Review: The Cornerstone by Kate Canterbary
SYNOPSIS:
A tough-as-nails businesswoman. An arrogant Navy SEAL. A power struggle with no end in sight.
Some people hook-up at weddings. Others break a hotel room bed (and a table, and a desk, and some complimentary bathrobe belts) and discover they’ve been surviving on bargain basement orgasms their entire lives.
The last one? Yeah. That’s all me.
She’s driven and demanding…I wasn’t always a bitch. There’s a dirty little trick to succeeding in business: the sweet and innocent rarely survive. I fought my way up from nothing, and I don’t bend for anyone.
Until Will Halsted ties me to a headboard and makes me his…for now.
One wild, filthy night turns into another, and then…we can’t stop. Each time we’re together is more addictive than the last, but it’s nothing more than a sexy escape from reality.
Or is it?
He’s never walked away from a challenge…I wasn’t always a warrior but now it’s in my bones and blood. That’s what years spent in the Special Forces does to a man. My entire life is classified: where I’ve been, what I’ve seen, what I’ve done, and there’s no mission too dangerous.
Until I realize that falling for Shannon Walsh is like trying to swim against a riptide. She’s going to tear me up and toss me to the shore, and I’ll love every minute of it.
Every time I’m down range, I want her counting the hours until I’m back. Waiting for me. She’s done it before; she’ll do it again.
Or will she?
They’re wrong for each other in every possible way…
Or are they
REVIEW:
This book took me weeks to finish and I am so glad I made it through. I really liked Will and Shannon as individual characters. They are both headstrong, determined, stubborn, basically two alphas. But together they were like oil and water except when it came to the bedroom, which seemed to be the only place these two got along.
I think I finally realized what my issue is with this series, or at least this story. It takes these female characters so long to pull their heads out of their *rses, sort out their sh*t, and realize they are better with their man. It feels like the story goes on for an unnecessary amount of time. Things drag out because Shannon can’t see how good she and Will could be and she is too stubborn to admit her feelings.
Will was a delight, I loved his dirty mouth and how crass he could be. He was such a straight shooter, he knew what he wanted and was always up front about it. He called Shannon on her bullsh*t but honestly, I think he should have called her out more. I didn’t like that Shannon seemed to think of Will as just a f*ck buddy even though she was lo-key pining for him.
In the end, this is another story where I sit here and think the guy could do better. Will could certainly do better than Shannon. Did Shannon have a horrific childhood? Absolutely. Was that any excuse for the way she treated Will? No, no it wasn’t. Her dependency on her siblings and the need to nurture grown men was ridiculous, and as I sit here writing my review, I find myself more annoyed with her.
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