{"id":3782,"date":"2015-02-01T09:13:59","date_gmt":"2015-02-01T17:13:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=3782"},"modified":"2017-12-08T07:58:48","modified_gmt":"2017-12-08T12:58:48","slug":"reviewunderneath-it-all-the-walshes-1-by-kate-canterbary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=3782","title":{"rendered":"Review: Underneath It All (The Walshes, #1) by Kate Canterbary"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Review<\/strong><\/h4>\n

\u201cIf I had known I\u2019d have a hot architect balls deep inside of me before the end of the weekend, I\u2019d have made time for a pedicure.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

4 stars<\/strong><\/p>\n

From the very first line of this book, I knew I was in for a great read! It\u2019s smart, funny, romantic and super sexy. It\u2019s the first book in\u00a0The Walshes <\/em>series, and I am already completely hooked.<\/p>\n

Lauren is a dedicated, hard-working and career driven woman who is completely caught up in her dream of opening a new school. She needs an architect to help her with the actual building part of her project, and that\u2019s how she meets Matt Walsh.<\/p>\n

Matt is a skilled architect and structural engineer. He and his siblings run their own architectural firm, and like Lauren, he is a workaholic and completely dedicated to his career. Tall, gorgeous and sexy, he has no time for relationships and indulges in brief hook ups with women who are only after the same thing he is \u2013 sex with no strings and no expectations.<\/p>\n

From the moment these two lays eyes on each other, they are crazy attracted. Lauren is small, feminine and curvy and definitely not Matt\u2019s usual type, but he can\u2019t stop thinking about her.<\/p>\n

I saw myself bending her over the desk, hiking up her dress, and taking her right now. And I saw her liking it.
\nI spent a full minute on that thought before groaning inwardly. I was a dick. An unprofessional, single-minded dick and I didn\u2019t like small, curvy girls who left their mojo all over me.\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Although neither of them have time for a relationship with the enormous pressure that they are under with their work, they can\u2019t ignore the mad lust between them, and their inevitable hook up is sizzling!<\/p>\n

\u201cOh my God,\u201d she gasped, her hands seizing my hair.
\nI leaned back and aimed a hard gaze at her. \u201cGod has nothing to do with this. You want to thank someone, I\u2019ll be right here, worshipping you and your outrageous body for the foreseeable future. God isn\u2019t involved.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

OMG, this book is really smutty! Their one night together is nowhere near enough for either of them, and leads to just one more\u2026. and just one more\u2026. and just one more… you see where this is going. The sex is hot, frequent and very descriptive with lots of dirty talk, and not just from Matt. Lauren is a devious girl underneath her many layers (WTF is with that\u00a0necklace?!?! It was never explained), and when she gets naked, she gets nasty!<\/p>\n

\u201cFuck me until I can\u2019t walk, I can\u2019t breathe, I can\u2019t do anything but ask for more. Fuck me until I\u2019m yours.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But what they have between them is more than just sex. From the very first time, their connection is intense, and the sex is just an extension of that.<\/p>\n

Though I probably couldn\u2019t spell my own name, I knew with absolute certainty this wasn\u2019t straight-up p-in-the-v sex. This was a spiritual experience, and I, for one, wouldn\u2019t have been surprised if some druids started chanting behind us.\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I really enjoyed these two together. They have fantastic chemistry, a great dynamic and the banter is fantastic.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re such a caveman,\u201d she hissed. \u201cWhy do I like that so fucking much?\u201d
\n\u201cIt doesn\u2019t have to make sense, sweetness. Just enjoy it.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But it\u2019s the \u2018relationship\u2019 part of things is complicated. Matt is an alpha and he knows he wants Lauren, but Lauren is so dedicated to her career that she can\u2019t see anything beyond that, so she ignores her growing feelings for Matt and tries to keep things strictly casual. Yes, it\u2019s annoying and there is A LOT of push and pull as their figure themselves out, but it\u2019s handled well and it never felt overly angsty and I never got to the stage where I wanted to hurl my kindle. Matt\u2019s patience and persistence just makes him even more amazing.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want this, whatever it takes, but I need you to stop pushing me away.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The love story drama plays out alongside the drama that is Matt\u2019s family. They are definitely not a conventional bunch! He is one of six siblings \u2013 five of which work at the architectural firm with him, and one is working overseas. They have a very different dynamic, and it\u2019s not all best friends and lovey dovey stuff, they fight and argue, they\u2019re mean at times and criticize and insult each other, but you can tell that their bond is a strong one, and that they love each other dearly. They\u2019ve been through a lot as a family, and I really enjoyed getting to meet them and see them all together. It\u2019s a great set up for future books of the series and I\u2019m looking forward to getting to know them all better.<\/p>\n

I really enjoyed Kate Canterbary\u2019s writing. It\u2019s in dual POV, which I love, and I was sucked into the story really quickly and didn\u2019t want to put it down. It\u2019s smart, fun and sexy, it\u2019s got a good amount of drama that never overwhelms the story although still made me feel, and the love story was gorgeous. I\u2019ll be picking up the next book in the series very soon.<\/p>\n

I loved it – 4 stars.<\/p>\n

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The Walsh series<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Underneath It All (#1)<\/strong> (Matt & Lauren)
\n<\/strong>Review<\/a>
\nBuy:\u00a0\u00a0Amazon <\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0B&N<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Kobo<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0iBooks<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Paperback<\/a><\/p>\n

The Space Between (#2)\u00a0 <\/strong>(Patrick & Andy)
\nReview<\/a>
\nBuy:\u00a0\u00a0Amazon <\/a>| B&N<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Kobo<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0iBooks<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Paperback<\/a><\/p>\n

Necessary Restorations (#3)\u00a0 <\/strong>(Sam & Tiel)
\nReview<\/a>
\nBuy:\u00a0\u00a0Amazon US<\/a> |\u00a0B&N<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Kobo<\/a>\u00a0|iBooks<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Paperback<\/a><\/p>\n

The Cornerstone (#4)<\/strong> (Shannon & Will)
\nReview<\/a>
\nBuy:\u00a0\u00a0Amazon US<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0B&N<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Kobo<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0iBooks<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Paperback<\/a><\/p>\n

Restored (#5)<\/strong> (Sam & Tiel)
\nReview<\/a>
\nBuy:\u00a0\u00a0Amazon US<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0B&N<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Kobo<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0iBooks<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Paperback<\/a><\/p>\n

The Spire (#6) <\/strong>(Erin & Nick)
\n<\/strong>Review<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Buy: Amazon US<\/a> \u00a0|\u00a0B&N<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Kobo<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0iBooks<\/a><\/p>\n

Preservation (#7)<\/strong> (Riley & (it’s a secret))
\nReview<\/a>
\nBuy: Amazon US<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0 B&N<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0 Kobo\u00a0 <\/a>|\u00a0 iTunes<\/a><\/p>\n

Threholds<\/strong> (#8) (the whole family!)
\nReview<\/a>
\nBuy:\u00a0 Amazon\u00a0<\/a> |\u00a0 iTunes\u00a0<\/a> |\u00a0 Kobo<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"Foundations – Bonus material<\/strong>
\nReview<\/a>
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Foundations is the Underneath It All<\/em> (Matt and Lauren) novella featuring Six Years Later<\/em>, the happy-ever-after novella originally published in The Walsh Brothers plus the Jenga, Cocktails, and Cookies<\/em> novella originally available only to Kate Canterbary\u2019s newsletter subscribers, and two additional bonus scenes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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