Review: Twists I Didn't See Coming
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 3, 2014
One of the problems with the Paranormal Romance genre is that the market is rather flooded, so it takes something special to make a book not just another vampire romance or werewolf romance or what have you. ER Pierce has given us that something special. Yes, the book is somewhat trite in that the heroine is “different”. It’s not just that she’s a werewolf, because when one reads a paranormal romance, the hero or heroine being “other” isn’t that weird. But Aurelia is different in that she doesn’t fit into the human world OR the werewolf world because she can’t fully shift to a wolf. She has come to terms with that, and with the fact that she may never find a mate because of her “disability”. When she comes face to face with a werewolf who isn’t searching for a mate but finds one anyway, sparks fly. The relationship evolves like a “real” relationship and doesn’t rely on the convenient “get them into bed” mechanism of many books in the genre. The sex is hot, but not so frequent or explicit to earn a rating of “erotica”.While the “heroine as ‘different’” trope has been used frequently, I really like where the author went with it. There were several plot twists that I didn’t see coming, and as someone who reads a LOT, I’m always impressed when I don’t see the twist telegraphed. The major problem that I had with the book is that it’s too short! I wanted more, and I look forward to the author continuing Aurelia’s story. While the book ends in such a way that you know that there is more to the story, Fractured Moon is stand-alone and can be enjoyed in its own right.