Review: didn't quite fit with me
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 02 3, 2014
Five Weeks In December. Blue KincaidReview from Jeannie Zelos Book reviews.So, the link tags of Erotica and romance had me interested, and the description sounded fine, so I was pleased to get this book for review. It wasn't what I expected though, there's very little BDSM given that December is a professional Submissive and Harry a Dom, even if he's currently having problems. There are a couple of steamy sex scenes, but its not really what I’d think of as an erotic novel, more a novel with erotic scenes in it. The romance too didn't really work for me. I liked both characters, but didn't really get a sense of who they were, what they were really like, and missed that beautiful sensuality that comes with a growing romance. Here it was straight in with the sex, and the romance grew from there – except I just didn't really feel it. There was nothing wrong with the writing, a good premise, and well executed, its just I lacked any real connection to the characters. Maybe that's because its quite a short novel, I don't have price or length info but my kindle tells me there's 2,701 locations, which added to the reading time I’d guess is around 100 pages or so, not really enough for any in-depth characterisation. Its one of the reasons I prefer longer novels.It does have a proper conclusion and is a stand alone, many shorts are just part novels with more to follow, another trend that doesn't work for me, but thankfully this is a complete novel. If you're looking for a quick, spicy easy read this may be what you want, for me I needed a bit more emotion, drama, character and depth.Stars: two and a half.ARC supplied by Netgalley