KatieMc

Technically I should have hated this.  It's about a bodyguard and his charge, and no real spoilers, they fall for each other.  

Reasons to dislike Close Protection:

Age gap with one partner being barely legal.   In Close Protection, Ryder is 28/29 and Luca is 18.  Luca is still in high school.  Granted, he is precocious and experienced, but he is still young.  I don't mind the age gap alone, but when it involves a teenager, it borders on inappropriate.  Also, if Luca was a teen-girl instead of a guy, Ryder would be just plain creepy.

Lifestyles of the rich and famous.  Books that involved very wealthy families and all their trappings  scream unrealistic.  Teens with their own protection team, I guess it does happen.  I am sure the Obama girls have that type of protection team, but how many others do?  Would you really find a school full of students with protection teams?

MC went from being a brat to a good guy way too easily.  Luca is a self admitted slut who manipulated and hurt many men who were unfortunate to cross his path.  When karma catches up to him, he seems to have a change of heart.

Soap opera plot.  Close Protection was written as a serial, and as such, crazy things happen.  

Why I really liked Close Protection

I couldn't put it down.  Sort of.  I read this in spurts over several months.  But during those spurts, I had a hard time stopping at the end of a chapter.  

Luca the seducer.  As much as I complain about Luca I love watching him seduce men.

Ryder.  I appreciate that Ryder really did try to resist Luca advances.  Ryder seemed like a genuinely good guy.

Ryder & Dan.  They are totally normal, totally awkward.  And I know, they were not the OTP, it was kind of fun to see them be normal and imperfect.

Hot Hot Hot... Ms. Kingsbridge does a great job writing a sex scene.

Toppy Bottom.  It was refreshing to see Luca, power bottom, dominate his physically larger partner Ryder.  

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