pushing Julia away. Even when he came back to fight for her he was holding back, and yet he kept sending mixed signals and having some really foolish attitudes. But he eventually redeemed himself and it as all good. It had a great group of supporting characters, I can’t wait to read Sawyers and Cade’s story!
Steam: Hot.
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Cheating:
HEA: Kindle Edition ***3.5 STARS***
I have really been struggling on how to rate this romance. These are my thoughts....
Jaxson and Julia meet as teenagers and through an act where Jaxson saves her they become best friends. Jaxson is the local bad boy and he feels that he needs to leave the small town where they live in order to make something of himself so he joins the Navy to become a SEAL.
Julia is being raised by her grandmother after her mother dies. She meets bad boy Jaxson and is instantly smitten but he doesn’t pay her any attention, or so she thinks. After Jaxson saves her from an attack they form a strong bond of friendship but she secretly loves him.
The book spans years and shows the development of their relationship. It starts out great but it becomes a little dull by the 60% mark because it chronicles their life day by day and it notes every little thing that they do. Very little conflict noted except for internal and fighting their feelings for one another. It was kind of difficult to finish. I really liked the characters of Jaxson and Julia but I don’t think the book needed to be so long because a lot of the details are just tedious. It had a lot of potential and was just an ok read for me. Not bad and not great. Kindle Edition 2.5 Stars
The short of it:
The heroine was a GOLDEN CLAM who did dumb shit despite being perfect.
What's a golden clam you say?
Well.
This is a phrase that me and my work man buddies use to refer to a certain type of female.
What kind of female you say?
A female whose vagina is apparently just so fucking magical that it drives otherwise sane men crazy, prompting them to commit a buffet of crimes including but not limited to peeping, stalking, kidnapping, and other more general forms of douchebaggery.
In other words?
Her milkshake brings all the boys to the yard.
Seriously, everyone seemed to adore little Miss Perfect Julia.
Ugh.
Also, scenes and emotional shifts happened too quickly for them to feel completely...authentic for me.
And, oh yeah, someone giggled, giggles, or was giggling so often that I wanted to giggle a fork into my fucking eye. I stopped counting at 28.
I hate giggling characters.
When I read any variation of giggle, I see this:
SEXY.
Aside from the giggle/giggles/giggling?
Growling. So much growling.
So much growling and giggling.
But I digress.
All in all, this was just a little too...cheesy and slightly more immature than I prefer...HOWEVER!
However.
I have read a later book in this series and enjoyed it a lot more. And even this one had good enough bones to make me curious about the next one.
So while I didn't lurve it, I don't regret reading it, especially for the price I paid for it AKA, fucking free.
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Kindle Edition 296 Reviews.
4,313 Ratings.
4.26 average rating.
Somebody’s full of shit.
Kindle Edition (Please note that this review contains curse words. If you don't like the F word then please don't read on).
I have a bone to pick with you fuckers and I'm not talking about the huge boner I'm tenting right now.
Now I class myself as, well a fucking good person, yes I've been named the female Jesus once or twice but frankly I'd fucking throw in Mother Fucking Theresa into the mix too.
I've known some of my books friends for a few months, some longer, some more than a fucking year and NO ONE has ever mentioned KC Lynn to me.
KC LYNN? I don't know who the fuck that is! I mean she could be fucking anyone, right?!
I mean you could see that name graffitied on a Bathroom wall with her number offering 'a good time' and yes I would no doubt call that number after a few beers and yeah, we would have a good time....with butt plugs.
What I'm saying is KC LYNN could of been anyone a few days ago.
NOW KC LYNN is a name I would have tattooed of my fucking arse!
She's a woman that gave me JAXSON FUCKING REID.
She's a woman that gave me SAWYER FUCKING EVANS.
She's a woman that gave me CADE WALKER.
She's a fucking woman THAT FUCKING RUINED ME FOR ALL MEN!!
How can I have only heard of her NOW??? HOW!!!!!!
I would give you girls EVERYTHING, yes it would be covered in jizz but fucking hell beggars can't be choosers.
If I worked for the cable company I would give you fuckers free fucking cable.
If I worked at the local diner I would jerk off in your french toast.
If I were a hooker I would blow you for a fucking dollar!!
And THIS is how you repay me??????
You are fucking lucky I fucking love you let me tell ya!!
THIS BOOK!!!
THIS MOTHERFUCKING BOOK!!!
I feel like I've found my soulmate.
I don't think my words would ever do this book justice!
THE WRITING blew me away!!
THE STORY made me wet and want to cry at the same time!!
JAXSON FUCKING REID FUCK MY FUCKING LIFE AND BACK DOORS!!!
You couldn't get more ALPHA, more POSSESSIVE and more fucking HOT than this bloke!!!
FUCK ME HURT MY VAGINA!
EVERYTHING about him just screams SEX!!!!
I'd give everything to FUCK HIS FUCKING FACE!!!
Julia, I fucking LOVED! She would so fucking adorable and LOVED SO HARD! I adored her friendship with Kylie and just wanted to hug the bitch.
THIS BOOK has fucked it's way into my top TEN!!!
I feel like I want to live the rest of my life with this series and theses characters!!
The story kept me up at night and the blokes were my own personal wanking material.
AND I've finally found a ALPHA who curses more than I do! The fucker has a filthy fucking mouth and says 'FUCK' in every sentence.
I want to shove my muff gate in his fucking filthy as fuck mouth and RIDE IT!!!!
It was HOT and it was fucking BEAUTIFUL!!!
One of the BEST BOOKS I've EVER READ and I will NEVER EVER FORGET IT!!!
I LOVE️ MY NAVY SEAL BOYS. Kindle Edition
Jaxson is arrogant, angry and aggressive. Yet he’s also beautiful, strong and honorable. I unconditionally and irrevocably love every damaged part of him. And for the boy, who didn’t believe in love, he would always and forever have mine. ~Julia Sinclair
Julia was different from anyone I’d ever met. I never thought someone so good and genuine existed until her. The more I saw of her the more I became addicted to her. Every time I was around her she would destroy some of the darkness that lurked inside of me. She made the bad shit in my life seem not so terrible. Then, before I knew it, I had fallen for a girl from another world. ~Jaxson Reid
Two unlikely friends—the innocent, good girl and the notorious bad boy. One fateful night brought them together, and they formed a bond—one so strong it was unbreakable—until one night they gave into temptation.
Fast forward five years and Jaxson is back to fix the mistakes he’s made with the only girl who’s ever mattered to him. Only someone isn’t happy with his return, someone who thinks Julia is theirs and they will stop at nothing to make sure it stays that way—forever.
Jaxson will not only fight to protect Julia, but will also battle the new and existing demons that haunt his soul from death, corruption, destruction and war.
This is Book One in the Men Of Honor series. It can be read as a standalone and has a HEA. It’s New Adult Romance and is told from both character’s POV. Due to strong sexual content, coarse language and mature subject matter this book is not suitable for anyone under the age of 18. Fighting Temptation (Men of Honor, #1)
I can't stomach any more of this story. What I've read so far has put me off.
I HATE JAXSON.
He spends 7 years banging other women while keeping the stupid doormat Julia on ice and threatens all other guys in town to stay away from her. Yep, he's having a good ole type screwing woman after woman but she's not even allowed to go on a date with a guy. And this is because even though he wants her more than anything the poor liitle dear, he's just not good enough for her. No, instead he's good enough for every other woman instead.
So when he does finally deflower this doormat after 2 years of their intense friendship during which she tells him she loves him (imbetween all the other women he's sleeping with) he rejects her and leaves town for 6 years, all this time he continues with woman after woman. She on the other hand only wants him.
Even when he's back in town and trying to get her back after 6 years this is his response to a girl flirting with him:
“I’m off in an hour, wanna hook up?”
I actually think about it for a split second. I haven’t been with anyone since Iraq, it’s been a really long fucking year without sex. But I know from experience that fucking any other girl won’t do anything to get my intense need for Julia out of my system.
Oh yeah, he's really a great guy this one. Asshole! Kindle Edition Calling it at 15% he slept with another woman after she told him she loved him and that she was waiting for him. DONE!
Sorry I tried!
If he has not done stuff with her before maybe I could go on but this is cheating!!!
CHEATING IS WHEN YOU KNOW YOU LOVE SOMEONE AND YOU SLEEP WITH SOMEONE ELSE!
Kindle Edition
KC Lynn’s Men of Honor series is one that’s been on my TBR for a long time. The first book finally became available on audio and I started listening right away. There was a lot I loved about this book, but the hero drove me mad. I’m a sucker for a broken guy (bring on Cade’s book PLEASE) but for some reason, there were things Jaxson did/said that rubbed me the wrong way and I just couldn’t get over it completely. Still- I did enjoy many things and I’ll be checking out more of the series because I loved some of the side characters and enjoyed the authors writing style! Kindle Edition 4 and a Half Star More if I Could Stars
Soooo, this is the first book in the Men of Honor series reading order, but as luck would have it, it's the third one I've read.
Yeah, out of order's just how I roll.
Despite the fact I haven't had the time to review these books past my initial star rating, I want to give a big high five to K.C Lynn for writing a consistently entertaining series. I've rated each of the books 4 Stars which is a rarity for me. I mean come on, one of them has to blow, right? Not so much, I'm happy to say.
Thank you, Ms. Lynn, for making the time I spent stuck in airports this past week suck a little less. Kindle Edition And this my friends is why I LOVE GOODREADS! I happen to stumble across this book on a friends wall! It was amazing!
The Men of Honor Series focuses on three friends that are Navy Seals. All three of them are the definition of hot alpha males with some serious emotional scars to boot! Fighting Temptation features the story of Julia and Jaxson.
Julia and Jaxson are best friends. Julia loves Jaxson and has always wanted more.
Jaxson is arrogant, angry and aggressive. Yet he’s also beautiful , strong and honorable. I unconditionally and irrevocably love every damaged part of him. And for the boy, who didn’t believe in love, he would always and forever have mine. —Julia Sinclair
Jaxson, the son of an alcoholic, just doesn't think he is good enough for her.
Julia was different from anyone I’d ever met. I never thought someone so good and genuine existed until her. The more I saw of her the more I became addicted to her. Every time I was around her she would destroy some of the darkness that lurked inside of me. She made the bad shit in my life seem not so terrible. Then, before I knew it, I had fallen for a girl from another world. —Jaxson Reid
In an effort to escape the rumors and ridicule of small town life, Jaxson signs up to be a Navy Seal. Julia is devastated and decides he can't ship out before he knows what is in her heart.
Just as Julia declares her love, Jaxson gives into his desire and they finally kiss. As soon as things start happening between the two, Jax pulls away and Julia is broken. She gathers up enough strength to see him off.
Julia never gives up on Jax. Time passes and she surprises him at his graduation. Before he ships out to Iraq, they share a magical night of passion together.
Jax leaves for Iraq. While in Iraq, he suffers at the hands of some very evil people. He and his two brothers (who you will get to know in the second and third book) go through hell.
Once they finally get out, Julia tries to see Jax. She just wants to be with him. He refuses to see her. Your heart breaks for both of these characters. You want to know what happened to Jax to cause him so much pain.
Years pass, and Jax tries to reconnect with Julia. She will have nothing to do with him. This book is about second chances. Learning that you are good enough to be loved. Jax is broody and possessive. Julia is fun, smart, and sassy! Watching these two banter was double the fun! Julia has a sweet grandma and all of the supporting characters are fun and mysterious!
This read is full of action, suspense, great friendships, and full of maximum steam! It is an easy read and I found it refreshing to just focus on these two beautiful characters finding their way. PTSD is a big theme in this series. Although many may say they have read this type of story before, I loved all of these characters and would highly recommend this series to anyone looking for a sweet romance! I mean don't we all deserve a little HEA? P.S. Every book in this series gets better and better!
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