Book Title: Remy
Author: Katy Evans
Date of Publication: November 25, 2013
Publisher: Gallery Books
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Synopsis
Underground fighter Remington Tate is a mystery, even to himself. His mind is dark and light, complex and enlightening. At times his actions and moods are carefully measured, and at others, they spin out of control.
Through it all, there's been one constant: wanting, needing, loving, and protecting Brooke Dumas. This is his story; from the first moment he laid eyes on her and knew, without a doubt, she would be the realest thing he's ever had to fight for.
Underground fighter Remington Tate is a mystery, even to himself. His mind is dark and light, complex and enlightening. At times his actions and moods are carefully measured, and at others, they spin out of control.
Through it all, there's been one constant: wanting, needing, loving, and protecting Brooke Dumas. This is his story; from the first moment he laid eyes on her and knew, without a doubt, she would be the realest thing he's ever had to fight for.
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Reviews
Heather's Review
3-3.5 smooches!!
I am a fucking pendulum.
Any disturbance to my balance, and I swing.
The doctors taught me this.
Once I swing high, nothing on earth will stop me from crashing back down.
I fall by gravity. Natural urge of the body to restore balance.
But that’s the thing. A pendulum always seeks its balance.
She’s my balance.
I need her more than air.
Ahhh
Remy. There are times that being in his
head were pure magic.
Remy
alternates between the present, which takes place 6 months after Mine, and the past
going all the way back to Real. There
were moments of real raw emotion that touched me. You really feel his self-loathing over his
illness… how terrified he is that Brooke will leave him from the start and how
devastated he is when she finally does.
How even now, he battles with that same fear...
Sometimes all my chest feels knotted and I think about waking one morning to find Brooke and my son gone, and dying is too easy to describe what I want to do.
I REALLY
REALLY wanted to LOVE this book. Real
and Mine are two of my favorites of the year.
Unfortunately for me, it was just okay.
I always struggle with a book re-written in the male POV. It is not that I don’t like the male
POV. I can read a book with alternating
or from all male or all female POV. But,
for me to read the same story twice in a different POV, it has to have
something epic to make me love it and Remy just did not have that.
The sex was
a bit too animalistic for my taste. We
all know how primal Remy is and through Brooke’s head it was HOT and sexy. I admit the licking still made me cringe at
times but it was all so hot that I could let that go! Those same scenes in Remy’s
head just did not do it for me. He
constantly refers to sex as mating and her being his mate. It just kind of lost the sexy factor for me.
I don’t want
to make it sound like I did not enjoy this book, because I did. There were parts that I LOVED. Sex and the repetitiveness of it being the
same story aside, I did enjoy being in Remy’s head. I just don’t think it has the same magic that
Real and Mine did. I give Remy 3-3.5
smooches!
Selene's Review
I was a little bummed too that Brooke had the final
say in the book. The final chapter is in
her POV …. I kind of feel like Remy should’ve had the last word. I mean it was his book after all.
While I wanted more from REMY, I am glad I got a glimpse inside Remy's head. Its wasn't quite what I expected but if you love Remington Tate and want more of Riptide, REMY will definitely wet your whistle!
Selene's Review
3.5 Smooches
The yells feed me. I suck them in with a smile, full of pride and satisfaction. I can see in every one of these people's eyes that I'm the man. But I want to see it in her eyes. That. I'm. The. Man.
And you are Remy. You will ALWAYS be The. Man.
I love companion novels written in the male POV. Actually, I think it’s safe to say I am a male POV whore. No joke. I LOVED Walking Disaster, Losing Hope, and This Girl more than their companion novels. So, I was chomping at the bit to get my hands on REMY. Because IT’S REMY! I love Remington Tate and I wanted to get in his head and see the beauty and the ugly, the black.
I love companion novels written in the male POV. Actually, I think it’s safe to say I am a male POV whore. No joke. I LOVED Walking Disaster, Losing Hope, and This Girl more than their companion novels. So, I was chomping at the bit to get my hands on REMY. Because IT’S REMY! I love Remington Tate and I wanted to get in his head and see the beauty and the ugly, the black.
What will it be like if I make her mine? I don't delude myself into thinking that she will accept me, but what if she does? What if she can understand me? The way I am? The two parts of me? No. Not two parts. Every. Single. Fucking. Part. Of me.
**sigh** I so wish I could say I loved this book …. but
I can’t. Did I like it? I did. Did I love it? Sadly, no.
And, trust me, I REALLY wanted to love it.
REMY brushes over parts of REAL and MINE and is peppered with flashes from the present, going out six
months after Racer’s birth. I don’t know
if was because I just finished MINE but I found myself (and I really, really
hate saying this) bored at times with REMY.
Everything seemed to be the “short version” retelling of REAL and MINE but then when the book spent more time on something it was just about Remy’s
need to MATE with Brooke. Seriously,
Remy was like a dog in heat most of the time …. and not in a good way. My world was not rocked. It got
old with me. It just wasn’t the same
sexy Remy I’ve grown to love.
But there were
moments of the Remy that I love here and there and that does make this book worth reading.
My eyes run over her face, and it’s the same face I look for every morning in my bed, and every moment I’m in the ring, and every second in between.
There are things you’re certain about. That you’d bet your life on. Things that you just know. You know the heat of a fire will burn you. Water will quench your thirst. She is one of those things; the most unerring certainty of my life.
While I wanted more from REMY, I am glad I got a glimpse inside Remy's head. Its wasn't quite what I expected but if you love Remington Tate and want more of Riptide, REMY will definitely wet your whistle!
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About Katy Evans
Hey! I’m Katy Evans
and I love family, books, life, and love. I’m married with two children and
three dogs and spend my time baking, walking, writing, reading, and taking care
of my family. Thank you for spending your time with me and picking up my story.
I hope you had an amazing time with it, like I did. If you’d like to know more
about books in progress, look me up on the Internet, I’d love to hear from you!
Website: www.katyevans.net
Twitter: https://twitter.com/authorkatyevans
Email:
authorkatyevans@gmail.com
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