A Perfect Ten (Forbidden Men #5) by Linda Kage

Let your hair down, Caroline, they said. It'll be fun, they said. 

I know I've closed myself off in a major way over the past year, ever since “the incident” where I messed up my life completely. It's past time I try to live again or just give up altogether. But this is quite possibly the craziest thing I've ever done. In a last ditch effort to invigorate myself, I'm standing outside Oren Tenning's bedroom, I just peeled off the sexiest pair of underwear I own, and my hand is already raised to knock. My brother would disown me for doing anything with his best friend, and he'd probably kill Oren. But if I play my cards right, no one will ever know about this. Not even Ten. 

Maybe after tonight, I’ll finally get over this stupid, irrational crush I hate having on the biggest jerk I’ve ever met. Or maybe I’ll just end up falling for him even harder. Maybe I’ll discover there’s so much more to my crude, carefree hunk than meets the eye.

It's not a good book, Nigina, they said. Don't read it, they said.

I have waited so freaking long for their story, and finally I read it. It was everything I dreamt it to be. Funny, deep, emotional. I cried my eyeballs out at the ending. Going into this book I was going nuts, because a good friend of mine, who has practically the same taste in books as me, told me it wasn't as good as she thought it was. NOOOOOO, I thought. I freaked out, I didn't dare read it. But then I got over myself and read the damn book. And while I get why some people might be offended by some things in this book, I just didn´t give a flying fuck. Sure there were minor flaws, but who cares. As long as the story was interesting to me. As long as it wasn´t all too horrible. Okay, if I´m a hundred percent honest, I had some issues too. But, overall, it´s a good book, would definitely recommend it. It was definitely one of the most emotional books in the series though, so be warned. Or maybe it´s just because it´s 2 am right now, and I just finished the book, and am so freaking tired.

Anyhow. The characters were amazing, I really loved Ten and Caroline in this one. I mean, I always knew Ten had the potential to be an awesome sarcastic little shit, but his sweet side really surprised me. He was so freaking gentle and caring with Caroline, I just melted in a poodle. Talking about Caroline, wow she was freaking fierce! Didn´t think she had it in her, with her past and all, but she was an amazing surprise. I just basically had Katy Perry's Roar in my head every time we had her narrative. YOU GO GIRL!!

All of the characters were a surprise, come to think about it. Though not all were good surprises. I could describe Noel in one word in this book: dissappointment. Bleh. I never really liked him, but in this book he was just ugh. Noel did some pretty horrible things, in my opinion, and I would not have forgiven him that quickly. He was just such a jerk, and incredibly insensitive.  Ah well, whatever. Super fun that we got to see a bit more of the Gamble family. Colton and Brandt were just the best, and Aspen turned out to be pretty awesome too.

The story was so emotional. I just wanted to bawl the whole last chapters of it. Maybe it´s just me, but their backgrounds also made their story so freaking interesting. I just, I was so invested in everything they did. I think that, in these series, the first book, The Price of a Kiss would be the absolute best, with With Every Heartbeat and A Perfect Ten as a close second. Yes, they share the second place. Do not make me choose between my babies.

What I had a pretty big problem with though, was the slut shaming. Especially at the beginning. Every girl who was just near Ten was automatically classified as a whore or slut. Not cool. And what´s with the abortion hate in this book. Basically, they insinuate that every person who has had an abortion has just killed their baby. I get the point they were trying to make in the book, what with pregnancies and stuff, but still. It just made me queasy how they handled that topic in this book. It defenitely did not sit well with me, but maybe I am just overreacting.

Okay, well, sorry for ramble review, my brain is pretty fried right now. Conclusion: