Name: Rush
ISBN: 9780425267042

Maya Banks

Gabe is wealthy, powerful, and accustomed to getting anything he wants. Anything-- and anyone. For Gabe, it's one particular fantasy with a woman who was forbidden fruit. Now she's ripe for the picking... Mia was his best friend's little sister... but she's not so little any more. Mia knows Gabe is way out of her league, but she's an adult now, and there's no reason not to act on her most secret desires. But she doesn't know how exacting his demands can be...

Rush

Jess

Read this review on my blog! --&gt; <a href="http://www.gonewiththewords.com/2013/03/review-rush-by-maya-banks.html" rel="nofollow noopener">Rush by Maya Banks</a> Well, here’s the thing about this book. Yes, it’s Erotica and I don’t usually review them on the blog...but it’s written by Maya Banks. I love her <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/series/47308-kgi" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">
 KGI series
</a>! So when I received this for review, of course I wanted to read it! And overall I liked it. I liked it WAY more than Sylvia Day’s <a href="http://www.gonewiththewords.com/2012/11/review-bared-to-you-by-sylvia-day.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">
 Bared to You
</a>, another Erotica novel I reviewed on the blog, but I wasn’t totally invested in Gabe and Mia’s story. I am beginning to think that these “Fifty Shades of Grey” type of books are not for me though. My biggest issue with 
 Rush
 was Gabe. There really wasn’t much I liked about the way he was. He never really showed much emotion and it made it hard for me to find any romance in the sexual encounters between him and Mia. And there were a ton of sexual encounters, but they all seemed overly brash. I wish there had been less sex and more connection/relationship building, which kind of sucks to say about and Erotica novel but it’s how I felt. I think what saved him in the end for me was how he came around in the end, even though it was after some major f’ups with Mia. Mia was definitely likeable but she would just go along with everything. I get that they signed a contract where she agreed to all this stuff but I thought maybe she’d try to get Gabe to be less cold with it all. While I enjoyed Mia and Gabe’s story well enough, I kept thinking about the other two guys we meet in this book, Jace and Ash. They have something reeeeeally interesting going on and I am BEYOND intrigued to figure them out! I think a lot of the times they were what kept me reading this book, so I definitely look forward to reading 
 
 <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16033906-fever" rel="nofollow noopener">Fever</a>
 
 and 
 
 <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16033909-burn" rel="nofollow noopener">Burn</a>
 
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Yasmin Dunnewind

giving it 4 stars but more like a bit higher that a 3.5, the age gap is so big it's kinda weird that he knew her like all his live

Lover of Romance 

It took me a while to get going on the “Breathless” series but I have to say that these books have me HOOKED and boy her erotic romance is HOT. I love the depths to the stories that she writes and she definitely takes these books to the next level. And what makes them so hot is really the level of sexy alpha males and dominance. I love a man who likes to be all he man in the bedroom and the way that Rush is written is just epic. Its a story of two people who have known each other forever, as our hero is best friends with the heroine’s brother. So this only raises the level even more of that taste of the “forbidden” because Jace knows full well the type of man Gabe is especially in the bedroom so is even more protective lol But I was so drawn into this world, the friendship between the three men and this in depth romance that is so hot yet sweet and poignant at times.

el inicio muy 50shades con el contrato ya me tenía arrepintiendome de iniciar la lectura pero quise darle una chance y seguí, al final fue lo que pensaba, muy meh, poco disfrutable

•la pareja en si, Gabe + Mia, no me causo nada

- best friend x best friend little sister

•los que me dieron curiosidad fueron los amigos de Gabe, el hermano de Mia, Jace y Ash

shar

el inicio muy 50shades con el contrato ya me tenía arrepintiendome de iniciar la lectura pero quise darle una chance y seguí, al final fue lo que pensaba, muy meh, poco disfrutable
•la pareja en si, Gabe + Mia, no me causo nada
• tropes que reconocí
- age gap
- best friend x best friend little sister
- assistant x boss
- grumpy x sunshine
- relationship with contract 
- boy obsessed
•los que me dieron curiosidad fueron los amigos de Gabe, el hermano de Mia, Jace y Ash



JoLee

Rating: 3 Stars - Liked It

Huge Fan of Maya Banks and was excited she was coming out with a new series. Was even more excited as Rush starts off The Breathless series with a crush on the older brother best friend.. I am a sucker for that. 

Rush is a bit different than her Sweet series. Still has the same BDSM, scorcher-panty-changer love scenes and a sexy couple in the bedroom department, but the hero is different than any of her typical heroes. Yes Gabe is still like her other heroes that she is known to write that are protective with an Alpha Male attitude but his tone was more blunt. For his reasons he does not do relationships and has anyone he is sleeping with sign a contract. Yes I know first thing came to mind was another 50 story but no it was nothing like that at all. Maya Banks is the queen of BDSM novels. He is not a broken character that has to have BDSM as an escape. The ménage scene was different than any of her other ménage scenes but it fit the story line perfect and was heartbroken for Gabe.
 
I was so engross in the story I read it in one sitting. I had to know who would fall in love first and when her brother found out, how it would play out. You know when have a older protective brother he is bound to find out that his baby sister is sleeping with his best friend. Not disappointed in both departments. I enjoyed Rush enough to continue The Breathless series. I look forward to seeing what Maya Banks does with Jace and Ash stories.

Original posted at Wickedly Delicious Book Blog

Mathilde EL OGB

First, I was like the book is harsh and The story is just a background without real feelings but then I got trap in this intense love story between Gabe and Mia like I was completely out of myself and I was here every step of the book, I really loved it!!!!

Tori Nelson

Read this as a book club book and it was something...

I wasn't too sure what to expect from this one, especially since I didn't read the back cover. I knew it was a brother's best friend/age gap romance, and I knew there would be some spice. I liked going in to this book blind so I could take some satisfaction away from the twists and conflicts. It was an easy read, I finished it in a day. 

While I found some parts enjoyable, I had a tough time accepting some things. I know this book was published in 2013, so the reference to low-rise sequined jeans didn't phase me (but I did cringe, lemme tell ya). The beginning of the book just feels rush. There was almost no buildup to Mia agreeing to be Gabe's "assistant." And on that note, the contract?! You have someone who is seasoned in this type of relationship and another who is so inexperienced it's a miracle they signed. It was a literal deal with the devil.

I had a huge problem with the main, conflict scene. HUGE problem with it. Without spoiling the details of it, it was nearly enough to make me stop reading. There was no conversation about consent, permission, or comfortability about what happened. It was an unconsented punishment where Gabe abused his power with that terrible contract and Mia didn't voice her concerns with what was happening out of hear of disappointing him. So OF COURSE it goes wrong!!

I think this is just one of those books that simply doesn't age well. But I'll rate it overall and the conversation starters it had for my bookclub.

Sophia De La Garza

I spent a week reading Maya Banks novels and am just now adding them to Goodreads, oh well.

Loredana

At the beging i was septic because it reminded me 50 shades of Grey (that i love so much !) But finally it's différent and liked it. some situation and the behaviour of Gabe make me uncomfortable sometimes. In conclusion it was a beautiful new romance read.

Kasandra

the ending was a little bit fast but so so cute. i just wish she keep him waiting a little bit more. This is definitly like 50 shades, but i think that the character in this one are more complete, especialy the girl.

Heba Alsibai

This book was horrible!!!! I cannot explain how much I hated Gabe, he was an asshole and very disrespectful. I put this book down so many times because he just made me mad and disgusted. Don't even get me started with Mia she is such a weak woman and she has no self respect. I just couldn't believe how much this story upset me. It doesn't even deserve one star. It deserves zero stars.

Joleen

I will never understand why this books has such a high rating.

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Freja Fevre Vestergaard

Anna Phelps

In the first novel in the Breathless trilogy, a man is about to have his fantasies come true with a woman who was once forbidden fruit, and is now ripe for the picking... When Gabe Hamilton saw Mia Crestwell walk into the ballroom for his hotel’s grand opening, he knew he was going to hell for what he had planned. After all, Mia is his best friend’s little sister. Except she’s not so little anymore. And Gabe has waited a long time to act on his desires. Gabe has starred in Mia’s fantasies more than once. So what if he’s fourteen years older? Mia knows he’s way out of her league, but her attraction has only grown stronger with time. She’s an adult now, and there’s no reason not to act on her most secret desires. As Gabe pulls her into his provocative world, she realizes there’s a lot she doesn’t know about him or how exacting his demands can be. Their relationship is intense and obsessive, but as they cross the line from secret sexual odyssey to something deeper, their affair runs the risk of being exposed—and vulnerable to a betrayal far more intimate than either expected.