Troy Story
The friendship that launched a thousand adventures is about to embark on the greatest one of all… Ever since Stuart Carlson and Dusty Danforth met as kids on a dig in Egypt, they’ve been best friends, supporting each other through heartaches, triumphs, and countless archaeological expeditions. So when Stuart gets hired to help run the American excavations at Troy, he asks Dusty to join him as the site illustrator. For Dusty, the Troy project isn’t just another adventure. It’s the chance to tell Stuart how she really feels. After years of pining for him, she’s ready for more than friendship. But soon after they arrive at the site in Turkey, they’re caught up in a feud with a group of German archaeologists. While both teams are eager to make a major find, Stuart’s boss is so determined to beat his rivals that he’s willing to break a few rules. Or laws. As Stuart and Dusty work together to keep the dig on track, they give in to the passion that’s been simmering under the surface. But will their romance survive when their boss’s scheme puts the entire project in jeopardy?
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4.5 stars
I read the first book in this series last year and fell in love with it. Despite being on a break from doing blog tours when Rachel email me asking if I would be interested in reading and reviewing the second book I couldn't pass up the chance.
Everything I said about the first book holds true for this book as well. If you want to see my review for that one you can click here. Basically I was still fascinated by the Archeological aspect of this book even though it wasn't as detailed as it was in the first book. I still think that I would have liked being an Archeologist even though I'm not really a big history buff my favorite part would have been the digs and get to travel to so many different amazing places. I kept waiting for there to be drama with everyone in the group but aside from the one bad guy everyone was there for each other which is a welcome change because usually you always get some girl hate.
As for the romance in this book. It's a childhood friends to lovers romance. Dusty and Stuart have been friends for 20 years and they've both secretly been in love with the other one for years but somehow neither one of them knows how the other one feels. There's a little bit of romantic drama but it gets resolved quickly. The characters are pretty good at communicating with each other for the most part. There were some times where I was like oh my gosh just talk to them don't keep it to yourself. Carla describes her books as romance with a dollop of humor and a pinch of spice and I think that's the perfect description. Dusty brings the humor to this book. She doesn't have a filter and she pretty much says whatever comes to her mind which with straight laced Stuart it was kind of funny getting his reactions to them. If you know me I love all the juicy details when it comes to the spice. We don't get that in these books but what we do get is good. It's just enough for it not to feel like a closed door romance book and that's really all I care about. Also when we had those spicy scenes both of the characters came across as being a little naive despite both of them being adults and previous relationships under their belts.
My only complaint about this book is how in the end when the bad guy is caught he doesn't really put up much of a fight with anyone. He literally barely tried to fight it despite everything he did. Other than that this was another great read by this author and once again I am looking forward to the next book in this series.
