Review: A Brief Encounter with Passion
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 14, 2013
Awakened was my first read from Sandra Ross and I found it was not nearly as dark as I had hoped it would be. It was a brief encounter with unadulterated passion and the deeper I got into this adorably antique love story, the more I realized that it wasn't the blood and gory type but rather the refreshingly sweet and heartwarming. Venturing close to the end I felt as perplexed as Chandler did when she tried to make sense of the magnetic pull that seemed to overwhelm her when she first encountered the incredibly handsome and alluring Lucian.Chandler first appeared as ordinary and slightly introverted but at the insistence of her more outgoing and eccentric friend Lisette, the writer awakened her impulsive nature that she stifled within.  Lucian's physical description was charming and delightfully attractive but it his background was unoriginal. For me he lacked mystery. I preferred Chandler's complexities to his. It was truly by chance that Chandler found herself enthralled by this compelling stranger.There was a bit of humor in the beginning that really lightened and set an effortless tone for the story. But for me the story was too compact and the plot was not nearly as electrifying or stimulating as I would have liked. To Ross's credit the sex scenes were apt and teeming with the type of mouth watering literature that evoked feelings of arousal and mental stimulation in the reader as it did in the character it depicted. The twist at the end unfolded quite refreshingly. With just five chapters it all seemed to come together a little too quickly and I would have welcomed a continuation. All in all, it was an uncomplicated and easy read.