Review: Hot read but lacked a little emotionally for me
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 22, 2013
I've been enjoying the Hot Down Under series so was pleased when this one popped up as a freeby.  A sexy fantasy about a Djinn, Ishari and a rock star Caleb. Our genie in a bottle has granted Caleb two wishes, both to save his addict brother. The big question is what will his third and final wish be.  Another salvation attempt for his brother, or something for himself. Both Ishari and Caleb fancy the hell out of each other but nothing has happened so far.I liked Caleb, he was a nicely rounded character for a short story and Ishari's long backstory (she is hundreds of years old) is dealt with competently.  The sex was hot and language is probably a fraction more explicit than most of the others I've read in this series.Where the story fell down for me.  I really, really, hate starting a story where the romantic leads are having sex with some one else.  I know this is erotica but the blurb suggested it was a romance.  With only twenty four pages I felt I would have liked more interaction between the leads. I don't care if Ishari was doing the voyeur thing and Caleb was fantasising about the heroine.On the whole it was well written and the story and denouement were well done.  The post-script was cute and would probably lend itself to another short similar to this if taken to the logical conclusion for the supporting characters. All the way through I felt the story was merely a framework for the sex rather than the sex was an enhancement of the romance.  A fun read nevertheless.