Step F*@k Series

Part One Release Date : June 18, 2015

By Scarlett Ward

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Part One Synopsis

That’s all I did. A few too many glasses of wine with my best friend and the bitch convinced me to go on one of those dating websites.

 

A one-night stand.

 

A booty call.

 

And you know what? It.was.amazing.

 

I spent all night in a sexy stranger’s arms, hot and sweaty, until it was time to sneak out and do the walk of shame back to my apartment.

 

I never thought I’d see sexy stranger again, and I was totally fine with that – until my mother’s wedding.

 

She’s getting remarried, see. And sexy stranger just happens to be my new stepbrother.

 

All the wine in the world isn’t going to make this better.

Excerpt

He doesn’t let me finish. He lets go of my wrist and grabs my hips, lifting me up onto the bathroom counter. My breath catches in my throat as my shoulders collide with the mirror. He’s kissing my neck, his hands all over me, and I wrap my legs around his torso and run my hands through his hair.

“I don’t want to be doing this,” I gasp, but we both know that’s not true. And he’s not technically my stepbrother yet.

Michel’s Review

Debut Release of the new serial romance by Scarlett Ward is going to appeal to readers that love the forbidden romance.  I had the pleasure of receiving ARC copies of all four installments.  I was able to read these installments back to back without interruption.  This kind of story is very hard to review in each installment, therefore, I am going to give my overall thoughts of the serial as a whole and then lightly break down each installment.

Emma is getting over a bad relationship where she caught her long time boyfriend cheating.  She has trust issues and is gun shy about getting back into the dating world.  After spending six months single, her roommate encourages her to join an online dating site.  That is where she hooks up with Jai.

One wild night of passion leads to more than an awkward morning after.  It ends with a viscous bang.

The two will meet up again when they attend their parents pre wedding dinner.  This situation goes from awkward to heated in the upcoming wedding celebrations.  They can’t keep their hands off of each other.  They both fight, misunderstand the other’s intentions, and struggle to figure out how to fit in their new family dynamics.

Each installment ends on a light cliffhanger.

I think this serial should of been one novel.  The cliffhangers were not enough to keep the reader dying for more.  I found flaws in the family relationships and dynamics that just did not connect leading characters and secondary characters.  There was not enough of a build up of sexual tension to validate the romance between the leading characters.  It was more of a sex fest in my opinion.

Further more the character development was weak.  It was very hard to connect with the characters and understand their drive.

Some may say that it is impossible to develop more when the story is delivered in novella length installments.  I say no it is not because I have read so many of these type of serials that leave me aching for more.

I really had high hopes for this serial.  Sadly it did not do it for me as a reader.

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Part 1- 3 Stars

Part one covers the meeting between Emma and Jai.  It covers their one night stand and disastrous morning after.

This was a good introduction that left me intrigued and curious about what happens next.

Part 2 – 2 Stars

The leading characters, Emma and Jai , meet up once again at their parents pre wedding dinner.  They begin hackling each other but at the same time can’t keep their hands off one another.

The reader also gets an introduction to the secondary characters in the story.  We meet the family members.   I can honestly say I really struggled with the family dynamics that were going on.  It felt more like these two were with acquaintances rather than their parents.  It was very odd.

Part 3 – 2 Stars

This installment takes the family to the lake house.  They have a few days before the wedding to bond before the other guests arrive.

What happens in this installment is like two children in the sandbox fighting over the same toy.  These two bicker and irritate the crap out of each other.  They still can’t keep their hands off each other.  I found these two spent more time sneaking around having sex.  I never felt the chemistry between the two.  I also never had a grasp on who they were as individuals as well as a couple.  Their POV focused more on the sexual relationship rather than the mental relationship.

Once the wedding takes place all hell breaks loose between the two.  Assumptions and misunderstandings force Emma to disappear.  That disappearance was down right weird and out of the blue.

Part 4- 2 Stars

The conclusion to the story.  The reader finds out why Emma disappeared. Which was interesting and believable.  But what happens after that was predictable.  Emma and Jai do find their happy ending.

Series Reading Order

Part Two

Releasing June 25th

Part Three

Releasing July 3rd

Part Four

Releasing July 10th

Scarlett Ward lives in Los Angeles, California and is releasing her first series June 2015.

 

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