{"id":43193,"date":"2019-05-24T11:00:20","date_gmt":"2019-05-24T15:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=43193"},"modified":"2019-05-24T13:17:33","modified_gmt":"2019-05-24T17:17:33","slug":"arc-review-unchaining-you-only-you-2-by-vic-tyler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=43193","title":{"rendered":"ARC Review: Unchaining You (Only You, #2) by Vic Tyler"},"content":{"rendered":"

Buy: \u00a0Kindle Ebook\u00a0<\/a> |\u00a0 Paperback<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n
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Blurb<\/strong><\/h4>\n

If he hates me for what happened 8 years ago, just imagine how he feels now\u2026<\/b><\/p>\n

Do I feel bad for accidentally hooking up with\u00a0the one<\/i>\u00a0who broke my heart?
\n\u2026 No.
\nShould<\/i>\u00a0I feel bad about blackmailing him for a job?
\n\u2026 Probably.<\/p>\n

But to be fair, I need the money.<\/p>\n

Life\u2019s kind to some people.
\nExhibit A: Devon Leo<\/b>
\nHot, brooding loner in high school \u2192 hot, brooding, billionaire tech tycoon who\u2019s an international mans!ut.<\/p>\n

Exhibit Me: Skylar Kay<\/b>
\nYour everyday average nobody \u2192 college dropout, moonlighting stripper nobody who\u2019s drowning in debt.<\/p>\n

The least he can do for breaking my heart is give me a job.
\nYeah<\/i>, the one I blackmailed him for.<\/p>\n

I just didn\u2019t think the job was for a position under him.
\nI\u2019ll have to be careful not to get\u00a0under him<\/i>. Again.
\nBecause this time, his reputation isn\u2019t just on the line.
\nMy heart is.<\/b><\/p>\n

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

3.5 stars!<\/b><\/p>\n

An enemies-to-lovers\/second-chance-romance that is intense, dramatic, fun and super sexy. This is a looooong read (579 pages on kindle), but a satisfying one, and I really enjoyed losing myself in Devon and Skylar\u2019s insane chemistry and rollercoaster relationship.<\/p>\n

Skylar Kay has had a rough time and is struggling to get by. She\u2019s just lost her day job, and her night job as a stripper isn\u2019t providing enough income to cover her family\u2019s debt and medical bills. A night out is just what she needs. But when a flirtation in a club leads to a wildly hot, intense and passionate hook-up with a masked stranger, she gets the shock of her life when the mask comes off and she realises she\u2019s just been with with her high school crush, the boy who broke her heart and the one that got away, Devon Leo.<\/p>\n

Devon was the school loner who went on to become a tech billionaire and celebrity playboy. Skylar has watched him in the tabloids for years, and has fantasised about him since they parted ways eight years ago. And when she learns that she has something of his, she decides to use their past to help her and she blackmails him for a job in his company.<\/p>\n

We already met. We already kissed, touched, fucked.
\nBut it feels like we\u2019re meeting for the first time all over again.
\nProperly \u2026 Eight years later.
\nMy body temperature goes up just from the sheer force of my blood pumping furiously through my veins.
\nI want her for the first time all over again.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Devon\u2019s night with Skylar was a huge mistake, but it was also some of the hottest sex of his life, and he can\u2019t stop thinking about her. When she comes to work at his company and is placed in the role as the PA he doesn\u2019t want, it puts the two of them on a collision course of epic proportions as years of pent-up anger, betrayal, longing and lust all come barrelling out, with the two of them trying their hardest to stay away from each other and protect their hearts in the middle of the madness.<\/p>\n

She brings out raging, gut\u2013wrenching emotions out of me that I don\u2019t understand. I can\u2019t bear her presence anywhere near me, and sometimes, knowing she\u2019s right outside my office door pisses me off like nothing else.
\nAnd on the other hand, every fiber of my being can\u2019t stand not having her in sight. I can\u2019t keep my eyes off her. I have to fight myself to keep from touching her.
\nShe\u2019s never far enough or close enough. I\u2019m both ends of the magnet when it comes to the force that is Skylar.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It\u2019s a great set-up, and the enemies-to-lovers\/second-chance-romance aspects of the book are tied together really well to create an intense read with chemistry that drips off the page.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s more than sexual tension between us. There\u2019s potential.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As long as this book was, I did appreciate the slow burn. I loved the lusty glances and the silent longing which built the sexual tension and created fantastic chemistry, so that by the time Devon and Skylar finally acted on it, I was so<\/i> ready for them to throw themselves at each other\u2026 and that\u2019s exactly what they did.<\/p>\n

This book is so freaking hot. It\u2019s on the erotica end of the romance scale, and there is lots of descriptive steamy time as Devon and Skylar give in to their insane passion for each other. But there is also a strong emotional connection that deepens throughout the book, and watching the characters give into that gives us some great development for them.<\/p>\n

I still want her. I\u2019ll still want her years from now. I think. Who really fucking knows? But if I think about the future, she\u2019s the only one I wouldn\u2019t hesitate exploring that possibility with.
\nAnd she\u2019s the only one who\u2019s ever made me feel that way.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I have a weakness for broody, a-hole heroes (especially when they end up falling really hard), and Devon is a wonderfully complex character that you cannot help but love. He is closed off, but he feels deeply, and he has a fantastically dry sense of humour that comes out only occasionally, which makes every smirk and wisecrack so much fun. His character progression is closely tied to the development of the relationship, and it\u2019s really well done. Skylar was a bit of a mixed bag for me – she had moments of showing great strength, but then she flipped and was the complete opposite – I feel like parts of her story wasn\u2019t really explained or finished off as well as they could have been, but for the most part she was a great heroine, and I really enjoyed her. These two really do experience extremes with each other, but I loved watching them go through it all, experiencing all of the feels and finding their groove together.<\/p>\n

The mystery of their past and how they both ended up so broken hearted is hinted at throughout the book, but the reveal is left to the dramatic ending, tying in to what is going on between them in the present. There\u2019s a bit of drama, but it\u2019s handled well and the book ends in a really great place.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a great bunch of side characters, and I particularly loved the interplay between Devon and his colleagues, who are so much fun. His intriguing best friend and business partner, Eli, is getting the next book in the series, and I\u2019m keen to explore him in a bit more detail.<\/p>\n

This was a really solid read. My first by this author, and I really like the way she writes. This is book #2 in the Only You<\/i> series, but it absolutely reads as a standalone, so feel free to dive right in!<\/p>\n

I really enjoyed it – 3.5 stars.<\/p>\n

An Advanced Reader Copy was generously provided by the author in exchange for an honest review.<\/i><\/p>\n

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About Vic Tyler<\/b><\/h4>\n

\"\"Vic Tyler is a new author of contemporary romance novels.<\/span><\/p>\n

She has a tinkering sense of wanderlust and loves to travel to new places, explore new cultures, and most importantly, eat delicious new food (yummm). Her dreams include finally having nice handwriting, owning a collection of onesies, and making a croquembouche.<\/span><\/p>\n

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