The story ends with no resolution or epiphanies(I mething). Eva knows she likes sex and that Gideon attracts her, but she's also conscious of her emotional issues. Happy, resolved but leaving me biting my nails waiting for October to pleeeeease get here faster!! Sure the basics are similar, mega-billionaire hero who is possessive of his girl... wait, no, that's it actually. Watching characters develop and mature is one thing, and believing it can happen is another, and sadly Bared to You fails miserably at both. Bared to you gideons point of view school. I turned toward found him masturbating with shocking viciousness. "He looks at you like you're the only person in the room.
They also know that they need therapy/intervention to get through their turmoil as a couple and individually as survivors of abuse and they get that. I went into this thinking it was going to be completely and totally lame. Why would an established writer throw out an obvious re-write of FSOG and NOT ADMIT THAT IS WHAT YOU'RE DOING. So I when I first read his name I googled it "How to pronounce Gideon". Eva's mother and stepdad (a high powered millionaire and corporate head honcho) do all they can to buffer Eva from any sign of harm, which leaves Eva feeling slightly suffocated. It is them Vs the world concept. I thought after Entwined with was the end but I guess not, but *sigh* I don't know anymore... Bared to you gideons point of view app. Again, it's all right and it's nothing that will compromise my reading life in a severe way. Nebulous hand waggle*. Gideon takes Eva to work out at his gym, CrossTrainer – of course, it too is owned by Gideon's company, Cross Industries. Oh well, it is what it is, right? Left open for more story. Gideon calls me his angel, but he's the miracle in my life. I enjoyed Fifty Shades of Grey, but I loved Bared to You.
Another mortal task that made him seem accessible, less of a fantasy I'd never have a chance of holding on to. Naturally it's the same the other way round. Gideon learns to open himself up to someone and is so crazy about Eva at times it feels as if he'll jump out of his skin if he can't touch her or be near her. Although it irritated me that, in typical romance heroine fashion, she was completely unaware of her beauty, I couldn't hold it against her because she was so easy to relate to. The most part, I had a good time. Bared to You (Crossfire, #1) by Sylvia Day. It's all well and good..... Until the first time they have sex in a limo. It only gets worse as the book goes on, when Eva often seems aware of her own behaviour, but keeps letting it happen, and even goes on to blame a lot of it on Gideon in some fairly classic emotionally abusive behaviour. Bared to You was kindly provided by in behalf of Sylvia Day (publisher & author). It's a rather strange hybrid between female-focused sex acts and the sort of cliché-ridden over-explicit dialogue that people who learn from porn-sites call 'dirty talk'. POSSESSIVENESS and STALKER TENDENCIES.
Anyone who is seriously interested to know why the story didn't work for me may send me a message, and I will outline my issues. I can't recommend this book enough, you will run the gambit of emotions while you join Eva and Gideon on their quest to find themselves and each other. There's no need to keep saying it at every turn. There is no contract or anything like that, and it only comes up about 70% of the way through the book, and only briefly at that. Bared to You Book Review (2023) - Is It Worth Reading. From the first to the last moment in the book, Eva is honest about the things that she feels and nothing so much as comes close to seeing her downplay her emotions. There's more, and there's not.
Similar themes, but with better characters, better writing, better plotting, better sex, and minus the degradation. Every woman and more than one man takes note of Gideon's hotness. I think they are the most perfect couple I have ever come across. Bared to you gideons point of view the complete. Sylvia Day is the #1 New York Times, #1 USA Today, #1 Sunday Times, #1 Globe and Mail, #1 Der Spiegel, and #1 international bestselling author of over twenty award-winning novels, including ten New York Times bestsellers and thirteen USA Today bestsellers. Like I want something different for once! This was also when I was introduced to Gideon's apparent mind control powers. I really wish she'd just called it her puckering poopshoot and at least given the reader the joy of alliteration. Displaying 1 - 30 of 20, 288 reviews.
Further, add in secondary characters of a similarly traumatized gay best friend who takes out his frustrations in orgies, the techy, stalker mom and her filthy rich I-know-everything husband. Now mourning has begun, as I lay on the couch despondently listening to the only music that accurately encompasses my pain (country), wailing about "my Data" and "my Q" and "my Worf" being gone forever and ever while my husband rolls his eyes so hard in the background you can actually hear them clattering around in their sockets like marbles. If a bit of stalker-ish behavior, obsessive behavior, grabbing, shaking or carrying off another person or one giving the other a mighty slap once is gonna make you bonkers, leave this one on the shelf. I also LOVED the side characters. It's a world of Calvin Klein ad models, toned and photogenicly sheened in odorless sweat, fucking on the immaculately decorated set of a feature piece for Vogue. So, as the book came to its conclusion the story of Eva and Gideon did not. That's not how wombs work. And did I mention how utterly HOT this book was?? Horrifically over dramatic and full of so many bodily fluids it's amazing there aren't more Bugs Bunny-style pratfalls as people slip and ruin their clothes, but really not terrible!
Cuando se conocen tienen al instante la sensación de pertenencia, pero por el pasado de ambos no será nada fácil. "The man had talented hands, confident and skilled, and he took what he wanted with them". Greatest most specialist love evah. Gideon put the moves on Eva immediately after the first time he saw her, before he'd had a glimpse of her mind or her heart. Which is a shame, because someone should start writing literary erotica again.
After a while my credulity was stretched too thin, not just because of Gideon's youth and wealth, but also because of the way Gideon's charisma and looks were referenced over and over again. I was drawn to him as I'd never been to anything or anyone in my life. They are made for each other. There is a supporting cast of the mildly villainous and the long-sufferingly loyal to provide that friction: catty female rivals and overly affectionate gay friends.
There was some light talk of subs & doms, pain-as-pleasure…etc. Otherwise edited for additional info/warnings about the storyline. Kat22 Posted October 11, 2012 Report Share Posted October 11, 2012 I have read many of your novels and short stories and you always seem to input both the male and female characters inner thoughts in the novel. Simply put, this book had the polish that FSoG grossly lacked. I have read enough to know that this book is a blatant knockoff. 2 1/2- stars for the mess that is the characters' lives. "He wasn't just beautiful; he was… enthralling. "Please …" His eyes squeezed shut. This book was just incredible. But when things were going good, their relationship was actually great and I found myself rooting for them. How intensely he felt, how desperate he was in some situations, how deep his ache and love for Eva ran. Also she was the one who said that she did not want a relationship, only does she give him a chance to make up??? Tell us what happened?
My biggest issues were being unable to connect with Gideon at all, and I didn't find that the characters ever came alive. Each has serious problems because of the abuse which effects their ability to engage and sustain a relationship on an emotional level. "Shh, angel … I'll take care of you. The entire book goes on in a similar vein.
"I'll always take care of you, Eva. Gideon Cross is my ultimate hero.
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