Hello
happy readers! This weekend was not as
productive as I would have liked for anything other than sleep and spending
time with my bestie but I finish a book before I got really lazy. That book is a newer, Blank Space (Dirty
South #1) by Alla Kar. This is a NA (New
Adult) book and has adult language and sexual scenes. This is my first book by this author though I
see she has several titles listed on Goodreads and came out a couple months
ago. A copy was provided to me by Swoon
Romance in exchange for an honest review.
Rating: 3.5 Stars
Sydney*
Henry is former rich girl who left her families support but not the name as her
party-girl ways bring lots of publicity—the bad kind. She hasn’t been in a serious relationship
instead enjoying casual nights which have lead others to associate her as the
town slut and thus undesirable for anything more in the judgmental southern
town. Cash Jenkins was l about business
with no time to spend on dating but when he is made an offer that would allow
him to expand his business he was listening.
Sydney’s mother, tired of the bad press around her daughter, offers Cash
a deal to date her daughter and bring her good publicity making her respectable
again in exchange for money to expand.
Seems easy enough once he sees a picture and finds himself attracted to
her. What happens next isn’t what either
saw coming.
So
from the start with Sydney I felt bad for her and her attitudes about herself
and wanted for her to learn she was better than what others thought and for her
to tell her parents where to shove it.
She wasn’t taking money from them and provided for herself so I never
did understand why she subjected herself to having anything to do with them let
alone weekly dinners. I wanted her to
say no and stand up for herself but I also could understand the damage that had
been done to her emotionally. It
sucked. Frankie though I adored from the
start as a wonderful friend. Though at
times it did seem a bit less than equal (why you wouldn’t keep your phone
charged or check it at least randomly if you know your friend is going through
something is a no no) but for the most part they are sweet together. I do kind of wish we had a bit more about
Frankie and some of her story that was left unfinished which I figure will go
into more as the series continues.
Then
we move on to Cash. I was a bit slow to
warm up to him. I liked that he was
interested in doing this more because he was attracted to her than because of
her mother’s offer but not so much his reasoning that he was perfectly happy to
use her. Still it didn’t get better at
first, his demanding and domineering personality set me off. While I don’t mind a bit of dominance locking
someone in and holding them captive is not okay, if someone tries to leave and
you prevent that it’s kidnapping not all cute.
Personal pet peeve of mine when someone says NO, even if they are just
denying themselves and secretly want to say yes that is not for the other party
to decide no means no. While trying to
convince someone to change their mind by using your charm and power of
persuasion is one thing in my personal opinion he took it a bit too far on
occasion. Again this could just bother
me a bit more because it is a pet peeve.
That aside as the story progressed I did grow to like him a bit more and
actually wanted things to work out.
After one particular scene in which he really turns a corner.
Until
next time…
*my version of the book had the female character
as Sydney but I see it in the description as Shelby.
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