Rate this book

Ride With Me (2012)

by Ruthie Knox(Favorite Author)

3.88 of 5 Votes: 5

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Loveswept

review 1: For the last two years, I've been reading primarily historical romances so this was a little bit of an outlier read for me at the moment. But it's reignited my interest in contemporary romances because it was fantastic! It was hot, hot, hot but at the same time the author didn't have the characters jumping into the sack right away and unrealistically. Instead she spent some time really building the characters and the setting with building sexual tension which made it so much more enjoyable. She also did an amazing job making Tom the hero incredibly likeable and sexy and redeemed even after she set set him up as a brooding sullen jerk. Quite an achievement. I also liked that the setting of the book on a cross country bicycle trip allowed the H/h to spend almost all their ti... moreme together so there was a satisfying amount of interaction between them. All in all I was really impressed with the story telling, the writing never seemed forced or trite and I was really engaged in the story the whole time and the sexiness factor was extremely high!
review 2: 3 ½ stars. Above average. Kept my interest. But the ending was abrupt.This was different for a romance novel. I liked the idea of a cross country bike ride. I liked the idea of Tom - angry, withdrawn, hermit of a guy. He had to see into his problems, accept things, and come back to life. That process was interesting. Lexie was a good influence. She would get mad at him, stick to her guns, and then not speak to him for a week or more, until he apologized or whatever was appropriate. She did this two or three times.One part I did not like. But other readers might not mind. When Tom first meets Lexie, without knowing anything about her he says “I’m not going to sleep with you.” She had a great comeback and said “my husband will be so relieved when I pass that information along.” But later when they are hot for each other and want each other, he stops because she is married. That was the time she should have told him that she was not married. She does not tell him. She suffers silently. She wants him but she won’t tell him. So this goes on for a while, keeping her lie. I just did not like it. It did not fit her motivations. It felt like the author was dragging things out. Lexie feared that Tom would be mad because she lied. Finally when she tells him she’s not married, they get right to it. He was not mad. His interpersonal skills were much worse - and he caused it anyway.I wish there was more time showing them together at the end. It was too quick. The author said she “abhors an epilogue.” I like them. They provide more “feel good.” Because the happy ending was abrupt, an epilogue might have helped.DATA:Narrative mode: 3rd person. Kindle count length: 2,981 (222 pages). Swearing language: strong including religious swear words, but not often used. Sexual language: moderate. Number of sex scenes: about 8. Setting: current day crossing the U.S. from Oregon to Virginia. Copyright: 2012. Genre: contemporary romance, biking. less

Download links for: Ride with Me

Advertising