Title: Double Vision
Series: Buffalo Intimidators #3
Author: Cassandra Carr
Published: 2012 Siren Bookstrand
Format: Ebook provided for review
Everything Red knew about relationships is called into question when he stumbles upon his roommate Fredrik and his girlfriend Liz going at it hot and heavy and Liz invites him to join them. Struggling with recovering from a knee injury, the young defenseman doesn't know what to make of his attraction to Liz--after all, she's his teammate's woman, right?
As an older player, Fredrik's been around the rink a time or ten, and he knows he has an awesome thing going with Liz. He envisions a future with her, but isn't sure how their interludes with Red fit into the long-term picture.
Liz thinks Fredrik's her forever-guy, but her sudden attraction to Red is causing doubts. The more they play together in the bedroom, the more their outside lives--and emotions-- become entangled. When the unthinkable happens, all three must take a hard look at what they want and make some surprising decisions in the process.
I’ve read (and loved) a bunch of books by Cassandra
Carr. Double Vision is no different in that regard. However, the content was a bit
different. And I barely took any notes
because I just couldn’t put the book down, so bear with me here…
Red is a young guy on the Buffalo Intimidators hockey
team. He’s red-headed (hence the name)
and about 6’4”. He’s roomies with
Fredrik, who is about 15 years older and described as a blond haired, blued
eyed Nordic god. So right off the bat we
are off to a terrific start. The woman
in this equation is named Liz (yay!) and she is dating Fredrik. Liz (yay!) and Fredrik have been discussing
finding a third to have a ménage relationship.
Several other couples on the team have ménage relationships and it is
working wonderfully for them. If you don’t
believe me, you can read their books!
Liz (yay!) has Red in mind.
Every time she sees him she gets horny.
But even aside from that, he is a good guy. Red is polite, funny, intelligent, and
athletic. He’s just about perfect. Well, aside from the fact that he can’t seem
to wrap his red head around the fact that a ménage relationship is not wrong. In fact, he nearly drives her (and me) crazy with
his flip flopping back and forth.
At first I thought it was a bit refreshing, a nice change of
pace, to have someone who didn’t just jump into a ménage full force. I found it even more refreshing since it was
a young guy who was dragging his feet.
But his insecurity and old fashioned ingrained sense of being began to
wear on me a little bit. See, because
Red actually wanted this. He wanted to
be with Liz, and Fredrik is his best friend, so it was a like a natural progression. His own natural instincts were at war with
what he “thought” was right and wrong. And
then his doubts cause Liz doubts, and it turns into a big doubt fest with big
ol’ Fredrik sittin pretty in the middle. But even with his doubts, it didn't overshadow the story for me. I still loved getting to know these new characters on the team, and loved watching them grow to love each other.
