Everest By S.L. Scott – FIVE + Stars

I consider myself lucky to be able to read books regularly. Especially now that I can find so many amazing authors that have come to be available since more and more Indie Author’s are able to get their voices and stories told. I am an avid reader as I have said many of times on my blog, and as the mom of three small children, I horde the free time I get…When I say that I choose to stay up all night long to read a book because I couldn’t possibly have put it down, I mean it. As exhausted as I was all day today, I still don’t regret making the decision I made to read through the night to finish Everest by S.L. Scott.

I wanted to read the book because it was S.L. Scott and I love her work since finding her…I was hooked on Everest from the blurb really. I mean, she wrote the first line of the blurb like she picked my heartthrob right from my mind: “Six foot three. Dynamic green eyes. Utterly irresistible.” So it went without saying that I was intrigued. but something in the blurb just told not to miss out on this book right now! And I didn’t. I loved a whole host of stuff about the book, and yes, Ethan is definitely one of them. But first I’d like to write about our heroine in this book. Singer Davis. I was CAPTIVATED by her. I can usually find something to appreciate in heroines, but this girl was like truly radiant and I can only see her in my mind, you know?!?! She was also “more beautiful on the inside” then the outside. S.L. Scott really wrote a beautiful woman that just got better and better as the story progressed because she continued to prove to me just how deeply she herself had imagined this heroine.

Ethan Everest, as previously mentioned was suitably hot. I liked the duel sides we saw for Ethan’s character. At their first encounter, he is a man that’s full of charisma and the life of party personality. At their second encounter, Ethen is vastly different. This is almost superficial for me to say, but Ethan’s looks are still well above the rest of the men in the room, but instead of being full of life, he’s a far more stoic man. I think it helped me to understand just how much the drama of the year between the first chance and second chance between Singer & Ethan actually affected who Ethan had become. It makes his vulnerability more apparent and I felt he was less flakey. I didn’t at first, at first I was thinking what a flake…a player. But S.L. Scott made me see as the story unfolded a very broken man…AND that my friend, was genius! I mean, Ethan Everest had everything he could ever want in terms of what money could buy him, but it has also cost him everything! In addition to loving Singer and Ethan, I feel like the secondary characters, Melanie, Aaron, Lars and Frank were all exceptionally well done. I thought I was going to want to bean Chip at one point, but S.L. Scott QUICKLY fixed my notion that he was a d-bag. Even if the rest of the book was a flop (which it wasn’t) the strength of her characters made the book worth wild.

Now lets talk about the rest of the book. The Cover?!?! SMOKING HOT! and honestly, the epitome of how I pictured Ethan. I mean, he was after all, all-man and this cover model just screams it from the loosened tie and open shirt, to the chest hair, and five o’clock shadow!! The story itself overall was just unbelievably good! It wasn’t overly angsty-although I was completely heartbroken at one point. I will admit it was a little slow at first…what with the explanations of Ethan and Singer’s first and second chances…and the missed opportunities in-between. Yet, I actually really appreciated the way she wove this tale for us as well. I mean, obviously it didn’t stay slow or there is no way I could have possibly stayed awake all night long. Just like in sci-fy, great world building has a reason…and so did the pace S.L. Scott initiated this book…because it very quickly changes and becomes everything you may (or may not) feel like it wasn’t. I believed there was a reason it wasn’t balls to the wall and I was right.

I love the way S.L. Scott writes. I mean, obviously I’ve reviewed books for her before, so I knew that I could expect a higher than normal level of quality with regard to spelling, grammar, syntax, etc. I have always enjoyed her plots. As I read Everest, I loved the baseball analogies that S.L. Scott incorporated to the story. I also love her skill with writing the sexy times. I definitely think she stepped the attraction and chemistry up between Ethan and Singer. Then, there was these instances when the words just jumped right out at me…

“That time I saw him with you at happy hour…Sparks didn’t fly. They incinerated the sky.”

“As we roll out of the parking garage, the overhead lights reflect in her eyes, and I see a glint of the girl who first stole my heart. If it takes sacrificing a four-hundred-thousand-dollar car, so be it. That spark of life is worth more.”

“…The pleasure I thought I’d feel being in the power position isn’t there. There is no satisfaction in losing your dreams and best friend through betrayal.”

These are told in no particular order and are not used to spoil the book for you. They just really resonated with me from the moment I read them and throughout the day since I finished the book…I reviewed this on behalf of my blog, but mostly because I just was dying to get my hands on more of S.L. Scott’s work. I hope you honestly skipped this review and just bought the book altogether! Otherwise, I sincerely hope you buy it right now!!!

Purchase Links:

AMAZON US: http://bit.ly/EverestAm

AMAZON CA: http://bit.ly/EverestCA

AMAZON UK: http://bit.ly/EverestUK

AMAZON AUS: http://bit.ly/EverestAUS