Review: Hard Gritty Story- Wouldnt Classify it as Regular Romance or Romantic Suspense
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 10 15, 2012
Okay, I'm really not sure of what to say because most of my disappointment is a result of being misguided by the blurb I read on this book which I am well aware that authors many times do not have control over.  I'm conflicted in rating the story because it was not poorly written; it was just not for me so I'd probably give it Three stars for the writing content, but only one if it were about liking.  I'll split the different to average both into the equation.Here's the deal.  This story would not have been a book that I chose to read if I had known what it was truly about- again, misleading blurb.  It wasn't for me and that had nothing to do with the author's writing talent, character development, plot or anything like that- that all seemed fine- okay well, only the main character was truly developed and a few of the secondary characters like the mountain healers, but the bad guys even Diablo were one dimensional.  I did the author the courtesy of finishing the serial installments that were part of my download, but I did not enjoy it.I thought this would be some sort of gritty Perils of Pauline style story.  I liked the idea of a tough talking heroine in mortal danger and having to live by her wits to extricate herself.  And the story did start that way.  I also had some mental picture of a Beauty and the Beast style romance where the bad guy took the heroine and she is able to change him.  And maybe that happens in the next installment.  I'm not so certain I would find a romance between the two a good thing now because you see- in this installment the guy is pure evil and commits rape and murder without coercion or remorse and that is just not my idea of a hero.  And I really didn't see even a spark of romance in this story so I'm not sure it should even be classified as such- again, misleading.So, this is a cautionary review that the blurb is misleading and that this would not appeal to those who have trouble with dubious or non-consent sexual scenes.