Review: Enough hits to make this box set worth it!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 15, 2014
I enjoyed this box set. Nine books for 99 cents is a great deal.I absolutely loved the books from: Sienna Mynx, Latrivia Nelson and Pepper Pace. All three women are skilled storytellers who know how to structure a story and write good dialogue. Latrivia and Pepper wrote books that will have a part 2. Sienna's could have been read as a standalone but it is part of her Battaglia series and was an excellent book about one of the mafia enforcers. All three books were steamy romances with some intrigue. I also enjoyed Erosa Knowles' book. It involved twin heroes in an unconventional relationship. I've never read a book about a polyamours relationship and this intrigued me. This story is part of a series I have not read but I felt like it was fine as a standalone. I'll definitely go back and read about the other brothers in the series. It was that good.I wasn't a fan of the other books but for 99 cents that's okay. My thoughts on the others: "Tattooed Moon" was the second book by Tiana Laveen I've attempted to read (the Saint series being the first) and I couldn't finish it. There was TOO MUCH TALKING and not enough movement. Scenes went on for pages and pages in the same setting... A lot of that exposition needed to be cut and/or moved. I didn't like the hero. He was too preachy and off putting. The first sex scene had me throwing up my hands and moving on to the next book. The first time characters have sex should be intense and passionate. Pausing for massages and a drawn out conversation? No.I couldn't finish "The Wrath of Michael" by Serenity King. The dialogue felt stilted and awkward."Sieged by Rym" is a paranormal romance and although I do read paranormal I prefer books that don't deal with other planets and universes. This book wasn't my cup of tea and I didn't finish it but from what I did read I could see that Yvette Hines is a skilled storyteller. I'm definitely going to check out her other work.I plan on revisiting "Raw Exposure" and "Last Call" when I have more patience. Both books had elements that bothered me but I'm willing to try reading them again. In "Raw Exposure" the heroine's Irish brogue annoyed me to no end and was hard to read. And in "Last Call" at times the inner dialogue of the heroine meandered and went off into random tangents (similar to Tiana Laveen's writing) and I wish it would have been tightened. Both writers had elements that seemed interesting so I'm not writing them or the books off yet.Overall, the box set is definitely worth purchasing. It's a wonderful way to read your favorite authors and discover new ones!