Review: Too much!
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 06 16, 2012
I agree with an earlier reviewer that this was a fairly light, sweet story, which I really liked. For the first few scenes, I was totally drawn in. But then things definitely go a bit wonky and we completely lose the characters under a pile of supernatural craziness. Ultimately - and I've seen this in Ms. Glenn's other works - character depth and development is sacrificed for supernatural happenings.Mild Spoilers aheadFirst, I have to admit that I really enjoy seeing the initial meeting between two characters, and seeing them realize they have feelings for each other. We don't get that here, because the characters grew up knowing each other. But the author does give us a really hot reunion scene right at the beginning...which ended up being a little hard to believe because Sam and Jesse barely say two words between them before they're having hot steamy sex. All the while, Sam still thinks Jesse's mad at him at best, or hates him at worst.I was willing to give them the gay lycan cowboy (and that's a huge stretch already!), but then they toss in the coincidence of a connection through the Fae between Sam's and Jesse's moms, and we learn about all of it through a conveniently found diary. We also get a couple of info-dumps from some oddly well-stocked libraries, and yes, male pregnancy (which the libraries actually failed to explain very well).Ultimately, I wanted much more of Sam and Jesse. What did Sam do when he was away from ranch - did he have a job, did he go to school, did he have career ambitions? What did the guys have in common? Did they like the same music, movies, foods? And I wanted less of the supernatural stuff, because it seemed like an angsty plot device.  I probably won't read more of this series.