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ithinkitscel's review
5.0
Led Astray is your typical slow burn romance with a twist. Two people as opposite as they can get find themselves drawn to each other after a tragic death. This novel is arguable fast moving from the start but then slowly builds on the relationship between notorious bad boy Cage and the stereotypical good girl Jenny. Cage's unrequited love for Jenny burns so deeply that he is willing to sacrifice his own happiness for hers. The passion and desire that brews when they're close to each other is thrilling and will have the readers yearning for this type of love.
brittanynmartin's review against another edition
3.0
I wanted to love this book, I loved the last half of it, despite the glaring typos and cringey descriptions for some of it. But the events that take place in the beginning left such an awful taste in my mouth that it made the “hero” of the book really REALLY hard to like. By the end of the book, I wanted them together so much because of the person he had become to her, but knowing that he had done something so deceptive and despicable as take advantage of her before she realized her feelings for him is very hard to reconcile with in 252 pages. And was kind of disgusting how he equated the whole experience as doing her a favor. I’m a sucker for a happily ever after, even if it is cheesy and unbelievable. So I guess if Jenny could get over it enough to forgive him, I can deal a little, but I didn’t really like the way either character was written.
booksdogsandjess's review against another edition
3.0
Do you remember Amanda Seyfreid’s character Karen from Mean Girls?
Well imagine she grew up and was also a Christian, then you would have our leading lady in Led Astray, Jenny.
Yep, a bit of a dumb dumb. Why does innocent have to equal stupid in these romance novels? Why????? Argh! A conversation for another day and a bit of a deep conversation for this waiting pool of a story.
Anyways the romantic leading man is Cage, a hot alpha male bad boy who has been in love with Jenny from afar for years, but Jenny is oblivious (understatement of the century) and has always been involved with his younger brother (the goody two-shoes), so afar he stays. Until the younger brother Hal decides he is going on a trip to save poor people in South America or something it is some dangerous Bible thing.
Break it down: Jenny is not his priority.
Cage decides he will steal her away while younger brother is off missioning (or whatever it is called). Kind of a shitty thing for Cage to do but in all fairness Hal seems like a shitty brother.
Here is where the book gets a bit…I don’t know.... it could definitely sink the story for many. Jenny is upset the night Hal is to leave and is given a valium, 1 Valium. She then decides to throw her virgin self at him to encourage him to stay he is not into it (I am not a dude but this did not ring true to me) any way devastated and a bit stoned from the valium (the 1 Valium) she is sobbing in bed and our “Hero?” Cage comes in to “comfort her” and she mistakes him for goody two shoes and they have sex. When it becomes clear the next day that Jenny has no clue she "cheated" on Hal, Cage does not tell her what’s up and then tries to woo her and what not for the rest of the book until it all comes back to blow up in his face.
If the drug haze (from the 1 Valium) sex had been handled differently it may have made this book, more enjoyable but the fact that this girl came off as so oblivious to everything made it hard to get into.
Well imagine she grew up and was also a Christian, then you would have our leading lady in Led Astray, Jenny.
Yep, a bit of a dumb dumb. Why does innocent have to equal stupid in these romance novels? Why????? Argh! A conversation for another day and a bit of a deep conversation for this waiting pool of a story.
Anyways the romantic leading man is Cage, a hot alpha male bad boy who has been in love with Jenny from afar for years, but Jenny is oblivious (understatement of the century) and has always been involved with his younger brother (the goody two-shoes), so afar he stays. Until the younger brother Hal decides he is going on a trip to save poor people in South America or something it is some dangerous Bible thing.
Break it down: Jenny is not his priority.
Cage decides he will steal her away while younger brother is off missioning (or whatever it is called). Kind of a shitty thing for Cage to do but in all fairness Hal seems like a shitty brother.
Here is where the book gets a bit…I don’t know.... it could definitely sink the story for many. Jenny is upset the night Hal is to leave and is given a valium, 1 Valium. She then decides to throw her virgin self at him to encourage him to stay he is not into it (I am not a dude but this did not ring true to me) any way devastated and a bit stoned from the valium (the 1 Valium) she is sobbing in bed and our “Hero?” Cage comes in to “comfort her” and she mistakes him for goody two shoes and they have sex. When it becomes clear the next day that Jenny has no clue she "cheated" on Hal, Cage does not tell her what’s up and then tries to woo her and what not for the rest of the book until it all comes back to blow up in his face.
If the drug haze (from the 1 Valium) sex had been handled differently it may have made this book, more enjoyable but the fact that this girl came off as so oblivious to everything made it hard to get into.
blackferrum's review against another edition
4.0
Sewaktu membaca paragraf awal hampir-hampir aku tidak percaya ini novel soal kisah para orang dewasa, alih-alih malah persis vibes remaja yang diperlakukan berbeda oleh kedua orang tuanya. Well, memang rumit dan kebanyakan overthinking (apalagi mikir pendapat orang) si Jenny ini, tapi Sandra Brown memang selalu bikin boom!
celx's review against another edition
5.0
Led Astray is your typical slow burn romance with a twist. Two people as opposite as they can get find themselves drawn to each other after a tragic death. This novel is arguable fast moving from the start but then slowly builds on the relationship between notorious bad boy Cage and the stereotypical good girl Jenny. Cage's unrequited love for Jenny burns so deeply that he is willing to sacrifice his own happiness for hers. The passion and desire that brews when they're close to each other is thrilling and will have the readers yearning for this type of love.
melluuvsbooks's review against another edition
4.0
3.5 Stars
This has some fun cliche 80’s romance elements:
- good twin/bad twin quasi-triangle
- twin swap
- dubcon
- bad boy preacher’s kid is misunderstood - but he’s a manwhore who absolutely drives a motorcycle and corvette
This has some fun cliche 80’s romance elements:
- good twin/bad twin quasi-triangle
- twin swap
- dubcon
- bad boy preacher’s kid is misunderstood - but he’s a manwhore who absolutely drives a motorcycle and corvette
living2travel2's review against another edition
2.0
I liked the book overall but I just couldn’t get past the fact that it was basically rape. That is just morally wrong to me and the fact that in the book it was as if it were no big deal baffles me. Everything else with the book was good but I’m left so perplexed.
bkmckown's review against another edition
3.0
I'm not a fan of romance, but for $1 audiobook, it was actually pretty good. A little predictable, but short, sweet and sexy.
rainnbooks's review against another edition
3.0
The characterisation of the hero was simply superb loved the story and the slow and steady pace