Hard to Be Good audiobook

4 - "You're always good company, to me." Stars!Hard to Be Good is the fifth book/novella in Laura Kaye’s Hard Ink Series, this is more of an interlude than anything, and doesn’t offer a huge amount of development on the bigger issues that Nick Rixey and the rest of his remaining team are trying to investigate and solve in relation to their discharge from the Army. This novella focuses on Jeremy (Nick’s brother) and Charlie Merritt, the guy that basically started the ball rolling in book one, Hard as It Gets, by being the victim of a kidnapping.I will admit that I am not a huge M/M reader, it is not a genre I would actively seek out under normal circumstances, but Laura has interspersed the story and relationship development between Charlie and Jer, throughout the previous books in the series, and having followed their journey through all the thrills and spills in the previous installments, I was just as excited to read of them finally getting their happily ever after, just as much as everyone else in the crew. Jer is quite an outgoing and vivacious character, being inked and pierced he is pretty much the opposite to shy and introverted Charlie, but their bond was built whilst Charlie was recovering from his ordeal, and their emotional connection strengthened by the time they have spent together in close quarters living and working above the Hard Ink Studio, not forgetting the attraction that has grown and been simmering between them as they spend more and more time together."I'm real... This - what's happening between us - is real."I found this quite an emotional read, Jer has so much more to him than the ink and metal that is immediately visible, his sensitivity to the suffering of those around him and the loss of team members that he perceives to be his fault is something he tries to hide from the others, but Charlie sees past the jovial façade and jokey t-shirts to the hurt and guilt ridden guy inside. On the other side, Jer offers Charlie the things that he struggles with in the form of acceptance of who he is and how he wants to live.As I said you don’t need to read this novella to keep up with the Hard Ink series as a whole, but Laura has given Jeremy and Charlie such a sweet, sexy (a ten on the hotness scale for me) and emotional coming together, that I would recommend you give it a try. ”Now that I’ve seen you cock, I’m not going to be able to live without feeling it in my throat.”The humor is still there as well, and the interaction with the rest of the team as well as the inclusion of a one eyed cat, breaks it all up nicely with a few well placed giggles. Beckett Murda and Kat Rixey are up next in the final (sad face) book in the Hard Ink series, Hard to Let Go is due in June, and the title says it all, because it will be extremely Hard to Let Go of this series and the characters in it, they have all been so easy to fall in love with.ARC generously provided by the publisher via Edelweiss, and it was my absolute pleasure to provide the above honest review.

Breathe in, Breathe out, Breathe in, Breathe out, gotta remember to Breathe in, Breathe out, Breathe in, Breathe out.....HOLY FUCKIN HOTNESS BATMAN, IT'S I'm with Can I need any more?????YES...... "I want you to fuck my mouth. Just the thought of it is making me hard again.""I can take you deepest if I lay on the table and let my head hang off the end."A shudder ran through Charlie's body. "Jesus. Jeremy. So...You want..." He shrugged. "You want to be together again?""Dude." Jeremy leaned in for another kiss, then rested his forehead on Charlie's. "Yes. Again. And again. And again." This book will lead to a lot of very And I must give a special Shout out to Eileen and Cy. They AB-So-FUCKIN-LUTE-LY ROCK!!!!Reading OrderHard As it Gets (Hard Ink 1)Hard as you Can (Hard Ink 2)Hard to Hold on To (Hard Ink 2.5)Hard to Come By (Hard Ink 3)Hard to Be Good (Hard Ink 3.5)Only, Always, Forever: A Hard Ink Bonus Story (Hard Ink 3.6)Hard to Let Go (Hard Ink 4)TBR 9.22.15Hard as Steel (Hard Ink 4.5 Raven Riders MC crossover)TBR 2.23.16Ride Hard (Raven Riders MC 1)TBR 1.19.16Hard Ever After (Hard Ink)

This is one of those series where you have to read it in order and somewhat close together. I really haven't been doing that, but this book makes it imperative to do so. Things happen very suddenly, but it is because the romantic tension has been building over the course of 4 books now. I enjoyed the resolution of that romantic tension and loved that there were a lot of misunderstandings that came about before the guys could have their "Happy for Now". It was very tender and emotional, but an enjoyable read, nevertheless!

I am going to begin saying one thing. I hated the book because it was too short! I feel cheated because Jeremy and Charlie were one of the couples I was looking the most forward to see getting together and they are two of my favorite characters. They deserved more time to shine. Laura Kaye could have written at least one hundred more pages to make me happy enough.I know I shouldn't be complaining though because I got the story I wanted (I was wondering if I was going to since it's M/M romance and not all the writers are comfortable with writing that) and I got it faster since it's a novella and in the middle of two full length books.I am happy because the gang is closer to getting their names cleared up. Things will get easier for them after a long time. Beckett and Kat's story is next and I bet their story will be fun to watch. I wonder how they will fall in love.Their story brings me to the saddest thing I read in this book. Close to the end of the book I read the words "Don't miss the explosive final chapter of the Hard Ink series, Hard to Let Go". The first chapter was also included, but I didn't want to read it because the end is coming and at the moment I couldn't handle another series ending. Maybe the raven guys can get a book, but I don't think that could happen.

Um...Can I just say how BLOWN AWAY with how amazing of a story LK wrote in just a handful of chapters. The emotion was deep, the intimacy was powerful and oh so sexy, and Charlie and Jeremy had me falling so in love right along with them. I literally finished the novella and tweeted LK and asked if this was her first M/M romance and was SHOCKED to find out it was...she did an incredible job with the flawless execution of the sex scenes, which can sometimes come out as awkward when reading an M/M romance, but I was so lost in the Charlie/Jeremy bubble, it all just flowed so smoothly...LOVED LOVED LOVED! LK does it again!!I also recommend HARD TO BE GOOD to anyone who has yet to try a M/M romance, LK hits the nail on the head once again!

I heart Jeremy and Charlie!:)♥Jeremy is one of my favorites in this series.

Review: Hard To Be Good (Hard Ink Novella) by Laura Kaye http://wp.me/p3d0RZ-2ltPublication Date: April 14, 2015Genre: M/M Contemporary RomanceReviewed by: Reading In Pajamas/ DonnaRated: 4.5 StarsREVIEW:I really enjoyed this romantic love story that involved one of my favorite characters in the series. Jeremy is fun, flirty and irreverent which I love. Meanwhile Charlie is sweet but a bit introverted, more comfortable with computers than people. They make a great couple and find that they are not so different after all. Fun, romantic and sexy but way too short. I loved it.