Review: Not Exactly My Cup of Tea, But Still a Decent Book
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 26, 2014
This book was not what I would have read had I know what it was about, but I did read it.  There were things in it of which I am not too fond, but I am going to put that aside and try to review this book based on its literary merit.First, I will explain what I didn't like.  I knew the book had sexual situations in it, so I don't blame the author for my not liking them.  It is not that I don't like reading about sex, but I thought this was overkill.  I like a good story that has some sex in it, not sex with a story thrown in.  This book was filled with sex.  It was the constant theme.  Even Nik, when he was almost at death's door with two bullets in him and a catheter in place is more concerned with his lust for the woman who is nursing him.  However, I realize that this wholesale focus on sex is part of the genre, so I will not judge the book based on my feelings on that.As a wordsmith, the author is talented.  Her wording was crisp and to the point.  I had no problems visualizing just what was going on.  And even if I thought there were way too many long and passionate sex scenes, the scenes themselves were well-written, right at the top of other sex scenes I've read over the last couple of years.I like her shapeshifting world. She laid out the rules clearly.  I liked the fact that weretigers and werewolves could have sex while in human form, which would seem logical, but could not have children, which also seems logical.Editing was decent, but a good editor could have caught the few errors I noted.  One was a contradiction in the narrative, and another described an advanced "robotic arm" one character had received after working for top secret military intelligence in Kuwait.  Proofreading was good as well.This was a good book.  I think that for those who like their romance a little spicier, who like the sex scenes, this book will hit the mark.