Review: It's okay, for what it is...keep your expectations low
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 05 18, 2014
This book is a lightweight, somewhat juvenile romance. If you've never been kissed, you might find it exciting. The heroine, a 21 year old virgin, certainly knows lots of euphemisms about sex, and regularly grinds on the dance floor with her best friend Ashley, a promiscuous party girl. The story was fairly silly and only picked up toward the end, when it suddenly...just ended. Nothing resolved. Annoying.The book had the usual problems with misspellings, misused words, and an unfortunate tendency to use the word "drug" when "dragged" is meant, as in, "he drug her body out."The supernatural elements were glossed over - when you change forms, it's like a sneeze. One minute you're human, the next you're furry. It seemed a bit lazy for the author not to describe it, but the feeling was, "everyone else has already described it, so I won't bother."Some weaker points were having a scene played out, then having to read it again as it is told to other people. And exposition, all in a blob, here's all the history you need to know, blah de blah, you're welcome.Also, a young woman has gone through two decades of life with some big hairy secret hanging over her head that she never demanded to have explained.All in all, Shadows of the Ancients is a bit silly, a bit fluffy, had some awkward almost-sex scenes, some far-fetched dialog, poor editing, and an ending that isn't. Kind of par for the course these days with these kinds of books.