Sweet Temptation (Sweet Series #4)

More Than Just a Temptation...It's a Must!

I've loved the Sweet series, and Sweet Temptation is no exception. One of the things that I think Maya Banks does so well is create a world of friends that readers crave to know more about again and again. Readers of this series will not be disappointed as they get a glimpse into the lives of the characters they have grown to love. I think her dialogue between friends whether they be male or female is close to genius. When reading these passages it feels exactly like you could be there taking part in the fun.

That being said, I had some serious doubts about Micah as a hero about half way through the book. I questioned whether I liked Micah because of how he treated and reacted to Angel.in more than one scene. But Micah is a very complex Alpha hero. He feels guilt, rage, desire, fear, lust....and finally love. Those are a lot of emotions to have to deal with and all of these emotions translate in their sexual encounters.

At first, Angel feels that she needs to prove to Micah that she can handle all of his dark and demanding sexual needs. Their relationship is illustrated through many love scenes, some of which I initially thought were a bit excessive (even for an erotic romance), but the more I reflected on the story the more I realized that the sex scenes were a very carefully orchestrated series of escalating events that progressively intensified with Micah's growing need to prove and test not only himself, but also Angel. The more he pushes her, and the more it seemed like the sex scenes were deliberately unemotional on Micah's part, the more it showed his growing obsession and craving for her acceptance and love. He continuously tries to prove to himself that his feelings for Angel are nothing more than lust.

Angel continuously tries to demonstrate to Micah that she can take anything he can dish, and tries to reveal her love for him by being submissive and accepting of his wants, needs, and desires..including accepting that she may never have the kind of love that he had for his deceased wife. At times I wanted to shake Angel and have her realize that she was worthy of his love, not just his acceptance.to not solely focus on Micah's needs, but to discover her own worthiness of love. And in the end she does. She realizes that she is worthy of the kind of love he had for his first wife and is not satisfied to settle for a relationship where her love is not returned in full measure.

Maya Banks pulled the story together beautifully. I loved the way the book ended with an intimate scene between Angel and Micah, not of a sex scene as an expression of their love for each other. Instead it was with a heartfelt declaration that honestly showed what he was willing to do to earn the love that Angel gave so freely. It was much more meaningful, and I felt that it really showed the progression of their relationship that began with sex, but ended with words of love.

Sweet Temptation is intensely sexual, just like its hero Micah. It is also endearing because of the friendships, emotional and heartrending because of all that Angel and Micah go through, as well as suspenseful with just the right amount of danger to declare that in the end, love is triumphant. It is totally and completely engrossing. I think you will feel a wide range of emotions when reading this story, one which is definitely a sweet temptation for romance lovers. I've found that I've developed a "sweet tooth" for Maya Banks and this

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A disappiontment

I've been waiting for this book in the series to come out and as I was reading it, I alternated between bored and annoyed. In past books Micah comes across as a sweetheart with a hard shell, but in this one he just comes off as a chauvinistic idiot. The "shock and awe" writing style of this book is just irritating. There weren't any sentimental undertones that the other books in this series had. As if Micah wasn't crass enough, Angelina is just pathetic. She comes across as less star-crossed lover/soulmate and more of a stalker. And what was with that part where every character is in Angelina's hospital room? Very cheesy. I've kept the other books and re-read them, this one is already in the trashcan.

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More of the Sweet Series - Micah

I was saddened that I didn't enjoy this book more than I did. I guess I was looking for more because this was about Micah, and I love me some Micah. He was so very interesting, and showed so much promise in the earlier stories; and is the pivotal character of this series. This one just misses the mark. Instead of delving into what made him such a sexually dysfunctional bad boy Dom (his past, secrets, and angst), and his healing with the right woman; it wound up being just way over the top kinky sexscapade antics wrapped in a thin, uneven storyline. The story veered from rough sex to soap opera back to rough kinky sex. I like my smex as much as the next person, but Micah deserved so much more story wise than he was given.

Banks tried waaay too hard to try to shock the reader with this one. She does a sexy 3 way, intimate & hot; but she still doesn't understand the D/s lifestyle. When the 'climactic' scene came, it appeared out of nowhere. Here, she went straight for the titillation overkill. You just turn the page, and there it is. It was like (insert gangbanger scene here). Micah wants to prove his ownership, and it was fascinating to read the BDMS and group kinky sex, but it was so clinical. The whole thing left Micah looking really sleazy, and the obviously manufactured sexual shock value just fell flat.

Micah didn't come off as the premier Dom he was portrayed to be in previous books; he was more a domineering a**hole than a Dom. Where was his character growth, his healing? It was fun to visit with all the couples and characters we've met in the other stories; that's something we've come to expect. The sex was steamy, but I was unhappy with all the wasted opportunities to tell a better story. The quality of her books is still hit and miss, and her growing obsession with group sex in her books is getting tiresome. (and more Colter's on the way). I still love Micah and I'm glad he got his HEA, he just didn't get a story that does him justice.

4 out of 5 people found this review helpful.

Micah is HOT!

I started reading Maya Banks with Sweet Surrender and since then have "impatiently" waiting for each character's story. This book is about Micah and Angelina. His past is finally revealed and what a shocking past it is. Angelina is the perfect companian to Micah in all ways. I couldn't help but feel for both Angelina and Micah. She wants to be part of his life and He is afraid to let her into his life. Thankfully he has friends who only want what is best for him and that is Angelina. She is very independent and strong but loves Micah so much that she has waited patiently for him to finally feel free from his past enough to be ready to welcome her into his new life. This book also has a stalker who is after Angelina and Micah must decide what he wants and hold onto it. I love that you get to read a little more about Faith and Gray, Serena and Damen, and Julie and Nathan. I am now waiting "impatiently" for Connor's story. I recommend you read the whole series starting with Faith and Gray's story, Sweet Surrender to Sweet Persuasion to Sweet Seduction.

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A winner

Years after the accidental deaths of his wife Hannah and best friend David, Micah remains a dysfunctional soul avoiding relationships as he hides out in the open in Houston. David's younger sister Angelina misses Micah whom she has loved forever and decides after time at a Miami bondage club to visit him and seduce him so she leaves for Houston. He has doubts but cannot resist the siren of a young woman he used to consider his kid sister.

Angelina begins to learn her beloved's darkest sexual desires. She uses them to make him want her like she does him. As their need for one another grows into deeper mutual attraction, Micah realizes someone is stalking Angelina; he refuses to allow a third person he loves to be hurt.

The latest "sweet" erotic romance (see Sweet Persuasion and Sweet Seduction) is an enjoyable tale of second chance at life. Until Angelina arrives, Micah is a ghost of what he was when he lost the other two thirds of his ménage a trois. Angelina brings him back to life with her torrid seduction. Readers will enjoy her efforts to sexually prove she is not kid sister as she learns his hidden BDSM desires and brings both his heads alive.

Harriet Klausner

2 out of 5 people found this review helpful.

Dissapointed!!!!

Well I absoulutely love her books but this one yuk yuk yuk! I had been looking so forward to this book but I must say I wont be reading it again like the others! I dont know just didn't like how he treated her in this book he is such a ladies man well not in this one ouch wouldn't want to have him!!!!

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Not tempting....

Sorry... I did't care for this book. I found it too predictable, from the plot to the characters. Maybe that's to be expected of a book of this nature, but I don't think so.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Proof reading...fail

I liked the story but I feel the publisher failed when it came to proof reading. The spelling mistakes in the book irritated me. When you pay for a book you kind of expect to at least have the names of the characters spelled correctly. All that aside, the story flowed nicely from the other books in the series.

great audio book. You must listen to it

I Loved this Audiobook it was fantastic. I have trouble reading books because of my eyeseight.I loved the people and can't wait for more audiobook in the sweet series.I would listen to her books.I highly recommend this book.

Scorcher!

Holy holy hothothot! Theres definetly alot to this story. But wow. The sex scenes couldnt be hotter. Micah has been my favorite character fom the beginning of this series and he definetly doesnt disappoint.

WOW

Not for the faint of heart but this is a very sexy book.

Micah was a coward - very disappointing

Micah was willing to weild his whip, beat the hell out of her mutiple times, do whatever he wanted whenever he wanted, & with however many partners he wanted. She took it all & then some, but when he finds out that she whipped him he's furious & then when she ask for one night to switch places her being the dom he actually said he couldn't take anymore. Are you kidding me?? She never said I can't take anymore, never said no. Another thing I didn't get was he has been so willing a participant in this lifestyle, and distributing punishment to other willing women but when he first finds out it's her, he doesn't want her there involved in this lifestyle he loves. Why? Because she is David's little sister? Bull, all of these women are someones sister or daughter so how can it be ok for some and not others, either he embraces it or he does not which is it? I really liked Micah up to this point but I he was no alpha male he was a coward.

EROTIC-TASTIC!

This book falls under live hard, laugh loud and love well. Oh my gosh, Maya has out done herself. She has taken a subject that many consider "taboo" and delivered an edgy story. This is the book that will open your mind to a new world of eroctica, where trust and self confidence is the key. The characters do not faulter, and the story is so well written, that you are drawn into it. The emotion is explosive and as always the reader is rooting for both main characters to win at love. Not for the faint at heart, but those willing to try something - erotic :)

HOLY MOLEY!!!

NOT for the faint hearted...this is a STEAMY read that will have you running for the shower!!! This whole series is UNBELIEVABLE!!! I cannot put them down.

Extremely Good

Loved it but dont read it if ur not into alott of erotic sex scenes.it may upset religious people. But to me the ending made up for the way part of it was alittle to sexual n forceful. Still 5sfars. The ending had me in tears.what i thought was an all sex romance book turned into a lovely ending love story .one hell of a writer.

Series Gets Better and Better

I love it when the hero screws up really bad (even if he keeps screwing up) as long as he regrets it and makes up for it in the end. It's hard to do that right, but Maya Banks did a great job. This ends up being a very romantic and touching story. Be warned that there are several pretty harsh BDSM scenes and multiple partners (all scorching, BTW). For those who've read the series, there are many appearances by those we've come to know and love and some extra scenes with Nathan and Julie fans are sure to love.

Very Unhappy!

I am a huge fan of Maya Banks' erotic books. But this was a major disappointment to me. Micah was an absolute ass and I can't understand why they would end up together in the end after everything he put her through. The book was also either unedited, or very poorly edited. Many different times I read the same few sentences and could not understand anything.
Again, very disappointed. Don't buy the Nook for this one.

Micah's Undoubtedly the Official "Dr. Feelgood!"

WARNING: IF BDSM, SCHORCHINGLY HOT EXPLICIT SEX, COMMITTED MENAGES AREN'T YOUR THING, DO NOT PURCHASE THIS SERIES! TRY A TAMED AUTHOR INSTEAD!

Micah's a tortured soul, with a devastated, heart-wrenching past, who finds contentment and solitude in the arms of a diversified amount of women. He irrevocably enjoys pleasing a women's need before staking claim to their body with his primal need. Full and utter submission via BDSM, is what he desires most. He's the SUPREME "ENERGIZER BUNNY," a TRUE alpha-male with an enormous protective nature for most of the women he has been with or for that matter, women in general. And above ALL a man with a HEART OF GOLD!

Angelina is a blast from Micah's past, a past he prefers to keep well hidden from the rest of the world of ever discovering. She's the little of sister, of his best friend, Dave, who passed away. And now she's come to play with the "BIG BAD WOLF," from her long-awaited fantasies. However will Angelina hop on the ONLY ride Micah's willing to offer her? Or will she be seduced by the world he resides in?

Thank You Ms. Banks for a glimpse into the WILD & WICKED WORLD YOU CREATE, IT'S TRULY CATASTROPHICALLY BREATH-TAKING!! WELL DONE THIS NOVEL DESERVES BEYOND A 10 STAR RATING!!

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***The 2nd part of my review is PRIMARILY TARGETED to those readers who gave such poor reviews, and are constantly complaining about this novel. Never giving the appropriate STARS it so righteously deserves!***

If you haven't read the 3 previous novels within the "Sweet Series," I can somewhat understand your beef. Paying for a book you don't understand or enjoy the subject matter, can be extremely disappointing & frustrating. However if you did read the 3 previous ones, you should have been forewarned regarding the walloped of a punch from Micah's INSATIABLE Story. What in the world did you expect? The other novels were risqué and pretty damn, sexually intense.

You're reading Romantica aka Erotic Romance Novels, HOT explicit sex, graphic language, some violence, a COMMITTED Ménage a trois/quatre, etc., if you're lucky >;o)~~~~~ , and some back-door lovin', is PRETTY MUCH A GIVEN!

It wasn't like you were reading a 300 - 700 page Historical Romance Novel, knowing full-well the hero/heroine doesn't fall madly in love with each other until half-way through or NOT even until the very end of the book. With its GRADUAL process of word-fencing and an EXUBERANT amount of COMPRESSED SEXUAL TENSION before they ever have "WILDLY HOT MONKEY SEX!"

I'm sure there will be plenty of readers who will NOT agree with me, for you all, YOU CAN KISS MY ROYAL DERRIERE!! For those selected few that do agree, 'FIST PUMP UP IN THE AIR,' ALRIGHT SISTA/BROTHER!!
SORRY BUT I'M A 100% HOT-BLOODED ITALIAN & a LEO, an extremely DANGEROUS combination, we find immense pleasure expressing ourselves with HAND JESTURES! {{LOL}}

MAYA BANKS NEVER FAILS TO THRILL!!!

If you've read and loved the Sweet Series, then you will love this addition! Anjelina and Micah sizzle in this book. Micah has closed the door on his past, and has no intentions on opening it back up to anyone. The only one who would have access to the information he's tried so hard to put behind him has come into his life, and Anjelina has no intentions of being left behind again. He will notice her, and he will open his heart to her if she has anything to say about it. As hard as he tries to push her away, she will not be denied, and so the games begin. She's risked it all to find him and make him see her not as the girl he left behind, but the woman she is now. He has no choice but to notice her. He tries to distance himself, until they are forced to be together, due to her problematic past. Will he lose his heart, or her? This book was an excellent read. If you love Maya Banks books as much as I do, this is for you. Happy reading!

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Good as Part of the Sweet Series

While the Sweet series as a whole is engaging, Sweet Temptation was average. I do recommend the book if you read the rest of the series, but be sure to read the rest of the series first. Sweet Surrender, Sweet Persuasion, and Sweet Seduction is the correct order in which to read the novels. I felt the main characters were underdeveloped. I would have liked more on Micah's background. He does exhibit complex emotions. There was no real explanation as to why he treated Angel so harshly. He was selfish on many levels in this relationship until the very end of the book. The sex scenes were a little rough to read, even though I have read the rest of Banks' Sweet series.