I loved this story, especially for the stark opening. The dynamic between the two heroes is very good and endearing, and I rather like how there isn't too much focus on how their relationship will actually work in a utilitarian, daily sense (after all, that's not what romance novels are about). I was a bit disappointed, however, by the abrupt nature of the ending. It really just falls off, almost as if the last paragraph had been unceremoniously chopping in the middle. A tiny wind-down of sorts, with a bit more dialogue would have made the end less like falling off the bottom of a flight of stairs. Well, I didn't see that coming. Usually I quite like these authors but this book did not work for me at all. I never liked either of the characters. I didn't think either of them had particularly developed personalities. I never saw why they were "the one" for each other. Their only connection seemed to be sex. Honestly I got bored of the sex very early on, because the characters did nothing but have sex and I didn't even find it particularly sexy. The age difference between Stephen and Peter wasn't even that large, but Stephen seems so young and virginal (that was pretty much his whole personality right there) and Peter seems so old and bitter (that's also his whole personality) that their age difference didn't work for me, and I found the student-teacher dynamic vaguely creepy. I thought the majority of the book dragged and it never hooked me emotionally.
What do You think about Seducing Stephen (2010)?
I read this one because I read Jenre's review and it was great. I was not disappointed.
—ladyslovin
