Review: Where is the Oomph her stories normally have????
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 02 13, 2014
I have read every single one of Kristin Ashley's books that she has out.  I love her stories.  Alpha domineering men.  Strong women that stands up to the Alpha domineering man.  The nail biting danger and excitement most of her books have.  They all might have a little bit of the same thing in each one, but they are still all different and very enjoyable.  However, Kaleidoscope just seems to be missing something. The Oomph factor, if you will, is missing.  I'll try to explain:Kaleidoscope starts off just like the others in the series.  You have a tall, sexy, Alpha, yummy man, Deck,  who's had some sort of relationship type of thing happened to him that makes him shy away from others.  Then, Emme, a female from his past, walks into his life after nine years.  The differences in her appearance is so substantial, that he doesn't even recognize her at first.  But that's not the only thing that's got Deck on alert.  It's the man walking next to her.  Deck's line of work helps him notice things that most people wouldn't notice.  Add his IQ into the scenario, and almost nothing what-so-ever gets by him.  So this feeling he has with this man on Emme's arm, is throwing all kinds of flags.Emme happens to see Deck out and about.  He still looks as good as he did when she last saw him nine years ago.  Hoping they could catch up on the last nine years, they plan to get together for dinner.  Although Emme is dating a guy named Dane, she still can't help the way she feels about Deck.  And so the story begins.  You definitely have a love interest. Some past trauma. The goings back-and-forth of "I want him, I can't have him."  "I'm going to have her."  "Why she pushing me away?"  Some action, some danger, some humor and sex scenes and a little more going on throughout the story.  But there was nothing really exciting going on.  Normally, in Kristin's stories you have a couple of different things going on at the same time.  And they hold a lot of excitement, action and just stuff that keeps you on the edge of your seat and glued to the book.  This one seems to just have a walking pace and then just kind of falls flat.  It was really disappointing for me.As for recommending this book:  If you like Kristin Ashley's stories and read her other books in this series, then I'd say yes.  However, I do stress that it will not have all the excitement, anxiety and whatnot, that her others have.  This could be a standalone book, but I wouldn't really recommend it like that.