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Have Mercy
by Lane Hart, L.A. Hart
This is the third book in the Mercy Academy series. While there's some angst in this one, I felt the delivery didn't quite match the set up of the first two books. In the first two books it seemed like Royal and Hannah had much more of an enemies relationship than what we are given in this book.
Royal and Hannah had a bit of a summer romance during church camp. Royal was forced to be there, while Hannah volunteered because doing good is important to her. So, basically it's a bad-boy meets good-girl story. I liked the chemistry between them. I do want to point out that there's a bit of an "ick" factor when it comes to one of their first interactions. Royal does a few things that overstep. While light when it comes to bully romance standards, I still think pulling Hannah's towel off of her so that you can see her naked is crossing a line.
Still, Hannah is somehow into Royal and they spend their time at camp together. They are secretly hooking up and lose their virginity to one another right before the camp ends. Due to lies and some miscommunication, they both leave thinking the worst of one another. I get that they were young, but at the same time I hate it when an entire plot revolves around a couple not simply asking ONE question of the other. Seriously, if either of them had just said "What the hell happened?", we'd have no plot.
I do appreciate the fact that when Royal was with Hannah, he was also not very sexually experienced. The fact that the heroes in this series are not just typical "manwhores" is a HUGE bonus for me and made me love all of the books a little more than I would have otherwise. I'm so tired of reading about men who put their dick in every woman they can find, but then meet the love of their life (9/10 that woman is either a virgin or very inexperienced) and go on to basically slut shame every woman that came before the heroine.
When Royal and Hannah finally get their shit together (with the help of one of Royal's friends) we are given barely any time with them together. They are back in one another lives, but Royal is keeping a secret. He reconciles with Hannah knowing that he has joined the military and will be leaving immediately after graduation.
We're given a rushed HEA, with a glimpse into the future. While this book wasn't bad, I wish we would have been given more. More build up, more of them as a couple, more of them as individuals.
Just more.
Royal and Hannah had a bit of a summer romance during church camp. Royal was forced to be there, while Hannah volunteered because doing good is important to her. So, basically it's a bad-boy meets good-girl story. I liked the chemistry between them. I do want to point out that there's a bit of an "ick" factor when it comes to one of their first interactions. Royal does a few things that overstep. While light when it comes to bully romance standards, I still think pulling Hannah's towel off of her so that you can see her naked is crossing a line.
Still, Hannah is somehow into Royal and they spend their time at camp together. They are secretly hooking up and lose their virginity to one another right before the camp ends. Due to lies and some miscommunication, they both leave thinking the worst of one another. I get that they were young, but at the same time I hate it when an entire plot revolves around a couple not simply asking ONE question of the other. Seriously, if either of them had just said "What the hell happened?", we'd have no plot.
I do appreciate the fact that when Royal was with Hannah, he was also not very sexually experienced. The fact that the heroes in this series are not just typical "manwhores" is a HUGE bonus for me and made me love all of the books a little more than I would have otherwise. I'm so tired of reading about men who put their dick in every woman they can find, but then meet the love of their life (9/10 that woman is either a virgin or very inexperienced) and go on to basically slut shame every woman that came before the heroine.
When Royal and Hannah finally get their shit together (with the help of one of Royal's friends) we are given barely any time with them together. They are back in one another lives, but Royal is keeping a secret. He reconciles with Hannah knowing that he has joined the military and will be leaving immediately after graduation.
We're given a rushed HEA, with a glimpse into the future. While this book wasn't bad, I wish we would have been given more. More build up, more of them as a couple, more of them as individuals.
Just more.