Review: Stone Kissed
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 6, 2011
Stone Kissed is a very different from what I expected and I usually like it when I'm taken by surprised by a story. It had a bit of a dark edge to it that appealed to me but I had a few problems with this one that just took me too far out of the `zone' so-to-speak and I had a hard time becoming immersed into the story at first.The first and most important thing I had problems with was the romance. I just didn't understand the dynamics of the relationship. Grant was certainly physically attracted to Delia however he seemed too cool in the love department even thinking that Delia was delusional. Granted her claims of talking to statues would certainly cause one be weary but his transition to love was just not convincing to me. I was more convinced by Delia's attraction to Grant since she had had feelings for Grant for such a long period of time. But the romantic relationship felt very lopsided. The sexual relationship was very steamy. The sex scenes were very sensual and the sexual chemistry was certainly there.The writing seemed a bit stiff in the beginning. I really struggled through the first part of the book, distracted by the authors style and found myself re-reading certain paragraphs trying to retain and understand what I'd read. It seemed to smooth out later on in the book though, or perhaps I became more accustomed to the authors style. Either way, I found it easier to concentrate on the story eventually.Now, I did enjoy the stone statues. I know that sounds funny and well, they were. I liked how Delia interacted with them and how they provided some comic relief to the story. Each had their own personalities and quite frankly I think I enjoyed them more than the actual people in the story.While I had some problems with Stone Kissed I did enjoy the overall plot, humor and dark edge. However the romance was very lacking and being a lover of the romance genre I really wanted more from that aspect of the story.