*Dreamy sigh* Nicolas Maretti… I LOVE you.
Actually, Lexxi Callahan, I love this book. While I enjoyed the first book, Sweetened with A Kiss, I felt like there was more there where this author is concerned. (As in, I felt there was a lot more potential there.) Thank goodness, I was right. I truly enjoyed this tale of a super smart woman who hides the true extent of her intelligence from… pretty much everyone. Especially Nic Marietti, who she has had a mad crush on for as long as she can remember. The thing is, the feelings are totally mutual. Nic and Lizzie have been in the same social circles for years and have been dancing around each other the whole time. Nic has kept his distance due to the age difference but Lizzie is 21 now and it’s on like Donkey Kong.
Lizzie is a very interesting character. She is so stinkin’ smart and she continues to hide it behind a party girl facade. Now, I don’t mean party girl in a Paris Hilton way, she is actually very sweet. She feels like she can’t be herself within her social circle and it’s kind of sad.
One dance at a wedding with Nic Maretti and the doors get blown off the mutual moratorium the two of them have in place where their feelings for each are concerned. Let me tell ya, that was a great scene.
The hand at the small of her back pressed against her before she could move away. She melted into him and tried not to think about the four hundred people she wished weren’t in the room with them.
“Lizzie, relax.” The gentleness in his voice made it worse.
“How?”
He leaned down, brushing his mouth across her forehead and setting off a chain reaction inside her. She would’ve jerked back if he hadn’t tightened his hold on her again.
The hand at her back stroked her lightly. “It’s okay, dance with me.”
This wasn’t a simple dance. Nothing was simple about being in Nic’s arms. She forgot reality. The connection between them so real it was easy to forget it was an illusion.
Ha! Their connection is soooooo not an illusion. I loved the chemistry and the connection that Lizzie and Nic shared.
Nic is kind of a playboy but not in terribly obnoxious way. The women he has been with are certainly nothing like Lizzie and she certainly feels self conscious of that. She splits herself in half by living in one world where her intelligence is recognized and celebrated and another where..it is not. Giving in to Nic forces her to marry the two worlds and acknowledge her true feelings for him. After spending time with Nic, it forces him to really take a look at his life and what he wants. And guess who he wants? 🙂
Solving for Nic had a little bit of everything, it was funny and super sexy. Ms. Callahan does a great job of weaving family drama and dynamics into her books and I know I’m looking forward to the next book. I’m very interested to see how in the world Ms Callahan manages to persuade the reader to like the “Red Queen.”
Purchase Solving for Nic:
Book 1: Sweetened with a Kiss:
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