S.E.C.R.E.T by L Marie Adeline

I was given an ARC of this book by Netgalley in return for an honest review.

I actually read these books out of order - I read the second book first and really enjoyed it. I didn't need to read the first book to understand what went on. However, as I really enjoyed it I thought I would read the first one too to see what I missed.

And it turns out that I didn't miss much! This first book did not have me as hooked as I was previously and in fact I skim read most of it to just get to the good parts.

The story did explain to me how Cassie comes to join S.E.C.R.E.T and what she was like before she did, and also the relationship between her and Will (which I thought was going to be made a lot more of). But it was far too wordy and full of description, the second book is much more erotic and there are far more descriptions and actions.

In this book, Cassie describes how frustrated she is by her first few steps because the men don't actually have full blown sex with her, they leave her wanting more - and it was making me frustrated as well. I also found that the fantasies weren't quite as exotic as they were in the second book, and weren't quite as exciting.

I would certainly recommend the S.E.C.R.E.T series to others but probably say that they shouldn't bother with this one and just skip to the second book as they will probably get more enjoyment from it.