Review: Smoking Hot Erotica!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 2, 2014
*I received an ARC in exchange for my honest reviewWow, I am so very pleasantly surprised by this installment. Often times, I find that erotica novellas/serials are so rushed that they are seriously lacking in believability, thus missing the vital connection that I seek as a reader. Not so with Claimed. I was pulled into the storyline immediately. Yes, the circumstances of their arrangement are out of the ordinary, but that's what made it believable to me. I understood her quick acceptance to his outlandish proposal because she was a selfless woman desperate to help her family. She also understood that her initial plan was shot to hell, and she needed another one that didn't land her in prison. That combined with a smoking hot Prince, who wouldn't be signing on the dotted line?I really enjoyed the characters as well. I loved that Natalie wasn't what modern standards deem as "perfect". She has womanly curves and slight imperfections, but he constantly praised her body. She's also smart, selfless and caring. She's a very likable character. EJ is a smoking hot Prince that oozes confidence, self assurance, and sex appeal. He's totally heartless, but he's very open and honest about that. He doesn't offer her assurances, but he does offer her the time of her sexual life and it was HOT!"If a man doesn't f*** you like he owns you, find a new one."  <-----So where's that dotted line again??Natalie is relatively inexperienced, and their sexual encounters become advanced very quickly. Sometimes I find those scenarios off-putting because they are so far fetched, but not so in this installment. It's obvious that Natalie understands and accepts their arrangement, and EJ made it clear in the beginning that he would own her. It felt authentic that she would accept things that might push past her comfort level. She understands she's technically being paid to accept those things, and she's enjoying it immensely too.There were a few typos and grammatical errors throughout, but nothing that distracted me as a reader.I do have one negative that is actually quite a big negative to me when selecting my next read. This is a serial so it's quite short. I noticed on Amazon that it's priced at $2.99 for 58 pages. There are several more installments in this series. I find those numbers seriously out of balance, and it would definitely affect my decision on starting this series.I will say that I am impressed with the writing talent of this author, and I will be looking for other work from SE Reign in the future.