ARC received via Netgalley for an honest review

This book follows on about a year after Body Rocks, but it can be read as a stand alone if you haven’t read the previous book.

Lincoln, Lincoln, Lincoln. Now if you have read the first book, you will know that Lincoln is kind of a d!ck. His attitude in the first book was quite offputting to me.

But after events at the end of the first book, I was hoping that he may be a changed man.

And I was pleased to find that he really was. Things have changed so much for him in the past year that he had to have changed personally too - and I liked the man he has become.

Emmett has had a crap year too (in fact, no one really seems to have come through the past year unscathed in this book!). But meeting Linc may be the catalyst for a better year ahead.

Steady Stroke is filled with drama, angst and a heck of a lot of coincidence. I mean really, in a country the size of the USA the amount of coincidence and fate amongst this group?? Wowsers

I loved that we got more of Trey and Dominic from Body Rocks. Their lives are so intertwined with Linc's that it would not have been his story without them.

I am going to say though that I did not connect as well with Linc and Emmett as I would have liked. Maybe it was just me, maybe it was my mood at the time of reading, maybe it was the insta-love of their relationship? Can't put my finger on exactly what it was though.

But this could just be me.

I did love the chemistry between Linc and Em, but I did find that there were some actions that needed filling out more, there needed to be consequences but I felt that things were just glanced over - but again, this could just be me.

I did enjoy Linc and Em's story, and I hope we get more of this group at some stage.