Review: The Offer by Karina Halle
Book Info
Released: June 14th 2015
Pages: 271
“THE OFFER is may favorite Karina Halle book in a while!”
~ Under the Covers
If you remember at the end of THE PACT we learn about Linden’s brother, Bram. He’s the older brother, but he’s also the wild one. He’s been blowing through family money in New York, doing everything to excess and not having any responsibilities. This is his story. And I was immediately sold because….well it must be that Scottish brogue.
Bram has been living in San Francisco near his brother for a while now. He’s been for all intents and purposes cleaning up his act. At Linden’s wedding, Bram decides to act on his attraction to Steph’s best friend Nicola and proposes one night of sex. Nicola knows the type of man Bram is, the playboy kind. She doesn’t need that in her life, she’s a mother trying to get ahead in the world for herself and her daughter. Trying to pursue her passion. And the heartbreak that comes with someone like Bram does not fit in.
Fast forward a few months, and Nicola is down on her luck and Bram might be the one ticket she needs to stay afloat and not drown in her problems. She has to accept Bram’s help for a place to live until she gets back on her feet. But having Bram that close proves more than her defenses can fend off.
I loved Bram a hell of a lot. He’s a changed man, he’s trying to do good and trying to be successful. Turning his life around completely, but still dealing with the stigma of the image others have of him. He does not go around fighting his feelings all the time, and for that I can’t be more thankful. He wants something, he feels something, he goes with the flow. He wants Nicola, then he’s going to be fully into her. He makes no qualms about it and doesn’t try to disguise things or downplay things. My favorite kind of hero! He’s also fun and adores her kid. So I mean, lots of brownie points to him. 😉
Nicola was the character I struggled a bit with in this one. I liked her good enough, but I wouldn’t say I agreed with some of her decisions. They just didn’t make sense to me sometimes.
THE OFFER is may favorite Karina Halle book in a while! I love that she wrote an older couple than she’s known for. Specially a heroine with a kid at that! There’s a whole new set of rules and responsibilities she’s had to incorporate in this story that I’m not used to seeing in her books, and I completely enjoyed that.
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About Karina Halle
The daughter of a Norwegian Viking and a Finnish Moomin, Karina Halle grew up in Vancouver, Canada with trolls and eternal darkness on the brain. This soon turned into a love of all things that go bump in the night and a rather sadistic appreciation for freaking people out. Like many of the flawed characters she writes, Karina never knew where to find herself and has dabbled in acting, make-up artistry, film production, screenwriting, photography, travel writing and music journalism. She eventually found herself in the pages of the very novels she wrote (if only she had looked there to begin with).
Karina holds a screenwriting degree from Vancouver Film School and a Bachelor of Journalism from TRU. Her travel writing, music reviews/interviews and photography has appeared in publications such as Consequence of Sound, Mxdwn and GoNomad Travel Guides. She currently splits her time between her apartment in downtown Vancouver and her sailboat, where a book and a bottle of wine are always at hand.
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I get easily distracted by pictures of sexy guys and have tons of book boyfriends.I keep all my alpha males chained to my basement and guard them fiercely.*Back off bitches*I like to see Jason Momoa as a lot of those boyfriends, because ….. mmmmmmm JASON.MOMOA!
I’m a part time graphic designer (yes, everything you see on UTC has been done by me), run my husband's business from home and on a good day I’m a self appointed superwoman (she who can do it all).I love blogging with my girls and I couldn’t do it any other way!My first love is everything paranormal, but in the past few years I’ve re-learned to love contemporary romance.Every once in a while I like to mix things up with a historical romance, a steampunk or an LGBT book.Because I need variety to avoid book slumps.I don’t always need an HEA although I prefer one, and I love authors that can rip my heart out and make me ugly cry.
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I liked The Pact but didn’t love it, I’ve got this on my tbr pile…thanks Francesca for the review
This is a like not love as well Timitra. But I think it’s enjoyable enough. Let me know what you think if you get a chance to read it.
I will!
Oh good I was hoping this was going to be better!
I am in need of some more mature characters desperately lol so it was nice and refreshing to see that change.