Book review: SMOKE BOMB, by Abbi Glines

Smoke series #3

Huck & Trinity

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 This series is getting more and more addictive!  And super hot! I wait impatiently for the next book, then devour it in one day!  One abused and broken woman finds a man who doesn’t want a commitment but he turns possessive and protective in an instant.  They have a common history: his brother, her fiancee.  After his brother died, a chunk of his heart is broken, then when he finds Trinity again, the memories come back with the shoulda, coulda, woulda.  

At first he hated Trinity, and as the book evolves he finds out all the ways Trinity is broken.  And his hate turns into protection and a need to avenge those who hurt her.  What he insists is only sex until he gets tired of it turns into something necessary.  The poor guy is falling in love, kicking and fighting it all the way!

I loved how Gage and Levi, so dangerous initially, turn into puppies when Trinity prepares the sumptuous breakfast spreads.  The way to a man’s heart is definitely through the stomach because these two guys turn into Trinity’s warriors and defenders against everyone, including Hunk.

I was at turns saddened and angered at Trinity’s past life and the way she was abused, amused by Hunk’s assured affirmations this is only temporary, and laughed out loud and Gage and Levi’s moans as they enjoyed a cinnamon roll.  Maddy and Blaise appears and I loved this new image of them, Maddy is a self-assured woman and mother, Blaise a proud papa, very much the leader in the Hughes family.  I got a glimpse of Trev and loved him, spoiled but so nice and friendly as always.  He was the first one to get Trinity to play and laugh out loud, to Hunk’s disgust.

The story evolves slowly which is perfect.  Trinity needs to heal and Huck needs to deal.  Their love story needs to develop slowly as both overcome their common history related to Hayes, Huck’s deceased little brother.  And Trinity needs to find her happy, which actually never existed before due to her dreary existence. This book was truly riveting and now I can’t wait for crazy Gage’s story!

Purchase links

Amazon: https://amzn.to/43Bt71e

Barnes and Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/smoke-bomb-abbi-glines/1143628722?ean=2940161099742

Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/smoke-bomb-1

Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/affiliate/1404138

iBooks:  https://books.apple.com/us/book/smoke-bomb/id6450142559

About the author

 

Abbi Glines is a #1 New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of the Rosemary Beach, Sea Breeze, Vincent Boys, Field Party, and Existence series. She never cooks unless baking during the Christmas holiday counts. She believes in ghosts and has a habit of asking people if their house is haunted before she goes in it. She finally moved to New England into a home that is 200 + years old with its own ghosts. She drinks afternoon tea because she wants to be British but alas she being born in Alabama, her life in New England is as close as she will get. When asked how many books she has written she has to stop and count on her fingers. When she’s not locked away writing, she is reading, and/or watching Netflix like the introvert that she is. 

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