Tonic is a brilliant, steaming hot book with a wonderful mix of characters and a brilliantly different storyline. 
 Joel and Annika are great characters. They've been constructed very well by the author and you can imagine them so clearly in your mind - the cover is perfect for them too (Staci's covers are always superb!)! Joel is the hairy, unkempt, divorced, tattoo shop owner and Annika is the perfectly styled , career focused, producer of the new reality TV show based in his shop. Together. Tailored. Controlled. Annika is the ice and Joel is the hairy bear!! 
 Joel and I made no sense. He was charming and annoying and bossy and hairy and all wrong. He was everything I wasn't. He was everything I'd tried to avoid in my life. He was the opposite of everything I needed. 
 The first 10% started off slow for me personally, and I'm going to be honest I had a couple of lull's in the first half of the book. But by the time I hit 50% I became so immersed in the story and the characters involved and felt I was there in 'Tonic' with them all and couldn't put my kindle down. The story line was clever, the way the plot was revealed and the tale was told - and the explosions are phenomenal! 
 There are some beautiful, touching and tender moments in the book. Both characters have so much love and the way the words are written is just lovely. 
 Three steps and I was in his arms. 
 Two heartbeats and I looked into his eyes. 
 One breath and I kissed him. 
 All of the other characters in the book are wonderful - Annika's family are brilliant, as is Shep. I didn't like Laney at all to start with, but by the end of the book I felt she had redeemed herself. 
 Staci Hart is an awesome writer - she tells such wonderful stories which suck you in and spit you back out again. This book had it all, with so much emotion, heart-break and massive "Noooooo" moments! 
 4.5 "Practically Perfect" Stars!