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One star for fascination factor!, 16 April 2013

I can't believe I actually managed to read to the end of this book: I think it must surely have been a case of stupified fascination to see just how silly, awful and over-explained (via dialogue between all the characters) it could get!

I did giggle over it several times, not because it was intentionally amusing but because it qualified as one of the most ridiculous books I've recently read. I normally read urban fantasy; vampires; werewolves; space fantasy romance, and the one thing I do ask of my books is that though they're set in a world where one's required to suspend belief they nonetheless draw the reader in so that for the duration of the book it feels real and both the… Read more

Rubbish., 13 April 2013

I bought this book because the inside preview showed it was written in the first person, which is my favourite style, and seemed to have an unusual storyline which sounded promising.

Big mistake. The storyline is unusual but I found it very boring. The "heroine" is a totally unlikeable drunk, who has a great lover but humiliates herself pining over the last one who turns up in the story as a changed character from the one she knew .. who apparently was great fun but is now an uptight pain. (My words not the heroine's!)

The story itself never managed to engage me, and I was put off by various unneccessary vulgarities .. no, I'm not prudish, I just don't see why e.g.,… Read more

Love Bites, sucks actually!, 20 Mar 2013

Poor characters - a really stupid heroine whom I just couldn't get my head around, and a hero who has nothing to make him stand out in any way. Poor dialogue - the author just doesn't manage realistic conversations.

If you're looking for romance, you'll get a smidgeon of it, not well led into .. well, unless you think the heroine being initially attracted to the hero when she thought he was a corpse she had to dissect is a good intro!

There's enough sex in the book to partially satisfy those who enjoy sex scenes, which I personally don't think add anything to a novel of this type, but they're what I'd call smut rather than soft porn.

Overall, the plot such… Read more