Half Hearts by Sherri Desbois
Erotic M/F/M Contemporary Romance
January 10, 2011
E-Book
Liquid Silver Books

Reviewed Mandi

Charlie is having fun flirting with a cowboy in a bar. Being a veterinary resident doesn’t leave her much time for fun. Not having family, and only her best friend Rae around, she feels like doing something wild. When the cowboy, Trevor hints that she should go home with him and meet up with his other cowboy friend for a night of fun, Charlie is freaked out but ready. But when she gets a glimpse of Trevor’s friend Kegan, Charlie abruptly ends the evening.

Kegan and Charlie were best friends as teenagers. But due to Kegan’s abusive father, he left, promising her he would return. But he never did. Even when Charlie’s beloved grandmother died, he never showed up. Charlie is heartbroken over this and can’t move past it. She is shocked to see Kegan now in a bar, carefree. Shocked and hurt.

Life is going to throw these cowboys in her path again – when she heads to the Trev-Ke ranch to check on some animals, she realizes this is the ranch both Trevor and Kegan own. Trevor and Kegan are best friends, making a pact with each other when they were 18 that they would never sleep with a woman unless they were both present. They want to find a permanent girlfriend for their threesome, and Charlie just might be it.

Half Hearts has a nice start and I was impressed by the more erotic, dirty talk paired with no sex scenes for the first 30% of this book. Charlie doesn’t immediately dive into a ménage and we get a little drama with her past history with Kegan. Trevor comes across with a hot temper and I liked that side of him.

But the last two-thirds of the book I lost interest quickly. A few things come to mind. First, Trevor and Kegan on several occasions make reference to the fact that they are not gay, just committed to each other. Now, obviously there is some kind of intimate feelings going on – these are two men who have agreed to never have sex unless they are both present. I don’t understand why the gay issue has to be so black and white.

One of my biggest disappointments is Charlie. Again, I liked her at the beginning – willing to take a chance with a fling, and then her fear of getting involved with Kegan. But after she starts this relationship it felt like nothing was ever her fault. It is Kegan’s fault he never came back for her when she turned 18. Trevor is the one with the temper that has to apologize to her. It always felt like she was making the men apologize or make-up for their behavior. She is always cast in the perfect light. This became very annoying to me. The Charlie worshipping is too much to take.

On that same note, the passion or romance scenes were just too over the top for me. How many times can someone not breathe because of the lust they feel, or have earth shattering orgasms? I get it – you have great sex. It felt forced and not real life to me. It is after one of these amazing orgasms that Trevor realizes he needs both Kegan and Charlie permanently in his life:

As he floated back to his body, Trevor stared at Kegan and Charlie. He knew that at a deep emotional level, he’d been affected as nothing else in his life had ever accomplished.

He belonged to them. Body , mind and soul.

I have a hard time buying into this type of statement when you are coming off of an orgasm high.

I like the set-up in this one but not the execution. The romance and following relationships fall flat for me.

Rating: C-

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