Review: THREE & A HALF STARS for interracial love triangle paranormal!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 13, 2013
A Hearts On Fire ReviewTHREE & A HALF STARS--This was an interesting paranormal read from Nulli Para Ora. We have interracial paranormal love triangle! When in the world do you read about that? A Chinese male lead! Loved it. Angelique has a crush on co-worker/friend David and they go together on a business trip to China. And they almost start something, both admit to being in love with one another...then during their business meeting, they meet Gao. Alpha werewolf of the Yuen clan and...Angelique's mate. But wait, there's more! Later that night, a rogue werewolf will change these three lives forever. Drama for your mama!Gao was an awesome hero, he possessed a lot of the qualities that I look for in a hero - an alpha when he needed to be, understanding to his lady and patient. Plus his bedroom skills were yummy! ;P He truly loved Angelique and appreciated the author not making this a 'you're my mate, you're mine, now open your legs instantly' kind of love story. This is a love triangle story technically but it's really loose because there's no back forth with Angelique and both men throughout the story. It's Angelique and David, then Angelique and Gao. When David is reintroduced, it's a weird love fest but there NO CHEATING involved.Here's my issues with not rating it a five star read:-The heroine came across too perfect in the beginning. Though her reasons of why she is so great eased up towards the middle, it didn't endear her to me as a heroine. So I was not invested as I was with Gao or even David (and I'm not his biggest fan)-Also, the fortune cookie proverbs everyone seemed to bust out of nowhere. The first two times weren't so bad but when other characters was joining in with odd metaphors, it made me roll my eyes a few times. When Angelique, her father, Gao's father, Cheng and others kept giving this weird philosophical quotes: Not every snowflake falls silently. The sesame seed is never split twice. Wet Cornflakes can be soggy but the milk is dry. Those might not be from the story but it felt like it could be good stand-ins.-Another issue, the mythology of werewolves, it was touched upon but fully delved in. Like are werewolves immortal in this series or really long-living? Yuen family is stated to have lived hundreds of years already and Gao has been an Alpha for two hundred years.- The transitioning from scene to scene was not as smooth. Also the author might have characters figure out something but the characters would know, the reader not so much. I had to re-read some passages to try to understand what was happening. Not a lot but more than once.-This limbo David and Angelique seems to be in. Sometimes it felt as if the author was going to have her forget about Gao and run into David's arms which kind of blew the werewolf/mate bond out of the water. (I'm not to keen of this pairing and hope it does not come to fruition in future books)There's action, a love story, drama and memorable secondary characters (Jin! He's cute). the story actually felt like reading two books in one, so I felt I got a good deal. I will continue on with this series because I'm curious of the ideas this author has for these three (hopefully a mate for David that's not already taken) and maybe a mate for Jin too? Just wondering. Pretty good story. It was enjoyable.