The Closer You Get

Everyone thought Alex was the quiet shy guy that had never had a boyfriend... but he’s just perfect for Kiernan who we had met in the first three books in the Wildes series. Kiernan isn’t used to dating guys that he would be a "first " for...but there is just something about the shy Alex that calls to his heart. Being an experienced guy, he knows he could give this guy everything, including his heart...and that worries him a little...well actually A LOT. But the more he gets to know Alex the more he really likes him. The question now is, is he really ready to settle down from his one night...love 'em and leave 'em ways? If anyone could do it for him, he was sure it would be Alex. Kiernan needs to decide what he wants to do before he show more ends up losing Alex by doing something stupid that he will regret. I really liked Kiernan, but he won't be everyone’s "cup of tea". Most of the story had Kiernan trying to figure out how in the world he was going to deal with Alex? Would Alex want to stay with him or explore on his own? Would whatever decision he made would it help or hurt Alex and would it break his own heart? The Wilde’s series has been a lot of fun so far. Nice to see new faces and characters but keep encountering the old favorites from the other books. Even when their lives are turning upside down, L A Witt allows them to manage to pull together and make it work. show less

It was wonderful seeing Kieran again, I really loved him in The Distance Between Us, and it was nice to see Ethan and Rhett doing so well, too. When Rhett and Ethan's daughter Sabrina asks Kieran to show her friend Alex around Seattle's gay scene, he decides why not? Maybe he'll even get laid.

But then he meets Alex, and everything changes. A virgin in EVERY way, Alex is tootempting to Kieran, but he doesn't want to move too fast, and he does NOT want a relationship. Kieran isn't a commitment-phobe, as he keeps telling everyone, he is a getting dumped-phobe, and has seen so many relationships end badly that he's just not willing to risk the pain.

It was cute how other people realized Kieran was in love before he did, and I was really glad show more we didn't have page after page of Kieran being a dumbass in his effort to not be hurt. This book was sweet and romantic, and ohmygod hot. LA Witt remains my go to author for the hottest, steamiest, most gotta have it now sex.

Maybe now that I've finished the book, I can get that old country song out of my head. It's been driving me nuts for days. show less

This is more like 2.5*--possible spoilers!


The second novel by L.A. Witt that I read, and unfortunately it confirmed what I took away from the first.

This book isn't written badly, most of the prose is competent, there are few if any plotholes, the dialogue fits the characters, there's a story arc and the characters show development. Yet it left me intrinsically dissatisfied.

My main complaint is that there was too much, too samey sex. These two men, and I mean adult men of 21 and 27, were described in a way I haven't seen 13 or 14 year olds behave. The sex was like something out of a porn movie and it was nonstop, unflagging and at the same frantic level throughout. It also was rather unerotic.

This in spite of the fact that one of the men show more is actually a complete virgin without even as much as a date under his belt. Which is my second complaint: I didn't at all believe in him, not the way he was described. Indeed, I loved the very idea of this (an experienced man showing a total virgin around), but it was not executed in an endearing or an erotic way.

I also was under the impression the author was riding a hobby horse here, or maybe had had some major "thematic idea" and emphasised it way beyond what was needed. The symbolism and the various foreshadowing came along like a bat across the brow with a resounding smack. Very unsubtle.

Lastly I resented this being much too sweet and conventional, a lot like a classic heteronormative romance, with people marrying left and right and values embraced which Kieran had rejected earlier. Much like the lost lamb coming back to the herd. That left a bad aftertaste.

On the whole a competently written, well-edited book which just wasn't that much my thing for the reasons explained above. show less

4-1/2 STARS =)L.A. Witt’s The Closer You Get could have been titled “How to Seduce a Virgin.” It is a sweet book about redeeming the fantasies that most people begin their adult lives dreaming: that they’ll meet Mr. (or Ms.) Right, both will fall in love, have fantastic sex, and grow old together.Unfortunately, somewhere along the way, both Kieran, the self-described manwhore, and Alex, the 21-year-old gay virgin, weren’t allowed to develop those dreams. Products of dysfunctional families where marriage always fell apart in distrust and cheating or parents were so fearful of homosexuality they began brainwashing their sons against a gay lifestyle at an early age.To see Cameron's entire 4-1/2 star review please click this show more linkhttp://www.guiltypleasuresbookreviews.com/2011/11/review-closer-you-get-by-lawitt.html show less

4-1/2 STARS =)L.A. Witt’s The Closer You Get could have been titled “How to Seduce a Virgin.” It is a sweet book about redeeming the fantasies that most people begin their adult lives dreaming: that they’ll meet Mr. (or Ms.) Right, both will fall in love, have fantastic sex, and grow old together.Unfortunately, somewhere along the way, both Kieran, the self-described manwhore, and Alex, the 21-year-old gay virgin, weren’t allowed to develop those dreams. Products of dysfunctional families where marriage always fell apart in distrust and cheating or parents were so fearful of homosexuality they began brainwashing their sons against a gay lifestyle at an early age.To see Cameron's entire 4-1/2 star review please click this show more linkhttp://www.guiltypleasuresbookreviews.com/2011/11/review-closer-you-get-by-lawitt.html show less

I loved reading Kieran's story. He was one of the MCs in the previous book and I'm glad he got his HEA.

Again, the characters are interesting, engaging and super hot lol. The way the relationship builds is also lovely to read. I'm looking forward to the rest of these now.