Big City Heat: A High-Rise Romance Anthology (A Steamy Contemporary Romance Box Set) – Review by Kandy Garrett
Big City Heat: A High-Rise Romance Anthology by Hazel Storm
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Book1: The 57th Floor by Hazel Storm
What a story. I have just decided that maybe little short stories are for me! Whew!
There was enough room for characters to be loved, drama to ensue, and of course a flame to take over the pages. I need to know what else goes with this hot little story!
Book 2: A Change of Plans by PE Kavanagh
The next time I hear about a snowstorm in New York I will be wondering how many people are having sushi and champagne and if they are making their own Valentine’s Day plans work out!
This story was great and there was definitely enough in here to fall in love with the characters!
Book 3: A hole by Phoebe Alexander
Oh, man! Have you ever have that moment when you knew the entire conversation and what you thought about someone was simply miscommunication? This book is all about assumptions and thinking someone is talking about one person and it turns out to be not the same person. The drama the characters face, I can imagine, happens everyday in real life around the globe. There was some comedy, drama, and a moment when I was really rooting for the underdog. This was a well written short story!
Book 4: The Wolf of Wall Street by Lucy Eden
I don’t usually read about shifters and this one was a delight! I liked the characters and the trials that come along with the differences of their lives. I don’t know that I could have read a full book about this particular subject, but this short story was revitalizing and a little different from what I normally tend to read.
Book 5: One Night With a Knight by Aidy Award
Wow! The characters were written like I could call them up and go to the bakery or the club to hang out with them! And the story line was amazing for being a short story, it had just enough heat and trials to keep me interested and loving every minute of it. I will have to be on the lookout to see if there is anything going on with any of the other characters in this one.
Book 6: 44th and Blue by Jodi Payne
There is something about an office romance that keeps me intrigued. Who’s going to find out. Who’s going to give in. This story didn’t disappoint with either of those options. And it just so happens that when the walls are built it keeps the heat in, in all the best ways. Falling for these characters wasn’t a difficult task in this hot little story.
Book 7: Courtney by Jayce Ellis
This story made me sit back and really look at how the world is treating people right now. Just a bigger picture, and it was well done! I loved the character building and the city scape was well described. It has a flow that made it quicker read for me, it had me wishing and hoping for the characters and I enjoyed watching how they worked out the conflicts that are surrounding them throughout this entire short story!
Book 8: The Right Note
This was a cute short story! I fell in love with the main character instantly! This book was very well written with awesome characters and back drop! I could see this so clear in my head that it was like I was there with them, watching the interactions, feeling their feelings.
Book 9: Feeling Bechet
I wasn’t sure about this story at first. The characters are well written, it seemed not to have the flow I was getting used to with the other books in this anthology, but it didn’t deter me to stop reading. I am sure glad I kept going. The conflict instantly sucked me in and it was so well done that I had to stick around to see what was going to happen between them all, not just the main characters, all parties involved.
Book 10: The Glass Tower
Wow, this book was written as such that every time I walk by a high rise I am going to assume that there is a person up there that is described in this story, lol. I sure hope that isn’t the case, but whatever, I am going to presume it is so. Well done, it caught my attention very early on, it was executed just as I had hoped, not that I saw it coming because I surely didn’t!
Book 11: Make Me Beg
There is something to be said about a good mob story, I don’t know what that is just yet because I don’t really read mob stories, but I did really like this one. It was just enough for me to rethink how I think about a good mob story, ha! I even teared up in this one, even being a short story it got to me hard! Well done in all aspects of storytelling!
Book 12: Global City Tryst
The title is the best! It describes exactly what to expect and was done well. The flow of this story was such as that I made it to the end and wanted more, instantly. The character building was well done, the city scapes were, while there weren’t many in this one, they were well described. I seriously can’t wait to get to the rest of this series. Intrigued.
