Review: When eating rainbows isn't as much fun as it looks
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 4, 2012
Book 2 of Bell's "Halle Pumas" series. Preceded byThe Wallflower. Followed byCat of a Different Color.Books 1 to 3 are available as a paperback anthologyMating Games.Plot:Simon has to change Becky after her attack by the BadWerePuma, but in the midst of the Mating Glow, something's very wrong. Becky's sick and Simon needs to find the cause.Comments:- Contemporary paranormal (shape shifting) SmallTown romance with explicit bedroom scenes.- 1885 kindle locations, 20,000 words (short novella), but finishes around 1590 locations.- m/f - explicit, reasonably frequent, *happy*.- "Sweet Dreams" picks up at the end of Book 1, just as Livia attacks Becky.- Becky's BFF had her story told in Book 1The Wallflower. As a "series", the first three books should really be seen as a trilogy where the stories support each other. You *could* read them independently, as stand alones, but would get more satisfaction from reading them in sequence.- Includes excerpts fromImmortal Illusionsby Ursula Bauer,Tyger, Tyger Burning Bryghtby Cathryn Cade, andThe Wallflowerby Dana Marie Bell.- There is a "free read" available on the author's website which gives us a little epilogue of Simon and Becky, "The Ornament Book 2".Opinion:"Sweet Dreams" is a *nice* paranormal romance. It is an easy read with a human-puma mating including her being turned (unexpectedly) by Him, and plenty of explicit, happy sex to cement the relationship. It has lol one-liners, a clever, strong woman who is willing to accept the Dominant Alpha thing, while putting him in his place with snarky pet-names. It's a good book in a nice series. Recommended."The Ornament Book2":Simon takes Christmas lights a little too far, but when Becky sees her *real* present, we all know they're heading for a hot'n'sweaty night.A nice little Christmas epilogue that makes me smile. Thank you Ms Bell.-CR-