I loved Lily's attitude at the start of the book, but there was times I wanted to shake her and tell her calm down on the horny thoughts! I know Max is hot, so it's forgivable that she's thinking about him, but it just felt like that was all she thought about at times. A few of the comments about the students in her class were a little off putting from both her Max's characters, but that didn't make them unlikeable or ruin the story for me.
Enter the love triangle... She agrees to sex and friendship with one of them, but meets the other for a 'friendly' coffee the next morning. A couple of days later, she's 'pleasing' the friends with benefits one, but then I turn the page and it's a new day, the day she's going out on a 'real date' with the 'friendly coffee' guy... It's about to get messy!!!
Max is the bad boy looking ex-professional Hockey Player with a panty dropping voice. He has the right amount of cockiness and an excellent knack for getting what he wants. After meeting him again when he returns in the book, I straight away thought he was perfect for fun and maybe more- but my gut instinct told me that Lily would get hurt by him.
Adam is a single dad to one of her students. He's gorgeous, thoughtful, attentive and has a sense of humour. Upon meeting him, I instantly felt he was the sensible one, the stable one, the "safe option" for Lily, but because of her thoughts about Max and the affects he has on her, my gut instinct told me that Adam was going to get hurt by her. Was I right? I'm not going to tell you, but I can tell you that there were times I had even flipped teams and I wished at one point that they would both walk away from her!
It took me a while to connect with the characters, but when I did, I was looking forward to seeing what came next from them. The encounters with both men were very different. With Max it's hot, spontaneous and dirty. Just what you want with someone you're drawn to, addicted to and have more in common than you realise, even if they aren't the person you could see a settled future with.
With Adam it's meaningful, sexy and consuming. Just what you want with someone you feel connected to, physically, emotionally and who can give you the future any girl would dream of.
How the hell is a girl suppose to choose?
I loved the arguments, sentimental moments, fun and intensity of this book. Towards the end, I was holding my breath, shouting "oh my God" and thinking karma really does bite you hard! Lily's journey of finding her, and ending up with only pieces of perfect was great. The situations and the way she saw things in the end, are exactly how things are- not just in the fictional world, but in the real world too; you really can't have everything you want, and when you try to get it, you take the risk of ending up with nothing. I'm looking forward to the sequel, to see where the story goes! 4 Stars. <3 Sarah
About the Author:
Elizabeth Hayley is actually "Elizabeth" and "Hayley," two friends who love reading romance novels to obsessive levels. This mutual love prompted them to put their English degrees to good use by penning their own. The product is Pieces of Perfect, their debut novel. They learned a ton about one another through the process, like how they clearly share a brain and have a persistent need to text each other constantly (much to their husbands' chagrin). They are currently working on a novel centered around Lily's roommate Amanda, and have plans to resume Lily's story in a sequel to Pieces of Perfect. "Elizabeth" lives with her husband, one and a half year old daughter and nutjob of a dog. "Hayley" lives with her husband and her own crazy dog. They are hoping to adopt a newborn soon. Elizabeth Hayley's writing motto is best captured by the words of Patrick Dennis: "I always start with a clean piece of paper and a dirty mind.
Buy Links and Synopsis:
ADULT CONTENT - Only Suitable for 17+ As a sexy ex-hockey player, Max was the bad boy with something to prove. As a handsome single father, Adam was the man most women wait a lifetime for. Each man would take me on a journey of self-discovery that was marred with lies, jealousy, deceit, and a whole lot of fun. They each offered a glimpse of happily ever after, a piece of perfect. But in my constant quest to have it all, I would risk losing everything. Only one thing was certain. I’d never be the same after this.
