Review: Didn't Melt Me
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 31, 2013
I don't usually purchase novellas because they always end to soon or stories seem to climax before it gets started.  However, I have LOVED every Taylor Lee novel that I have read and I enjoy the All Fired Up series.  But this just didn't do it for me.Ms. Lee made one of my favorite characters Nate seem like some over grown backwoods redneck instead of the strong intelligent gentle giant he was in previous stories.  Erin was June Cleaver.  These two characters were so out of character it was distracting and disappointing.  I understand that Nate and Erin were not the main characters but they should not have been diminished to Ma and Pa Kettle.Then there was Sam.  He was introduced in Trial by Fire but his character was never developed enough to feel like you knew him.  He wasn't developed any further in Fire and Ice.  In fact things that came out of his mouth (so to speak) made me wonder if it was Sam or the Nate from the previous stories.I did like Annika.  I didn't find her to be damanage at all.  I found her to be a strong woman that didn't know who she was because she thought she was who everyone else thought she was.  It didn't take her long to realize that she wasn't some blonde Ice Queen and she accepted life with gusto.  It may have been because it was a short story but it was refreshing not to have the damsel in distess throughout the story.I would never pass up an opportunity to read a Taylor Lee story especially one with some of my favorite characters but I definetly don't think this was a 5 star read.