Review: fun escapism and romance
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 25, 2014
Sex & the Single Vamp,  Robin CovingtonReview from Jeannie Zelos Book reviewsI loved Robin's contemporary romance Playing the Part so looked forward to this. It was a fun read, but a little too light-hearted for me. Its a well put together story, with characters I could feel for. Cici had created a business out of searching for True Love for both humans and Others. She seemed to me to be lonely although she had close friends, and I felt her business was born out of the desire for love for herself. She's a real romantic. Then there's Deacon, holder of secrets about her, in love with her though he won't recognise it, and on the face of it he's the total opposite, jaded, cynical and passionate in his belief Others and humans should never get romantically attached. Lots of that though has its roots in his history, though he'll never acknowledge it.Then Cici and her customers are targeted by a hate group – and desperate to save her business she comes to Deacon. She thinks he broke her heart when she was human 200 odd years ago – he thinks it was her rejected him, and somehow the two have never discussed it in all that time despite working closely together on occasions. Now she needs his help, and he's had enough with the sensuality and sizzling attraction between them, the price for his help is to get together and give in to the passion, so they can both get it out of their systems and move on. Yeah – like we haven't heard that before !! :) On a night out though something terrible happens and Cici is mortal again, subject to mortal illness and injuries. Suddenly Deacon realises how much she means to him, and how lost he'd be without her...He needs to find a cure, and fast. Nothing comes without sacrifice though.Well, it was fun, light-hearted, some drama and lots of emotion but it felt very “on the surface” to me, so though I enjoyed the book its a one off only for me. But it's priced at just  99p for 143 pages, so at less than the average weekly magazine its still worth it, and if light and fluffy is your style then it may well be a keeper for you. Horses for courses..Stars:  Three and a half. Fun, light read.ARC received via Netgalley and Entangled