Review: Is it really a menage if the two men act like one person?
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 03 26, 2014
J-- is a werewolf who wishes she wasn't. She works at an elementary school, which unfortunately is a plotline that isn't developed. She meets her destined mates (two of them, C-- and R--); and fights a losing battle against their hotly erotic attraction. There another female werewolf thrown into the mix, but no real conflict; just some coy hints with no details, and then the whole issue is over. Alas, what the plot idea gives, the implementation takes away.The erotica is nicely done, but I hesitate to call this a ménage. There is not a speck of difference between C-- and R--; and they always act as if both male bodies were controlled by one brain.My complaints are more numerous, and include a few spoilers. This book doesn't have much world building or plot, though, so I don't think the spoilers are a big deal. The major conflict points in the book are solved by two long monologs, back-to-back. Several ladies sit down at a table, two of them issue long speeches describing why they are upset, and ***bam*** conflict resolved. Don't you wish it were that easy? Wait, no, it was really boring. A good author describes events, doesn't just tell you about them. Those monologs eliminate the two points of conflict (J-- not wanting to be a werewolf, and what is up with A-- anyway?) So the book is left with a lame set of kidnappers / murderers, who literally knock on the door (really?) and then family tells them to go away (murder is okay now? Seriously, I'd be furious if these dweeb murdered my parents, and J-- is okay with them going unpunished? Huh?) Then there is the mental merging of mated werewolf minds. For R-- and C--, this is just a mental cellphone. For J--, this means C-- and R-- can read her every thought, but she never knows what they are thinking. Very lame, incredibly sexist, and poorly excused. Oh, and speaking of sexist, it is clear that C-- and R-- expect J-- to stop working and become a housewife. I fully support one parent staying home to take care of the kids, but this should be a conversation, like can we afford to have someone stay home? ("No" is the usual answer) Who makes most sense to stay home?I suggest you wait until the price drops to $1. The quality won't be so annoying at that price.