I really enjoyed reading Resisting Jax - the tension between the characters with the work place romance...chefs kiss. I have given this 4 stars simply because I enjoyed it but didn't love it, will definitely be reading more from this author!

Calia Quinn’s debut novel, Resisting Jax, plunges into a dark, reverse harem romance that’s equal parts steamy and suspenseful. Set against the backdrop of a high-stakes office environment, the story follows Cara, a woman who finds herself entangled with her enigmatic boss, Jax, and his equally compelling brothers.

The novel wastes no time, diving headfirst into intense encounters that are both provocative and daring. The chemistry between Cara and the Kane brothers is palpable, with scenes that are undeniably spicy. For fans of the genre, the heat level is a definite highlight. Ensure to check trigger warnings before reading. Character development would have helped bond with the Characters.

Despite these critiques, Resisting Jax offers a tantalizing escape into a world of forbidden desires and complex dynamics. Quinn's bold storytelling sets the stage for future installments that could delve deeper into character arcs and plot intricacies.

For those who enjoyed the intense dynamics and dark themes in Haunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton, Resisting Jax might be a captivating next read.

1/5 stars! I am so confused by this book. You don't silently yearn for someone for 7 years and then word f*ck her during a meeting. Like no. I'm not sure if this book was edited, but if not, it should be. Also why is every sentence just like repeated 86 times in this book.

Resisting Jax by Calia Quinn
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
Spice Level:🌶️🌶️🌶️
Tropes: Why choose, office romance, touch her and die, dub-con
(Be sure to check the content and trigger warnings—this book explores a wide range of themes.)

Calia Quinn delivers a bold debut with Resisting Jax. Though it’s a quick read and can feel repetitive at times, it more than makes up for it with its high heat and intense dynamics, if you’re open to looking past a few rough edges.

The story centers around Cara and her entanglement with the five enigmatic Kane brothers. Miscommunication drives much of the tension, and you can’t help but think many of the complications could’ve been avoided with a bit more honesty from Cara.

If erotica or a wide array of kinks isn’t your thing, you might want to skip this one. But if you’re into the dark, twisted, and morally gray, this spicy, fast-paced read might be right up your alley.

I felt like this book had potential but i felt no chemistry between fmc and mmc, then we were just adding brothers in left right and centre. I felt the tension and passion could have been fluffed out a bit then went from hating each other to sleeping together and being together in like 20 pages. Also i dnfed at champagne glass scene - what was that about!! Also i did not like him calling her kitten or cock warmer 🤢

DNFed at 50%

the cover was intriguing but halfway through few chapters was what made me stopped reading altogether.
#resistingjax #NetGalley

Thank you to NetGalley for the Arc of this book.

I’ve given this book 4 stars because of the captivating plot. It is a debut novel but don’t let that put you off!

Ich weiß ehrlich gesagt nicht, wie ich dieses Buch bewerten soll, da ich es aufgrund relativ kurzer Ausleihdauer (ohne Verlängerung) nicht lesen konnte.

If I was rating the spice I would rate it 4*s although I found some scenes to be quite repetitive. But the overall story I didn’t like and for that reason I’m rating it 2*s, I was unfortunately really disappointed by this book as the cover made me think I was going to absolutely love it.

I want to give this book 5 stars for spice and 3 for the story, this book starts very fast with spicy scenes from the get go. Cara and Jax have chemistry in between the sheet however hack a lot of realistic qualities. Over all a ok read if your looking for less depth and more sex!

Thank you CQ `Royally dark romance and Netgalley for this ARC of Resisting Jax by Call Quinn

This is a spicy read so please do read all the trigger warnings for this book. I loved the premise of the plot and the interactions between Cara and Jax... and there was spice in practically every other page. I liked the book, but I would say that it was the spice that carried the book and not the story. I wish there was more of the story to carry me through.

Sadly it wasn't the case, It is still a good read, as there was enough of a backstory to Cara and Jax...And I will read Calia's other books should write more.

This is a really spicy book, with a hot scene in almost all chapters.
It can get a little too much, but the storyline carries it through and you can still enjoy it.

Jax is a good looking and intriguing character.
His obsession with Cara is alluring.

I think this book is fun and advise those who enjoy really hot and steamy romance books to read as I think you will enjoy a lot.

I managed to complete reading this book as I kept waiting for it to really develop the story. Unfortunately I felt like the author concentrated more on the sex than the actual storyline. Disappointing read.

DNF at 59%

Sold on the description. However this one was not for me. I like it in the beginning but after they got together everything just move too fast and didn't make any sense. Too many repetitive scenes and dialogues. Also, I don't think the title really match the story.

Thank you netgalley

Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC.

Firstly, the CW list leads to a locked website, so I went into this completely blind which sucked. This is a reverse harem story with brothers including some pretty heavy triggers. Hopefully by the time this releases an actual CW list will be included, as I might have liked this book more if the triggers didn't take me by surprise.

The writing style is not my cup of tea. It's super choppy, rushed, doesn't feel like it's been edited at all and it's hard to follow and almost feels juvenile. There's one sentence that contains the words "my body" three separate times (if you're curious, that phrase appears 470 times in the book).

I like the characters, but there's no character development. The romance aspect feels utterly forced, there's no spark or connection, no tension-building, we're just thrown straight into a (not discussed or consensual) dominating dinner table scene when ten pages ago they didn't like eachother.

Even the spicy scenes made me cringe. I love dark romance, usually even more so when it's ridiculously spicy, but I could barely get through the spice scenes in this book. Which is a shame, because they make up about 80% of it. If the spice scenes were written better there could be less of them, leaving more page time freed up for important character and plot development.

I DNF'd when a brother of the guy she's falling for tied her up in her sleep and then pulled a knife out while they were playing. Knife play is fun to explore in fiction, but during literally the characters second interaction with this man? Where's the slow build? Where's the development of trust? There's always very little discussion of consent in dark romance, but at least there's usually an inplication of a building relationship and trust and desire between the two characters. That is non-existant here, and the lack of a functional CW list left me completely unprepared for it.

I really wanted to love this, but it's very much not for me, sorry. All spice, no substance.


Overall rating: ⭐
Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️

As a lover of this type of "power dynamic" romance, I was disappointed with the lack of character development and the smut was good enough to make me overlook it.

The Kane Brothers, when it said this at the beginning I didn’t actually know what I was getting myself in for. So, I picked this on the name and thought it reminds me of another book I haven’t yet read. I was looking for something Dark, smutty with a bit of a story line.

That’s exactly what I received with this book. Also my first ever full book read on my e-reader!
Story
A girl has the absolute hots for her sexy smelling, mysterious grumpy boss. Little does she know what’s in store when an office dare almost gets her locking lips with a stranger things start to change.
Now one thing I liked about this book was it was very fast paced in terms of story line and you get to sort of know her mainly as a character. The story goes quickly from one to more than one lover lover and it goes dark, very dark. Routing for the fmc as always I found that I surprisingly enjoyed it more than I thought I actually would.

Now go be a good girl, and go read it ;)

*ARC received from Netgalley - All opinions are my own*

TLDR: Don't recommend at all - writing is horrifically choppy and entirely inaccurate throughout the story. Even the spicy scenes aren't worth suffering through the writing and spelling/ grammar errors.

Resisting Jax starts off normally and there aren't many issues with the writing. However, it quickly starts to break down when Jax and Caras relationship switches. It goes 0-100 real quick and not in a good way, in my opinion and it shows in the relationship as there is absolutely no chemistry.

The addition of the brothers wasn't something I expected and it really didn't add anything. Often during the sex scenes it gets really confusing as the author herself seems to forget who's where and start to releport all over the place and the descriptives just aren't there to help you make sense of everything going on.

There is also a background plot but it really doesn't matter at all until the last maybe 100 or less pages and is pretty forgettable.

Don't recommend at all, there are similar books out there executed much better.

EDIT: Can we please stop making r*pe and sexual assault and dubcon be an essential part of "dark" romance!!

thank you NetGalley for this book! I think this book would've been better if they weren't brothers, it was just borderline incest. also i feel like everything happens so fast and you don't really get to know the characters that well.

this book was just not for me. I couldn't finish it, however the sex scenes when it was just with Jax were magnificient but I don't think that a romance where all brothers share the same girl is for me.