Review: light entertainment: read once and throw away
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 01 9, 2014
This is a basic "boy meets girl" romance, told in 4 sequential novellas. He is a werewolf & she a human. The setting is modern day with the typical premise of werewolf romances currently (e.g., no one knows werewolves exist, but most of them are great dating material). She is a librarian who doesn't think of herself as attractive and hasn't dated much. He is blind and asks her for help finding a book. Yes there is the whole werewolf issue, but the basic plot in the 1st novella is that the two of them are wildly attracted but external forces keep them apart. He already has a girlfriend (werewolf), and werewolves are only supposed to date other werewolves. Sweet and charming.It's impossible to say much about the plot of the other three novellas without giving away some serious spoilers. All four novellas follow the same couple, and their relationship grows throughout. His pack entirely consists of rejects from other werewolf packs, which I found interesting and unique. I liked that each story has a really different challenge/ plot and the theme of forgiveness. This let people change roles from one book to another, and I really liked that. Someone could be the antagonist in one book and a supporting hero in the next book.I did not like it that he/she fought so much in the last two novellas.  The last two books were chocked full of negative attitude on the part of the leading lady, all aimed toward her man. Yick! I kept wanting to tell her to shut up, grow up, and stop griping. The quality was highest with novella #1 (4-star), okay for #2 (3-star) and readable there out (2-star). The prose, descriptions, characterization and such were good enough for light entertainment but overall lackluster. I felt the gestalt overpriced at $4.