Title: He Sees You When You’re Sleeping
Author: Alta Hensley
Genre: Fiction, Dark Romance, BDSM, Christmas
Number of Pages: 308
My Rating: 💋💋
Book Summary:
It’s the night before Christmas and I’m alone in the house…
Popular jewelry influencer Chloe Hallman is steeling herself to spend another holiday on her own. Instead, she finds herself drawn to two different guys…a smoldering hot fan of her secret, seductive online persona, and a sexy fireman named Jack who looks out for her in their NYC neighborhood.
She has no idea that I know her better than she knows herself. Her deepest secrets, her darkest desires – she’s careful, but I’ve been watching, never leaving footprints in the snow outside her home
Jack was the first responder to the accident that stole a beautiful young woman’s family two Christmases ago, and he’s been quietly guarding her ever since. When Jack uncovers Chloe’s secret account, his obsession only grows. Both he and Chloe are drawn to the darkness that mirrors their own.
She’s my Christmas wish come true. And I’m hers. She just doesn’t know it yet.
My Thoughts:
You want my honest thoughts on this one?
Meh.
I feel like the author glorified stalking, which not really something I’m particularly into. The background behind why Jack, the male lead, is stalking Chloe is a bit weak in my humble opinion. It felt like every chapter was him justifying his stalking and how he couldn’t stop, which felt repetitive.
Chloe, the leading lady, is a bit annoying. I don’t really understand her actions, considering her daily job has a morality clause, but then she moonlights as a cam girl on a BDSM site. Why put your income in jeopardy to statisfy your kink? She also wants to be part of the BDSM community and clearly find a Dom so she can be edgy and dangerous, but at the same time be the proper little lady.
It felt like the author just kind of Google searched BDSM, took generic and entry level involvement like spanking, and roleplay and attempted to make it erotic and dangerous. It’s tame at best, a few spanks and having Jack growl “You’re mine.” BORING.
The slow burn romance was blah, the sex scenes were mediocre at best and the conflict, well you could see that coming from a mile away, but also the resolution was predictable and unrealistic.
I honestly felt like this was subpar and lazily written. I have the second book, but I might just pass these two along and try to sell them off. Hopefully who ever receives them, likes them better then me because I don’t think I can read through the second one if I struggled to get through the first.
Really not sure why this one was so hyped up, but I know better then to listen to “book tok” or any of that other crap again.
This is a hard PASS in my humble opinion. Do not waste your time. Also the reason why I don’t read many romance or smut novels. They tend to be a disappointment for me.
Hope you enjoyed and keep an eye out for the next review which will be the novel Dumplin’ by Julie Murphy. This one I recently finished.
Ciao!
Mama on the Move 