Down to You (The Bad Boys #1) - 87 points

Title: Down to You
Series Info: The Bad Boys #1

Author: M. Leighton

The scorching tale of one girl, two brothers and a love triangle…that’s not. Olivia Townsend is nothing special. She’s just a girl working her way through college so she can return home to help her father run his business. She’s determined not to be the second woman in his life to abandon him, even if it means putting her own life on hold. To Olivia, it’s clear what she must do. Plain and simple. Black and white. But clear becomes complicated when she meets Cash and Nash Davenport. They’re brothers. Twins.

Cash is everything she’s always wanted in a guy. He’s a dangerous, sexy bad boy who wants her in his bed at any cost. He turns her insides to mush and, with just one kiss, makes her forget why he’s no good for her. Nash is everything she’s ever needed in a guy. He’s successful, responsible and intensely passionate. But he’s taken. Very taken, by none other than Marissa, Liv’s rich, beautiful cousin. That doesn’t stop Olivia from melting every time he looks at her, though. With just one touch, he makes her forget why they can never be together.

Black and white turns to shades of gray when Olivia discovers the boys are hiding something, something that should make her run as far and as fast as she can. But it’s too late to run. Olivia’s already involved. And in love. With both of them. Both brothers make her heart tremble. Both brothers set her body on fire. She wants them both. And they want her. How will she ever choose between them?

4 HEARTS!

POINT BREAKDOWN

Plot: 40 points

Pretty good plot. It was entertaining to read about Olivia’s indecision about rather she wanted the brother that was a lawyer, or the brother with the motorcycle that owns a bar. Good Boy vs. Bad Boy…that would be a tough one for me, too! And I was really worried about how she was going to choose and which one would get hurt. I was dreading that. But Leighton makes it all work out in the end so that her decision was easy.

Characters: 15 points

Both Cash and Nash were great characters! Obviously they were both sexy cause they looked just alike! It’s funny how they were so different yet very much the same. Two extremes. And Olivia…well she was just along for the ride.

Names of characters: 2 points

Cash: Bleh. Nash: Bleh. The fact that Leighton chose rhyming names: Bleh. Olivia: Bleh. Didn’t care for any of the names, but I still enjoyed the book, so all is well! 3 stars.

Writing/Depth: 30 points

This is probably where Leighton excelled! Like I said, she did a great job making the decision easy for Olivia, which I thought would leave me disappointed but didn’t, and she also did a great job writing the tough time Olivia was having trying to decide between them.

(PS: if you like this book, there is a second one called Up to Me, which I haven't read yet. Be sure not to read the description for it until you've read the first!)

TOTAL:  87 POINTS