Trouble (Winter Sun, #3) Review

 

Book Source: Store 

Cross-Post Review: Chantie's Goodreads Review

Type: Standalone Series

Starred Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐/5

Smut Rating: 🌶🌶🌶🌶/5

Trouble (Winter Sun, #3) Review

I liked Kirby from book one. Thus, I skipped book two to read Trouble. Like the first book, book three sucked me in from the first paragraph of the prologue. Hugh was a sweetheart. Now I can't decide which Alpha I like better. Burke or Hugh? Gosh, can't I take both? Like I could reverse harem these men. Yep. That sounds better. 

Kirby and Hugh have been skipping around each other for three years. No amount of sweet talk could wear out Kirby. Hugh thought patience would do the trick. Even though the famous porn star, Kirby, made it hard for him to see any light in the dark tunnel of love and relationship. 

Kirby adored the big sexy alpha. Desperate to keep his friend, he made the rule to never have sex with anyone in the circle. Co-workers and nobody else. A great plan until his heat cycle was coming up and his director thought it was great to shoot another award-winning movie, showcasing his cycle. Great. As a porn star, Kirby loved the camera and how safe and pleasurable sex felt on a set. 

The thing was his friend, Hugh, auditioned for the spot as the alpha that would help him ride out his cycle. Kirby was both thrilled and scared. Hugh, on the other hand, was ecstatic. He could use the money to get him a step further out of the debt he and his younger brother were in. Not to mention, the bonus was he got to smash the omega he had wanted since Jesus was a boy. Oh my Gosh, omit that part. 

Once again, the smut scenes were on point. They were hot! Joe deserves a freaking award for writing smut. Like guy knows how to make you want to buy an air conditioner. Damn! Little sweet moments were captured in the mix between Kirby and Hugh. I found myself screaming. I want an alpha to cook with and encourage me when I'm at my worst. Why can't I get that? Reality is shit. 

I loved the story but disliked that at some points when it came to Kirby's self-assessing, it seemed similar to Emerson's. I craved originality. Sure, they went through the same thing. They were both on the streets and whatnot. But, in my mind, Hugh seemed much sweeter than Burke. Kirby went through far more than the young omega. There was a huge difference between them. Show me that like the rest of the story. 

Regardless of that small annoyance, I was over-ecstatic about this one. The relationship had debt and a solid root, springing from friendship. I adored that. Me thinking this is my favorite out of the two stories I read in this series. Things fell in place for me and the sex mellowed out with the romance. Because there was romance. Them caring for each other in the end gave me goosebumps. Seriously, guys, read the shit out of this story. It's worth it.