Review – True Devotion (True #2) by Liora Blake

True Devotion was wonderful. With beautifully written characters dripping with sincerity, sweetness and emotion, this book has shown me that her first book was not a fluke; Liora Blake is truly gifted. ~ Leigh, Guilty Pleasures 

Description:
Find out if rock sensation Simon can break through tough-girl Devon’s steely exterior—if he can keep his head on straight, that is—in this second sizzling romance in the True series!

Devon Jenkins is a feisty blonde, and Simon Cole is the arrogant, sexy guitarist playing in her brother’s band. When they met for the first time, it went something like this: He hit on her, she shot him down, he made a lewd joke, she told him he was an idiot.

In the two years since then, not much has changed. From the way Simon flirts shamelessly with any set of ovaries within a 100-mile radius, Devon knows the smartest thing she can do is keep an impenetrable wall between them.

But sometimes the smart choice isn’t necessarily the right one…

Review copy provided for an honest review

True North, Ms. Blake’s first book in the True series, was such a treat that I could not wait to get my hands on this second book. My expectations were high because True North was darn near perfect, and thankfully, my wishes were granted. True Devotion was wonderful. With beautifully written characters dripping with sincerity, sweetness and emotion, this book has shown me that her first book was not a fluke; Liora Blake is truly gifted.

For a book where the main character, Simon, is a rock star, I found it interesting that the story was not set on the stage, on tour or anywhere near the spotlight. The story took place in those hours in between when Simon was a real person.

Professing his love and devotion for Devon, the sister of his band mate, Simon was just about as perfect a hero as you could get. He was funny and silly and a world class flirt. But when Devon dug deeper, he was also intelligent, sensitive and level headed. He didn’t play around with emotions but rather laid all of his cards out on the table and let Devon figure out what she needed without any pretense or games on his part.

Devon is similar to her brother, Trevor. Trying to make a life for herself after escaping a childhood of growing up in a poverty, Devon feels that she doesn’t deserve the relationship that is being offered. She is strong and independent, but doesn’t trust what is being handed to her and is reluctant to hand over her heart and expose her vulnerabilities. But without even trying, Simon manages to work his way in. He starts as the man with whom she could not have a conversation without it ending in barbs and sarcasm. But all the passion they put into their snark was a cover for the real feelings that lie beneath.

The chemistry between these two is scorching, and yet the true emotion is beautiful.
Simon doesn’t demand her love, which would scare Devon away. Instead, he listens, he is genuine, and he gives her what she needs simply by paying attention. He is the dream lover everyone hopes to find.

True Devotion can be read as a stand-alone. Simon and Devon were not so integral to the first book that you need to read that to understand anything happening here. But when you find a series with writing this beautiful, I don’t know why you wouldn’t start from the beginning. Creating a story with a love that is at the same time sexy, sweet, dirty and beautiful, I am in love with the True series.

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