Review: Widlest Dreams by Kristen Ashley
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 30, 2012
I'm giving Wildest Dreams by Kristen Ashley a 4.5 Stars... Why? Because something was... amiss. Although this book held all, of what us KA fans love about her books, there was still something... and I'm not entirely sure what, but something that failed to make it 100% KA perfection. Instead it was more of about 96% KA magic.I'm not sure if it was the fact that it was a fantasy genre... but I don't think it was, since I really did enjoy breaking away from the norm and entering a magical realm...It could be that there was just too much going on... which I'm more inclined to think over the aforementioned... since it was rather confusing at times trying to get everything puzzled together and clearly placed in my imagination... yes, I'm thinking that was the issue.Which, is not a bad thing, it's just a lot to take in all at once and since it's a complete made-up fantasy it does become a little disheartening to picture everything and then still understand and then follow what's happening and remember all the characters and who they are. There were a couple of times, I had no idea who was being referred to and I had to stop and think back and... sometimes it came to me and other times it didn't, so I left it at that.Never-the-less, I freaking loved Finny. She's amazing. I loved her character and her desire for life and adventure. She's one of my favorite KA female characters by far.I liked Frey... but I admit, that although he was essentially perfect in every aspect, since he genuinely was a good man right from the start... I can't deny that he didn't grab me as deeply as the usual cookie-cutter KA Alpha's... but that just dampens it's slightly for me and doesn't really make me not like him. Because I do... I'm just not In-Love with Frey and that's another reason why it's a 4.5 instead of a 5, since I always fall in love with KA Alpha's... always."You are, my wee Finnie, beyond my wildest dreams."In brief (although the synopsis pretty much sums it all up), Wildest Dreams is about, adventure seeking, darling Finny, whom I adore, who takes her thrill for life to the next level by traveling to a parallel universe, in order to swop places with her 'twin', from that universe, and spend a year in her shoes. This happens right at the beginning of the book, which is great. Therefore no time is wasted getting right into the thick of things and another great aspect... is that we are introduced to Frey pretty much four pages later. I adore it when both character's come in early. I hate the anticipation of waiting, so this is a huge bonus for me.As in all KA books, there are lies, tears and heartache... this book doesn't disappoint in delivering any of those in absolute abundance. It gives us hot and steamy as well as warm and fuzzy and I totally enjoyed that!I'm excited to move onto the next book in this series, The Golden Destiny, and I'll be getting into that pretty soon so keep a look out :)