Sweet Seduction

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This book felt rushed , everything happened very quickly. For the love between Nathan and Julie to be more believable to me, they needed Actual Rating 3. For the love between Nathan and Julie to be more believable to me, they needed to have had more interactions, a bit more of some kind of relationship throughout the book. It felt more like instant-lust-love in my opinion since they weren't even friends, they were just acquaintances, almost strangers; and after only a couple of sex encounters and one date they suddenly loved each other.

It was hard for me to believe. It was also hard to understand why Nathan stayed away from Julie when he wanted her so much and she kept pursuing him. Again, another not too believable element. All that is why despite the fact that I did enjoy the book , I do believe that serious substance is missing here. It is missing more relationship, more elaboration, more conversations and more meaningfulness. I bought the whole series on sale because they had good reviews on Goodreads and instead of chucking them all in a donation bin, I've decided to get my money's worth and review each one of these books.

If I can't enjoy them, at least I can make people laugh and save them from making my mistakes. As with the previous two books, this edition has a disclaimer on the back warning that the series is intended for a "mature audience. Not in a bondage way, but in the s man-of-the-house way.

Sweet Seduction (Sweet, #3) by Maya Banks

Damon wants someone who will be a slave all the time not just in the bedroom. Serena comes around to his way of thinking and the two of them are deliriously happy. The third woman in their trio of friends, Julie, constantly whines about being single and her unrequited crush on this guy named Nathan. She talks about how much she wants a threesome and is constantly pestering her friends to get her laid. I like it when female characters own their sexuality, but it annoys me when their sexuality is their characterization i. That just doesn't seem healthy to me, and what makes it worse is that she's used like the comic relief in the previous two books, so not even the story line really takes her seriously.

This has been a source of sexual frustration with Julie for a while, because she gets to touch him but it's work, so she can't really do anything and he's resisted her attempts to seduce him. She doesn't understand why, and whines to her friends that she knows he has an erection because he refuses to turn over and only lets her massage his back and ignores her low-cut tops.

Julie has decided to change that: You can shut up and not say a damn word until I'm done or I can gag you. In either case, I'm going to have my way" 6. She's going to molest him. It'll be worth it. Oh, how great, a woman owning her sexuality, you might think. You can't just force yourself on people, and taking advantage of a position of trust, like a masseuse, is incredibly wrong. What makes it worse is that it's written in a way that makes me think we're supposed to go, "Yeah, you go, girl! Julie's friends are even amused when they find out what she's done.

Julie's plan is to show Nathan what he's missing and then cut out to The House, where she's made arrangements with Damon to have a threesome with two men. She wants to be blindfolded, though, so the identity of the men are completely anonymous I think you can guess where this is going. Nathan makes arrangements that one of the men be him, and after Julie is initially angry when she finds out later the other guy is Micah , the two of them end up together. Then Nathan accidentally says "I love you" during sex and Julie flees, crying to her friends, who console her until Nathan bursts the door down and literally slings Julie over his shoulder to carry her away.

To happiness, presumably, which seems to involve copious amounts of questionably executed sex. Slowly he glided, rasping over her swollen, damp tissues This is a favorite of the author, BTW. Variants of "swollen tissues" and "damp tissues" are used several times throughout the course of the novel, to the point where you might think that the hero has a fetish for used Kleenex. Also, for some reason, she often describes breasts as "plumped" and the hero always "stabs" into the heroine. You should really check out The Oatmeal's flowchart for occasions when it is OK to say "moist.

Her girly parts were singing at the idea It's used once, but to describe tasty cheese, which is OK. However the heroine "milks" something of the hero's that isn't a dairy cow, so I'm still going to have to deduct 50 points from Gryffindor. These are the rules. I'm not coming here again, and I'm hoping to hell she won't either.

I don't like the idea of her being passed around like some piece of meat no one gives a fuck about. She's better than that" -: Damn it, Julie, what the hell were you thinking? You were just setting yourself up to be hurt or raped or God knows what else" It was just as well the impudent heifer learn to have him around, because he didn't plan to go anywhere, despite her repeated attempts to shake him Oh, and just in case you've forgotten about Faith and Serena, they have numerous cameos in here, too.

Faith's story arc can neatly be summed up by a sentence: She'd called the wedding off, had a pregnancy scare and had eloped to Vegas all in twenty-four hours Also, she accuses Gray of cheating on her, only to find out that he was secretly house-hunting to surprise her. Serena, on the other hand, frets about Damon proposing to her. This was a stupid arc and I was skimming by this point, but from what I gathered, she's afraid that the proposal would lead to guilt down the line because Damon might think she had only accepted his proposal because she is his slave. By the end of the book, I hated both the hero and the heroine.

Nathan seemed so innocent and shy and oblivious in the previous books: Julie, the butt of the jokes in previous book, starts off the story with what starts as an unconsensual blowjob, and spends the rest of the novel being as unlikable as possible by casting aspersions on her friends' relationships and whining about her sex life. I see that the next book is Micah's, and I actually like his character, so I'm hoping that he won't do a character flip like Nathan did.

I'm a sucker for melancholy heroes with dark pasts and his is a doozy. Supposedly 5 is one of the best after 2. Maybe one of these next three books will be able to break the 1- and 2-star review streak that I've been on with this series. Tune in next time to find out! View all 21 comments. Feb 27, Auntee rated it really liked it Recommends it for: Fans of the series; Fans of erotic romance. After that last kink-fest book in the series Sweet Persuasion , I can't say that I was really looking forward to this one or or if I had the will to read it if it was going to be another hard-core BDSM book.

Thank God it wasn't! Julie and Nathan have been circling each other for some time, since they met in Sweet Surrender , but Julie, no matter how many hints she drops, or how much cleavage she flashes can't get the often clueless and tongue tied around her Nathan to take the bait. So Julie decides it's time to move on, but before she does she figures she'll get the studly Nathan on her massage table one last time and give him a "massage" he won't soon forget!

A bit stung by Nathan's supposed lack of interest in her, Julie decides to take matters into her own hands and fulfill some secret fantasies she has. She enlists the aid of her friend Serena's boyfriend Damon, who owns a sort of pleasure "house" shades of "The Club" from Lora Leigh's Bound Hearts series to find her a couple of willing, well endowed males who know their way around a female--she wants to indulge in a menage fantasy.

Nothing too kinky--Julie is an anti-bdsm girl! Well Nathan who really is interested in the bold, self confident, buxom Julie--especially after the "send off" she gave him gets wind of this arrangement, and wants to put a stop to it. His Julie with a couple of strange men who may end up hurting her? No way he'll let that happen! So he enlists the aid of his friend and every woman's friend Micah who happens to be a member of Damon's club and gets him to arrange for both of them to be the tag team in Julie's little menage fantasy.

Steamy hot times follow for the rookie-at-menages Nathan, the ultra-experienced Micah, and the oh-so-pleasured Julie. And darn if the blindfolded Julie doesn't feel a connection to her "gentle lover" Nathan.

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Julie's used to having fun and games and relationships that end up going nowhere, but after she witnesses a "loving" moment between Serena and Damon at the club, she starts to realize that she wants a man who looks at her like she's his sun, moon, and stars, too. She thought that Nathan could be "the one", but despite a recent date, he still didn't seem interested. That was about the gist of the main part of the book--will Julie and Nathan ever come together and be on the same page at the same time regarding their relationship.

Will Julie let the now willing Nathan into her heart or will she run from him before he has a chance to "get tired of her"? Will this independant, outspoken woman have the confidence to take on a real relationship? I grew to like Julie as the book progressed. At first she came off as rather agressive, pushy and annoying hey, if Nathan's not interested, he's not interested! Nathan I loved almost from his cranky start. Once I found out he blushed rather easily I was charmed. He wasn't quite as sexually "worldly" as the other men in this series although he certainly knew what to do with his equipment!

He was just a decent guy and a real sweetheart. There were a couple of side plots in this book that almost got as much time as Julie and Nathan. Faith and Gray Sweet Surrender hit a stumbling block in their relationship, and Maya Banks uses a couple of chapters to fix what's wrong with it. It was good to see them again, and Faith gets a lot of "girlfriend time" with Julie and Serena.

It's always fun to listen in to their "talks". But what's with the calling each other "heifer" and "bitch"? I'm wondering if this is a Texas thing where the book takes place or just some quirk of Maya Banks? Even Nathan referred to Julie a couple of times as "that heifer"--not exactly a term of endearment in my book! And Serena and Damon Sweet Persuasion get their fair share of the spotlight too, as Serena ponders whether to accept Damon's marriage proposal and is she's cut out for the submissive role in a marriage--ouside of the bedroom.

They have a 'scene' at the club that supposedly shows the love they have for each other. Sorry, I still can't buy it. Not their love--just the scene as "proof". Maya Banks also sets up the next book by dropping some big hints about the mysterious Micah, and the events in his past that made him what he is today. Not too sure if I'll be up to reading that one. All in all, a fast-paced, entertaining read with some really hot moments, some fun dialogue, a very likable hero and an almost as likable heroine.

Fans of erotic romance who aren't into the BDSM scene won't find anything too objectionable about this one--to me it had some really sweet, romantic moments and a very satisfying ending. Not for the faint of heart. View all 17 comments. Jun 01, seton rated it really liked it.

Contemp Erotic Romance Series: This is their story. When the book begins, things comes to a head. Julie is tired Genre: Julie is tired of chasing that lunkhead Nathan anymore so she is gonna blow him and then blow him off. Then she arranges through Damon, the hero of Sweet Persuasion , who is some sort of Mr. Guess who turns out to be one of the two men Julie has her menage with? One of the many small details that dampened my reading experience a little, although I thought this was a good novel for the most part.

A lot of the trends that showed up in the series so far is continued here. The Sex in the City -type funny banter between the three heroines of the first 3 books is more consistent throughout, making this the most humorous book MB has ever written. Just not what exactly. They may do that to each other with no foul, but a non-black person would be crazy to ever let that word pass their lips. There was a bit of an uproar over the nature and presentation of the BDSM when second book, Sweet Persuasion, in the series came out.

And then there are two other characters who will probably get their own stories in the future. They never sit down and have any meaningful conversation until the last twenty pages. The latter counts for a lot, of course. View all 22 comments. Oct 31, Sita rated it really liked it Shelves: So, I am going to follow my old, old advice — when in doubt — make a list!

And so we begin! Is this book hot! I also really liked Nathan. The plot was practically non-existant. Wait I take that back. It was there, just it was more like: Generally, the book was good. Three words to describe it: I recommend this book to another list: View all 6 comments. Apr 07, Amy rated it liked it Shelves: It was basically a game of cat and mouse and maybe that's why I was not blown away with Nathan and Julie. Granted Julie is a self-sufficient, independent woman, which I loved, she portrayed herself in a sense what I would consider the "woman scorned".

After flirting and putting herself out there tata's and all to try and gain Nathan's attention only to be ignored Julie decides she's going to give him a "send off" he will never forget to show him what he's missed. Now Nathan is a good ole boy a It was basically a game of cat and mouse and maybe that's why I was not blown away with Nathan and Julie. Now Nathan is a good ole boy and he is hot for Julie but also scared as hell to make a move.

There was a lot of miscommunication between them both and Julie did a lot of crazyass things in order to "protect" herself so to speak from rejection. Yes, as always with Maya Banks, there are hot sex scenes and Julie makes her visit to "The House" in search of fulfilling her desires only to discover what she finds is really not what she wants at all.

Nathan did have a "take charge" moment at the end which impressed me and as a result caused both himself and Julie to have a "get real" moment about their relationship. We also get a chapter toward the end that is all Micah and the demons he faces, within himself, that no one else knows. She glanced back one more time to where Damon and Serena stood.

Because now I want someone to look at me the way he looks at her. Nov 14, Tilly Slaton rated it it was amazing Shelves: This series has fallen into a soap opera worthy story line. I really like that. Sweet Seduction is story about Julie and Nathan. Their relationship is different from the previous ones. In my This series has fallen into a soap opera worthy story line. In my opinion, this is that book. Julie is a fun and exhilarating character. She is a whole lot of women covered in curves and breasts that make a man drool.

After suffering through her unnoticed attentions towards Nathan, she finally decides to hell with him and moves on. Oddly enough, she turns to Damon and requests a two night spree of an anonymous threesome. Being blindfolded, she has no clue who her lovers are. Nathan is a sweet guy with hotness that leaves your toes tingling. Lusting after Julie but unable to approach her, the woman who flat-out does it for him turns away and leaves him in the dust. Fed up with their opposing magnetic due to fear relationship or lack thereof, Nathan finally grows a set of balls. Mild delicious and consenting violence.

Now onto the next book! The book really is excellent. I suppose I was expecting a little bit more of an alternative lifestyle within it. Oct 14, Shannon Giraffe Days rated it really liked it Shelves: This is the third book in the "Sweet" series that, so far, has dealt with three friends - Faith Sweet Surrender , Serena Sweet Persuasion , and now Julie - and since the story revisits the other characters and their relationships, you do need to read these books in order to get the most out of them.

Julie Stanford owns her own salon where she gives great massages. She's been half in love with one of her clients ever since he first walked in for a massage - Nathan, who works for Faith's father i This is the third book in the "Sweet" series that, so far, has dealt with three friends - Faith Sweet Surrender , Serena Sweet Persuasion , and now Julie - and since the story revisits the other characters and their relationships, you do need to read these books in order to get the most out of them. She's been half in love with one of her clients ever since he first walked in for a massage - Nathan, who works for Faith's father in his security business.

But Nathan will barely look Julie in the eye and seems to want nothing to do with her. Taking matters into her own hands, Julie decides to do one last thing before moving on from Nathan. Giving him one last massage he'll never forget, she then sets up her dream fantasy with Serena's boyfriend Damon, who runs the House where all your secret desires can run free.

Nathan may never have shown Julie in any way that he's practically obsessed with her, but no way is a strange man - or two - going to touch her and sexually fulfil her. Because of Micah's connections with the House and Damon, it's easy enough to get him and Micah to be the two "anonymous" men in Julie's fantasy. But finally getting to be skin-on-skin and closer with Julie only makes things worse, because they're no closer outside the fantasy than they ever were.

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If Nathan ever wants a shot at being in a real relationship with Julie, he'll have to come out of his shell and make up for practically ignoring her for the last several months. As for Julie, a vibrant, confident and ballsy woman who goes into every relationship expecting men to get bored with her and leave her, she'll have to face her fears and learn to trust - a lesson her friends are best placed to teach her. I started this series cautiously, and the first book wasn't great. The second was so intense and challenging I had to reappraise my opinion of Banks. This third book goes back to safer, more familiar ground, and does a very good job of showing how you can have a healthy relationship and not need any kinks or extreme sexual rituals, if that's not what you want.

There was something nagging me about Julie and Nathan and after a while I figured it out: Nice bogans, but bogans all the same. If you're not familiar with this term, I can't really help you.


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It's too hard to explain adequately, and you'd need some cultural knowledge to really appreciate it. It gave me a jolt, to be honest, and my natural snobbishness came out a bit. But they're far from scary bogans, and I had to remind myself that they're American, they don't have real bogans in America, so that I could get back into enjoying the story. It's a short, quick read that spends time revisiting Faith and Serena's relationships too, which I really liked.

The ending was a bit rushed, a bit oh-look-here's-the-ending-bham!

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The rest is made up of character development, sex, falling in love, more sex and a dawning realisation. Do I sound cynical? I don't mean it that way. The fourth book has been set up nicely here and sounds like it'll be another intense ride like book 2, featuring Micah and the ghosts of his past. I'll be there with bells on! I liked Julie and Nathan and their story was good and kept me on the edge until the end. Julie is a strong and independent woman that owns her own salon. She's a beautiful, curvy woman that likes herself but has trouble finding men that will do the same. She's had men tell her she's too heavy and complain about her strong opinions and it's made her doubt herself in the past.

Julie wont put up with that again and tends to keep her relationships with men sho 3. Julie wont put up with that again and tends to keep her relationships with men short and under her control. Nathan is a bit of a dumb-ass when it comes to women at least Julie but he's a good friend and loyal. So in book 1, Nathan ends up losing a bet and has to shave his head.

Faith tells him that he'd look great with an earring in one ear and gets him to go to Julie's salon to get his ear pierced. While there, Nathan gets convinced to start doing regular massages with Julie. Julie is majorly hot for Nathan and when he comes in for the massages she tries to make her interest known. Unfortunately, Nathan seems a bit oblivious to Julie's efforts so she starts getting frustrated with her lack of success in getting Nathan to notice her.

As noted in the book description, Julie ends up giving him a great and also naughty massage and then fires him as a clients, running off and making herself scarce for a while so Nathan can't find her. About this time we find out that Nathan hasn't been blind to Julie, he's just been so afraid of making a fool of himself in front of her that he's been spending all his time around her trying not to. When Julie makes his night and then runs off not to be seen, Nathan is flummoxed and it gets even worse when he finds out that Julie is asking Damon to set her up with an anonymous menage with 2 unknown men at his club with her blindfolded.

Nathan is able to arrange for him and Mica to be the men with Julie but his efforts to engage in a real relationship with her and a bit on the weak side. Their road to a relationship is a tumultuous and long one but they do work things out and end the story starting a HEA together. This was a pretty enjoyable story. Nathan was a good guy but he was such a dumb-ass when it came to relationships! I mean OMG I just wanted to slap him upside his head and tell him to get a brain! Still, he was a sweety and got his act together eventually. I will admit that I found it a bit annoying that the relationship didn't actually turn into one until the very end of the story.

I liked it but I prefer to see the couple have at least some book-time where they're actually together and in a relationship. That was my only real complaint though. Overall, I liked the story and would recommend it.


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Oct 07, marlene rated it really liked it. Faith and Grey had a few chapters to themselves and Faith spent plenty of time out with the girls. Serena and Damon also had plenty of page space. Oct 08, Marie rated it it was amazing. This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. This book, Sweet Seduction, is all about Nathan and Julie. Nathan and Julie have been chasing each other, especially Julie, since the first book. She pierced his ear and started giving him messages. Then she fell, hook, line and sinker for Nathan, but he doesn't seen interested in he This is the third book in MB's Sweet Series about a group of very close friends and lovers who live in Houston, TX.

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Then she fell, hook, line and sinker for Nathan, but he doesn't seen interested in her in the least. Nathan wants Julie, alot, but he gets acts like a randy teenager around her and does not know what to do. Julie is very frustrated. She wants him bad, but she is moving on. Nathan is beside himself; he does know what to do about that woman. He wants her all for himself, but finds himself having to play by her rules all the time.

It drives him nuts. So, the chase begins and what a wonderful chase it is. We get caught up on what both Faith and Gray and Serena and Damon have been doing, and they are both still unmarried, that is resolved finally, and dealing with the fall out of their own courtships. Both have issues and seem to moving toward another phase of their relationships. The book sets up the next one, Micah and Angelina, Sweet Temptation, very well. One whole chapter is devoted to setting up their story.

For all of your who wanted more backstory on Micah, you must read this. MB drops a bomb about his past and sets up Sweet Temptation perfectly. Connor gets a lot of time in this one, as does Cole. We know that Connor is getting his own book; but I wonder about Cole. What role will he play in the next few books? All in all, this is the best book of the bunch and the best book I have read this year. I got an advanced ARC of this one and I have read it 3 times.

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