{"id":2924,"date":"2013-11-23T18:19:26","date_gmt":"2013-11-24T02:19:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=2924"},"modified":"2017-01-13T23:51:50","modified_gmt":"2017-01-14T04:51:50","slug":"review-bad-things-tristan-danika-1-by-r-k-lilley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=2924","title":{"rendered":"Review: Bad Things (Tristan & Danika, #1) by R.K. Lilley"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cI knew that we were going to be a dangerous combination. Bad things were going to happen if we spent too much time around each other.\u201d<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

HOLY HOTNESS! Tristan and Danika are ON FIRE, and I loved every minute of it!<\/strong><\/p>\n

5 huge stars!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Having met Tristan and Danika in the Up In The Air<\/i> series, I knew that they had history, but OMG, I never would have imagined the depth of that history, and here we get it in sensational detail \u2013 hence my gushy, quote-filled review.<\/p>\n

Set before Up In The Air<\/i>, Danika is a 21 year old live-in nanny\/dog walker\/housekeeper\/whatever to a fabulous family that she loves dearly. She has escaped a nasty past and is fantastically sassy and sarcastic, and I adored her from the very start. And things get interesting very quickly, when uber sexy and charismatic manwhore Tristan moves in as a temporary houseguest.<\/p>\n

Instantly attracted to each other, they soon reveal that while Tristan doesn\u2019t do relationships, Danika doesn\u2019t do casual hook ups, and so begins their sensational, chemistry-filled, flirty friendship. Both of them are straight talkers, and they don\u2019t ignore their attraction, instead they\u2019re open and honest about it, just choosing not to act on it (*snort*). But there is sensational banter and very sexy flirting, and as the two of them dive into each other\u2019s lives and quickly become the best of friends, it\u2019s seriously hot and freaking hilarious.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou were being a tease. I\u2019d recommend you not start playing <\/i>that game with me.\u201d
\n\u201cIs that a threat?\u201d he asked, sounding all sorts of intrigued with the idea.
\n\u201cIt is. Don’t start a war you can’t win, my friend. In the battle of the teases, I would whip your slutty ass, you sex fiend.”<\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s ironic that I’d use you for my wingman, when I want to fuck you more than any of the women here.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Holy freaking UST! The build-up is incredible, and the more they fight it, the harder it becomes to resist, and I loved every single moment of it!<\/p>\n

\u201cTell me not to kiss you,\u201d he said, when his lips were a breath away from mine.
\n\u201cDon\u2019t kiss me,\u201d I told him, my voice a breathless rasp.
\n\u201cMean it,\u201d he said, crowding me into the corner of the pool.
\nHe tilted my chin up with finger.
\n\u201cI can\u2019t,\u201d I gasped.
\nThe words had barely left my lips before he was kissing me.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Phew! It\u2019s not a quick hook up though, it takes time, and a few slip ups in their \u201cFriends Don\u2019t<\/i>\u201d rules, but it all adds to the chemistry, and so when it all finally explodes it\u2019s hotter than all hell! Tristan is a bit of a control freak in the bedroom, and has a filthy mouth, my kindle was sizzling!<\/p>\n

\u201cI want you to let go. I want you to submit. I want to make you lose your mind. I want you to be so far gone that the only word left in your vocabulary is my name.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m going to fuck you hard on the hood of this car, in the pouring rain. And. You. Are. Not. Going. To. Forget. It.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

HOTNESS!!!!!<\/p>\n

But they both have issues stemming from their past relationships and this brings the drama as Danika falls harder and harder for her best friend (who can blame her? I was totally gone for him as well!), and Tristan has to figure out what it is he actually feels for Danika, and then deal with the intensity of those feelings. My heart broke for both of them as they struggle to deal with their expectations.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re fooling yourself if you think I don\u2019t have those feelings for you, Tristan. I\u2019ve fallen in love with you.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cI know what you taste like,\u201d I interrupted, my tone harsh. \u201cI know how it feels to have you come against my tongue. What it feels like to have you clench around my cock while you lose your fucking mind. And you, you\u2019ve tasted me. I\u2019ve shoved my cock so deep down your throat I felt your tonsils, Danika. Are we going to forget all of that?\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The emotion in this book is incredible! I honestly wasn\u2019t expecting to be drawn in as much as I was. I love these characters, and with dual POV, I felt everything right along with them, and I swooned and squeed as they fell hard for each other. Of course I wanted to smack Tristan \u201cMr Slutty McSlutFace\u201d<\/i> a few times, but I could understand what he was going through, and I never felt that either of them were behaving stupidly. Through it all, you can see how much they love each other. Of course, Tristan doesn\u2019t realise that, but his protectiveness and jealousy over Danika is absolutely sensational, and he had me in tears when he finally started to realise what he was feeling.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to be with you. I\u2019ve made it way more fucking complicated than it needs to be, and I want to un-complicate it. I\u2019ve no right to ask it, but will you give me the chance to prove that I can be better than I\u2019ve been?\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Plus, the man knows how to grovel, and OMG, don\u2019t we love that!!!!<\/p>\n

He nuzzled his face into my ear. \u201cI\u2019m so sorry, sweetheart. I\u2019m so sorry I hurt you. I\u2019d take it all back if I could, but I can\u2019t. I will try to make it up to you, though, okay? Please, just give the chance. Please.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It\u2019s not an easy ride for them, and they do find their way forward together, but the circumstances were certainly not what I expected. It all unfolds amidst my heart breaking over other events in the book. And the whole thing culminated into an emotional bomb that leaving me a sobbing mess. Gutted, absolutely gutted.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t have a word for <\/i>this, because I\u2019ve never felt <\/i>this before. But I do love you. I just wish there was a way to explain to you that love is just the start of it, because it\u2019s turned into so much more for me.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Plus, having read the Up In The Air series\u2026<\/p>\n

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I know that they are not together in that, so I\u2019m reading all of the beautiful swoon and declarations of love knowing that something is going to tear them apart again, and I\u2019m so devastated by what the future is going to hold for them! And I think knowing what is coming makes it all the more intense, because everything they say to each other brings on so much more meaning when you know that a break is coming.<\/p>\n

\u201cSweetheart, listen carefully, when I say that I don\u2019t need anybody but you, what I mean is that I never have. I need you. I\u2019ve never needed anyone or anything the way I need you. I need you in a way that would break me if I lost you. Being with you makes every part of my life better. Every second I get with you is the best second of my life. I\u2019m not good at expressing myself, not like you are, but I treasure this thing between us. Don\u2019t think I don\u2019t.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

*sniff*<\/div><\/div>\n

I love this book. I love it hard. Tristan and Danika are both incredible characters, and I loved every moment of their story. It ties in beautifully with Up In The Air<\/i> – we even get to see a bit of James Cavendish, and the fabulous Frankie – and I will definitely be doing a reread of those books so that I can bask in the complete story. My emotions are still all over the place after finishing this book at 2am this morning (and then offloading to friends about it until 3am), but I can\u2019t wait to continue on with the series.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re so perfect,\u201d I murmured to him as we came up for air. \u201cI can\u2019t believe you\u2019re all mine.\u201d
\nHis laugh was rough and breathless. \u201cI\u2019m as far from perfect as a person can get, but I <\/i>am all yours.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

5 hot, bantery and swoony stars.<\/p>\n

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The Tristan & Danika series<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Bad Things (#1)<\/strong>
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Rock Bottom (#2)<\/strong>
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Lovely Trigger (#3)<\/strong>
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For more great reads by this author, check out our R.K. Lilley Author Spotlight<\/a>.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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