Review: Actually, ZERO Stars - So Distasteful I Couldn't Finish It
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 08 30, 2011
This is about THE worst ebook I have ever read, and I have over 1600 ebooks in my personal library.  Many of my books are about paranormal romance/erotica, particularly shifters, and many of those are wolves.  I think I am not in the minority of shifter romance readers when I state that I expect the shifter to remain faithful forever once he has found, and definitely once he has "claimed" his mate.I stopped reading this ridiculously bad book about 25% of the way through.  The plot was ridiculous, and the actions and lifestyle of the shifters were totally dishonorable.  Their main income comes from producing PORN, and they are popping pills and smoking joints left and right.  Usually it is the "rogue" shifters who MIGHT act that badly.But the coup de grace was when the "hero" was unfaithful to his life mate immediately after he claimed her - on national television, while drugged out (he gave her her pills, and then took his own little cocktail), and in front of all the males in the pack.  She passed out from the mating/claiming, and he immediately had sex with three other women right next to his passed-out mate, because hey, he was still horny and they were there.  And he kept these extra women around long after the mating, because hey, sometimes his mate might not be in the mood, or he "wore her out" but he was still horny.  God forbid he have to be faithful - hmmm, what if SHE was still horny and HE wasn't around, or not in the mood . . .  No, there were no random males with whom she could go scratch an itch!So my reaction to this book, overall, is: Yuck, Yuck, Yuck! I had to go back and read some old Lora Leigh Breeds books to get the nasty taste out of my mouth!However, I am so glad that I didn't actually pay to read this ebook.  I borrowed it through the kindle book-lending website, Lendle.com.  You list your kindle books and when someone requests to borrow your loanable book you loan it to them, and you are paid for each book you loan to their members.  So, I get to read lousy books like this for free, and don't have to hesitate to delete them without finishing them.  No, I don't work for Lendle, but the more people who sign onto the service, the more ebooks I can borrow and lend, so if you have a nice little kindle library established, put it to work for you!If I borrow a book and love it, I will then purchase it so that I can re-read it as often as I like, so the good authors don't need to worry about the loan program depriving them of their income.  Now I will not purchase kindle books that are not loan enabled.  You can check before you purchase a kindle book - it's listed in the book's Product Details section, right under the ASIN.  If a line reading "Lending: Enabled" is not present at all, you will never be able to lend that ebook.When the publisher and author refuse to permit the one-time loan, it deprives me of the small income with which I can offset the purchase price.  Even more importantly, I don't think ebook buyers should have their property rights so infringed and restricted compared to buyers of regular books when they are paying virtually the same price.  If I buy a paperback book, it is mine to lend over and over again, to resell, or to keep forever.Keeping me from lending an ebook just one time, for a max of 14 days, is just petty greed.  And my little revolt against these publishers and authors is to not ever purchase their unloanable books.  There are plenty of willing publishers and authors who permit lending, and who have produced excellent ebooks on a par with the more popular, expensive "established" authors.  And I am likely to seek out and buy more books by new authors whose ebook I borrowed and enjoyed.  Let's support the up and comers, and get your kindle books listed on Lendle so I can read them, please!  Just none by Alisha Paige.