Concupiscent Bibliophile: Soar by Zara Cox- Blog Tour and Reviews

Thursday, October 9, 2014

Soar by Zara Cox- Blog Tour and Reviews

Seven Nights, Seven Highs.

SOAR is the sizzling conclusion to the Indigo Lounge Series. Dark and sinfully sexy Noah King thought he had left his past behind in New York. In Leia Michaels he thought he'd found his kindred spirit and an answer to all his unrelenting cravings. But the past is not done with him. When his future explodes in a shower of nightmares he can’t walk away from, he’s left with an unconscionable choice. For a painfully brief time, Leia imagined she was free at last. Free to contemplate a future with Noah King. But returning to Miami brings a whole new set of nightmares. She craves a man who will never be hers. And her shadows of her past are closing in on her. For the lovers of Sylvia Day's Crossfire series, comes the next scorching story from this bestselling series. Warning: this book contains explicit scenes of scorching sex, heartache and emotional highs that will leave your pulse racing. 18+ only.

My Reviews of Soar and Spiral

My Review of Spiral:

Spiral by Zara Cox
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Noah King accepted an Indigo Lounge trip from his best friends when they bought it for him as a sort of intervention to get him out of his two year funk. He was hurt badly by a manipulative ex and has closed himself off as a result. Leia Michaels has been putting herself back together after a serious tragedy five years ago. She takes a trip on Indigo Lounge in a bold effort to move forward in her life. Leia and Noah have an instant physical attraction and despite realizing that they are probably not good for one another, they find that sexually they are a perfect match. They start getting closer and closer until real life starts to seep into their fantasy vacation.

Leia is a smart and creative woman and is an easy character to cheer on. It is easy to sympathize with her, but once I realized a little more what was going on in her life I was really hoping that she would find her voice and find the strength to claim her own life and move forward. Noah is a little tougher. He is very hot, but also very demanding. I think once we get to see a little more behind his facade it was easier to connect with him and really see why he was a great fit for Leia. Watching the two of them open up to one another was a pretty great experience. It was clear that both had events in their lives that they needed to move forward from but both had been stuck. Their sexual connection was off the charts, and it was also wonderful that both characters found such a compatible partner in pleasure.

The baggage or "ghosts" in both of their lives aren't small and when they decide to interfere, boy do they! We are left in a place where it is impossible to not go and immediately pick up the next in the series. Which I'm doing right now!

*An ARC was provided in exchange for an honest review

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My Review of Soar:

Soar by Zara Cox
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Soar picks up right where we are left at the end of Spiral. The ghosts of both Leia and Noah's past have both popped up in a serious way in both of their lives. Leia feels that she needs to leave Noah in order to spare him from needing to deal with all of her baggage and so he can just focus on his own. Noah wants none of that and works hard to get Leia back in his life and deal with the serious issues that are confronting both of them.

I don't want to spoil anything so I won't get specific about what Leia and Noah are facing, but they each have someone working against them that is basically pure evil. It would be challenging enough for them to try to work towards a healthy relationship after what they have both been through, but when outside forces are working against them it is tough to see how they are going to work through everything Their sexual connection is still strong and electric, but it seems like that might not be enough.

It was great to see that Noah had such a good support system in his friends, and that he was working hard to be a good support to Leia. This book had me reading straight through and cheering on Leia and Noah the whole time. If you've read Soar, I won't have to recommend that you pick this one up because you will already be reading it.

*An ARC was provided in exchange for an honest review

Zara Cox has been writing for almost twenty-five years but it wasn't until seven years ago that she decided to share her love of writing sexy, gritty stories with anyone but her close family (the over 18s anyway!). The Indigo Lounge Series is Zara's next step in her erotic romance writing journey and she loves to hear from her readers.