Fever
By Maya Banks
- Release Date: 2013-04-02
- Genre: Contemporary Romance
Description
In the second novel in the Breathless trilogy—now celebrating its 10th Anniversary—a woman's undeniable allure takes a dominant man completely by surprise...
Jace Crestwell, Ash McIntyre, and Gabe Hamilton have been best friends and successful business partners for years. They’re powerful, they’re imposing, they’re irresistibly sexy, and Jace and Ash share everything—including their women.
When they meet Bethany, Jace begins to feel things he’s never experienced before: jealousy, and a powerful obsession that threatens him, overwhelms him—and excites him beyond control.
Jace isn’t sharing Bethany—with anyone. He’s determined to be the only man in her life, and it’s jeopardizing a lifelong friendship with Ash. Bethany will be his and his alone. Even if it means turning his back on his best friend.
Reviews
Unexpected and bittersweet
5By Miranda0208I was blindsided by this book. I started this series like I start any other book, curious and excited. I can’t think of any other book that has hit me so hard emotionally and personally. I have never related to a character more than I do to Bethany. I know how deep her shame of her past cuts, how painful it is to feel unworthy of love and have nothing to offer anyone. Her struggles are all too familiar. Her story is perfectly told and is giving me hope for my future.Loved it!
4By amanda2460111I read this book in 3 days! I love that Jace only wanted Bethany happy and he only had eyes for her. Such a good story and excited to read the next book!Gross and lazy writing.
1By FSD@YahooAll I kept thinking was Bethany needed a long hot shower all the time, since she was homeless. Could not get into this book. The dialogue was poorly written and short and the constant repetition of the characters thought process is annoying. I think we understand when you tell us what they are thinking 3 times, but the author keeps repeating herself over and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over. I couldn’t finish this book, since Maya Banks repeats how they feel or are from each chapter. We get it, your readers are not stupid, they like a good book, but this one was lazy writing on the Authors part.Rolled my eyes like a million times
1By majobellecaseSeriously? Is this what people like? I preferred the first book honestly this was too much in all ways. Menages are not for me definitely but Bethany was just sooooooooo submissive and naive and stupid i just couldnt. No way.It was okay.
2By SillygurljakI enjoyed Gabes story better. I just couldn’t with Bethany, she was too submissive and too naive for me.Fever
3By yelicortezzBethany got on my nerves a little bit. I felt like majority of the time she was crying. I understand she had a difficult life and maybe had a little low self esteem, but I felt like the crying was so necessary. I like the plot though I thought it was really good and jace was sweet at times. The sex scenes were pretty hot better than the first book. I think it’s worth the price to read. Hopefully the last book is good.Love it
4By Nsmith2011Love itSeriously?
2By alynnpardeWas looking forward to this book after Rush, but it was so boring. The dialogue made me want to pull my hair out. The story line seemed to drag on and I couldn’t even finish the book.What the heck happened?!
1By BreesyReader80I enjoyed the first book in this series quite a bit so I was looking forward to continuing on. Unfortunately this hugely disappointed. I only finished it because I paid for it. I just could not get into these characters. They both lacked substance and the storyline was really weak. Jace is the typical dominant gozillionaire male, and despite the author's efforts to romanticize him, she fails to create enough depth to his character and he just comes across as selfish and ignorant. As for Bethany, she is supposed to be so strong and tough from surviving on the streets, but ultimately she struck me as a weakling. Her inability to chin up and have a little pride made her almost pathetic. Both characters were just too flat and one dimensional for my taste. And the steamy stuff didn't make up for it either. The scenes were redundant and seemingly formulaic. So disappointed. Seemed like this was written by someone else altogether versus the first book in the series.Eh....
3By Kai-JaidenThe storyline does vary from the "rich control freak/doe eyed beauty" routine. That being said, it's a bit of a stretch. I mean seriously. Doesn't the homeless girl need a shower before hoping into bed with two rich and handsome hunks? The lack of pronoun usage gets really irritating and the constant repetition of how close the guys were. We get it!2 1/2
2By D. Webb'sNot so good, sorry.....I read about two books a week, only felt the need to finish it because I paid for it. Ms. Banks needs to get a stronger story line, add some humor. Some of her other novels are better reads. Not sure if I'm gonna read the next one in the series.DWRush
4By 12BigE12Good bookOkay
2By Kiamonaeofficialthe first book was acceptable... (3 stars) barely.... I just find it annoying that there isn't much dialogue. she's mainly retelling every single OBVIOUS thing after every person speaks. like shut up!! let them talk. it's obvious we know what they're thinking, how they're feeling. it's written on every single page how they feel, and it's never a different feeling!! I've heard Maya is a very good author... maybe I just grabbed the wrong series, and she rushed it or something. but I honestly only continue to read this book because I wasted my money on it.... and because I'm curious. even though it's pretty flat out stupid, I'm still so curious lol. don't get me wrong, I'm a SUCKER for love stories (all I read actually). Jace and Bethany's story is nice, just could've been told better. more dialogue, less explaining.Nope. What a waste of money!!
1By DelumoMy review never posted so I am trying it again. However I will not bother with the details of the first one. Simply awful book. Don't pay for it. This is the first book I buy I'm not finishing...Great book
5By Joeygirl1980Great bookFar fetched - homeless to wealthy :/
3By AllocallIt was okay, didn't make me stay up late reading but I also didn't stop reading till it ended. I will also buy the next :)Okay
3By VanessabannannasThe book was alright, very unrealistic and throughout the book it was very monotonous & very repetitive. Definitely not the best book she has written.Not worth it....
5By ReebeelStarting with the first book ....in Rush... Gabe a strong sexy millionaire ... Lusting after his best friends baby sister... He was hot, taught Mia a lot and fell for her hard but didn't know how to handle his feelings for her. Mia inexperienced, much younger than Gabe but has had feelings for him for awhile.... Gabe made a mistake in Paris .. He came to terms as to why he made the mistake but still couldn't come terms with his feelings for Mia which lead to some heart break but in the end worked out wonderfully!! Now comes Fever and Burn ... The writer just threw these stories together without any thought... Made the heroes out to be wimps... The heroine for Jace was just a complaining female... She was ridiculous as was Jace ... Maya Banks could have done so much better for Jace.... I so looked forward to Ash's story and again it was a flop then Ms Banks did it again she made Gabe look awful... Ugh .. I was sooo disappointed with the sequels, do not buy them if you don't have too... Go to the second hand store for them ... Rush is the only one worth paying full price!Pronouns!
2By MooloowooMy review would have been better but I got so distracted by her lack of pronouns. It doesn't make it sound "cool" to say "going to make you happy". Use a pronoun!!! I had to re-read sentences adding the pronouns in to make the dialogue sound like it was between adults.
