Review: Could have been better!
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 10 26, 2013
Martha is an empath and because of this a recluse. She buys an antique mirror with strange symbols on it and learns it is not all it appears to be, it leads her to the man of her dreams. Silas is a Scottish wolf shifter who spies Martha and recognizing her as his mate he convinces her to stay with him, then proceeds to capture her heart.The author writes a decent sentence the storyline is cohesive and the dialogue smooth. The steamy scenes were abundant, detailed, and sizzling, but I had some major problems with this book.First, I really don't like when a book goes from zero to one hundred in the first few pages. Martha and Silas were having sex before you even knew anything about their personalities or could form any kind of emotional attachment. Silas remains pretty two dimensional throughout. There was no build up, no flirting, no draw to help you feel the chemistry between them it was disappointing, and there were so many steamy scenes in the beginning that I started skipping through to get to the meat of the story.Second, Silas is described as the usual alpha male big, buff, and bad, most women's ideal fantasy man. Then Martha is described and she is plain and over weight.....now just hear me out. I understand that we all come in different shapes and sizes I am not perfect either but this is fantasy, so when I read I am visualizing the scene as the author describes it, why would I want to fantasize about a beautiful man having sex with an over weight unattractive woman. I want to leave the reality outside of my books, authors never design the lead man as scrawny, plain, and timid....that's because women wouldn't like it. I get that she is trying to appeal to the audience by saying here is a hot guy going for the everyday women, but throughout the book Martha is describing herself, an introvert with plain looks, hair, and an over weight figure and coming to terms with the fact that Silas doesn't care, but to me it disturbs the romance of the book....it's a turn off. I felt as though Martha really didn't like herself, so guess what I had a hard time liking her as well. If you are going to have a character described as less than ideal I would accept it much better if she were confident with what she has, not insecure. Make her big, sassy, and proud.Lastly, there really wasn't much to the book other than steamy scenes and that became tiresome if you took those out it would be a very short novella, so if you want an unemotional erotic romance then this book is for you. This is my first read by this author so maybe her other books are different, better? I got this for free and would be hard pressed to purchase any of her other books or continue this series. Enjoy!