Review: Disappointed
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 10 11, 2011
At best, this is an average shifter romance with really nothing special about it. It's 59 kindle pages with a decent enough story idea to it and a makeshift futuristic western setting, but if you read a lot of paranormal/shifter romance, I don't think you'll be blown away by this story. For me, it's just kind of half-done.When I find myself more intrigued by a secondary character than by the hero himself, something's off. In this case, I was way more interested in Molly's friend, Cole, who seemed more dimensional, developed and drawn-out. The hero, Jon, was almost inept as the sheriff and did not inspire any hot feelings in me. He more or less stands around like a stunned mullet in the shoot 'em up. Yeah, Jon was fine and muscular and had a big one, but he paled next to the character of Cole.As for the heroine, I'm supposed to buy that she's a tough Special Marshal, doing Matrix-style moves while shooting left and right, guns blazing (picture hero dude as stunned mullet here), and by the end of the story, she's happy barefoot and pregnant? I think she should be sheriff and Jon at home taking care of the kids.I also didn't like how the issue with Gerald was left unresolved. After what he did to the heroine, how can any man (stunned mullet specifically) not at least deck the guy just one good time? That was never put right for me. Not Gerald, not Molly's father ... That really peeved me. And Molly, as tough as she is, why didn't she knock the crap out of Gerald? I wanted that satisfaction. Instead, she breaks his watch. Ouch.There was potential here for something good, but this story never felt fully realized or firmly put together. From the setting/world and the half-explained way it came about to the half-done characters and romance, this story felt half-way and not all the way. If you want a full story with a strong shifter romance, a strong alpha hero, and a stay true to herself heroine, this isn't it.