Review: Getting a HEA with hot sex, polar bear wannabes and the occasional Pop Tart
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 14, 2012
While marked as Book 1 of "Denali Heat", no further books have been published at the time of this review.Plot:Ruby heads to Alaska to find her missing sister, not a Polar Bear-shifting Mate. Will she give up her city life for unlimited sex in the wilds of Alaska?Comments:- Contemporary paranormal (almost shape shifters) with explicit sex. Set in rural Alaska.- 2202 kindle locations (approx 30000 words) but finishes around 1942. Includes excerpts of other books from Samhain Publishing.- m/f - explicit, reasonably frequent, generous, giving but also somewhat aggressive (of the "harder.. faster..." variety).- Fantasy premise - humans and polar bears have had their DNA spliced creating stronger/faster/hornier humans. And they mate for life with their One.Opinion ***SPOILERS***:Matthews has created a really interesting, clever world in "Arctic Shift"; my only problem is she failed to follow through. The characterisations, world specification, relationship developments are great. Really interesting. I want to get involved in this world. I want to get to know these characters. And the erotic, explicit sex is pretty steamy. BUT there needs to be more. Just as I was really getting into it, the book ends. Everyone suddenly decides they've got a HEA and it will all be good, if we can just get an Internet connection and Pop Tarts. Really? Where's the mystery? Where's the angst? Where's the loving "we're going to have a future and make babies" sex?The book implies this is the first in a series, and I certainly hope so. There are enough teasers and unmated brothers for more down the track. With that in mind, it's well worth a read. But until then it is unfulfilling. *sigh* It let me down.3.5 stars, rounded down due to the very sudden conclusion - I felt like half the book was missing.-CR-