Tease by Sophie Jordan
Series: The Ivy Chronicles #2
Published by William Morrow Genres: Contemporary
Format: eARC
Source: Edelweiss, Publisher
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What happens when a girl who always calls the shots meets a guy who's too wild for even her?

A born flirt and good-time party girl, Emerson has never had a problem finding a willing guy. She's always chosen her hookups carefully, and she's never broken her three cardinal rules:

Never let them see the real you.
Never fall in love.
Always leave them begging for more.

Then Shaw comes along. A hottie from the wrong side of the tracks, he's immune to her flirtatious banter and come-hither smile. After rescuing her from a disastrous night at a biker bar, he doesn't even try to take her to bed—he calls her a tease and sends her home instead. Unable to resist a challenge, or forget the sexy, dark-eyed, bad-boy biker, she vows to bring him to his knees.

But instead of making Shaw beg, Emerson finds herself craving him. For the first time in her life, she's throwing out her rule book. Suddenly, she's the one panting for a guy she can't control—a guy who won't settle for anything less than the real Emerson and who forces her to do things she's never imagined, including facing a past she thought she'd buried.

A guy who just might leave her wanting more. . . .

Foreplay, the first book in Sophie Jordan’s new adult series, was fabulous.  I adored it and by the end of the book I was dying for more from the series.  I requested Tease as soon as possible and dropped everything to read it once I was approved.  While I enjoyed it, it didn’t compare to Foreplay.

Tease features one character that readers will remember from Foreplay, Pepper’s kind of slutty friend Emerson.  Emerson has been burned by guys before and so she doesn’t let them get close now.  She is more than happy to sleep with someone but she won’t get attached.  Of course that changes when she meets Shaw.  Shaw is unlike any guy she’s met before and she is immediately attracted to him even though she knows that she should not let him get close to her.  Shaw is a bad boy through and through.  He works as a mechanic and he rides motorcycles and dreams of having his own motorcycle shop where he can build custom bikes.  He’s not the type of guy that Emerson is normally attracted to but they keep running into each other and sparks fly.

The story is totally cliche.  I think that was my biggest issue with Tease.  Emerson had a rather horrific incident in her past with someone she should have been able to trust and she stopped trusting everyone after that.  Of course that changes when some bad boy mystery guy enters her life and she can’t get him off of her mind.  I’m not saying that readers won’t enjoy this story, I’m just saying that readers should expect something that’s been done in books many times before (especially in new adult.)

Emerson and Shaw had some serious chemistry and I applaud Sophie Jordan for always making her characters relationships so intense both physically and emotionally.  I was definitely rooting for Emerson and Shaw’s relationship to work out.  They were good together but they also had some very big flaws to work past.  Sometimes it felt like their relationship was a little doomed but I enjoyed seeing how things were going to play out.

Overall, Tease was a mediocre followup to Foreplay.  I just couldn’t love the characters as much as I did with Pepper and Reece (who I was happy to see in Tease for a few cameos.)  If you enjoyed the first book, definitely check this one out though.

What others are saying about Tease:

Shortie Says’ review: “Overall another new adult stunner from Sophie Jordan.”

The Aeropapers’ review: “Let me start this with this statement: I really, really liked Tease by Sophie Jordan. “