Mazie Maguire doesn’t need some lousy awards panel to tell her what she already knows: Ben Labeck—the chiseled, 6'3" photojournalist and hockey player who drives her wild—is the Sexiest Man Alive. And she especially doesn’t need the rest of the world to know it, too. Watching every last woman in the Milwaukee metro area throw themselves at the man who shares Mazie’s bed is more than any respectable single lady should bear.
So when Ben has the nerve to “forget” to call for a week, Mazie decides to call it off for good. But as she jumps back into the dating game, Mazie catches the attention of some real bad boys: The Skulls. When the motorcycle gang kidnaps Mazie in a case of mistaken identity, she suddenly sees Ben’s behavior in a whole new light. She’d do anything to wake up in Ben’s surprisingly tender arms one more time—so long as the Sexiest Man Alive doesn’t go and get himself killed trying to save her.
So when Ben has the nerve to “forget” to call for a week, Mazie decides to call it off for good. But as she jumps back into the dating game, Mazie catches the attention of some real bad boys: The Skulls. When the motorcycle gang kidnaps Mazie in a case of mistaken identity, she suddenly sees Ben’s behavior in a whole new light. She’d do anything to wake up in Ben’s surprisingly tender arms one more time—so long as the Sexiest Man Alive doesn’t go and get himself killed trying to save her.
The sexiest man alive was a little hard for me to grasp. The beginning took me through a loop. I didn't know what was really going on. I didn't help that this wasn't the first book. Even though it says its a stand alone, I felt at times I was missing something.
Also I didn't feel like the characters were all that compatible. I mean, where they really in love?
Ben picks up a woman when he's at a function trying to get Masie back. What the hell is that all about? She doesn't blink an eye, he doesn't seem to care, and both jump each others bones, not once, but a few AFTER they break up. That I didn't get. To me there was no attraction, no emotion, and nothing to keep the two together in my eyes.
If it wasn't for the fact I paid for the book I would have put the thing down. Towards the end it did get good because of the action, but then even that was unbelievable.
I don't know, I just didn't feel anything towards the book. I only rated it 3* due to the kidnapping part. That was the only thing that grabbed my attention. Even if it wasn't the best. There was nothing wrong with writing, typos or anything like that either. The story line would have been brilliant had more been put into it.
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