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Book Review of Tempted

Tempted
Tempted
Author: Megan Hart
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
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Helpful Score: 2


This book isn't for everyone. Though the cover makes it very clear this book has erotica, much of the story is non-sexual and about the bond between Alex and James, James and Anne, and Anne and Alex. Like all other Megan Hart's contemporary stories I've read, this one doesn't have a neat, HEA ending. Hart writes books that are ambiguous and messy like real life. I wish we could have learned more about what the two men were thinking. I would have loved to have known more about their deal, the rule making conversation, the big fight in college from their perspective, etc. I read the next book "Naked" which was supposed to be Alex's story, but that didn't shed much light into what happened in "Tempted."

I loved how this book made me root for James at point then for Alex. This is a book you could read more than once. I might have to read it again to see what nuances and tensions I missed the first time around.

I have a happy marriage and for the life of me I can't imagine why one would open a Pandora's Box by inviting a third into your sexual relationship. Bad idea all around. It's fine as a fantasy, but not so great in reality.