Review: ***Spoiler Alert***
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 03 3, 2012
I have no idea how to rate this book. I LOVED the idea! And I could barely put it down, except for the times I had to stop to rant at how stupid some situations were. ***Spoiler Alert*** Rachel was described as a New Yorker with little sexual experience. She goes to the jungle and her personality is completely different. Eros, the king of the Atlanteans, claims her as his long awaited mate that will save his people.Great idea for a story!Now here is where the story went wrong for me.1. Shy almost-virgin Rachel get to the jungle and on her first night is told a man was killed by the water, and is reading about anacondas and other dangerous jungle predators. She says she doesnt want to do anything stupid but is so hot decides to go to the river at night, alone, anyway and swims naked. She thinks someone is watching her from the jungle, so she gets out and masturbates in front of him. These are not the actions of a smart yet sexually shy woman.2. Eros, after watching Rachel's erotic show, slips into her tent that night and blows a sleep-waking drug on her, then precedes to get intimate. In America, we call this the "date-rape drug." It doesnt matter that she got off and enjoyed her "dream" This is still considered RAPE.3. I am fine with the idea that this lost tribe has its own culture, but I had a hard time believing that a modern woman would just give in to everything they wanted. I would have liked her to show some more backbone and fight back. Rachel didnt want her nipples pierced but one kiss and she is fine with it and likes it. She refuses to walk around naked but one kiss and this shy woman is perfectly fine walking around almost nude.She gives into everything and in her mind she thinks ok I will this time but next time I will put up a fight...yeah right. She is a doormat.4. I know I run a risk of sounding like a prude but some jealously in Eros and Rachel would have been welcomed. They are saying they love each other and are going to be loyal and not sleep around. But Eros lets the seer suck him off so he can last till after the mating ceremony with Rachel. Rachel lets Ares bring her to climax on the day of her mating ceremony. Custom or not I had a hard time believing in their "love." If something happened to Eros I believe that Rachel would be just fine with Ares. She states repeatedly how attracted she is to Ares and Eros doesnt have a problem with it.  But then again, Eros is fine watching Ares kiss her breast because they is how they show respect.5. At the mating ceremony, they change Rachel's body so she is a virgin again. Why? Just so she experiences pain again in her "deflowering"? Its so stupid.I wont say anymore but I had a problem about every other page. Women in romance novels are not suppose to be like real life but this was just too unrealistic. NO MODERN woman is going to be so turned on by a man that she allows him to kidnap her without questions. NO MODERN woman is going to let all her values go because a man has a great body. I would have liked to seen a little more give and take between Rachel and Eros. Instead whatever Eros says goes because he is hot. Boring!!!She gave up her self and her life to a man she knew less than 5 days. He gave up noting (in fact, they drugged her several times to get what they wanted). And for this reason I have to give this book 2 stars. Great storyline but major flaws in the characters.I might read the next book simply because Jac doesnt seem like the type just to give up and fights for what she wants.