“A Gripping, Emotional, Hopeful, Exciting Story”
A young man from a broken childhood, in desperate need of protection, in more ways than one, denies the need for a big, strong, mighty tree-like bodyguard. Somehow along the way this traumatized good man discovers what could be considered as a simmering yet innate need and desire for more than a bodyguard, one who coincidentally also happens to fill another need as a mighty biker companion as well.
This new read is a semi-massive story with an favorable and addicting storyline, one that is filled-to-the-gill with emotional, chemistry-laden, exciting, heat-filled, humorous, adorable moments. There are so many reasons why my current read is a story that can be described as a “I need to read this story right now!” type-of-story as it clearly contains so many things this reader tends to favor when reading.
Hold Firm, by Sue Brown, is clearly a big story that contains a powerful bodyguard, his mighty one-eyed cat, as well as a strong yet needy young musician who craves so much more than anyone truly understands. As a result, this story contains triggers, both animal and human abuse. They are the reasons why this reader was close to ending this read early, and that isn’t something that is typically done, if at all. They are tough triggers that, in this readers opinion, are very tough to read.
With this in mind, there were also many things that lead the way for such a gripping, hopeful, and exciting read, that-kept-this-reader-GLUED all bug-eyed from beginning to end…
…YEAH…WHOOP! WHOOP! Big strong bodyguards abound are what kept this reader cheering throughout this challenging read. Moments of, “I’m not going to take anything from anyone, get out of my way!” type-of-scenarios, kept this reader from throwing a kindle across the room as a result of such unfathomable moments. It definitely turned into a special superman-esque type-of-read all with numerous twist and turns thrown into it as well. All of which contributed to not being able to choose when to bawl, gasp, cheer, laugh..or drool in the end.
Hold Firm, is indeed a heavy story with a deep storyline which contains a bit of a daddy/boy kink as well. There was so much to this story, perhaps so as to set the stage for future books of this series, that in the end had this reader actually wishing for more from this story. I wish there was more of a steady pace with more development, especially in the area of the trauma, which was shocking that it was handled with such brevity as it is without-a-doubt one that should be handled with absolute care. In addition, I also felt the thrilling moments were over before I even had a chance to even start biting my nails.
BUT! Hold Firm collectively was a great story. It’s storyline was fabulous; with its protective, nurturing, and comforting moments, its plot plentiful; with so many already developing sub-plots, and its yummy and mostly wonderful main and secondary characters as well. There were exciting, emotional, adorable, humorous, and heat-filled moments, that collectively made this a great read. I really liked it! 🙂
*star rating: 4.25 ‘I really liked it’ stars*
