A review by romancingthereader
Blaze by Gemma Weir

medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

In the past, I've described Gemma Weir's books this way: Have you ever been in the supermarket and seen those tabloids? You know the ones. The ones that hawk information that can't be possibly true - Celine Dion is an alien, Ben Affleck cheating on JLo - but you can't help but glance at them anyway? 

📕 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Blaze by Gemma Weir

📙 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀: Montana Mountain Protectors character series. Book 1.

📗 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀: E-book on Kindle.  🆓️ on KU.

📘 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗿𝗲: Contemporary romance

📔 𝗧𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝘀: Alpha male, instalove, toxic AF.

📖 𝗦𝘆𝗻𝗼𝗽𝘀𝗶𝘀: James works for the state budget department, and is sent to check in with their newest expensive endeavor - a world class rural fire department run by Buck. But one look at James, and Buck is completely taken... despite her strange connection with her ex's family that will only bring him drama.

🌟 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: So in case it wasn't clear - these books are akin to those tabloids. I can't pick one up and share it with a solid recommendation because they're SO not PC. They're toxic and sometimes when I read them I question if I should give it the pageviews. 

If you're not familiar with Gemma Weir, you should read the forward in every book that goes something like "so many people email me that this is abuse but really it's just super alpha men and I will continue to write it anyway." But like the tabloid trash, I am always fascinated and always dig in. 

Blaze was tamer than her other series - and in the reviews I can see readers yelling one of two things - either it's too tame or it's completely crazy. I get it. Buck was a nutcase. And James was hard to even like a little. 

But bottom line, these are my guilty pleasure. I never share them on my Insta account in fear of people picking them up and judging me. But Weir has gotten better as a writer. She's cleaned up her work. And these legit just are good pallet cleansers after I read something heavy. 

𝗥𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴: 4/5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐

𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹: 3.5/5 🌶🌶🌶