Review: Not her best but still love KA!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 7, 2014
I read over several reviews and agreed with a great majority of them although the star ratings varied from 3-5. I have to start off by saying that I read a lot (5-7 books a week) and my taste vary from mysteries, historical romance, contemporary etc. That being said Kristen Ashley is the only series author whose books/ series' I have read multiple times. I haven't really gotten into her Fantasy series just because that's not really a genre I'm a huge fan of but I have read and reread all the others. So if I judge Kaleidoscope against these other books it would come up lacking. Honestly my star rating is more for the author and what I know she's capable of and not for this book which would be closer to a 3 star rating. If I was recommending an unfamiliar reader to Kristen Ashley books it wouldn't be this one. I don't believe this book (or any of her recent ones for that matter) are a good representation of what she can do or what I like most about her stories.Now focusing on this book, I did like it. I was looking forward to Jacob/Decks story. But I was a little disappointed with the lack of action and judging by some of the other reviews I'm not the only one. There's almost a "formula" to her books hot alpha male + quirky independent female + action filled conflict with bad guy + second chance love story = awesomeness" So some may find that too predictable and boring but it works for me. She's created this fictional "world" where all her different series are somehow connected through the characters knowing or knowing of each other and it makes each book you read feel like you're coming home for a visit and get to catch up with everyone. I swear I giggled when Deck called up Lee Nightengale...I miss those guys! But that's what I mean, I've learned so much about each off these characters that you really can't call them "secondary characters".I understand that this book seemed to take a different direction than her others in that it focused more on the main characters love story but it caused the "action", little there was, to be a distraction since it didn't add much to the plot.It comes down to whether or not you've read the earlier books...you'll want to get this one. Make sure you read Breathe (Chase's story) first to get a better understanding of the situations they constantly refer to and his relationship with Jacob. Actually if you haven't read the other books I would still definitely recommend reading Breathe first for the same reason. Also, because I think that book (like her earlier ones) best represents Kristen Ashley and what her fans see and love so much.