Review: Four Letter Word by K.M. Neuhold
SYNOPSIS:
Relationships are hard enough between two people…can the four of us make it work? Or is love nothing more than a four letter word?
Polyamory…the first time Riot says the word, it feels like everything slots into place. Maybe I’m not greedy for loving both of my best friends at once…
For most of my life I didn’t think I could ever have the kind of love I’ve been dreaming of, but somehow a sexy bartender with a major sweet tooth is making it all seem possible.
Maybe Riot is right, our capacity for love is bigger than most people let themselves see. But will Leo and Hudson feel the same? Will they be willing to try to build this beautiful, complicated life with me?
If I can keep them from ripping each other’s heads off that is…
*** This is book two in the Love Logic series and can be read as a stand alone. This is a MMMM story full of love and heat.
REVIEW:
I am really branching out with my reading selection this year and diving into my first polyamory book?! But honestly as I closed the story, I have some mixed feeling about it. There is just a lot of information to cram into one novel with 4 unique POVs.
I think that is the first challenge of this story, the 4 POVs. I won’t lie, there were numerous times throughout the story where I had to return to the beginning of the chapter because I forgot or got confused on whose POV I was reading. But the characters and story lines lacked depth because there were so many vying relationships and blurted love confessions. As a result, Riot seemed to be the only dimensional character, while Bishop, Hudson, and Leo seemed to fall flat.
The individual relationships themselves seemed balanced; for example, they are all seeing each other individually. This wasn’t some big group orgy which I was hoping it wouldn’t be. But, while Leo, Hudson, and Bishop all have a complex, intricate history together, Riot is a completely new entity. And I found the balance amongst the 4 of them as a group wasn’t really there. Leo and Hudson have not spoken to each other in 10+ years. Bishop is sort of the middle man pinning for both of his friends. And Riot is the one who proposed polyamory to bring it all together.
While they date and begin to grow as a group, everything felt rushed. The book would have really benefited being broken down into a several stories. It seemed like everyone went on one single date with each other and then confessed love. And the dates almost always led to sex and while the intimacy was sizzling hot, I really needed more of an emotional connection.
There was one major drama line and that was the tension between Hudson and Leo. The rest of the book was literally focused on the dating that was occurring. Which I didn’t feel was truly strong enough to carry the story. I also found it strange that Leo, Bishop, and Hudson all dived head first into this lifestyle with no questions once so ever. At the end of the day, I just needed more depth to the story.
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