Trenton, had an accident two years ago that ended his Olympic skiing career as well as his lovelife, The evening Sean was ready to end his celibacy, . . he met Robyn Montgomery.
Robyn Montgomery, never quite outgrew the ugly, fat high school girl within the beautiful, smart bombshell she is today, Robyn's returning to her childhood, skicommunity, home for heryear high school reunion amp auction event, . . which she volunteered to orchestrate, Upon finding out that her famous exboyfriend, canceled to be her date and emcee of the highschool events, at the last minute, . . Robyn decides she can get a replacement emcee and have a fling, . . She meets Sean while waiting for her hotel room upon arrival,
Even though Robyn is the exact opposite of EVERYTHING Sean has ever been attracted to, that's who he wants to break his celibacy streak with.
To Robyn, Sean's perfect he's lowkey, as in not famous he's sexy and a living, breathing, walking version of all her fantasies since puberty kicked in,
What a perfect combination for a week long fling, . . except one of them wants more than a fling and the other wants something simple and uncomplicated,
SPOILER ALERT
Sean's character was easy to relate to, He wasn't super perfect, but flawed just enough to be, . . PERFECT. He lied to Robyn and he used her, . . but he knew what he wanted, and when the poop hit the fan, he dug in his heels with a single minded focus to win.
. . and win BIG!
I think Robyn was a bit shallow, I guess because I'm aboutyears older than her character that I can't relate to how she could make such a big deal about her ten year high school reunionbut I understand the sense that she needed to prove she's successful, made it, and that she had a life worthy of everyone's envy to the people who thought she'd never amount to anything.
Her relationship or lack of one with Damon was understandable, . . but her character's behavior is an example of "damaged goods", She took out Damon's shortcomings on the next guy in her life, . . Sean. It would have been nice to see a woman have the bad experience, understand that all men are not created equally, learn from her experience then move on.
In this case, fame turned Damon into a lying, cheating, coward, . . Robyn should have been able to give Sean a chance to explain his wrongdoings instead of punishing him, because his reminded her of Damon, Who's to say that Sean would have turned into a lying, cheating, coward if he became famous again, . . especially since he has Robyn as his guiding star/compass,
In the end, This was a great book and I would definately recommend this book, Super sweet story. Sean was just great I found him to have a great personality and he was sweet and sexy all at the same time, I liked Robyn too, but I wish she hadn't been so insecure about herself, I found it held her back just from living her life to the fullest, I liked how they healed each other though and when they both made mistakes, they each lived up to it, It was nice to see apologies from both sides and made it more of an equal relationship, .Stars Light and erotic, Emphasis on light. And erotic. Seriously, just expect this to be a light fluffy fun read with some serious sexy times and you'll finish it with a nice naughty smile on your face.
We can discuss how Sweet Valley Highish are the misunderstandings and how too much too soon things develop to be believable, but that's not in keeping with the light and erotic mood you have to be in to truly enjoy the story.
The key is expectations. Set them right and set them well, Besides, Larissa Ione is a great writer so you know this is going to be worth the read, the overall book was really good, As one of the first written book by the author, this already show how great the writer Ms, Larissa Ione is. The book ending was a little too soon though, . . quite abrupt. I would have loved to know more, otherwise the book was really enjoyable,
.Stars Snowbound is a story about two people who must face insecurities due to their pasts before they can find happiness together, This book was quick and easy to read, Although it wasn't one of the best books I have read lately, I enjoyed the story, and felt empathy for both of the main characters.
This book devotes much more time to the story than to hot intimacy, and I found it to be quite tame to be considered erotica.
Robyn Montgomery is going home for her ten year high school reunion in a ski resort town, Until the end of her college years, she was extremely overweight, and her school years were miserable because of the cruel teasing of her peers.
Her professional sucess in working for a leading radio station gives her the confidence to go back and face her childhood, even leading her to chair the charity auction her class is having.
Her insecurities start to come back when her radio personality boss and exboyfriend backs out on his promise to emcee the auction, Wondering what to do now, Robyn arrives home in a state of nerves and immediately meets a friendly, gorgeous member of the local ski patrol.
She decides that a short fling might be exactly what she needs, but has second thoughts when she finds out that the handsome man is a former Olympic medalist.
The last thing she wants is to be involved in any way with another man who is in the limelight while she stays in the shadows.
Sean Trenton's career as a professional skier ended after a terrible accident, The medical problems he has suffered have left him feeling inadequate as a man, and he has avoided physical intimacy for two years, After being asked to announce a ski competition on national television, he feels like his life is getting back on track, and knows it is time to face his fears regarding his physical imperfection.
When Sean meets Robyn, he is immediately attracted to her, and knows he has to entice her into his bed, Sean needs to convince Robyn that he isn't interested in celebrity status any longer, so he doesn't tell her everything he is involved with,
Before Sean and Robyn become intimately involved with one another, they must both overcome their fears, As their physical relationship develops, Sean has to convince Robyn that what they have together is not just a fling, Sean hasn't been completely upfront with Robyn, and this leads to misunderstandings and mistrust, He must find a way to redeem himself and to show her that they have something worth keeping,
This book wasn't spectacular, but I found it to be a pleasant read, The physical relationship between the hero and heroine wasn't completed until twothirds of the way through the book, so if you are looking for a book filled with steamy passion, you will probably be disappointed.
A contemporary romance focusing on Robyn Montgomery and Sean Trenton, It begins in Chicago and ends in a ski resort town,
My Take
This was cute, unexpected from the author of sitelinkDemonica and sitelinkLords of Deliverance, but cute and just a tiny bit melodramatic.
It's also very clichéd what with the gorgeous guy who gets taken up by his celebrity, I think the celebrity aspect merely brought out the jerk in him, Then there's the gorgeous hunk who thinks the "ugly duckling" is gorgeous herself, and he makes all the nasty bitches at the reunion jealous,
Why couldn't Damon get his own interview with Rolling Stone Why would Damon cancel her radio ads to "crush her" when he only fired her that weekend As for "just having sex" Oh, please.
So she has a fling with another famous guy who gets his face all over billboards, It's a frickin' fling! It's not supposed to be important, Robyn just wants to have sex for gosh sakes, Not have a longterm affair,
I do like that Sean enters into the spirit of what Robyn needs, and that's before Damon gets ahold of him, I also enjoyed his acknowledgement of his past sexual activity and that he wants something deeper,
Ione does a good job of stringing it out, holding back the knowledge of what truly did happen, I also liked her characterization of Sean, He is such a sweet guy, even if he is concerned about getting back into sports, Robyn. Well, Robyn bugs me. I can certainly understand why, but geez must she be so true to life I can't believe I just said that
"that ten years later, you still act like you're in high school.I can understand how a lifetime of childhood torments can affect your perspective for the rest of your life, but I can't understand her letting her nonrelationship with Damon color how she sees Sean.
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For one thing, Sean isn't anything like Damon from the start, And it's only a weekend!
Ione working up to both characters baring their souls was nicely done with great rationalizations, Exactly the kind we need to pump up our own courage! That and ignore your parents when they're stupid,
The Story
It's Sean's big chance, announcing the ski competition on national TV, and he won't let anything mess that up.
Not even his need to get past this dry spell,
Robyn can't count on her boyfriend's word, and now she's in big trouble, Just when she really needed to make a big impression,
And Damon He's got a multitude of nefarious plots going,
The Characters
Robyn Montgomery is a successful radio station music director who is supposed to be coordinating the auction for her high school reunion.
Her parents, Gretchen and her dad, own Hausfreunde, a bakery in her hometown, Her parents bought the old Delaney hunting cabin, Greg he works for an airline and Joe are her brothers, Karen is her best friend now,
Sean Trenton was an Olympic competitor in skiing until his accident, Now he's an EMT and works ski patrol at the resort, Norbert is his cat, Todd Davis is his best friend and one of the very few who know the truth, Shelley and Miranda are his younger twin sisters, His mom is a fourth grade teacher Dad coaches college football, Samantha is his agent,
Fellow students from Albert McKinney High School include
Gigi Anderson Sean sees her as a cougar, Robyn sees her as one of her cruelest tormentors along with Heidi, Felicia, and Janice Hunter.
Rochelle Saxony had been okay, Robyn is supposed to be working with Linda on the auction,
Earl is a bartender at the Moosehead Pub, I think Patrick is part of the patrol, Mitch is a sixyear veteran, Jason Freeman is a fellow commentator, SkiDo funds ski trips for atrisk and underprivileged kids,
Brad Hardy is Robyn's friend at Rolling Stone magazine, George "GeeWiz" Walker is a famous video jockey in L, A. and Robyn's good friend. Mike Anderson is with KREX in Los Angeles, Donny J is a possible emcee,
Damon Slade is her jerk of a boss and her exboyfriend who owns a big chunk of Mogul Media.
Lisa is his the station's secretary,
Jenny was Sean's disastrous girlfriend, The megapierced Freak is the guy Karen hooks up with,
The Cover and Title
I get cold looking at this cover, Oh, Sean's open red ski patrol jacket and that glimpse of his naked chest is hot enough, but then I think ski, and I get chilled all over.
The title reflects what happens before the reunion when they're Snowbound, I love Larissa Ione's writing, She's just awesome.
Snow Bound has been sitting on my kindle for a while and I never got around to reading it, Out of the blur I decided to give it a try and didn't want to put it down,
It is obviously a lot less dramatic than her paranormals, but I loved it all the same,
The characters were lovable and I gotta say I kinda have a crush on Sean, A man that is part daredevil, part womaniser and also has a huge heart always gets me,
Like the majority of contemp romance, it was predictable to a degree, But as I mentioned before, I really enjoyed it.
It was an easy, enjoyable read and exactly what I needed at the time, This book was truly a delight to read, Each of the characters have their own personalities, which truly show, Some will make you laugh, one will make you want to slap the crap out of him, and another's will make you fall in love with them.
You will feel yourself cheering for Robyn amp Sean, But each one has to face their own private demons before they can come together, . . or will the fear of facing them prove to be to much to bear, All love stories have to have trials and setbacks and this story is no different, . . What was different was the way Larissa set up those trials and setbacks, . . Just like the reality we all deal with, . . Larissa did a wonderful job of making you feel like you could be Robyn, . . or Sean Or even Karen, lol! What a great story! Snowbound was really disappointing, It's basically a story about a girl who was teased as a teenager for being overweight and nerdy, She's now a successful, fit, adult and is hosting an auction during her high school reunion to show off her success to her former tormentors.
The guy is a former Olympic skier, whose career was cut short due to an accident, He's now a ski patrolman and an EMT at the ski resort where the reunion is taking place,
Sean was absolutely great, Even though he made some mistakes where Robyn was concerned, he was a genuinely nice guy who seemed to learn from his past mistakes, Robyn was annoying as hell, Her insecurities were so numerous, it really bogged down the story, The book became boring, predictable, and sappy, Their love for each other didn't ring true and their happily ever after seemed forced,.stars.