Review: Bond by Piper Scott & Virginia Kelly
SYNOPSIS:
Adorably naive and shockingly brilliant Harrison Lessardi only needs two things in life: his pet iguana, Steve, and his undying love of science. That is until he witnesses his best friend lay eggs, and a third must-have strolls into his apartment—the sardonic and mischievous Everard Drake.
Everard Drake, celebrated doctor of the tremendously wealthy Drake family, has one goal in mind when he arrives at the scene of his youngest brother’s latest disaster: incinerate Harrison Lessardi. Unfortunately for Everard, the moment he spots Harry, incineration becomes an impossibility—he must have the gorgeous beta as his own, even if it means holding him captive on his estate.
But something else lurks behind Everard’s interest in Harry—something that tugs at Everard’s soul in impossible ways, and that will send Everard and Harry down a rabbit hole of discovery that will change the world as they know it.
An alpha and a beta can’t share a bond.
Can they?
REVIEW:
This story didn’t suck me in as much as Clutch did. I didn’t dislike Harry or Ev as characters, but their wasn’t much substance to their story. It was pretty obvious in Clutch that these two were drawn to each other. But as the story progressed, I remained lukewarm.
I think this stems from a couple things for me. Starting with Harry and Ev, I thought they were okay characters but they were boring. While I think Harry was meant to come across as quirky and naive, I just found him blind in his obsession with reptiles. The awful stereotypes of scientists that you see in shows where everything must be an observation, recorded, and studied…that’s Harry. And as a scientist…boy does that type of character portrayal p*ss me off. So instead of cute and funny, I found myself annoyed.
Ev, ran hot and cold, he wanted Harry but he didn’t want Harry. And even as their relationship began to grow, everything felt like a science experiment. Harry was constantly wanting his notebook to write things down, every intimate scene was plagued by Harry’s need for knowledge. But past this narrative, there wasn’t really anything to carry the plot. The story didn’t have anything that had me wanting to turn the page.
The first half of this story is essentially a retelling of Clutch but from a different perspective. And the second half played out like a classic omegaverse novel. The ‘beta’ who isn’t a beta. The dragons add a unique aspect to the story but to be honest, I was bored and won’t be reading anymore past this book in the series.
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